Events listed in descending calendar order.

Calendar & Events

2009

  • Wednesday, February 11th, 7:30PM, Florida International Uniersity
    Biscayne Bay Campus: WUC 155
    "Spirituality and Storytelling"

2008

  • August 11th - August 17th, National Havurah Committee
    2007 Summer Institute
    Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH
    Visit the NHC website

  • Wednesday, June 11th, Interfaith Seminar
    Miami Jewish Home and Hospital
    "Windows of Opportunity: the Advantage of Being Transparent"

  • Thursday, May 29th, 7:30PM
    92nd St. "Y"- 1395 Lexington Ave., New York
    The Curse of Blessings

  • Apiri, 2008
    Publication of the Korean edition of The Curse of Blessings

  • Friday, March 21st, Authors' Luncheon
    Boca Raton - Boynton Beach Brandeis Women
    Benvenuto's Restaurant, Boynton Beach, FL

2007

  • Wednesday, October 10th, 7:30PM
    University of Miami Hillel
    1100 Stanford Dr., Coral Gables

  • Friday, August 17th, 5:45 PM
    Synaplex: dinner, service, storytelling
    Temple Judea, 4311 Hood Road, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
    Reservations, 561.624.4633

  • August 6th - August 12th, National Havurah Committee
    2007 Summer Institute
    http://www.havurah.org
    Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH

  • Friday, April 27th - Sunday, April 29th
    Scholar-in-Residence
    Congregation Beth El
    105 Hudson Road, Sudbury, MA

  • Thursday, April 5th, 6:30 PM
    "Salvation: A Jewish Perspective"
    Trinity Cathedral
    1545 N. Bayshore Dr., Miami, FL

  • Tuesday, March 6th, 7:30 PM
    "The Torah and the Qu'ran"
    Florida International University, Biscayne Campus

  • January, 2007
    Publication of the German edition of The Curse of Blessings
    Das Glück schaut um die Ecke.
    Weisheitsgeschichten
    See amazon.de

2006

  • December 17th, Sunday, 11:00 AM
    Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Miami
    7701 SW 76th Avenue

  • December 7th, Thursday, 11:00 AM
    Brandeis Women, South Dade Chapter, Miami, FL
    Call Sharon Glick, 305.274.4144 for information.

  • November 30th, Thursday, 6:00 PM
    World Peace Conference
    Kovens Conference Center, Florida International University
    http://www.peaceyourbirthright.org

  • November 19th, Sunday, 4:30 PM
    Miami Book Fair International
    Miami Dade College, Room 3313-14 (Wolfson Campus,downtown Miami)
    http://www.miamibookfair.com

  • October 18th, Wednesday, 3:30 PM
    University of Miami, 3rd floor conference room, Richter Library
    A Roundtable: Queering the Temple - Challenges and Opportunities Relating to Gay and Lesbian Inclusion in the Jewish Community

  • August 7th - August 13th, National Havurah Committee
    2006 Summer Institute
    http://www.havurah.org
    Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH

  • June 16 - 18, Friday through Sunday
    Canamica 2006: Canadian American Havurah Retreat
    Canterbury Hills Retreat Center, outside Hamilton, Ontario

  • June 6th, Tuesday, 7:30 PM
    Books & Books, Bal Harbour Shops
    9700 Collins Ave., Bal Harbour, FL

  • June 1st, Thursday, 7:30 PM
    B'nai Torah Congregation
    6261 SW 18th St., Boca Raton, FL

  • May 7th, Sunday, 6:00 PM
    Books & Books
    265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, FL

  • April 30th -- Running Press publishes a new collection of stories: The Curse of Blessings: Sometimes, the Right Story Can Change Your Life

  • Friday, March 16th - Sunday, March 18th
    Scholar-in-Residence
    Congregation Kol Tikvah
    6750 University Drive, Parkland, FL

  • January 12 - 16, Thursday evening through Monday morning
    Limmud, New York, at Kutsher's
    See http://www.limmudny.org for details.

2005

  • September 30, Friday afternoon
    Jewish Federation of Greater Miami
    "Meditations for Health and Wellbeing"
    4200 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL

  • August 1st - August 7th, National Havurah Committee
    2005 Summer Institute
    http://www.havurah.org
    Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH

  • June 9th, Thursday, 7:30 PM
    Jewish Museum of Florida
    301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL
    "Kabbalah - Beyond the Hype: What's Really There?"

  • April 17th, Sunday, 2:00 - 5:00 PM
    St. Thomas University
    16401 NW 37th Ave., Miami Gardens, FL
    "Interfaith Dialogue in a Post 9/11 World"

  • January 11th, Tuesday
    YOCA 7 - Conference of Jewish Renewal rabbis and cantors
    Boulder, Colorado

2004

  • November 4th, Thursday, 9:30 AM
    University of Miami
    Judaic Studies LC 194

  • September 15th, Wednesday
    Florida Center for Theological Studies
    111 NE First Street, Miami, FL

  • May 4th, Wednesday
    SEACCAR Kallah
    Marriott Hutchinson Island Resort, FL

  • March 25th, Thursday
    Dickinson College
    Carlisle, PA

  • Friday, March 12th - Sunday, March 14th
    Scholar-in-Residence
    Temple Rodef Shalom
    2100 Westmoreland Street, Falls Church, VA
    703-532-2217

  • February 28th, Saturday
    Temple Israel
    2215 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, FL
    850-877-3517

2003

  • November 14th & 15th
    Scholar-in-Residence
    Temple Emanuel of South Hills
    1250 Bower Hill Road, Pittsburgh, PA
    412-279-7600

  • November 10th, Monday
    Jewish Federation of Nashville
    801 Percy Warner Blvd
    Nashville, TN

  • November 9th, Sunday, 11:00am
    Congregation B'nai Israel
    2200 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, FL
    Family education; havurah programming
    (Also Tuesday evening, November 18th.)

