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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.


Pile Of Books
  • 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
    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
  • SINKABLE
    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
  • JUDAISM DISRUPTED
    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

Past Events

  • GROWING UP BELOW SEA LEVEL: A KIBBUTZ CHILDHOOD (IN-PERSON)
    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
  • GROWING UP BELOW SEA LEVEL: A KIBBUTZ CHILDHOOD (ONLINE)
    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
  • EIGHTEEN DAYS IN OCTOBER
    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
  • LOYALTY
    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
  • ZIEGLITZ'S BLESSING (Rescheduled)
    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!
  • FIGHTING BACK
    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.
  • ZIEGLITZ'S BLESSING
    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!
  • DOCTOR ON CALL
    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.
  • THE LAST OF THE SEVEN
    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.
  • ABOUT MAN & GOD & LAW: THE SPIRITUAL WISDOM OF BOB DYLAN
    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.
  • THE MAN WHO SOLD AIR IN THE HOLY LAND
    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.
  • AN AFFAIR OF SPIES
    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.
  • THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS
    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.
  • OVERTURE OF HOPE
    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.
  • A BANKER'S JOURNEY
    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.
  • THE LOST GIRL
    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.
  • DELVING INTO "BIBI: MY STORY" WITH JOURNALIST AVI SHILON
    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.
  • AVAILABLE AS IS: A MIDLIFE WIDOW'S SEARCH FOR LOVE
    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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