2025 Events + Updates

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• Below you’ll find the events I’m moderating and the On Being Jewish Now events.

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Events

I’ll be moderating and hosting events to connect readers and authors on and off the page. Forward to friends. Spread the word. Grab tickets!

Below, sorted by date, are all the events I’ll be participating in myself as a moderator, a panelist, or a host in 2025. Join me! I’ll keep updating them here so bookmark this page!

For event requests, email sasha.astrof@zibbymedia.com.

January

January 6th at 7 pm ET: Virtual. “Secrets of Landing a Book Deal” with Sue Shapiro and others. RSVP: davidlevine51@gmail.com.

January 7th at 12 pm ET: New York. Moise Safra Center event for On Being Jewish Now with Samantha Greene Woodruff, Corie Adjmi, Jacqueline Friedland, and Amy Klein. Register here.

January 7th from 6 pm - 7:30 pm ET: New York. Veronica Beard, 988 Madison Avenue. Zibby in conversation with Amy Wilson, author of Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser. RSVP to MadisonRSVP@veronicabeard.com.

January 8th at 10:30 am ET: Virtual. JCC Book Club with Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. Zoom link here.

January 8th at 7 pm ET: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club Q&A with Glory Edim, Gather Me, followed by discussion. Zoom link here.

January 9th at 7 pm ET: New York. Congregation Habonim with Zibby, Courtney Sheinmel, Amy Blumenfeld, and Jane Rosen. 103 West End Avenue. Register here.

January 16th at 8:30 am: New York. Ann Brashares and Zibby at Grace Church School Book Fair.

January 16th at 11:30 am: New York and Virtual. Brooke Shields talks to Zibby at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center. Register here.

January 16th at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm CT: Chicago, IL. Happy Women Dinner at ALTAR Community, 2518 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL. Email Jill Daniel, Jill Daniel, Jill@happywomendinners.com.

January 17th at 12 pm CT: Chicago, IL. Chicago Loop Synagogue event with Zibby and Samantha Ettus.

January 19th at 12 pm ET: Virtual event with Arizona Literary Society.

January 21st at 6 pm - 8 pm CST: St. Louis, MO. Temple Emanuel event with Alison Hammer. Register here.

January 22nd at 8 pm ET: Virtual. Wood River Jewish Community Event.

January 23rd at 8:30 am: New York. UJA Women event with Elyssa Friedland, Stacy Igel, Rebecca Raphael, and Zibby Owens. Register here.

January 24th at 11:25 am ET: Greenwich Country Day School Career Day Speaker.

January 23rd at 6:30 pm ET: Screening of documentary “October H8te” at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center with Zibby moderating a conversation after the film with Debra Messing and Wendy Sachs. Register here.

January 25th at 11:30 am ET: Virtual. Friends of the Millis Library event.

January 28th at 11:00 am ET: New York. Core Club event for On Being Jewish Now with Zibby.

January 31st at 8 pm ET: New York. Performance of “Left on Tenth” for VIP ticket holders to New Year, New Chapter. Info here.

FEBRUARY

February 1st from 10 am - 5 pm: New York. New Year, New Chapter Zibby Petite Retreat event with 20+ authors at the Whitby Hotel. Info here.

February 2nd at 10 am: New York. Brunch for VIP ticket holders to New Year, New Chapter. Info here.

February 2nd at 3 pm: New York. Menopause documentary screening and book talk with Tamsen Fadal and Jane Costello at Core Club.

February 4th at 6 pm: Greenwich, CT. Zibby with Jane Costello, It’s Getting Hot in Here, at Athena Books.

February 5th at 7 pm: Zibby’s Book Club: Q&A with Amy Wilson, Happy to Help, followed by book club conversation. All welcome. Zoom link here. Bonus pick: Alice Feeney, Beautiful Ugly. Recorded Q&A.

February 11th at 7 pm CT: Israel Bonds Chicago Women’s Division event. North Shore, IL.

February 21-23: Santa Barbara, CA. Santa Barbara Zibby Retreat!!! Authors Kristin Hannah, Leigh Bardugo, Laura Cathcart Robbins, Cathy Heller, Natasha Siszlo, and Nandy Reddy will be featured. Join us here.

February 21st at 6 pm PT: Montecito, CA. Godmothers bookstore event with Zibby and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh. (Part of Zibby Retreat but also open to the public.)

February 24th at 11:00 am ET: Miami, FL. Miami Beach JCC event for On Being Jewish Now.

