The JBC: Author Series 2025/26

In partnership with the Jewish Book Counci, and a few of our partner organizationsl we are bringing in world-renowned authors from around the country for author events for the Orange County community.  There are a variety of topics and subjects that appeal to everyone. 

The Federation will have books available in the office, please contact Pam by calling 845-562-7860 or emailing [email protected], to purchase one today, or purchase them the day of the event for author signing. 

If you are registering for a Zoom author event, you will receive the Zoom link upon completion of your registration. 
 


 

Consider becoming a Sponsor for our JBC events to offset our costs. Various degrees of Sponsorship available, see below.


 

"When Bible Meets History: Ancient Voices Tell Their Version"

From the Publisher 

When Bible Meets His­to­ry presents a well-researched, absorb­ing, and open-mind­ed case for bib­li­cal his­toric­i­ty. Care­ful research explores the Habur Riv­er Val­ley and its towns includ­ing Haran and Serug; Hebrews that ​“served oth­er gods (Joshua 25); exploits of Ben­jamin aka Beni Yamin; the Bahr Joseph on the Nile Riv­er; 4000-year-old pro­to-Hebrew stone carv­ings; and evi­dences of the Exo­dus — or both events of Exo­dus. His­to­ry is revealed, and a rec­on­cil­i­a­tion of chronol­o­gy and scrip­ture is pur­sued. To do this, we look to what mold­ed the Hebrew soul and why apply­ing that expe­ri­ence to Torah so changed the world. Hebrews were a band of out­casts that made a liv­ing on the periph­eries of the monar­chy, accept­ed escaped slaves, and dis­dained roy­al edicts. They fig­ured out how to trade with tyrants and in doing so, dis­cov­ered that moral­i­ty and moral laws work. They deduced that hun­dreds of gods do not add up to God. They devel­oped stiff resis­tance to blath­er about idols and the nat­ur­al rights of the pow­er­ful. And they chose Divine lead­er­ship in it all.

Save The Date........................

"How to Lose Your Moth­er: A Daugh­ter’s Memoir"
Mol­ly Jong-Fast
a JBC Author Event with Temple Beth Jacob
Sunday, March 1 | 2pm

Details Coming Soon!

"The Girl Ban­dits of the War­saw Ghet­to: The True Sto­ry of Five Coura­geous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising"
Eliz­a­beth R. Hyman
a JBC Author Event with Temple Beth Jacob

Sunday, April 12 | 2pm

Details Coming Soon!

Previous Recordings from our Jewish Book Council Author Events

Shira Dicker

Author of "Lolita at Leonard's of Great Neck and Other Stories from the Before Times"

https://vimeo.com/1067059688?fl=pl&fe=vl

Nancy Ludmerer

Author of "Sarra Copia: A Locked in Life"

https://vimeo.com/1060252343?fl=pl&fe=vl

Elizabeth Graver

Jennifer Rosner

Author of Once We Were Home

https://vimeo.com/893901170?share=copy

Andrew Meier

Morgenthau Sunday Discussion with Author Andrew Meier

https://vimeo.com/882277196?share=copy

Woke Antisemitism: Monday

Woke Antisemitism Monday Night Discussion with Author David L. Bernstein, Wendy Cedar & Donald Green

https://vimeo.com/877662995?share=copy

Woke Antisemitism: Tuesday

Tuesday Afternoon Discussion with Author David L. Bernstein, Wendy Cedar & Donald Green

https://vimeo.com/877669404?share=copy