SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Note: Though this list strives for accuracy, please confirm times and locations with local venues.
Thurs., Nov. 4, 2010 – NEWARK, DE
University of Delaware, 4 pm
"Imagining Global Citizenship" Lecture Series
Details TBA
Other events in the works. Please check back!
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PAST EVENTS
The dates below are in the past and are posted for information only.
Tues., April 13, 2010 – WASHINGTON, DC
George Washington University, 7 pm
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom
800 21st St., NW
Jewish Literature Live Author Series
Sat., May 15, 2010 – GAITHERSBURG, MD
Gaithersburg Book Festival, 3 pm
Dashiell Hammett Pavilion, City Hall grounds
Olde Towne Gaithersburg
PAPERBACK TOUR
Tues., Sept. 22, 2009 – WASHINGTON, DC
Southeast Neighborhood Library, 6:30 pm
Fri, Oct. 16, 2009 – WILMETTE, IL
Sponsored by Congregation Sukkat Shalom
Location: Community Church of Wilmette, 7:30 pm
Mon., Oct. 19, 2009 – WORCESTER, MA
JCC Author Series
Congregation Beth Israel, 7:30 pm
Tues., Oct. 20, 2009 – CAMBRIDGE, MA
Enormous Room, 7 pm
sponsored by Harvard Book Store
with Harvard Hillel and the New Center for
Arts & Culture
Weds., Oct. 21, 2009 – PHILADELPHIA AREA
Barnes & Noble store#2697, 7 pm
Fairless Hills, PA
Thurs., Oct. 22, 2009 – MADISON, C T
RJ Julia Booksellers, 7 pm
Fri, Oct. 23, 2009 – RYE, NY
Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, 7:30 pm
Kickoff talk for a Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
featuring Ariel and his father, Prof. Yona Sabar
Sat, Oct. 24, 2009 – RYE, NY
Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, 9 am
Saturday breakfast and talk by Prof. Yona Sabar
for Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Tues., Oct. 27, 2009 – SEATTLE, WA
Elliott Bay Book Co., 7 pm
Weds., Oct. 28, 2009 – BELLINGHAM, WA
World Issues Forum, Noon
Fairhaven College, Western Washington University
Weds, Oct. 28, 2009 – BELLINGHAM, WA
Congregation Beth Israel, 7 pm
Co-sponsored with Village Books
Tues, Nov. 3, 2009 – LOS ANGELES
***NOTE NEW VENUE***
NEW LOCATION: UCLA Faculty Club,
in the club's California Room, 7:30 pm
Post-talk Q&A with Ariel and his father,
UCLA Professor Yona Sabar
Preregistration required: cjsrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu
Sponsored by The UCLA Center for Jewish Studies
Weds., Nov. 4, 2009 – SANTA ROSA, CA
Congregation Shomrei Torah, 7 pm
co-hosted by Copperfield's Books
Thurs., Nov. 5, 2009 – CAPITOLA, CA
Capitola Book Café, 7:30 pm
Weds., Nov. 11, 2009 – DENVER, CO
43rd Festival of Jewish Books & Authors
Mizel Arts & Culture Center, 7 pm
My Father's Paradise is the festival's
"2009 Denver Jewish Community Read"
Sat, Nov. 14, 2009 – MIAMI
Miami Book Fair International, 4:30 pm
Auditorium Pavillion B (Parking Lot #9)
Ariel joins a panel discussion with
authors Kati Marton and Sadia Shepard
Tues., NOV 17, 2009 - BALTIMORE
Enoch Pratt Free Library, 7 pm
Poe Room, Central Library
Thurs., Nov. 19, 2009 – LONG ISLAND
"On the Same Page" Author Breakfast
Sid Jacobson JCC, East Hills, NY, 10:30am
My Father's Paradise is Long Island's
2009 "On the Same Page" Jewish
Community Read
Mon., Nov. 23, 2009 – NEW YORK CITY
McNally Jackson Books, 7 pm
Weds., Dec. 2, 2009 – SYKESVILLE, M D
Fairhaven Retirement Community, 7:30 pm
Weds., Dec. 9, 2009 – POTOMAC, MD
Congregation Har Shalom, Noon
Daytimers Forum
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HARDCOVER TOUR
Weds., Aug. 20, 2008 – NEW YORK CITY
The Jewish Week's Literary Summer
In conversation with Sadia Shepard,
author of The Girl from Foreign
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 pm
Sun., Sept. 7, 2008 – SPENCERTOWN, NY
Festival of Books, 2 pm
Spencertown Academy Arts Center
Paired discussion with Sadia Shepard
Tues, Sept. 16, 2008 – BEAVERCREEK, OH
Books & Co., 7 pm
Thurs., Sept. 18, 2008 - CHICAGO
Highland Park Public Library, 7 pm
consponsored with The Book Stall
Highland Park, Ill.
Tues., Sept. 23, 2008 – WASHINGTON, DC
Jewish Literary Festival
Washington DC JCC, 7:30 pm
Weds, Sept. 24, 2008 - FAIRFAX, VA
Fall for the Book Literary Festival, 3 pm
Provident Bank Tent (Outside Johnson Center)
George Mason University - Fairfax
Thurs., Sept. 25, 2008 - MIAMI AREA
Books & Books, 8 pm
Coral Gables, Fl.
