During the fall season (north of the equator, anyway), we often marvel about the abundance of Jewish holidays. This year, however, I'm keenly aware of the busy-ness of the spring holiday calendar, too. That has a lot to do with the recent publication of Abigail Pogrebin's My Jewish Year, which launched last month immediately after Purim. Passover soon followed.
This past Sunday at sundown, Yom HaShoah began. And within the next several days we'll observe Yom HaZikaron (Israel's Memorial Day) and Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel's Independence Day). We've been sharing brief and meaningful excerpts from My Jewish Year about these holidays on Twitter and Facebook; if you haven't caught them, please click and scroll through.
Meantime, Abby and her book have been much in the news and around and about. Please see below for some of the media highlights and a list of upcoming appearances.
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(More Than) Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Interviewed by Jenna Bush Hager, Abigail Pogrebin recently helped kick off a new series: "Soul Searching TODAY."
Appearing with Rabbi Mark S. Golub on JBS TV, Abigail Pogrebin shared what she learned about Judaism during her year-long journey observing the holidays on the Jewish calendar.
Where do religion and politics intersect? In honor of Easter and Passover, FACE THE NATION's John Dickerson discussed faith in our time with Rod Dreher, Russell Moore, Abigail Pogrebin and Father James Martin.
Meet Abigail Pogrebin—and/or Invite Her to Join Your Book-Group Discussion!
Over the next month, Abigail Pogrebin's appearances include:
Thursday, April 27: Temple Emanu-El's Streicker Center in New York (with Rabbi Sharon Brous, Rabbi David Ingber, Rabbi Joy Levitt, Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, and Rabbi Joshua Davidson)
Friday, May 5: Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, New Jersey
Tuesday, May 9: New York event to benefit Yeshivat Maharat (with Rabba Sara Hurwitz and Rabbi Yaffa Epstein and an introduction by Rabbi Avi Weiss)
Tuesday, May 16: Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, New York (in conversation with Rabbi Jonathan Blake)
Wednesday, May 17: Milwaukee Jewish Federation's Women's Philanthropy Annual Meeting
Sunday, May 21: Temple Israel in Westport, Connecticut
Links and more information—plus events into September 2017—are all available on our Events Calendar. Please take a look.
And don't forget that our site includes information for book clubs and groups that might wish to invite Abby to join in their discussions by phone/Skype. Also there: a set of downloadable questions to help your group kick off its conversation. And if that's not enough—say, for instance, you'd appreciate some specially selected recipes to prepare ahead of your meeting—the Jewish Book Council has compiled another resource kit for My Jewish Year that you're encouraged to consult.
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