Public Appearances
To book a speaking date for Letty Cottin Pogrebin, contact Susie Cohen at PearlCo Literary Agency. Susanperlmancohen@gmail.com Office: 901-754-5276 Cell: 901-647-5778
UPCOMING APPEARANCES IN 2024
Moment magazine Webinar
Letty interviews Abigal Pogrebin and Dov Linzer about their
new book, It Takes Two to Torah
Tuesday, Oct 29 @ 12:30 PM - ET
Women's Media Group (in person)
Wed. Oct 30 @11:30-1:30
Panel celebrating 50th anniversary of Ms. magazine
JCC of Manhattan (in person)
Wed, Dec 11 @ 7 PM
Letty interviews Stephen Shepard about his new book,
Salinger's Soul.
COMPLETED APPEARANCES IN 2024
(in chronological order)
Monmouth Reform Temple, Tinton Falls, NJ
Mon Feb 12 @ 7 PM Zoom
Contact: Maddy Kalb. frogladymk@comcast.ne
Linda S. Burns 732-778-3896
Julie Goler's National Book Groups
Tues, Feb 13 @10 PM ET Zoom
Tues, Feb 27 @10 PM ET. Zoom
Contact: julie@juliesbookgroups.com
Rodeph Shalom Book Group NYC
Thurs, Feb 29 @7:30 PM. Zoom
Contact: RhondaDKirschner@gmail.com
Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority
Sun, March 10 @5 PM ET Zoom
Contact: Patti Kenner - pattigak@aol.com
American Jewish Universtiy, LA
Thurs, Aug 15 @3PM-EST Zoom
Conversation about SHANDA with daughter,
Robin Pogrebin, NYTimes journalist
Contact: Alyssa Silva@aju.edu
310-440-1535
Women's Media Center Live With Robin Morgan
Radio show taped Monday, Sept 9th, 11 AM
Screening & discussion of Donna Zaccaro's film,
"Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way"
Triplex Cinema, Great Barrington, MA
Sun Sept 15 @3 PM
Contact: Tom Levine, thomaskl1@mac.com
COMPLETED APPEARANCES IN 2023
The Braid (L.A. cultural community)
Sun, Jan 8, 2023 @ 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT. Zoom
Contact: Arlene Sarner, arlenesarner@yahoo.com
Essex County, NJ. National Council of Jewish Women
Tues, Jan 10 , 2023 @ 1 PM in-person
Contact: Lori Gelman 973-868-6699
Palm Springs, CA Jewish Federation of the Desert
Mon, Jan 16, 2023 @ 11 AM-PT, 2 PM-ET. In person
Contact: Leslie Popper, 760-324-4737 or alan.potash@jfedps.org
Dani Shapiro's podcast, "Family Secrets"
Tues, Jan 31
Contact: Molly Zakoor Molly@danishapiro.com
Commonpoint. Queens, NY
Mon. Feb 6, 2023 @ 12 noon Zoom
Contact: Sylvia Ben-Adaret. sbenaderet@commonpoint.org
Denver Women's Press Club
Wed, Feb 15, 2023 Zoom
Interviewer: Ruth J. Abram
Contact: Marcia Goldstein. MGoldstein44@gmail.com
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Women & Gender Studies Program
Monday Feb 27, 2023 @4 PM Zoom
Contact: abrandon@brandeis.edu
Temple Emanu-El of Westfield, NJ
Thurs, March 9, 2023 @7:30 PM in-person
Contact: Victor Appell. vappell@tewnj.org
Beth El Synagogue Chapel Hill, NC
Sun, March 12, 2023 @3 PM Zoom
Contact: Jane Gabin. jeansgabin@yahoo.com
Jewish Theological Seminary, Manhattan, NY
Tues, March 14, 2023 @ 1 PM in-person
Contact: Prof. David Kraemer. dakraemer@jtsa.edu
JCC of Greater Albuquerque, NM
Wed, March 15, 2023 @7 PM-MT, 9 PM-ET. Zoom
Contact: Phyllis Wolf. PhyllisW@jccabq.org
JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, NJ
Celebration of "Strong Women"
Sun, March 19, 2023 @10:30 AM in-person
Contact: Kathy Graff. KGraff@jcctp.org
Book Club, Manhatan, NY
private group
Mon, April 10, 2023 @7- 8 PM
Book Club, Manhattan, NY
private group
Wed, April 12, 2023 @5:30-7 PM
Port Washington Jewish Center, L.I, NY
Wed, April 19, 2023, @ 8 PM Zoom
Contact: Rabbi Alysa Mendelson rabbi@portjewishcenter.org
Martha Graham Dance Company Gala, NYC
Letty is an honoree at Gala
Thurs, April 20, 2023 @7 PM
Contact: FKirmser@MarthaGraham.org
Stony Brook University School of Journalism
Stony Book, L.I, NY
Sun, April 23 @ 1 PM
Contact: Howie Schneider. Howard.Schneider@Stonybrook.edu
Sid Jacobson JCC, Greenvale, LI, NY
Mon, April 24, 2023 @ 7:30 PM. in-person
Contact: Elyse Ingber. eingber@sjjcc.org
Barshop JCC, San Antonio, TX
Sun, April 30, 2023 @ 6 PM ET Zoom
Contact: Carla Keegan. keeganc@jcc-sa.org
