Jewish kids in 6th-8th grade are invited to join us for a campfire, s'mores and explore the corn maze! Tom's Maze, the group will meet at the CJCE and drive together to the corn maze. Cost: $15.00

ELLEN FRANKEL The Deadly Scrolls: Book One in the Jerusalem Mysteries Monday, November 7 @ 7 PM via Zoom Cost: Free CLICK HERE to Register  What could pos­si­bly bring togeth­er Israeli politi­cians, devout young Chris­tians, ardent Zion­ists, and Islam­ic ter­ror­ists? Vir­tu­al­ly noth­ing — except this com­pelling mys­tery nov­el, set in con­tem­po­rary Jerusalem, which depicts their clash as […]

ANDREW LAWLER Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City Wednesday, November 9 @ 7 PM Livestream at The Torch Lounge, University of Dayton Kennedy Union (300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469) Cost: $6 person - free with student ID Q and A with Dr. Dorian Borbonus, Associate Professor of History  Sacred […]

DEBBY APPLEGATE Madame: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age Sunday, November 13 @ 7 PM, The Dayton Woman’s Club (225 N Ludlow St, Dayton, OH 45402) Jazz concert, followed by the author Cost: $12 Madam is the biog­ra­phy of Pol­ly Adler (1900−1962), the most infa­mous and influ­en­tial madam in Jazz Age […]

DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, CATHY BARROW IS UNABLE TO TRAVEL TO DAYTON  FOR HER SCHEDULED VISIT. THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED - WATCH FOR UPDATES!   CATHY BARROW Bagels, Schmears, and a Nice Piece of Fish Wednesday, November 16 @ 6:30 PM, The Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education (525 Versailles Drive, Centerville, Ohio […]

LIZ SHEIER Never Simple Tuesday, November 29 @ 7 PM via Zoom Cost: Free CLICK HERE to Register   Scheier’s moth­er, Judith, was a sin­gle moth­er whose devo­tion crossed the line into obses­sion, and — when in the grips of the men­tal ill­ness that plagued every day of her life — a vio­lent and abu­sive liar whose hold on real­i­ty was […]

JEN MAXFIELD More After the Break: A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories Thursday, December 1 @ 7 PM at The Wright Library, 1776 Far HIlls Ave, Dayton, Ohio 45419) Cost: Free  Based on her two-decade career as a local TV news reporter in New York City, Jen Max­field takes read­ers on a dra­mat­ic ride-along with […]

TOM DUGAN Wiesenthal DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, TOM DUGAN IS UNABLE TO TRAVEL TO DAYTON  FOR HIS SCHEDULED VISIT. THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED – WATCH FOR UPDATES! Simon Wiesen­thal was a Holo­caust sur­vivor who became inter­na­tion­al­ly famous for relent­less­ly pur­su­ing and bring­ing near­ly 1,100 Nazi war crim­i­nals to jus­tice. He is best known for […]