Joan Leegant
Events & Appearances
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For a chronological listing by date, click here.
NEW YORK
Monday, July 12, 8:00 pm
Scribblers on the Roof, Congregation Ansche Chesed, Manhattan
Thursday, October 14, 7:30 pm
Dvorah West & Commack Hills Tova Chapters, Suffolk County Hadassah
Chai Center, 501 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills. Info: 631-243-5660
Thursday, October 28, 7:30 pm
Temple Sinai, 425 Roslyn Road, Roslyn. 516-621-6800
http://www.templesinairoslyn.com
Friday, October 29, 6:00 pm
Temple Israel, 112 East 75th Street, Manhattan. 212-249-5000
http://www.templeisraelnyc.org
Saturday, October 30, 12:45 pm
Congregation Habonim, 44 West 66th Street, Manhattan. 212-787-5347
Wednesday, November 3, 7:45 pm
Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale
475 W. 250th Street, Bronx. 718-543-8400
Thursday, November 4, 11 am - 3 pm
Luncheon, Brandeis National Committee, Central Westchester Chapter
Sunningdale Country Club, 300 Underhill Road, Scarsdale.
Info: 914-723-3200 or 914-961-2555
Sunday, November 21, 9:30 am
Israel Center of Conservative Judaism,
167-11 73rd Avenue, Flushing. 718-591-5353
Tuesday, November 30, 7:30 pm
Congregation Ohav Shalom, 113 New Krumkill Rd, Albany. 518- 489-4706
Wednesday December 1, 7:30 p.m.
Westchester Jewish Center, Hendel Family Library
Rockland & Palmer Avenues, Mamaroneck, 914-698-2960
Tuesday, December 7, day & evening, two events
Westchester County Hadassah, Northern & Southern (check back for details)
NEW JERSEY
Tuesday, October 12, 7:00 pm
East Brunswick Jewish Center 511 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, 732-257-7070
Wednesday, October 13, 8:00 pm
Temple Beth El, 1489 Hamilton Street, Somerset. 732-873-2325
Sunday, October 24, 4:00 pm
The Jewish Center of Princeton, Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. 609-921-0100
http://www.thejewishcenter.org
Wednesday, October 27, 7:45 pm
Congregation Agudath Israel, 20 Academy Rd., Caldwell. 973-226-3600
Sunday, November 21, 1:30 pm
Congregation B’nai Israel
1488 Old Freehold Road, Tom’s River. 732-349-1244
Sunday, January 16, 2011, 10 am
Annual Book & Author Event, Congregation Neve Shalom
250 Grove Avenue, Metuchen. 732-548-2238
CONNECTICUT
Tuesday, October 26, 7:30 pm
Norwalk Hadassah at Temple Beth El, 109 East Ave., Norwalk. Info: 203-847-5667
Monday, December 6, 1:00 pm
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road, Woodbridge. 203-387-2522
Monday, December 6, 7:00 pm
Stamford Hadassah, Temple Beth El, 350 Roxbury Road, Stamford
RHODE ISLAND
Thursday, July 22, 10 am
Temple Emanu-El, 99 Taft Avenue, Providence
Thursday, October 7, 7:30 pm
Norman M. Fain Hillel Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston. 401-874-4620
Wednesday, November 10, 7:00 pm
Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard Avenue. 401-331-6070
CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
Thursday, August 5, 6:00 pm
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Route 6 A, Dennis. 508-385-4477
Sunday, September 26, 9:30 am
Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, 130 Center St, Vineyard Haven. 508-693-0745
Sunday, September 26, 7:00 pm
Am HaYam Havurah, Brewster Ladies Library, 1822 Main St., Brewster
http://ahycc.org. Info: Jessica Dill 508-255-7771
BOSTON AREA
Thursday, July 15, 7:00 pm
Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut Street, Newton
http://www.newtonvillebooks.com
Tuesday, July 20, 7:45 pm
Newbridge on the Charles, 500 Great Meadow Road, Dedham
Monday, July 26, 7:30 pm
Lasell Village, 120 Seminary Avenue, Newton
Monday, August 2, 7:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline
www.brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 pm
Private book group, Lexington
Tuesday, August 31, 7:30 pm
Private book event, Newton
Sunday, September 12, 5:00 pm
Private book event, Boston
Wednesday, September 15, 7:30 pm
Private book group, Newton
Monday, September 20, 7:00 pm
Borders in the Atrium Mall, Chestnut Hill
Sponsored by Tikvah Chapter Hadassah. Store: 617-630-1120
Monday, September 27, 4:30 pm
Boston University, co-sponsored by B.U. Hillel, B.U. Law Students Assoc. & others
Barrister’s Hall, Law Tower, 765 Comm. Ave., Boston. Info: 617-353-7200
http://www.bu.edu/hillel/about/index.html
Tuesday, October 5, 7:30 pm
Temple Beth Zion co-sponsored with J Street Boston, 1566 Beacon St., Brookline
http://www.tbzbrookline.org 617-566-8171
Click here to RSVP.