Book Club, Manhattan, NY
Mon, May 1, 2023, 7:30 PM
Contact: Carol Morgan csmorgan27@icloud.com
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, NYC
Monday, May 8, 2023. in-person
Contact: Annie Pollard. apollard@tenement.org
Hayam Havurah, Cummaquid, MA
Wed, May 10, 2023 @ 7 PM Zoom
Contact: Melissa Fox. spivakfox1@gmail.com
The New Shul, NYC
Tues, May 16, 2023 7 PM in person
Contact: erika.t.sasson@gmail.com
JCC of Long Beach, NY
Wed, May 17, 2023 - 4 PM Zoom
Contact: Jill Ratner JRatner@gmail.com
The New Jewish Home gala, NYC
"Eight Over Eighty" --Letty is an honoree
Wed, May 31, 2023 6:30 PM cocktails
Contact: Alyssa Herman aherman@jewishome.org
Never Again is Now: Podcast about Global Antisemitism
Thurs, June 15, 2023 - noon. Zoom
Contact: Phyllis Z. Miller. pzmiller@gmail.com
Congregation Bnai Brith, Santa Barbara, CA
How Feminism Has Evolved
Sun, June 25, 2023 1 PM EDT. Zoom
Contact: Rabbi Steve Cohen, 805-689-1615
OLLI distinguished speakers series
Monday, June 26, 2023 @7-8:30 ET Zoom
Contact: berkshireolli.org
Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
Fri, July 14, 2023. @10:30 AM in-person
Contact: Daveen Litwin. dlitwin@JewishBerkshires.org
"Her Money" Podcast with Jean Chatzky
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 @2 PM ET Zoom
Contact: Haley@hermoney.com
"The Open Nesters Podcast"
Wed, Aug 3, 2023 @4 PM. Zoom
Contact: Tessa & Amir <theopennesters@gmail.com
Temple Beth-El, South Bend, IN
Sunday, Aug 20, 2023. 10:30 AM
Contact: Posi Tucker. Rtucker44@msn.com
Americans for Peace Now webinar
Thurs, Aug 31, 2023 1:30 PM
Contact: Ori Nir - onir@peacenow.org
Congregation Or Atid, Wayland, MA
Tues, Sept 19, 2023 Zoom
Contact: Barbara Shapiro winer, bswiner@gmail.com
Brandeis University 75th anniversary celebration
Oct 13-15, 2023 in person, Walthan, MA
Letty is a featured panelist
Contact: Patsy Fisher fpfisher@brandeis.edu.
Temple Emanu-El, Denver, CO
Oct 20-21, 2022, in-person
With Abigail Pogrebin
Contact: Elizabeth Sachs, Cantor, sachs@emanueldenver.org
Fordham University, NYC
Thurs Nov 9, 2023 @6
Contact:Amy Levine-Kennedy. alevinekennedy@fordham.edu
The Silurian Club, NYC
"50 Years of Ms. Magazine." with Joanne Edgar
Wed, Nov 15, 2023 @luncheon 12-2
Contact: JoeBerger117@gmail.com
Helga David Podcast
Thurs Dec 14, 2023
2 PM taping
Contact: Helgadavis@gmail.com
COMPLETED APPEARANCES IN 2022
JewFem 2.0
"Jewish Feminism: A Retrospective View"
Jan 16, 2022 (Zoom panel event)
Contact: Elana.Sztokman@gmail.com
Hadassah national
"The Road Beyond Roe: Advocating for Reproductive Rights"
Jan 18, 2022 (Zoom lecture)
Contact: Lauren Katz. lkatz@hadassah.org
Moment Magazine
"God, Sex and Politics in the Lyrics of Leonard Cohen"
March 1, 2022 (Zoom panel with Marcia Pally & Erica Jong)
Clontact Suzanne Borden. SBorden@Momentmag.com
The Polo Club Boca Raton, FL
Women's Rights and Wrongs
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Contact: Iris Schaum, imschaum@aol.com
Manuscript (Yale student society)
Three Generations Talk about about Feminism:
Letty, daughter Robin Pogrebin, granddaughter Maya Klaris
April 3, 2022 in-person dinner event
Contact: Maya.Klaris@yale.edu
Jewish Women's Funding Network
May 10, 2022 (Zoom)
Contact: Barbara@Dobkinfamily.com
The Authors Guild
June 14, 2022 in person dinner event
Contact: Lynn Boulger lboulger@authorsguildfoundation.org
The Hampton Synagogue, Westhampton, NY
Thurs, August 25, 2022
Contact: Rabbi Avraham Bronstein <avraham@thehamptonsynagogue.org>
Temple Beth Zion and Jewish Women's Archive
Brookline, MA
Thurs, Sept 15, 2022. @8 PM Live and streaming
Contact: Rav Tiferet@TbzBrookline.org
Vitality Society Distinguished Author Series
Sunday, Sept 18, 2022, @7 PM. Zoom
Contact: Meredith Oppenheim. meredith@vitality-society.com
WIT: Words, Ideas, and Thinkers Festival of The Authors Guild
In conversation with Gene Fidell
The Bookstore, Lenox, MA
Friday, Sept 23, 2022. @3 PM.
