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Author Events for 2023 and Beyond

The Under One Tent program year has enjoyed great author events. Our August through December 2023 book talk line-up is very exciting, with authors represented from different genres, e.g., novels, non-fiction, cookbooks. While we are still in the process of confirming the dates, here is a sneak peak for you to savor. More details to come in early August.

These book talks are sponsored by the Contra Costa JCC and Congregation B’nai Shalom in partnership with the Jewish Book Council. Co-sponsors: Diablo Valley Hadassah and Congregation B’nai Tikvah.

Pnina Lahav and The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and her Path to Power
Lisa Scottoline and Loyalty
Chanie Apfelbaum and Totally Kosher
Uri Kaufman and Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
Christopher Gorham and The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America
Kenneth Miller and Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep
Jonathan Freedland and The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Daniel Stone and Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
Michael Strassfeld and Judaism Disrupted: A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century
Yael Goldstein-Love and The Possibilities
Boris Glants and Half Notes from Berlin: A Coming of Age Story Set in 1933 Berlin
Scott Hershovitz and Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids
Aaron Hamburger and Hotel Cuba
Hannah Wunsch and The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care

Upcoming Author Events

MAPPING THE DARKNESS
Sun, Oct 15
Online via Zoom
Oct 15, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Oct 15, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Book Talk with Award-Winning Journalist Kenneth Miller
More Info & RSVP

SINKABLE
Mon, Oct 23
Online via Zoom
Oct 23, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Oct 23, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Book Talk with Author Daniel Stone
More Info & RSVP

JUDAISM DISRUPTED
Sun, Nov 05
Cong. B'nai Shalom
Nov 05, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST
Cong. B'nai Shalom, 74 Eckley Ln, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA
Nov 05, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST
Cong. B'nai Shalom, 74 Eckley Ln, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA
Book Talk with Co-Author of the Best-Selling "Jewish Catalogue" Series Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
More Info & RSVP

Past Events

GROWING UP BELOW SEA LEVEL: A KIBBUTZ CHILDHOOD (IN-PERSON)
Tue, Sep 12
Cong. Beth Emek
Sep 12, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Cong. Beth Emek , 3400 Nevada Ct, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
Sep 12, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Cong. Beth Emek , 3400 Nevada Ct, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
Sponsor: Cong. Beth Emek. Co-sponsor: Contra Costa JCC
Details

GROWING UP BELOW SEA LEVEL: A KIBBUTZ CHILDHOOD (ONLINE)
Tue, Sep 12
Online via Zoom
Sep 12, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Sep 12, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Sponsor: Cong. Beth Emek. Co-sponsor: Contra Costa JCC
Details

EIGHTEEN DAYS IN OCTOBER
Tue, Sep 12
Online via Zoom
Sep 12, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Sep 12, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Book Talk with Author Uri Kaufman
Details

LOYALTY
Thu, Aug 31
Online via Zoom
Aug 31, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Aug 31, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Book Talk with Best-Selling Author Lisa Scottoline
Details

ZIEGLITZ'S BLESSING (Rescheduled)
Sun, Jun 25
Cong. B'nai Shalom Social Hall
Jun 25, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
Cong. B'nai Shalom Social Hall, 74 Eckley Ln, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA
Jun 25, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
Cong. B'nai Shalom Social Hall, 74 Eckley Ln, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA
Join Michael Goldberg for an enthralling conversation on his newest book!
Details

FIGHTING BACK
Thu, Jun 15
Online via Zoom
Jun 15, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Jun 15, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Authors Craig and Jeffrey Weiss. Sponsored by the CCJCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and Jewish Book Council in partnership with Diablo Valley Hadassah.
Details

ZIEGLITZ'S BLESSING
Sun, Jun 04
Cong. B'nai Shalom Social Hall
Jun 04, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
Cong. B'nai Shalom Social Hall, 74 Eckley Ln, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA
Jun 04, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
Cong. B'nai Shalom Social Hall, 74 Eckley Ln, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA
Join Michael Goldberg for an enthralling conversation on his newest book!
Details

DOCTOR ON CALL
Thu, May 18
Online via Zoom
May 18, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
May 18, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
A Book Talk with Dr. Alla Shapiro.
Details

THE LAST OF THE SEVEN
Mon, May 15
Online via Zoom
May 15, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
May 15, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Author event with Steven Hartov. Sponsored by the CCJCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and Jewish Book Council in partnership with Diablo Valley Hadassah.
Details

ABOUT MAN & GOD & LAW: THE SPIRITUAL WISDOM OF BOB DYLAN
Sun, May 07
Online via Zoom
May 07, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
May 07, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Author event with Stephen Daniel Arnoff. Sponsored by the CCJCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and Jewish Book Council in partnership with Diablo Valley Hadassah.
Details

THE MAN WHO SOLD AIR IN THE HOLY LAND
Tue, May 02
Online via Zoom
May 02, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
May 02, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
A Book Talk Featuring Short Stories in Honor of Israel’s 75th Birthday with Author Omer Friedlander. Sponsored by the CCJCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and Jewish Book Council in partnership with Diablo Valley Hadassah.
Details

AN AFFAIR OF SPIES
Sun, Apr 23
Online via Zoom
Apr 23, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Apr 23, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Author event with Ronald H. Balson. Sponsored by the CCJCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and Jewish Book Council in partnership with Diablo Valley Hadassah.
Details

THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS
Sun, Apr 16
Online via Zoom
Apr 16, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Apr 16, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Author event with Meg Waite Clayton. Sponsored by the CCJCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and Jewish Book Council in partnership with Diablo Valley Hadassah.
Details

OVERTURE OF HOPE
Mon, Apr 03
Online via Zoom
Apr 03, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Apr 03, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Author event with Isabel Vincent. Sponsored by the CCJCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and Jewish Book Council in partnership with Diablo Valley Hadassah.
Details

A BANKER'S JOURNEY
Sun, Mar 19
Online via Zoom
Mar 19, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Mar 19, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Author event with Daniel Gross. Sponsored by the CCJCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and Jewish Book Council in partnership with Diablo Valley Hadassah.
Details

THE LOST GIRL
Sun, Feb 05
Online via Zoom
Feb 05, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM PST
Online via Zoom
Feb 05, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM PST
Online via Zoom
Author event with Alan Jacobson. Sponsored by the CCJCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and Jewish Book Council in partnership with Diablo Valley Hadassah.
Details

DELVING INTO "BIBI: MY STORY" WITH JOURNALIST AVI SHILON
Tue, Jan 31
Online via Zoom
Jan 31, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
Online via Zoom
Jan 31, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
Online via Zoom
Sponsored by the Contra Costa JCC in partnership with Cong. B’nai Shalom, Cong. B’nai Tikvah, BA-JAIN and Diablo Valley Hadassah.
Details

AVAILABLE AS IS: A MIDLIFE WIDOW'S SEARCH FOR LOVE
Sun, Jan 29
Beth Chaim Cong.
Jan 29, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST
Beth Chaim Cong., 1800 Holbrook Dr, Danville, CA 94506, USA
Jan 29, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST
Beth Chaim Cong., 1800 Holbrook Dr, Danville, CA 94506, USA
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