Thurs., Oct. 2, 2008 - CORTE MADERA, CA
Book Passage, 7 pm
Sat., Oct. 4, 2008 – BERKELEY, CA
Congregation Netivot Shalom, 1:30 pm
Mon., Oct. 6, 2008 - SONOMA, CA
Readers' Books, 7:30 pm
Tues, Oct. 7, 2008 – PALO ALTO, CA
Albert L. Schultz JCC, 10 am
Tues., Oct. 7, 2008 - MENLO PARK, CA
Kepler's, 7:30 pm
Thurs., Oct. 23, 2008– PROVIDENCE, RI
Brown University Bookstore, 4 pm
Sun., Oct. 26, 2008 - WASHINGTON, DC
Politics & Prose, 5 pm
Wed., Oct. 29, 2008 – DALLAS, TX
Aaron Family JCC, 7 pm
Sat., Nov. 1, 2008 – DOVER, DE
Delaware Book Festival, 1:15 pm
Memoir Panel with Lily Koppel,
author of The Red Leather Diary
First State Heritage Park
Sun., Nov. 2, 2008 - PHILADELPHIA AREA
One Book, One Jewish Community,
which made My Father's Paradise its
2008-2009 "Community Read"
Kickoff Conversation, 7 pm
Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El
Wynnewood, PA
Thurs., Nov. 6, 2008 – HOUSTON, TX
36th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair, 8 pm
JCC of Houston
Sun., Nov. 9, 2008 – NEW YORK CITY
Culture Shock: Jewish Writing in America
On panel with authors Andre Aciman
(Out of Egypt) and Dalia Sofer
(The Septembers of Shiraz) and
moderator Sara Ivry, of Nextbook.
At 92Y Tribeca, 1:30 pm.
For ticket info, click here.
Tues., Nov. 11, 2008 – DETROIT AREA
JCC of Metropolitan Detroit, 7 pm
15110 West Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park, MI
Weds., Nov. 12, 2008– DETROIT AREA
JCC of Metropolitan Detroit, 10:30 am
6600 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield, MI
Thurs., Nov. 13, 2008 – SAN DIEGO
San Diego Jewish Book Fair, 9:30 am
San Diego Center for Jewish Culture
La Jolla, Calif.
Thurs., Nov. 13, 2008 – SAN FRANCISCO
BJE Jewish Community Library, 7:30 pm
Sun., Nov. 16, 2008 – ATLANTA
Book Festival of the Marcus JCC of Atlanta
MJCCA Zaban Park, Dunwoody, 7 pm
Panel discussion with authors Sadia Shepard and Peter Godwin
Tues., Nov. 18, 2008 – SAINT PAUL, MINN.
Twin Cities Jewish Book Fair, 7:30 pm
The Saint Paul JCC
My Father's Paradise is the fair's
"Community Read"
Fri., Nov. 21, 2008 – PHILADELPHIA AREA
Author-in-Residence Program, 7:30 pm
Main Line Reform Temple
Wynnewood, PA
Tues., Nov. 25, 2008 – FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CT
Bethel Public Library, 7 pm
Tues, Dec. 2, 2008 – LOS ANGELES
Sinai Temple, Noon
Weds., Dec. 3, 2008 – PASADENA, CA
Vroman's Bookstore, 7 pm
Ariel's father, UCLA Professor Yona Sabar,
on hand after talk to answer questions
Sat., Dec. 6, 2008 – REDONDO BEACH, CA
Temple Menorah, 5 pm
Please click here for details (pdf)
Sat., Dec. 6, 2008 – PASADENA, CA
Jewish Book Festival, 7:30 pm
Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center
Ariel's father, UCLA Professor Yona Sabar,
on hand after talk to answer questions
Weds., Jan. 14, 2009 – WASHINGTON, DC
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 7 pm
Got Roots? Genealogy Speaker Series
Paired with testimony expert Amelia Klein
Sun., Jan. 25, 2009 – CHICAGO
Spertus Institute, 2 pm
Co-sponsored by Nextbook
Weds., Feb. 11, 2009 – WASHINGTON, DC
Library of Congress, Noon
Thurs., Feb. 12, 2009 – FAIRFAX, VA
3rd Annual Jewish Book Festival
JCC of Northern Virginia, 7:30 pm
Fri., March 20, 2009 – CHARLOTTESVILLE
Virginia Festival of the Book
Searching for Our Roots: Memoirs, 2 pm
Panel Discussion with authors
Lise Funderburg (Pig Candy),
Martha Frankel (Hats & Eyeglasses),
& Randall Kenan (The Fire This Time)
Thurs., March 26, 2009 – PHILADELPHIA
Germantown Jewish Centre, 7 pm
Panel with Ariel, his father
UCLA Professor Yona Sabar &
Villanova U. Sociologist Donna Shai
Thurs., April 30, 2009 – NEW YORK CITY
The Jewish Museum, 6:30 pm
Books in Focus series
Joint appearance with Sadia Shepard,
author of The Girl from Foreign
Thurs., May 7, 2009 – BALTIMORE
Center for Jewish Education, 7 pm
Weinberg JCC
My Father's Paradise is the 2009
nonfiction "Community Read"
for On the Same Page Baltimore
Weds, June 10, 2009 – CHERRY HILL, NJ
Author Talk, Katz JCC, 7:30 pm