Joan Leegant
Events & Appearances
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Monday, July 12, 8:00 pm (Manhattan)
Scribblers on the Roof, Congregation Ansche Chesed, 251 West 100th Street
Thursday, July 15, 7:00 pm (Newton, MA)
Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut Street
Tuesday, July 20, 7:45 pm (Dedham, MA)
Newbridge on the Charles, 500 Great Meadow Road
Thursday, July 22, 10 am (Providence, RI)
Temple Emanu-El, 99 Taft Avenue
Monday, July 26, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)
Lasell Village, 120 Seminary Avenue
Monday, August 2, 7:00 pm (Brookline, MA)
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 pm (Lexington, MA)
Private book group
Thursday, August 5, 6:00 pm (Cape Cod)
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Route 6 A, Dennis, MA.
Thursday, August 26 (New Hampshire)
Camp Yavneh Family Camp, Northwood, NH
Tuesday, August 31, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)
Private book event
Sunday, September 12, 5:00 pm (Boston, MA)
Private book event
Wednesday, September 15, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)
Private book group
Monday, September 20, 7:00 pm (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Borders at the Atrium Mall, Route 9 (with Tikvah Chapter Hadassah)
Sunday, September 26, 9:30 am. (Martha’s Vineyard, MA)
Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, 130 Center Street, Vineyard Haven
Sunday, September 26, 7:30 pm (Cape Cod)
Am HaYam Havurah, Brewster Ladies Library, Brewster, MA
Monday, September 27, 4:30 pm (Boston, MA)
Boston University,Law School, co-sponsored by Hillel
Monday, October 4, 8:00 pm (Nashua, NH)
Temple Beth Abraham, 4 Raymond Street
Tuesday, October 5, 7:30 pm (Brookline, MA)
Temple Beth Zion co-sponsored by J Street Boston, 1566 Beacon Street
Wednesday, October 6, 7:30 pm (Amherst, MA)
Jewish Community of Amherst, 742 Main Street
Thursday, October 7, 7:30 pm (Kingston, RI)
Normal M. Fain Hillel Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston
Monday, October 11, 7:30 pm (Millburn, NJ)
Congregation B’nai Israel, Millburn
Tuesday, October 12, 7:30 pm (East Brunswick, NJ)
East Brunswick Jewish Center, East Brunswick
Wednesday, October 13, 7:30 pm (Somerset, NJ)
Temple Beth El, Somerset
Thursday, October 14, 7:30 pm (Dix Hills, Long Island)
Dvorah West & Commack Hills Tova Chapters, Suffolk Hadassah,
Friday, October 15, 10:45 am (Great Barrington, MA)
Jewish Federation of the Berkshires at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
Friday, October 15, 7:00 pm (Sudbury, MA)
Congregation Beth El, 105 Hudson Road
Sunday, October 17, 10:30 am (Cambridge, MA)
Eitz Chaim Synagogue, 126 Magazine Street
Monday, October 18, 6:30 pm (Sharon, MA)
Temple Israel, 125 Pond Street
Wednesday, October 20, 7:30 pm (Canton, MA)
Orchard Cove, 1 Del Pond Drive
Thursday, October 21, 8:00 pm (West Roxbury, MA)
Temple Hillel B’nai Torah, 130 Corey Street
Sunday, October 24, 4:00 pm (Princeton, NJ)
The Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street
Monday, October 25, 11:00 am (Baltimore, MD)
Hazak Regional Event, Bnai Shalom of Olney
Tuesday, October 26, 7:30 pm (Norwalk, CT)
Norwalk Hadassah at Temple Beth El, 109 East Avenue
Wednesday, October 27, 7:30 pm (Caldwell, NJ)
Congregation Agudath Israel, Caldwell
Thursday, October 28, 7:30 pm (Roslyn, NY)
Temple Sinai, 425 Roslyn Road
Friday, October 29, 6:00 pm (Manhattan)
Temple Israel, 112 E. 75th Street
Saturday, October 30, 12:45 pm (Manhattan)
Congregation Habonim, 44 W. 66th Street
Monday November 1, 7:30 pm (Needham, MA)
Needham Hadassah, private home
Tuesday, November 2, 7:00 pm (Cambridge, MA)
Porter Square Books, co-sponsored by the Boston JCC
Wednesday, November 3, 7:45 pm (Riverdale, NY)
Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel, 475 W. 250th Street
Thursday, November 4, 11 am - 3 pm (Scarsdale, NY)
Luncheon, Brandeis National Committee
Sunday, November 7, 7:00 pm (Holliston, MA)
Temple Beth Torah, 2162 Washington Street
Tuesday, November 9, 9:30 am (Boca Raton, FL)
Book & Author Luncheon, Levis JCC at Boca West Country Club
Wednesday, November 10, 7:00 pm (Providence, RI)
Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard Avenue
Friday, November 12, 8:00 pm (Chicago, IL)
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, 303 Dodge Avenue, Evanston
Monday, November 15, 7:30 pm (Los Gatos, CA)
JCC of Silicon Valley, 14855 Oka Road
Tuesday, November 16, 7:00 pm (San Francisco, CA)
BJE Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis Street
Thursday, November 18, noon (Salem, MA)
JCC of the North Shore, Author Luncheon at Grosvenor Park
Thursday, November 18, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)
Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street
Friday, November 19, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)
Temple Beth Avodah, 45 Puddingstone Lane
Sunday, November 21, 9:30 am (Flushing, NY)
Israel Center of Conservative Judaism, 167-11 73rd Avenue
Sunday, November 21, 1:30 pm (Tom’s River, NJ)
Congregation B’nai Israel
Sunday, November 21, 7 pm (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