Contact: Lynn Boulger lboulger@authorsguildfoundation.org
Jewish Currents magazine
In conversation with Dahlia Scheindlin
Wed. Sept 28, @12 noon
Contact: Cynthia@JewishCurrents.org
Stockbridge Library, Stockbridge, MA
In conversation with Andre Bernard
Sunday, Oct 9, @ 3-4 PM in-person
Contact: Wendy Pearspn 413-575-3185
wpearson@cwmars.org
The Streicker Center at Temple Emanu-El, NYC
In conversation with Gloria Steinem
Wed, Oct 12, 2022 @ 7 pm live and streamed
Contact: Gady Levy gadylevy@emanuelstreickernyc.org
Signaure Bank
"Mission Driven Lives"
in conversation with Scott Shay & Abigail Pogrebin
Thurs, Oct 13, 2022 taped
Contact Katrina Walker. KWalker@SignatureNY
Brandeis National Committee
In conversation with Prof. ChaeRan Freeze
Monday, Oct 17, 2022 @11 A.M. Zoom
Contact: Ellen Forman EForman70@gmail.com
JCC of the North Shore
Marblehead, MA
Tues, Oct. 19, 2022. @7 PM Zoom
Contact: Sara Ewing. sewing@jccns.com
Scarsdale Adult School partner with midWestchester JCC
Thurs, Oct 20, 2022 @11 AM live and streaming
Bendheim Auditorium
Contact: Lori Rotskoff rotscant@yahoo.com 914-907-7432
National Hadassah Book Club
Thurs, Oct 20, 2022 @7 PM virtual
Contact: Lisa Hostein. LHostein@hadassah.org
Washinton Hebrew Congregation
Sun, Oct 23, 2022 @10:30 AM live and stremeing
Contact: Susan Shankman. SShankman@whctemple.org
In conversation with Abigail Pogrebin
Moment magazine
Tues, Oct 25, 2022 @4:30 p.m. Zoom
Contact: Suzanne Borden, sborden@momentmag.com
Quest: A Community for Lifelong Learning
Oct 26, 2022 @ 1-2 PM (in person NYC)
Contact: karenlevin19@gmail.com. 917-515-1429
Jewish Broadcasting Service
JBS-TV taped interview with Rabbi Mark Golub
Wed, Oct. 26, 2022 @ 4 PM
Contact: Carol Liienthal. CLilienthal@jbstv.org
Rochester, NY JCC
Thurs, Oct 27, 2022 @ 12 noon (in person)
Contact: Stacey Freed. stacye.freed@gmail.co,
Americans for Peace Now virtual gala
Letty is honoree along with IL. Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Sun, Oct. 30, 2022, 8 PM (Zoom)
Contact: kpaul@peacenow.org
JCC Detroit
Sun, Nov 6, 2022. @ 7 PM (in person)
Contact: Stephen Kantrowitz. skantrowitz@jcc.org
Merage JCC of Orange County, CA
Wed, Nov 9, 2022 @ 2 PM Zoom
Contact: Aliza Sable alizas@jccoc.org
JCC of Ann Arbor, Michigan
In conversation with Prof. Deborah Dash Moore
Fri, Nov 11, 2022 @ 1PM
Contact: Noemi Herzig. Noemiherzig@JCCannarbor.org
Katz JCC, Cherry Hill, NJ
Sun, Nov 13, 2022 @11:30 live and Zoom
Contact: Ellen Shimberg eshimberg@jfedsnj.org
Bergen County, NJ
National Council of Jewish Women
Tues, Nov 15, 2022 @12:30 in-person
Contact: Karen Curland 201 615-4829
United Jewish Federation of Tidewater
Virginia Beach, VA
Thurs, Nov 17, 2022 @7:30 PM In-person
Contact: Hunter Thomas HThomas@UJFT.org
L'dor V'dor. Three generations of Pogrebin women talk about Shanda:
Letty, Abigail, and Molly, moderated by Rabbi Peter Rubinstein
92nd Street Y NYC
November 20 @ 7 pm live and streamed
Contact: Susan Engel sengel@92y.org
BookTheWriter Pop-up event, NYC
$40 fee charged for this talk in private home, max attendees: 20
Mon, Nov 21, 2022 @7:30 live in Manhattan
Contact: Jean Hanff Korelirtz. jeanhanff@gmail.com
7 Faces Media "Hey Alma" interview
Tues, Nov 29, 2022 @ 6PM. Zoom
Contact: Thea Wieseltier, 212-643-1890
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, NYC
In conversation with Kathleen Peratis
Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 @ 10:30 AM brunch and signing
Contact: Rabbi Shuli Passow spassow@bj.org or
Ellen Matzger. metzger.ellen@gmail.com
Hammerman Family Lecture event
Valley Beit Midrash, Scottsdale, AZ
In conversation with Rabbi Shmuly Yandlowitz
Mon, Dec 5, 2022 @7PM in-person
Contact: Alix Cramer alix@valleybeitmidrash.org
Jewish Federation of Sarasota, FL
Tues, Dec. 6, 2022 @7 PM Zoom
Contact: Ted Epstein. JewishNews18@gmail.com
UJA King David Society
New York City
Wed, Dec 7, 2022 @ 6 PM (in person private home)
Contact: Dina Markson MarksonD@ujafedny.org
Boca Raton JCC parter with Bnai Torah congregation
Boca Raton, FL
Tues, Dec. 13, 2022 @ 3 PM in person
Contact: Debbie Hochman. DHochman@dpjcc.org
Miami FL JCC
Tues, Dec 13, 2022 @7 pm in person
Contact: Debbie Hochman. DHochman@dpjcc.org
Miami Beach JCC
Wed, Dec 14, 2022 @ 12:30 PM. in -person
Contact: Debbie Hochman. DHochman@dpjcc.org
COMPLETED APPEARANCES IN 2021 (Covid)
"Women Today & Tomorrow: What to Cherish, What to Change"
Sponsor: Brandeis University National Committee
Jan 21, 2021, 7 PM (on Zoom)
Contact: BetteZaret@gmail.com
Honoring Women's History Month
with Tali Farhadian Weinstein, candidate for Manhattan District Attorney
Wed, March 24, 2021, 6 PM
