Tag: Adults and Professionals

8 Upcoming Events

Oct

22 2023

 

After barely escaping the Russian pogroms, journalist Rebecca Clarren’s ancestors acquired a prairie homestead in S…

Oct

29 2023

Jewish Book Festival | Omer Bartov | The Butterfly and the Axe

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

Temple Ami Shalom
3508 East Temple Way
West Covina, CA

 

Inspired by his own family history, Omer Bartov draws on extensive research, letters, diaries and confessions in this…

Nov

1 2023

 

In 1936, Arabs in Palestine rebelled against both the increasing Jewish immigration from Europe and British authoriti…

Nov

4 2023

Jewish Book Festival | Helene Stapinski & Bonnie Siegler

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Temple Beth Israel of Pomona
3033 North Towne Avenue
Pomona, CA

 

Have you ever wondered what Superman and Marilyn Monroe might have in common? This spirited true adventure shows how …

Nov

12 2023

Jewish Book Festival | Richard Hurowitz | In the Garden of Righteous

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

University of La Verne | Abraham Campus Center
2000 2nd St.
La Verne, CA 91750

 

In The Garden of the Righteous provides us with a view of courage and humanity through the stories of non-Jews whose …

Nov

15 2023

Jewish Book Festival | Nina Simon | Mother-Daughter Murder Night

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

Altadena Town & Country Club
2290 Country Club Dr
Altadena, CA 91001

 

This engaging mystery, with a real-life twist, follows three generations of women as they discover who is murdering p…

Nov

19 2023

Jewish Book Festival | A.J. Sidransky | Incident at San Miguel

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

Temple Sinai of Glendale
1212 North Pacific Avenue
Glendale, CA

 

 

Unlike in Europe, many Jews in Cuba built a good life after the Holocaust and were relatively free of antisemitis…

Dec

2 2023

 

Just after the collapse of the Soviet Union, The Children’s Television Workshop asked Lance Rogoff, a young Jewish …