Speaking Engagements
Past Speaking Engagements
2024
Tuesday, October 15, Women’s Club of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2022
Friday, January 21, Temple Beth Sholom of Orange County, Santa Ana, CA
2021
Tuesday, October 5, North Shore Chavurot L’Chaim Clubhouse, Milwaukee
Thursday, August 5, Women’s Cultural Alliance of the Jewish Federation of Collier County, virtual event 11 a.m. (EDT)
Thursday, July 15, Harry & Rose Samson Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee.
Saturday, February 13, virtual Havdalah/Chinese New Year presentation on Jews in China, Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, Milwaukee
2020
Virtual “Conversation Starters” premiere interview, Jewish Museum Milwaukee
Private book event, San Francisco
2018
Tuesday, July 10, Osher Lifelong Learning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, June 27, North Shore Chavurout L’Chaim group, Congregation Shalom, Milwaukee, 12 p.m.
2017
Thursday, January 26, Women’s Cultural Alliance of the Jewish Federation of Collier County, Naples Daily News Community Room, 1100 Immokalee Road, Naples, FL 34110, 2 p.m.
2016
Wednesday, July 20, Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, 11:30 am
Wednesday, June 1, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (sponsor), Chinese Historical Society of America, 965 Clay Street, San Francisco, 94108, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, January 19, 7 pm, KOH Library and Cultural Center and NCJW-Sacramento Section co-sponsors, at KOH, 2300 Sierra Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95825
Thursday, January 21, 7 pm, Lehrhaus Judaica and Temple Sinai, c0-sponsors, at Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit Street, Oakland, CA 94609
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 7-8:30pm, Gershman Y, 401 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Friday, April 8, 2016, Shabbat evening service, Congregation Beth Emeth, DC suburbs, 12523 Lawyers Road, Herndon, VA 20171
Monday April 11, 2016, 11 am to 12 noon, Hadassah Greater Baltimore Lunch & Learn, 3723 Old Court Road, Suite 205, Pikesville, MD 21208
Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 7 pm, Katz JCC, 1301 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Thursday, April 14, Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20817, 1-3pm
2015
Spiro Ark, sponsor, at Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue (HGSS), Norrice Lea, London, England
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County
JCC MetroWest, West Orange, NJ, annual Molly Burack Lecture
Stahl Jewish Studies Center of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, co-sponsors, at the synagogue
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties: Lion of Judah & Pomegranate donor luncheon, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Private book party, San Francisco
2014
Temple B’nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
2013
Temple Israel, Boston, MA
2012
Friendship Circle of Sonoma County JCC, Santa Rosa, CA
Tycher Library, Dallas, TX 75230
Wild Oak Saddle Club, Santa Rosa, CA
Jewish National Fund, Las Vegas, NV, luncheon in a private home
2011
Books, Inc., Laurel Village branch, San Francisco
Afikomen, book and gift store, Berkeley, CA
Hadassah, San Francisco Chapter
Limmud LA Conference, Orange County, CA
The Bookcase, Wayzata, MN
Panel on Nazi looted art, Lehrhaus Judaica, JFCS Holocaust Center, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
Congregation Shalom, Milwaukee, WI
Foster City, CA, International Writers Contest Awards Ceremony
Talking Point Book Bar & Salon, Beijing, China
Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society, San Francisco
Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto, CA
Congregation B’nai Israel, Little Rock
NCJW St. Louis (MO) Section
2010
Rhoda Goldman Plaza Assisted Living, San Francisco, CA
Two Private Book Launch Parties hosted by friends, San Francisco, CA
Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning, Milwaukee, WI
New York: Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties: Lion of Judah Fall Luncheon
Congregation Beth David, Saratoga, CA
NCJW San Francisco Section