Contact: Tom Strong-Grinsell, tom@taliaforda.com
"Women's Rights & Wrongs: The State of American Feminism"
interviewed by Abigail Pogrebin
Sponsor: The Streiker Center
May 4, 2021, 7:30 PM
Contact: Gady Levy - gadylevy@emanuelstreickernyc.org
"Creating Hope, Speaking Truth"
Keynote Speech @ Annual Gala
Sponsor: Shalom Bayit -- Ending Domestic Violence in Jewish Homes
May 6, 2021
Contact: Amy Richards. msamelia@aol.com
COMPLETED APPEARANCES IN 2020 (Covid)
(The following were all on Zoom)
Disucssion of Hulu TV Series, "Mrs. America"
LCP, with Joyce Antler, JenDeaderich, Samira Mehta
about the Equal Rights Amendmdent, feminism, Phyllis Schlafly
8 PM Wed, May 27, 2020
Sponsor: Jewish Women's Archive
Contact: Judith Rosenbaum JRosenbaum@jwa.org
Discussion of the 100th anniversary of the 19thAmendment
5 PM Tues, June 23, 2020
Host: Congresswoman Donna Shalala (D-FL)
Contact: donna.shalala2@aol.com
Discussion of Feminism Today
4:30 PM Tues, July 21, 2020
Host: Moment Magazine
Interview of Letty by Amy Schwartz
Contact: schwartzwq@aol.com
Book Talk
"How to be A Friend to a Friend Who's Sick
8 PM Nov 17, 2020
Host: Sharsheret Book Club
Contact: Melissa Rosen mrosen@sharsheret.org
The following in-person appearances were canceled due to the pandemic
"Fearless Woman Award Ceremony
Letty to be honored by the Martha Graham Dance Company at its annual gala
on the occasion ofthe 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution (women's suffrage)
Wed, April 22, 2020
Performance at City Center, Manhattan
Gala at The Metropolitan Club
Contact: LaRue Allen 212-229-9200 or
Fran Kirmser fkirmser@marthagraham.org
"On Feminism & Jewish Feminism"
Plenary at National Council of Jewish Women annual convenation
Chicago, IL
April 25, 2020
Contact: skatz@ncjw.org
"How To Be A Friend To A Friend Who's Sick"
Book talk
June 2, 2020, 1:30 PM
Cedar Crest
Pompton Plains, NJ
Contact: Pat Koch Thaler
973 835 3311
apthaler@hotmail.com
Feminist Power Award Ceremony
Letty to be honored by The Feminist Press at its annual gala
June 10, 2020
Gala at The Edison Ballroom in Manhattan
Contact: Jamia Wilson
Jamia@FeministPress.org
Completed Talks in 2019
- Special guest & post-play speaker at "Gloria: A Life" off-Broadway production
Sun, Jan 6, 2019, matinee @Daryl Roth Theater, New York City
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin & Abigail Pogrebin "Our Jewish Journeys," Jewish Federation of Naples, FL People Of The Book Program Tues, Feb 5
- Special guest & post-play speaker at "Gloria: A Life" off-Broadway production, Thurs, Feb 7, 2019 performance
@Daryl Roth Theater, New York City
- Off the Record Workshop on Israel-Palestine at Bard College, Feb 21, 22, 2019
- "Jewish Feminisms/ American Visions: Perspectives from Fifty Years of Activism," Sponsors: Jewish Communal, Leadership Program and Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, March 13-15, 2019
- "Jewish Women & Their Pivotal Role in Society," Jewish Federation of Reading, PA, Tuesday April 16, 2019
- "Women Transform Religion & Society"
Guest lecturer at Jewish Theological Seminary, Monday, April 29, 2-5 PM
- A Life of Social Justice Activism Cultural Leadership:Understanding through the African-American & Jewish Experience, Wed, June 5, New York City
- Day-long Roundable Panel on AntiSemitism & Women, Applied Reserach Collective for American Jewry at New York University, Thurs, June 6 from 9 AM - 6 PM
- "Feminism Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow," Brandeis University National Committee, Keynote Speaker, Wed, Sept 11, 2019
- "Symposium on Positive Aging"-- All day conference, Keynote: Conversation between Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Lynn Povich, Monday, Nov 4, 2019, JCC of Manhattan
- Talkbacks after "BELLA, BELLA!" Harvey Fierstein's Off-Bway Play, Wed night, Nov 20 Letty in Conversation with Patricia Russo, Chair of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Sunday Matinee, Nov 24, Letty in Conversation with Liz Abzug, Bella's daughter at Manhattan Theater Club, 131 West 55 St, NYC
Lectures / Talks /Panels
Completed Talks in 2018
- Post-performance talk back (with Carol Jenkins) following Eve Ensler's play "In The Body of The World," Manhattan Theater Club, 151 West 55 St, NYC, Feb 8, 2018, 8 PM
- Scholar-in-Residence @ Congregation Har Shalom, Potomac, MD, Feb 9-10, 2018
- Israel/Palestine Fact-finding Tour with Americans for Peace Now, Feb 15-22, 2018
- "My Jewish Journey: Belonging, Alienation, Return" at Congregation Beth Sholom
- Teaneck, NJ, Sun, March 11, 2018