Barnert Temple, 747 Route 208 South
Tuesday, November 30, 7:30 pm (Albany, NY)
Ohav Shalom, 113 New Krumkill Road
Wednesday December 1, 7:30 pm (Mamaroneck, NY)
Westchester Jewish Center
Monday, December 6, 1:00 pm (New Haven, CT)
JCC of Greater New Haven, 360 Amity Rd., Woodbridge
Monday, December 6, evening (Stamford, CT)
Stamford Hadassah, Temple Beth El
Tuesday, December 7, 7:30 pm (Newton, MA)
Solomon Schechter Day School, by invitation
Wed. & Thurs., December 8 & 9, 9-11 am, 7-9 pm (Boston, MA)
Hadassah-Brandeis Institute “Conversations” Book Groups
Sunday, December 12, 9:30 am (Milton, MA)
Temple Shalom, 180 Blue Hill Avenue
Sunday, December 12, 1 pm (Randolph, MA)
Temple Beth Am, 871 North Main Street
Monday, December 13, 7:30 pm (Baltimore, MD)
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, 7401 Park Heights Avenue
Tuesday, December 14 (Baltimore, MD)
Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Biennial Conference
Sunday, December 19, 10:45 am (Boston, MA)
Boston Workman’s Circle, Location TBD
Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 7:30 pm (Needham, MA)
Book group, private home
Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 7 pm (Worcester, MA)
Worcester JCC, 233 Salisbury Road
Sunday, January 16, 2011, 10 am (Metuchen, NJ)
Annual Book & Author Event, Congregation Neve Shalom, Metuchen
Monday, January 17, 2011, 7:30 pm (Raleigh, NC)
Temple Beth Or, 5315 Creedmoor Road
Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 7:30 pm (Greensboro, NC)
Beth David Synagogue, 804 Winview Drive
Wednesday, January 19, 2011, evening (Atlanta, GA)
Atlanta Hadassah & Cong. Or Hadash, 6751 Roswell Rd
Thursday, January 20, 2011, 11:30 am (Atlanta, GA)
Temple Emanu-El, 1580 Spalding Drive
Thursday, January 20, 2011, 7:30 pm (Atlanta, GA)
Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Rd
Sunday, January 23, 2011, 2 pm (Hilton Head, SC)
Congregation Beth Yam, 4501 Meeting St.
Monday, January 24, 2011, 7:30 pm (Jacksonville, FL)
Beth Shalom Cong., 4072 Sunbeam Road
Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 7:30 pm (No. Miami Beach, FL)
Temple Sinai of North Dade, 18801 NE 22nd Ave., North Miami Beach
Thursday, January 27, 2011, 7:30 pm (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
David Poznak JCC with Temple Beth Emeth, Cooper City
Saturday, January 20, 2011, 9:30 am (Miami, FL)
Bet Breira Samu-El Or Olom, 9400 SW 87th Ave.
Sunday, January 30, 2011, 9:30 am (Miami, FL)
Temple Beth Am, 5950 N. Kendall Dr., Pinecrest
Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 12 noon (Naples, FL)
Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Road
Monday, March 21, 2011, 8 pm (Rockville, MD)
Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200 Baltimore Rd
Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7 pm (Baltimore, MD)
Beth Tfiloh Congregation, 3300 Old Court Rd
Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 2 pm (Philadelphia, PA)
Beth Sholom Congregation, 8231 Old York Rd., Elkins Park
Thursday, March 24, 2011, noon (Philadelphia PA)
Main Line Reform Temple, 410 Montgomery Ave., Wynnewood
Sunday, April 3, 2011, 11:30 am (Howell, NJ)
Congregation Ahavat Olam, 106 Windeler Rd.
Monday, April 4, 2011, 11:00 am (Margate, NJ)
BJE of Atlantic County, 501 North Jerome Ave.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011, noon & 8:30 pm (Woodcliff Lakes, NJ)
Temple Emanuel, 87 Overlook Dr.
Sunday, April 10, 2011, 10 am (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Temple Emeth, Grove Street
Monday, April 11, 2011, evening (Boston, MA)
ORT America, Boston Chapter. Private home TBA
Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 7:00 pm (Andover, MA)
Andover Hadassah, Andover Public Library, 2 No. Main
Thursday, April 14, 2011, 7:30 pm (Acton, MA)
Nashoba Valley Hadassah at Cong. Beth Elohim,133 Prospect Street
Monday, May 2, 2011, evening (Chicago, IL)
Emanuel Congregation, 5959 N. Sheridan Rd.,
Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 7:30 pm (Chicago, IL)
Temple Chai, 1670 Checker Rd, Long Grove
Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 7 pm (Chicago, IL)
North Shore Congregation, 1185 Sheridan Rd., Glencoe
Thursday, May 5, 2011, 7:30 pm (Akron, OH)
Akron Hadassah. Co-sponsors: Beth El & Temple Israel Sisterhoods
Friday, May 6, 2011, 6 pm service, 7 pm talk (Cleveland, OH)
Suburban Temple Kol Ami, 22401 Chagrin Blvd
Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 6:45 pm (Seattle, WA)
Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th Street
Wednesday, May 11, 2011, noon (Portland, OR)
Congregation Beth Israel, 1972 NW Flanders Street
Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 7:00 pm (Portland, OR)
“Neveh Shalom Reads”, Cong. Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful La.
Thursday, May 12, 2011, 7:30 pm (Seattle, WA)
Seattle Hadassah at Summit At First Hill, 1200 University St.
Friday, May 13, 2011, 8 pm (Bellevue, WA)
Temple B’nai Torah, NE 4th Street
Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 7:30 pm (Boston, MA)
CJP Women’s Division, Private event. Info: Cora MacDonald,
