All Upcoming Events for On Being Jewish Now

OMG, THIS IS INSANE. Hope you can join for some of these!

Hi everyone!

Sorry for only highlighting one event in my newsletter yesterday. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE.

Here are ALL the upcoming events we have planned for On Being Jewish Now (or at which On Being Jewish Now will be for sale). The paperback comes out in ten days! We’re already going into a second printing!!

I hope you can make one of these events. If you’d like to host or organize an event for the book, please email info@zibbymedia.com with any details. We have 75 contributors who can participate. (A reminder that you can also check out our new Substack

On Being Jewish Now

and listen to our new weekly podcast!)

Please do NOT post about the upcoming events on social media. But after, YES!

EVENTS

10/23 at 7 pm: Zibby’s Book Club with Emmanuel Acho & Noa Tishby 

Rebecca Keren Jablonski, Courtney Sheinmel, Alison Hammer, Heidi Shertok, Shirin Yadegar, Rochelle Weinstein, Dara Kurtz, Elizabeth Silver, Rachelle Unreich, Beth Ricanati, Jane L. Rosen attending!

Join Zibby’s Book Club to get the link.

10/29 at 8 pm: Jewish Fertility Foundation Virtual Panel (Virtual)

Zibby Owens & Amy Klein. (Waiting for link/sign-up.)

11/1 at 6 pm MT: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore with Sarah Sawyer (Phoenix, AZ)

Link here.

11/3 from 4:30 pm - 6 pm PT: Zibby’s Bookshop Launch Event (Santa Monica, CA)

Nicola Kraus, David K. Israel, Julia DeVillers, Rebecca Keren Jablonski, Abby Stern, Anna Ephron Harari, Elizabeth L. Silver, Steve Leder, Rebecca Raphael, Amy Klein, Joanna Rakoff, Beth Ricanati, Jenny Mollen, Dara Kurtz, Amy Ephron, Lisa Barr, Shirin Yadegar.

Invite here.

11/6 from 12 pm - 2 pm: MJCCA Book Festival (Atlanta, GA)

Rochelle Weinstein & Alison Greenberg. (Selling our books!) Info here.

11/9 from 3 pm - 4 pm: Canoe Place Book Talk and Signing (Hampton Bays, NY)

Zibby Owens. Info here.

11/12: Levis JCC 33rd Annual Book & Author Luncheon (Boca Raton, FL)

Samantha Woodruff and Elizabeth Silver. Info here. (Sam will have our books on sale!)

11/13 at 6 pm: 70 Faces Media Online Literary Event (Virtual)

Zibby Owens. (Waiting for link and more info.)

11/13 at 8 pm: Israel Leadership Network - Hillel Virtual Event (Virtual)

Zibby Owens to present to Hillel chairs at 150 universities about the book.

11/14 at 11 am: Challah Baking Class (Virtual)

Zibby Owens, Brenda Janowitz, Beth Ricanati

Guests: Rebecca Keren Jablonski, Heidi Shertok, Rachel Levy Lesser, Dara Kurtz, Elizabeth Silver

All contributors welcome! Zoom link to come.

11/15 at 9:30 am: Mandell JCC Greater Hartford (West Hartford, CT)

Joanna Rakoff. Info here. (Mistakenly has my photo on here!)

11/16 from 5 pm - 6 pm: Susan Shapiro Panel (Virtual)

Zibby Owens part of Secrets of Publishing panel. Info here. RSVP profsue123@gmail.com to join.

11/17 at 1 pm: JBC Accidental Activists Panel (Virtual)

Zibby Owens, Allison Hammer, Aliza Licht, Jill Santopolo 

Info here. Part of the Jewish Book Council 2024 Jewish Writers’ Conference. (Think panel is at 1 pm.)

11/18 from 11:30 am - 1 pm: Streicker Center (New York, NY)

Panelists: Talia Carner, Nicola Kraus, Lihi Lapid, Annabelle Gurwutch

Featured Guests: Barri Leiner Grant, Caroline Leavitt, David Kaufman, David K. Israel, Courtney Sheinmel, Rachel Barenbaum, Diana Fersko, Rebecca Keren Jablonski, Jeanne Blasberg, Aliza Licht, Rachel Levy Lesser, Stacy Igel, Jacqueline Friedland, Jennifer S. Brown, Samantha Ettus, Eleanor Reissa, Alix Strauss, Elyssa Friedland, Alison Hammer, Amy Blumenfeld, Amy Klein, Jonathan Santlofer, Beth Ricanati, Alyssa Rosenheck, Bradley Tusk, Samantha Greene Woodruff, Judy Batalion, Ali Rosen, Rachelle Unreich, Corie Adjmi, Rebecca Raphael, Harper Kincaid

Please spread the word. Virtual and in person options. Info here.

11/18 at 6 pm: 92NY Extraordinary Women Awards (New York, NY)

Please come! Zibby Owens being awarded the Champions Award for support of authors and the community. Info here.

11/19 at 7 pm: Bedford Playhouse Event (Bedford, NY)

Barri Leiner Grant, Stacy Igel, Jane L. Rosen, Amy Blumenfeld, Rachel Levy Lesser, David Kaufman. Info here.

11/19: Harmonie Club (New York, NY)

Zibby Owens & Allison Pataki. Private club event.