- "The #MeToo Movement," League of Women Voters at the Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64 St, NYC, Lunch & panel with Ronnie Eldridge, Tuesday March 20, 2018 12-2 PM
- "Feminist Politics and Culture/ Jewish New York" Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, April 22, 2018
- Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame 2018 Award Ceremony (Pogrebin honored as one of ten recipients), Mon, May 14, 2018, 5:30-7:30 PM, 20 West 44 St, NYC
- Talk plus Q and A by Letty Cottin Pogrebin @ private dinner (Donated auction item from BJ Fundraiser), Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan, May 15, 2018, 7 PM
- 1968: A Retrospective All-day conference at Berkshire Community College
- Pittsfield, MA, Tues, Aug 14, 2018 11:15 AM
- Celebrity Sous Chef at annual tasting to benefit SHARE, the support group for breast & ovarian cancer survivors, Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers, NYC, Mon, Sept 17 @ 6 PM
- Special guest & post-play Speaker at "Gloria: A Life" Sat, October 13, 2018 matinee @Daryl Roth Theater, New York City
- The Conversation: Jewish in America 2-day conference sponsored by The Jewish Week (invitation only), Sun, Oct 14 -Tues, Oct 16
- "Jews and Cancer," Panel discussion with Drs. Ken Offit, Miriam Levy, Michael Bergstein, Jewish Theological Seminary, Thurs, October 18, 7:30 PM
- "Women Today," Floral Park, NY, Thurs, October 25, 2018
- Speaker at Muslim/Jewish All Day Conference, Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom
- Delaware Valley University, Bucks County, PA, Sunday, Nov 4, 2018
- Book talk: "How To Be A Friend to a Friend Who's Sick," Greater Washington Coalition for Jewish Life, Sat night, Nov 10, 2018
Completed Talks in 2017
- Tribute to Elie Wiesel, Marathon reading of his novel, "Night,:Museum of Jewish Heritage, Battery Park, NYC, Sun, Jan 29, 2017 3-11 PM
- Book talk on "How to be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick," Hadassah Pacific Northwest, Portland, OR, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 7-9 PM
- "The 10 Plagues of Women" City Winery Annual Downtown Seder, NY, NY, Mon, April 3
- Shabbat talk, Congregation Beit Tikvah, Wayne, NJ, Friday, April 7, 2017, evening
- "Women in Jewish Life: What to Cherish, What to Change," Lake Success Jewish Center, Great Neck, NY, Mon, May 8, 2017, lunch
- Chicago-North Shore Hadassah, Wed, May 10, 2017, Evening talk 7-9 PM, "Turning Passion Into Action: Outreach, Organizing, Coalition-building, Advocacy journalism, Constructive philanthropy, Creating Dialogue groups, Petitions, Protests, Art activism, and more" @Mosdon Kol Chadash, 2464 N. Clybourn Avenue Chicago 60614
- Thurs, May 11, 2017 lunch talk, 11:30 a.m. "Personal history: childhood, faith, feminism, families and Jewish life" @Westin Chicago North Shore 601 N. Milwaukee Avenue Wheeling, IL
- "Doing Well By Doing Good: Activism, Feminism, and You" Event in the "Proud To Be a Woman" series, Josefinas, 252 Elizabeth St., NYC, Tues, June 6, 6-8 PM
- "Black/Jewish Relations" Cultural Leadership:Understanding through the African American & Jewish Experience @ Hostel International, 891 Amsterdam Ave, NYC, Wed, June 7, 4-5 PM
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin Celebrity Guest Chef SHARE Breast Cancer Benefit, Pier 60, New York City, Mon, Sept 18, 6-9 PM
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin Interviews Hillary Clinton Streicker Institute, Temple Emanu-El, New York City, Wed, November 1st, 8 PM
- "Feminism & Faith," Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, Muslim Jewish Women's Leadership Conference, Drew University, Madison, NJ, Sun, November 5th, all day conference
Completed Talks in 2016
- "Three Writers, Three Stories, One Family," Eldridge Street Museum (with daughters, Abigail & Robin) Sun, Jan 31, 2016, 3 PM
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Temple B'nai Jeshurun, Short Hills, NJ, Feb 5, 2016, 5:30 pm
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Jewish Book Festival, St. Louis JCC, St. Louis, MO, Feb 16, 2016, 7:30 pm
- Berkshire Festival of Women Writers at The Hotel on North, 297 North St., Pittsfield, MA, Contact: jayebrowdy@gmail.com, Sat, March 19, 2016, 1:30-3 PM
- Book talk: Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Center of Conservative Judaism, Flushing, NY, Sun, March 27, 10 AM
- "Men, Women, & American Jewish Culture," guest lecture at Prof Shuly Schwartz's class, Jewish Theological Seminary, Mon, March 28, 2:40-5:30 PM
- Book talk: Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Tifereth Israel Synagogue, New Bedford, Mass, Sun, April 3, 10 AM
