Sunday, November 3, 2024 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. University of Dayton Roger Glass Center for the Arts 29 Creative Way Dayton, OH 45479 The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America The Jazzmen by Larry Tye is a captivating exploration of the lives and music of some of the most […]

Thursday, November 14, 2024 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Via Zoom The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing George Weidenfeld was a British publisher, philanthropist, and political activist. He founded the Weidenfeld & Nicolson publishing house in 1948, which became renowned for its contributions to the literary world. Weidenfeld introduced the works […]

IF TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE SOLD OUT, PLEASE CONTACT STACY EMOFF AT SEMOFF@JFGD.NET OR 937.610.5513 TO GET ON THE WAITLIST! Sunday, December 8, 2024 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Wright Memorial Public Library 1776 Far Hills Avenue Oakwood, OH 45419 When Women Ran Fifth Avenue - Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American […]

Thursday, January 30, 2025 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Via Zoom VISION: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice David Tatel is an American judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit deciding many landmark cases. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, Tatel has a reputation for his […]

Sunday, February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Via Zoom Kissing Girls on Shabbat Sara Glass, who grew up in the Chasidic community of Borough Park, Brooklyn, was well aware of what her community’s expectations of her were. She acquiesced to an arranged marriage in which she felt no love and then realized she […]

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. IF YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED FOR THIS EVENT, YOU HAVE BEEN AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED FOR THIS WEBINAR ON THE NEW DATE AND TIME. Click here to register. Questions? Contact Stacy Emoff at semoff@jfgd.net. Via Zoom. No cost. #antisemitism: Coming of Age During the Resurgence of Hate Dr. […]

Sunday, February 16, 2025 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Via Zoom South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain It is 1492 in Granada, Spain. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand had just signed the Alhambra Decree which ordered all Jews to convert to Catholicism or leave Spain within three months. Painful decisions had to […]

Sunday, March 9, 2025 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Beth Abraham Synagogue 305 Sugar Camp Circle Oakwood, OH 45409 Kugels and Collards: Stories of Food, Family, and Tradition in Jewish South Carolina This is a unique and heartwarming exploration of the intertwined culinary and cultural traditions of African American and Jewish communities in the American […]

Sunday, March 30, 2025 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Via Zoom Prescription for Pain: How a Once Promising Doctor Became the “Pill Mill Killer” Prescription for Pain by Philip Eil is a gripping true crime exploration of Dr. Paul Volkman, who once had a promising career as a physician but is now serving four consecutive […]

Sunday, April 6, 2025 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Woodbourne Library 6060 Far Hills Avenue Centerville, OH 45459 Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure The daughter of a Holocaust survivor and immigrant mother, Zieman was once an aspiring dancer. She spent a childhood with demanding parents who did not understand her choices […]