Friday, October 15, evening
Congregation Beth El, 105 Hudson Road, Sudbury. 978-443-9622
Sunday, October 17, 10:30 am
Eitz Chaim Synagogue, 126 Magazine Street, Cambridge
http://www.eitz.org/adultEducation/speakerseries.php 617-497-7626
Monday, October 18, 6:30 pm
Temple Israel, 125 Pond Street, Sharon. 781-784-3986
Wednesday, October 20, 1:00 p.m.
Orchard Cove, 1 Del Pond Drive, Canton. 781-821-1730
http://www.hebrewseniorlife.org/orchard_cove.cfm?id=54&fr=true
Thursday, October 21, 8:00 pm
Temple Hillel B’nai Torah, 130 Corey Street, W. Roxbury. 617-323-0486
http://www.templehbt.org/html/index.htm
Monday, November 1, 7:30 pm
Needham Hadassah. Location TBA
Tuesday, November 2, 7:00 pm
Porter Square Books, co-sponsored with the Boston JCC, Cambridge
http.www.portersquarebooks.com
Sunday, November 7, evening
Temple Beth Torah, 2162 Washington St., Holliston. 508-429-6268
Thursday, November 18, noon
JCC of the North Shore, Luncheon at Grosvenor Park
7 Loring Hills Avenue, Salem. For info & to register: 978-741- 5700
Friday, November 19, 7:30 pm
Temple Beth Avodah, 45 Puddingstone Lane, Newton. 617-527-0045
Wednesday & Thursday, December 8-9, 9-11 am, 7-9 pm
Hadassah-Brandeis Institute “Conversations” Book Groups, Brandeis University
Sunday, December 12, 9:30 am
Temple Shalom, 180 Blue Hill Avenue, Milton. 617-698-3394
http://www.templeshalomonline.org
Sunday, December 12, 1 pm
Temple Beth Am, 871 North Main Street, Randolph. 781-963-0440
Monday, December 13, 7:30 pm
Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton. 617-558-8100
Tuesday, December 14, 7:30 pm
Nehar Shalom, 43 Lochstead Avenue, Jamaica Plain
http://www.neharshalom.org For info: 617-548-1609
Sunday, December 19, 10:45 am
Boston Workman’s Circle, Location TBD. 617-566-6281
CENTRAL & WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
Wednesday, October 6, 7:30 pm
Jewish Community of Amherst, 742 Main Street, Amherst. 413-256-0160
Friday, October 15, 10:45 am
Jewish Federation of the Berkshires at Hevreh of Southern Berkshires
270 State Road, Great Barrington. Info: 413 442 4369 ext. 15
http://www.jewishberkshires.org/index.aspx?page=1
Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 7:00 pm
Worcester JCC, 633 Salisbury Road, Worcester. Info: 508-756-7109 ext. 232
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Thursday, August 26, 3:00 pm
Camp Yavneh Family Camp, Northwood
http://www.campyavneh.org/family-camp
Monday, October 4, 8:00 pm
Temple Beth Abraham, 4 Raymond Street, Nashua. 603-883-8184
http://www.tbanashua.uscjhost.net
FLORIDA
Tuesday, November 9, 9:30 am
Levis JCC, Boca Raton, Author Luncheon at Boca West Country Club
For details & reservations contact Deborah Aronstam at 561 852 5043
CALIFORNIA
Monday, November 15, 7:30 pm
JCC of Silicon Valley, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos. 408-358-3636
Tuesday, November 16, 7:00 pm
BJE Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco. 415-567-3327
http://www.bjesf.org/library.htm
ISRAEL
Sunday, June 6, 8:00 pm
Harvard Club of Israel, Ra’anana
Wednesday, June 9, 5:30 pm
English Speaking Residents Association (ESRA), Open University, Ra’anana
Tuesday, June 15, 5:00 pm
Feldman Auditorium, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
Wednesday, June 16, 7:30 pm
AACI Jerusalem, Pierre Koenig Street, Jerusalem
Wednesday, June 23, 8:00 pm
The Studio for Writers, Bitan Aharon, north of Netanya