- Judaism & Gender Plenary discussion with Prof. Michael Kimmel, SUNY- Stony Brook University, Sun, April 10, 1 PM
- Book talk: Single Jewish Male, JCC of Mid-Westchester, Wed, April 13, 2016, 7:30 pm
- Book talk: Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, East End Synagogue, 245 E. 17 st., New York, NY, Sunday, April 17, 2016, 1 pm
- Book talk: Single Jewish Male, NCJW of Essex County, NJ, Tues, May 3rd, 7 to 9 PM
- Book Talk: Single Jewish Male, Women's Group of the Greens, Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, NY, May 12, 2016, lunchtime
- Book Talk, Single Jewish Male, Westchester Jewish Center, Rockland & Palmer Aves, Mamaroneck, NY, Wed, June 1, 8 PM
- Talk on "The American Jewish Family: Cherish or Change?", One Day University, at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, NYC, Tues, July 26, 7:45-9:15
- L'dor v'dor with daughter, Abigail Pogrebin, Hadassah Biennial Convention, Atlanta, GA, Wed, July 27 4:15 PM
- Celebrity sous-chef at, SHARE cancer support benefit at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, NYC, Monday, Sept 19, 6-9 PM
- Scarsdale Synagogue, 2 Ogden Rd, Scarsdale, NY, Wednesday, Nov 2 12:30 PM
- Book & Author Luncheon, Brandeis Women's Committee at Yale Club, NYC, Monday, Nov 7, 11:30-2 PM
Completed Talks in 2015
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, JCC Memphis, Memphis, TN, Nov, 18, 2015, 7:30 pm
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Bucks County Kol Emet, Bucks County, PA, Sun., Nov 15, 2015 11 AM -1 PM
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Cherry Hill JCC, Cherry Hill, NJ, Nov 13, 2015, 10 am
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Austin JCC, Austin, TX, Wed, Nov 11, 2015, 7 pm
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Atlanta Dunwoody JCC, Atlanta, GA, Tues, Nov 10, 2015, 12 pm
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Rollins College Winter Park Fl, Mon., Nov 9, 2015
- "Working Through Interfaith Complexities in Fiction," Union of Reform Judaism Biennial, Orlando, FL, Sat., Nov 7, 2015 1 PM
- Talk on Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, American Jewish University, LA, CA, Sun., Nov 1, 2015, 11:30am
- Book Talk and Signing: Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Temple Israel of Hollywood, 7300 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046, Friday Oct 30th, 2015
- Pop-Up Book Group discussion of SJM, Manhattan location (private home on CPW), Tues, Oct 27, 2015 7:30 PM, Register with Jean Hanff Korelitz jeanhanff@gmail.com
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Albuquerque JCC, Albuquerque, NM, Sun, Oct. 25, 2015, 2 pm
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, The Harmonie Club, Tues, Oct 20, 2015, 12p - 3p
- Jewish Museum of New York, Mon, Oct 19, 2015, 11:30 AM
- Letty interviewed by Thane Rosenbaum, Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, Oct 14, 2015, 7pm
- Honored by Eldridge Street Museum w/ daughters Abigail and Robin, Tuesday October 13, 2015
- Berkshire Jewish Federation Great Barrington, MA, Fri, Oct 9, 2015
- Anita Altman's Book Club NYC, October 5, 2015 evening, Women & Children First bookstore, Chicago, IL, Thurs, Oct 1, 2015 evening
- Talk: Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, The Standard Club, Chicago, IL, Wed, Sept. 30, 2015, 11:30-1:30
- Share Cancer Support, Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers, New York, NY 10011, Mon., September 21, 2015
- Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, West Stockbridge Historical Society, Sun., September 20th, 2015, 3-5pm
- In Conversation with Marcia Ann Gillespie, Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St. New York, NY, Thurs., Spet. 17, 6:30 pm
- Letty Interviewed by Anita Hill at Hadassah Brandeis Institute at Rapoporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, Thurs., Sept. 10, 2015, 6:30 pm
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Schenectady Public Library & Open Door Bookshop co-sponsors, 99 Clinton St. Schenectady, NY 12305, Wed, August 12, 2015, 6:30 PM
- Book Talk: SJM Seeking Soulmate, Lenox Library, Lenox, MA, Fri., July 24, 2015, 6:30pm
- Tribute to Leonard Nimoy, Symphony Space, Mon., June 29, 2015, 7 pm
- Book Talk: Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Bookends & Beginnings, Evanston, IL, co-hosted by CuRr's Cafe, Wed, June 24, 2015, 11 AM
- Book Talk: Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, Beth Emet Synagogue, Evanston, Illinois, Tues., June 23, 2015, 7:30 PM
- Sonya Hamlin Book Group Monday, June 22, 2015, 6:30pm
