BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2275@wjcenter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T200000 DTSTAMP:20240906T200854Z URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/zibby-owens-on-being-jewish-now/ SUMMARY:Zibby Owens "On Being Jewish Now" DESCRIPTION:This event follows our Community Shabbat Dinner and Rhythm & \; Ruach service.\n\nEditor Zibby Owens along with a few of the contributo rs to "On Being Jewish Now" join us to discuss their work.\n\nOn October 7 th\, 2023\, Jews in Israel were attacked in the largest pogrom since the H olocaust. But Jews everywhere felt it and came together to process and to speak out in ways they never had before\, like the contributors to this co llection. More than sixty notable Jewish authors speak to their lifetimes of Jewish joy\, celebration\, laughter\, food\, trauma\, loss\, love\, fam ily\, neuroses\, and fun\, and the common threads that course through the Jewish people: resilience and humor. Contributors include Mark Feuerstein\ , Jill Zarin\, Rabbi Steve Leder\, Amy Ephron\, Lisa Barr\, Rebecca Minkof f\, Annabelle Gurwitch\, Jenny Mollen\, Nicola Kraus\, Caroline Leavitt\, and many more. On Being Jewish Now is edited by bestselling author\, podca ster\, bookstore owner\, and media company CEO Zibby Owens.\n\nNever again .\n\nAll profits from the sale of the e-book\, audiobook\, and paperback w ill be donated to Artists Against Antisemitism\, a group founded by Jewish authors in the aftermath of October 7th\, dedicated to fighting the sprea d of antisemitism.\n\nBooks will be available for preorder at the event an d are for sale here: https://zibbymedia.com/products/on-being-jewish-now\n Zibby will be joined by contributors Alix Strauss\, Rabbi Rebecca Keren Ja blonski\, and Barri Leiner Grant\n\nAlix Strauss is a trend\, culture\, an d lifestyle journalist\; an award-winning\, four-time published author\; a speaker\; and a frequent contributor to The New York Times. She has been a featured lifestyle\, travel\, and trend writer on national morning and t alk shows\, including on ABC\, CBS\, CNN\, and the Today show. Her books i nclude The Joy of Funerals\, Based Upon Availability\, and Death Becomes T hem: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant\, the Famous &\; the Noto rious. She is also the editor of Have I Got a Guy for You\, an anthology o f mother-coordinated dating horror stories. Her work has been optioned for several TV and film projects. The Joy of Funerals is in early development with A24 for series adaptation. Alix lectures extensively and has been a keynote speaker\, moderator\, or panelist at more than two hundred confere nces\, symposiums\, seminars\, and summits. She lives in New York.\n\nBarr i Leiner Grant is a well-respected grief specialist\, author\, founder\, a nd Chief Grief Officer® of The Memory Circle: for those learning to live with loss. As coach\, educator\, and advocate\, she holds transformative g atherings and workshops to explore grief tending tools and techniques that foster community\, hope\, and healing. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post\, Psychology Today\, and Maria Shriver’s The Sunday Pape r\, among others. Her mother\, Ellen\, died suddenly in 1993. Her dad\, Ne il\, lives with dementia. She honors them in this work. She lives with her two children\, Emma and Quinn\; her husband\, Alex\; and their pup\, Bean \, in New York.\n\nRebecca Keren Eisenstadt Jablonski is a rabbi\, author \, and private educator. She obtained semicha from Mesifta Adas Wolkowisk in New York and graduated with honors from NYU’s Tisch School of the Art s. She has spent more than fif- teen years as an on-demand Jewish life con cierge. Rebecca’s debut memoir\, Confessions of a Female Rabbi: Relevant Religion in an On-Demand World\, was published in August 2024. She works with various synagogues and families all over the world and officiates wed dings\, bar and bat mitzvahs\, funerals\, baby namings\, bespoke holiday g atherings\, and other Jewish life cycle events. She serves on the board of Building Together: Building Relationships Between Palestinians and Israel is\, and is involved in many other charities. She resides in New York City with her husband\, Ben\, and their Shih-Poo\, Scout. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024 /08/WJC-OnBeingJewish.png CATEGORIES:Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR