Upcoming Events
Combined Jewish Philanthropies - Boston, MA
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
7.00pm - January 29, 2025
Location and event details coming soon.
Levis Jewish Community Center - Boca Raton, FL
Literary Afternoon: On Being Jewish Now
2.00pm - March 25, 2025
On Being Jewish Now is an intimate collection of meaningful, smart, funny and inspiring essays from today’s authors and advocates about what it means to be Jewish today and how things have changed since October 7, 2023. Join us for a panel discussion with contributing authors, moderated by Debbie Reed Fischer. The Panel (still in formation) includes: Lisa Barr, Talia Carner, Debbie Reed Fischer, Samantha Greene Woodruff, Rochelle Weinstein, Jacqueline Friedland and Amy Blumenfeld.
Sid Jacobson JCC: On Being Jewish Now - East Hills, NY
Sid Jacobson JCC: On Being Jewish Now
10.30am - December 11, 2024
A panel featuring bestselling authors who have contributed to On Being Jewish Now including Zibby Owens, Amy Blumenfeld, Brenda Janowitz and Jane L. Rosen.
On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates
On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates
This intimate and hopeful collection of meaningful, smart, funny, sad, emotional, and inspiring essays from today’s authors and advocates explores what it means to be Jewish, how life has changed since the attacks on October 7th, 2023, and the unique culture that brings this group together.
Authors (scheduled to appear): Barri Leiner Grant, Stacy Igel, Jane Rosen, Amy Blumenfeld, Rachel Levy Lesser, and David Christopher Kaufman.
Books will be available for sale.
Women on the Move: On Being Jewish Now
Women on the Move: On Being Jewish Now
What is it about being Jewish that connects us no matter where we live, how we work or if we even go to synagogue?
Food? Culture? Humor? Tradition? History?
In the wake of the October 7 tragedy in Israel — the worst pogrom since the Holocaust — and the rising antisemitism in the following months, American Jews felt a solidarity that many hadn’t known existed. People found themselves speaking out in ways they never had, putting on the Jewish stars they hadn’t worn in decades, experiencing a pride they had long forgotten.
Now, 75 writers share their funny, poignant, sad and emotional thoughts on that unique bond that reflect our joy and trauma, love, loss and family ties in the new book, On Being Jewish Now.
Twenty of those authors will join us, and we will get to hear from five of them for a conversation led by the volume’s editor, publisher and contributor Zibby Owens.