- Jewish Feminist Telecourse, www.jewfem.com, Sunday, June 21, 2015, 11am-12:30pm
- Book Talk: SJM Seeking Soulmate, Politics and Prose, Washington, DC, Fri., June 19th, 2015, 7pm
- Tape Sam Roberts Show, Clyde Haberman substitute host, June 18th, 2015
- Jewish Federation of Monmouth County, New Brunswick, NJ, June 3, 2015, 7pm
- Power of Legacy: In Conversation with Marcia Ann Gillespie, Sponsored by the Feminist Press, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, and the, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Location: The Graduate Center at CUNY, Mon., June 1, 2015, 6:30-8 PM
- Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate book launch event, Book Culture on Columbus (book store), New York City, Wed. May 20, 2015, 7 pm
- How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick Jewish Federation of Ohio, Toledo, OH 43606, Wed. May 13, 2015
- Generation to Generation, a talk w/ daughter Abigail Pogrebin, Rabbinical Assembly, Jewish Theological Seminary, April 28, 2015 4-6pm
- How to be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick, Bnai Jeshurun, March 24, 2015
- A History of the Feminist Seder, Green Valley Country Club, Lafayette Hill, PA, March 19th, 2015, 5pm
Completed Talks in 2014
- How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick book talk, Stockbridge Library Association, 46 Main St. Stockbridge, MA, August 12, 2014
- Book Talk presented by Jewish Federation of Berkshires at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire at 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA, July 18, 2014
- Book Talk: How To Be a Friend...Abramson Center, North Wales, PA, May 28, 2014
- Book Talk: How To Be a Friend...Jewish Community Project, May 8, 2014
- Keynote speech, Limmud New Haven, JCC of Greater New Haven, Woodbridge, CT, May 4, 2014, 10am
- Book talk: How To Be a Friend...Congregation Agudath Israel, Caldwell, NJ, April 30, 2014, 8pm
- Luncheon and Talk
Friends of Rabin Medical Center, Empire Hotel, 44 W 63rd street, New York, NY, April 8, 2014
- Book Talk, JCC Rochester, Rochester, NY, April 2, 2014
- Book Talk at Visiting Nurse Service of New York, 107 East 70th Street, New York, NY, March 26, 2014, 5:30pm - 7pm
- Panel on Lilly Rivlin's film on E.M. Broner, JCC of Manhattan, March 24, 2014
- Book Talk, United Synagogue of Hoboken, Hoboken, NJ, March 23, 2014, 10:30am
- Book Talk, First Presbyterian Church, 5th Avenue at 12th Street, New York, NY, March 20, 2014
- Letty interviewed by ALAN ALDA, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY, March 12, 2014, 7:30pm
- Book Talk: How To Be a Friend...Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY, March 9, 2014, 10am
- Women's Health Symposium, Boca JCC, Boca Raton, FL, March 6, 2014, 1:30-3:30 pm
- Talk about Conflict and Healing, National Leadership Conference, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, Feb. 7 - Feb. 9, 2014
- Book Talk: How To Be a Friend..., Brotherhood Synagogue, New York, NY, Jan. 26, 2014, 10am
- Book Talk: How To Be a Friend..., Adolph and Rose Levis JCC, Boca Raton, FL, Jan. 23, 2014, 11am
- Book talk: How To Be a Friend...Congregation Sukkat Shalom, Wilmette, IL, Jan. 12, 2014, 10am
Completed Talks in 2013
- How To Be a Friend To a Friend Who's Sick, Washington DC JCC, Dec. 16, 2013, 7:30pm
- Lecture after Shabbat Services at Society for the Advancement of Judaism, New York, NY, Sat, Dec. 14, 2013, 1:00 pm
- Dinner and Talk, Bet Torah of Mt. Kisco, Mt. Kisco, NY, Dec. 11, 2013
- Lunch and Talk at JCC of Harrison, Harrison, NY, Dec. 11, 2013
- Lecture at Shimon and Sara Birnbaum JCC, Bridgewater, NJ, Dec. 4, 2013, 12pm
- Lecture at Central Queens YM & YWHA, Forest Hills, NY, Dec. 2, 2013, 1:30pm
- Lunch & Learn, Springfield Jewish Community Center, Springfield, MA, Nov. 21, 2013, 12pm
- Lecture at JCC of Greater Buffalo, Getzville, NY, Nov. 19, 2013, 7:30pm
- Lecture at JCC of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Nov. 18, 2013, 3pm
- Honoree at Brast Cancer Luncheon, Braeburn Country Club, Purchase, NY, Nov. 14, 2013
- Lecture, Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, Nov. 12, 2013, 7pm
- Lecture at JCC of Metro Detroit, West Bloomfield, MI, Nov. 12, 2013, 12pm
- Lecture, St. Louis Jewish Book Festival, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 11, 2013, 12pm
- Talk and Award Ceremony at New York State Psychological Association, New York, NY, Nov. 10, 2013, 1pm
- Lecture at Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, Dunwoody, GA, Nov. 8, 2013, 12pm
- Lecture at David Posnack JCC, Davie, FL, Nov. 7, 2013, 7:30pm
- Brandeis Emerald Ballroom Radisson Hotel, Freehold, NJ, Nov. 6, 2013