11/21 at either 11:30 am or 2:30 pm: Elluminate Convening Conference

Zibby Owens, Samantha Ettus, Jacqueline Friedland. Info here.

11/21 from 5 pm - 7 pm: Yale Club Tea & Talk (New York, NY).

Zibby Owens. Private club event.

11/21 at 7 pm: Hadassah Magazine Virtual Event (Virtual) 

Zibby Owens, Lisa Barr. Waiting for link.

11/22 at 6 pm: Temple Israel Event (New York, NY)

Zibby Owens, Rachel Levy Lesser, Courtney Sheinmel

11/23 at 3 pm: Miami Book Fair Panel (Miami, FL)

Zibby Owens, Dara Levan, Keren Blankfeld, Rochelle Weinstein. Info here.

12/3: Yale Alumni Event (New York, NY) - to be confirmed

Zibby Owens & (maybe) Elyssa Friedland

If Yale not confirmed, 12/3: Event in St. Louis.

12/4 at 7 pm: Kaplen JCC Tenafly (Tenafly, NJ)

Zibby Owens, Lisa Kogan, Daphne Merkin, Nicola Kraus

12/5: UJA Panel 

Corie Adjmi, Jane L. Rosen, Elyssa Friedland.

12/5 at 7 pm: Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Event (Paramus, NJ)

Zibby Owens, Alix Strauss, Amy Blumenfeld, Joanna Rakoff, Rebecca Keren Jablonski, Rachel Levy Lesser

12/8 at 1 pm: New York Jewish Book Festival (New York, NY) 

Zibby Owens, Bradley Tusk, Ali Rosen, Samantha Ettus. Link here.

12/9 at 2 pm: AJU Open Virtual Event (Virtual)

Zibby Owens and Rabbi Sherre Hirsch. Link here. 

12/9 at 7 pm: Sutton Place Synagogue (New York, NY)

Zibby Owens with Marjorie Schuster.

12/10 from 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Hillel International Global Assembly (Boston, MA) 

Zibby Owens & Joanna Rakoff.

12/11 at 10:30 am: Sid Jacobson JCC Event (Long Island, NY) 

Zibby Owens, Brenda Janowitz, Amy Blumenfeld, Jane L. Rosen

12/14: Possible San Francisco event but likely postponed to February.

12/15 at 5 pm PT: Zibby Owens and Elisa Albert at Zibby’s Bookshop (Santa Monica, CA)

Link to come.

12/15 time TBD: Hanukkah Bazaar with Tablet Magazine (New York, NY) - details to be confirmed

David Israel, Keren Blankfeld, Joanna Rakoff, Aliza Licht, Jacqueline Friedland, Samantha Woodruff

12/15: St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church Event (Palm Desert, CA)

Steve Leder 

1/8 at 10:30 am: JCC Book Club with Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte (Virtual)

Zibby Owens 

1/14 at 7 pm: JCC Woodbury (Woodbury, NY)

Zibby Owens 

1/16 at 11:30 am: Temple Emanu-El Streiker Center (New York, NY)

Zibby Owens and special guest to be finalized! Link to come.

1/16 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm CT: Happy Women Dinners at ALTAR (Chicago, IL)

Zibby Owens & Alison Hammer. Email jill@happywomendinners.com to reserve.

1/17 at 12 pm CT: Chicago Loop Synagogue Lunchtime Event (Chicago, IL) - confirming details

Zibby Owens

1/22 at 8 pm: Wood River Jewish Community Event (Virtual)

Zibby Owens & Alli Frank 

1/23 at 8:15 am: UJA Event (New York, NY)

Zibby Owens + possibly more panelists - TBD

2/21 - Zibby Owens and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh at Godmothers (Montecito, CA)

Time/details TBD.

2/24 at 5 pm: Veronica Beard Bal Harbor (Bal Harbor, FL) 

Zibby Owens,  Rochelle Weinstein, Dara Levan, Amy Ephron

2/24 at 8 pm: Books & Books Coral Gables (Coral Gables, FL)

Zibby Owens,  Rochelle Weinstein, Dara Levan, Amy Ephron

2/25 at 10:30 am: Mandel JCC Palm Beaches (West Palm Beach, FL) 

Zibby Owens, Jill Zarin, Amy Ephron, Dara Levan

3/15 - 3/16 - time TBD: Tucson Festival of Books (Tucson, AZ)

Zibby Owens panelist

3/25 - time?: Levis JCC Sandler Center (Boca Raton, FL)

Debbie Reed Fischer, Rochelle Weinstein, Talia Carner, Lisa Barr, Samantha Woodruff, maybe Annabelle Gurwitch

3/31 at 12 pm: Women’s Fundraiser for the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas (Dallas, TX)

Zibby Owens speaking with local moderator.

4/8 at 1 pm: JCC West Orange Book Club (Virtual) 

Zibby Owens 

5/13: Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York (Albany, NY) - to be confirmed

Dara Kurtz & Rachelle Unreich

6/6: Planet Word event (Washington, DC)

Details TBD

And there are still so many other events in the works. Again, email info@zibbymedia.com for any event requests and we’ll do our best to facilitate!

Thanks, everyone! Get your copies today and hope to see you on the road!

Warmly,

Zibby