  • October 23rd, Thursday, 7:30 PM
    Temple Israel
    5725 Walnut Lake Road
    West Bloomfield, MI

  • August 4th - August 10th, National Havurah Committee
    2003 Summer Institute
    http://www.havurah.org
    Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH

  • May 15th, Thursday, 7:30pm
    Barnes & Noble Booksellers
    5701 Sunset Drive, South Miami, FL

  • March 9th, Sunday, 3:00 PM
    Jewish Cultural Series
    Monmouth Reform Temple, Tinton Falls, NJ

  • March 7th & 8th
    Scholar-in-Residence
    Congregation Shir Tikvah
    3900 Northfield Parkway, Detroit, MI 48084
    248-649-4418 www.shirtikvah.org

  • January 24th
    Scholar-in-Residence
    Temple Anshe Sholom, Olympia Fields, IL

  • January 10th & 11th
    Shabbaton
    Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation
    Bethesda, Maryland

2002

  • November 24th, Sunday afternoon
    Miami, Florida: Miami Book Fair International

  • November 17th, Saturday evening
    Austin, Texas, Jewish Book Fair

  • November 9th - 10th
    Cleveland, Ohio: Scholar-in-Residence
    Beth El - The Heights Synagogue
    Park Synagogue
    Cleveland Hillel

  • October 30th, Wednesday evening
    Indianapolis, Indiana, Jewish Book Fair

  • August 5th - August 11th, National Havurah Committee
    2002 Summer Institute
    http://www.havurah.org
    Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH

  • July 29th - August 4th, Elat Chayyim
    http://www.elatchayyim.org
    99 Mill Hook Road, Accord, NY

  • March 24th, Sunday, 10:00am
    Temple Beth Am Library
    5950 N. Kendall Drive, Pinecrest, FL

  • March 17th, Sunday, 2:00pm
    Temple Beth Or book club
    Miami, FL

  • March 15th, Friday, 7:30pm
    Temple Adath Or
    Services held at the Church of Religious Science
    1550 NE 26 St., Wilton Manors, FL

  • March 5th, Tuesday, 7:30pm
    Michael-Ann Russel JCC
    18900 NE 25th Ave., North Miami Beach, FL

  • March 1st, Friday, 8:00pm
    Temple Bat Yam
    5151 NE 14th Terrace, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

  • February 22nd, Friday, 8:00pm
    Congregation B'nai Israel
    2200 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, FL

  • February 19th, Tuesday, 7:30pm
    Barnes & Noble Booksellers
    18711 NE Biscayne Blvd., Aventura, FL

  • February 15th, Friday, 7:30pm
    Temple Israel of Greater Miami
    137 NE 19th St., Miami, FL

  • February 8th - 10th
    Ellen M. Egger Shabbaton
    Princeton Jewish Center
    435 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ

  • February 5th, Tuesday, 7:00pm
    Barnes & Noble Booksellers
    1400 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL

  • February 4th, Monday, 7:00pm
    Beth Moshe Congregation
    2225 NE 121 St., North Miami, FL

  • January 29th, Tuesday, 7:00pm
    Dutton's Brentwood Bookstore
    11975 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

  • January 28th, Monday, 7:30pm
    Kehillat Israel
    16019 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, CA

  • January 26th, Saturday, 9:00am
    Kehillat Israel
    16019 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, CA

  • January 25th, Friday, 8:00pm
    Temple Judea - West Campus
    6601 Valley Circle Blvd., West Hills, CA

  • January 24th, Thursday, 7:30pm
    At the home of Neil & Cecile Gumenick
    17133 Avenida de la Herradura, Pacific Palisades, CA

  • January 18th, Friday, 8:00pm
    Temple Beth El
    1351 S. 14th Ave., Hollywood, FL

  • January 16th, Wednesday, 8:00pm
    Books & Books
    265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, FL

  • January 13th, Sunday, 10:00am
    Congregation Beth David
    2625 SW 3rd Ave., Miami, FL

  • January 12th, Saturday, 9:30am & 1:00pm
    Yom Limud
    Temple Kol Ami
    8200 Peters Rd., Plantation, FL

  • January 10th, Thursday, 2:00pm
    Kendall Branch Library
    Great Jewish Books Lecture Series
    9101 SW 97 Ave., Miami, FL

  • January 7th, Monday, 8:00pm
    Gathering of Conservative and Reform retired rabbis
    Saxony Hotel, Miami Beach, FL

  • January 4th - 6th
    Scholar-in-residence:
    United Congregation of Israelites
    Kingston, Jamaica

  • January
    Publication of The Thirty-third Hour