- Lecture at Dave and Mary Alper JCC, Dadeland Marriott, Miami, FL, Nov. 7, 2013, 11am
- Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Houston, TX, Nov. 4, 2013, 8pm
- Laurel Hills Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 4, 2013, 9am
- Honoring Gloria Steinem at Shalom Center, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 3, 2013
- Am Shalom Synagogue, Chicago, IL, Oct. 29, 2013, 7pm
- Arthur M. Glick JCC, Indianapolis, IN, Oct. 28, 2013, 7pm
- Wreath Award Ceremony, Hadassah, New Jersey, Oct. 27, 2013
- Talk at New Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, Oct. 24, 2013, 7:30pm
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation at Boston Harbor Hotel, Boston, MA, Thursday, October 24, 2013
- Jewish Women CEOS, National Council of Jewish Women, New York, NY, Oct. 23, 2013, 4:30pm
- Talk at Denver JCC, Denver, CO, Oct. 20, 2013, 6:00pm
- Talk at Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, NY, Oct. 17, 2013, 7:15pm
- Talk at Central Synagogue, New York, NY, Oct. 10, 2013, 6:30pm
- Talk at Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, East Hills, NY, Oct. 15, 2013, 7:30pm
- Breast Cancer AwarenessTalk at the JCC of the Greater Palm Beaches, Palm Beach, FL, Oct. 14, 2013, 7:00pm
- Honoree at Pioneer Gala at Gomez Foundation for Mill House, Park Lane Hotel, New York, NY, Oct. 7, 2013, 6pm - 9:30pm
- JCC of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY, Oct. 3, 2013, 6:30pm
- Honoree at 10th Anniversary: A Second Helping of Life SHARE, New York, NY, YSept. 23, 2013, 6pm - 9pm
- Talk and Reading at Lenox library, Lenox, MA, Thursday, July 11, 2013, 7pm – 9pm
- Talk at Health Advocates for Older People, New York, NY, Wed., June 19, 2013
- Phone Conference with Booktalk Nation, Conversation with Will Schwalbe, Thursday, May 30, 7 PM, 2013
- City Arts event w/ Gloria Steinem @ Nourse Theatre, San Francisco, CA, Monday, June 3, 7:30pm–9:30pm, 2013
- Talk and Book Signing at Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA, Tuesday, June 4, 7pm–9pm, 2013
- Talk and Signing at Rockland Jewish Family Service, West Nyack, NY, Wednesday, June 5, 7:30pm–9:30pm, 2013
- Talk and Signing [event info] at Beth Emet Synagogue, 1224 Dempster Street, Evanston, IL, Tuesday, June 11, 7 PM, 2013
- Letty Interviewed by Abigail Pogrebin "What Everyone's Talking About," JCC of Manhattan, New York, NY, Wednesday, May 22, 7:30pm, 2013
- Talk for National Council of Jewish Woman @ Temple Emmes, Teaneck, NJ, Tues, May 21, 1:30 PM, 2013
- TV Interview, One to One with Sheryl McCarthy CUNY TV, May 10, 2013
- Radio Interview "Think," KERA Dallas Public Radio, Tues, May 7, 2013
- JDC Ambassador Symposium @ Joint Distribution Committee, New York, NY, Monday, May 6th, 5:15 PM, 2013
- Conversation with Phil Donahue @ 92nd Street Y, New York, NY, Sunday, May 5, 7:30pm, 2013
- Talk and Signing, Barnard College, Thurs, May 2, 2013
- Moment Magazine Breakfast, Chevy Chase, MD, Thurs, May 2nd, 2013
- Book Reading and Signing @ Politics and Prose Bookshop, Washington DC, Wednesday, May 1, 7pm, 2013
- Talk @Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Tuesday, April 30th, 7:30pm, 2013
- Afternoon Tea with Rabbi Lynda Targan, Tues, April 30, 2013
- Radio Interview with "Joan Hamburg," WOR, Monday, April 29th, 2013
- Radio Interview on "St. Louis On Air," St. Louis Public Radio, April 29, 2013
- Talk @Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck, NY, April 28th, 2013
- Conversation with Abigail Pogrebin @ Park Ave. Synagogue, New York, NY, Friday, April 26, 2013
- Conversation w/ Leonard Nimoy @ Temple Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, Wednesday, April 24, 7:30pm, 2013
- Talk for "Printers Row" Series @ Chicago Tribune, Trib tower 435 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL, Mon, April 22, 5:45pm – 7:45pm, 2013
- Radio Interview with Project Independence and You Radio Show, Friday, April 19, 2013
- Talk @ The Transition Network New York, NY, Thursday, April 18th, 6:15pm - 8pm, 2013
- Lunch & Interview w/ Pat Mitchell @ Paley Center, New York, NY, Tuesday, April 16, 12:30pm - 2pm, 2013
- Radio Interview, "Moncrieff w/ Sean Moncrieff," Newstalk Ireland, Thurs, April 11, 2013
- TV Appearance, The Today Show, NBC, Wednesday, April 10th, 9:15 am, 2013
- Radio Interview, Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, Tuesday, April 9, 11:40am, 2013
- Radio Interview with Dave Light, WKPT/ABC Radio, Tues, April 9, 2013
For information about engaging Letty Cottin Pogrebin for your event
contact Susan Cohen, PearlCo Literary Agency, njcohen@aol.com