February 24th at 5 pm ET: Bal Harbor, FL. On Being Jewish Now Veronica Beard event at Veronica Beard Bal Harbor with Zibby, Rochelle Weinstein, Dara Levan, Amy Ephron, and Debbie Reed Fischer.

February 24th at 8 pm ET: Coral Gables, FL. On Being Jewish Now event at Books & Books with Zibby, Talia Carner, Dara Levan, Debbie Reed Fischer and Amy Ephron. Details here.

February 25th at 10:30 am: Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Mandel JCC of the Palm Beaches event for On Being Jewish Now with Zibby, Amy Ephron, Dara Levan, and Debbie Fischer.

February 26th at 11:45 am: New York. HBS Symposium at the Harvard Club.

February 27th at 11:00 am: New York. Core Club event with Amy Wilson, Happy to Help, and Zibby.

February 27th at 7 pm ET: Harvard Club event with Zibby.

MARCH

March 5th at 7 pm ET: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club with Jane Costello, It’s Getting Hot in Here. All are welcome. Zoom link here.

March 12th at 10 am: Westchester, NY. Westchester Women’s Symposium at JCC of Mid-Westchester.

March 13th at 11:00 am ET: New York. Core Club event.

March 16th at 11:30 am PT: Tucson, AZ. Tucson Book Festival panel with Evan Friss and Suzanne Scanlon and Zibby, moderated by Lori A. Riegel. Info here.

March 16th at 5 pm PT: Scottsdale, AZ. Poisoned Pen event with Zibby.

March 23rd, time TBD: Los Angeles, CA Petite Retreat. On Being Jewish Now event with 20+ authors. (Location almost finalized.)

March 28th - 30th: Dallas, TX. Zibby’s Dallas Retreat.

March 31st at 11 am: Dallas, TX. Women’s Fundraiser for the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas with Zibby and Alana Newhouse.

APRIL

April 2nd: White Plains, NY. JCC event. Details TBD.

April 6th: Cambridge, MA. Harvard Business School Jewish Students Association conference with Zibby on panel.

April 8th at 1 pm: Virtual. JCC Metro West Orange Book Club with Zibby. Register here.

April 9th at 7 pm ET: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club with Jill Santopolo, The Love We Found. All are welcome. Zoom link to come.

April 14th at 7 pm ET: Nashville, TN. Event with Alyssa Rosenheck, Toby Lowenfels and others for On Being Jewish Now.

April 21st at 11:30 am ET: New York and Virtual. Jennifer Weiner and Zibby at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center. Register here.

April 22nd at 11 am ET: New York. Core Club event moderated by Zibby.

April 25th - April 27th: Montreal, Canada. Montreal Blue Metropolis Literary Festival. Zibby on three panels.

April 28th at 9 am ET: Virtual. JLF Cape Town conference with Samantha Ettus.

MAY

May 6th at 11 am ET: New York. Core Club Mother’s Day event with Nicole Graev Lipson, Mary Catherine Starr, and Carson Meyer, moderated by Zibby.

May 7th at 7 pm ET: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club with John Kenney, I See You’ve Called in Dead. All are welcome for Q&A with John followed by book club discussion. Zoom link to come.

May 13th at 6 pm: New York and Virtual. Judy Blume and Zibby at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center. Register here.

May 15th at 7:30 pm: Virtual. Provincetown Virtual event.

May 19th at 12:30 pm: Deal, NJ. JCC Luncheon in Deal, NJ.

JUNE

June 4th at 7 pm: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club. TBD. Zoom link to come.

June 10th at 11 am ET: New York. Core Club Father’s Day panel moderated by Zibby.

JULY

July 9th at 7 pm ET: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club. TBD. Zoom link to come.

July 25th at 6 pm ET: Sag Harbor, NY. Sag Harbor Synagogue event.

AUGUST

August 6th at 7 pm ET: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club. TBD. Zoom link to come.

SEPTEMBER

September 10th at 7 pm ET: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club. TBD. Zoom link to come.

September 26th - 28th: Aspen, CO Literary Festival Sponsor. TBD if going myself.

OCTOBER

October 3rd - 5th: Greenwich, CT. Zibby Retreat with Athena Books. Details to come.

October 8th at 7 pm ET: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club. TBD. Zoom link to come.

NOVEMBER

November 5th at 7 pm ET: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club. TBD. Zoom link to come.

DECEMBER

December 3rd at 7 pm ET: Virtual. Zibby’s Book Club. TBD. Zoom link to come.

For event requests, email sasha.astrof@zibbymedia.com.