Last night was an amazing night taking SeltzertopiaLive! to Great Barrington, in the western-Massachusetts wonderland otherwise known as the Berkshires. Kicking off their Jewish Book festival, it was a pure delight being welcomed by this amazing community and enjoying not just their after-event egg creams but drinking seltzer miraculously providedRead More →
This past Tuesday I was presenting back in my hometown of Forest Hills, NY. My neighbor Doria arranged for me to speak to the Sisterhood at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, the local Conservative Synagogue where my daughter went to pre-school oh so many year ago. It was fun toRead More →
The Columbus Historical Society’s monthly newsletter included a nice write-up of my recent talk. Check it out below.Read More →
On July 16th, I will present locally at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, sponsored by the Sisterhood. All women – and men – are welcome to come join us. This is currently the only local event scheduled for 2019 (although I’m confident there will be more to come).Read More →
This weekend was my first time visiting Columbus, Ohio. I have always heard it was a city with fine food, contemporary art, and good people; I’m glad to report at every turn it failed to disappoint. This event was my first one in association with a Museum – The ColumbusRead More →
The Sisterterhood of Beit Yisrael not only invited me out to Morristown, New Jersey to speak at their 100+ year old congregation, but also to their Sisterhood meeting itself. So after thanking the board from the previous year, the new slate of leaders were elected (I had no say inRead More →
The last time I spoke at a college was in Arizona, last January. I spoke to a group of undergrads in their bookstore: In March, I was back on campus, this time in NYC, just blocks from the boat to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, at CUNY (theRead More →
I’ve always known about JFNA (The Jewish Federations of North America). They represents 147 Jewish Federations and over 300 Network communities, which raise and distribute more than $3 billion annually to support social welfare, social services and educational needs. Before I went to Ft. Myers last March for SeltzertopiaLive!, however, I hadRead More →
This morning we set the clocks back, and traveled back in time, through nostalgia, and history, and more, at the Hebrew Institute of White Plains (a Modern Orthodox temple north of NYC founded in 1915). They had a great make-you-own-egg-cream station, complete with pretzel sticks, and seltzer from the one-and-onlyRead More →
Yesterday I drove up to Congregation Shir Shalom in Ridgefield, CT, to give a presentation to their entire Hebrew School and their parents. What a delight! I had a great time engaging the children with tales of seltzer’s past, scenes from the 3 Stooges, videos of my time with EliRead More →