Events

Current Events and Programs

Meet and hear Dolores Sloan at an event near you. All events are free and open to the pub­lic unless oth­er­wise indicated.

March 21, 2010

Los Angeles, CA

“The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Por­tu­gal: Resilient, Resource­ful, Resurgent,” 
Ava­hat Torah Con­gre­ga­tion, a salon, 1–3 pm
RSVP and Info: Rena, 310–450-5225

January 19–21

College Station, TX

“Writ­ing Fic­tion About Cryp­to Jews: Iden­ti­ty, Appro­pri­a­tion and Agency”
Texas A&M Hillel’s Annu­al Con­fer­ence on Cryp­to-Jew­ish Life, A Tapes­try of the Cryp­to-Jew­ish Expe­ri­ence, Seibel Cen­ter for Cryp­to-Jew­ish Stud­ies and His­pan­ic Rela­tions, 800 George Bush Dri­ve.  Reser­va­tions and infor­ma­tion: ptarlow@tamuhillel.org or www.hispanicjews.com; free, dona­tion appreciated.

April 8–9

College Station, TX

“The Sephardic Jews: from Iberia to the New World” 
Texas A&M’s Annu­al Con­fer­ence on Cryp­to-Jew­ish Life, Manor House Inn, 2504 Texas Ave. S., April 8, 1–2 pm
Reser­va­tions: 800–231-4100; Info: Sue, 979–696-7313; free, dona­tion appreciated

Past events

February 6, 2010

Austin, TX

“The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Por­tu­gal: Mod­els in Ear­ly Mod­ern Feminism,”
with Author Kath­leen Alcalá at Bookwoman

February 4, 2010

Austin, TX

“The Sephardic Jews: from Iberia to the New World and Texas,”
Lunch and Learn at the Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty Association

January 29, 2010

Laguna Beach, CA

“The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Por­tu­gal: A Lega­cy of Fact and Legend,”
Orange Coun­ty Soci­ety for Human­is­tic Judaism at Lagu­na Woods Village

December 19, 2009

Los Angeles, CA

“The Ninth Night of Hanukah! A Sephardic Con­cert and Celebration,”
with musi­cal artist Judith Cohen, pro­vide folk tales, poet­ry and his­tor­i­cal back­ground at Workmen’s Cir­cle and cospon­sor Sephardic Sin­gles Havurah

October 25, 2009

Los Angeles, CA

“The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Por­tu­gal: A Lega­cy of Fact and Legend,” 
speak­er at Workmen’s Circle

October 17, 2009

Albuquerque, NM

“The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Por­tu­gal: Sur­vival of an Imper­iled Cul­ture in the Fif­teenth and Six­teenth Centuries,” 
speak­er at Nation­al His­pan­ic Cul­tur­al Center

October 16, 2009

Santa Fe, NM

“The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Por­tu­gal: Lessons in Resilience and Resourcefulness,” 
Shab­bat speak­er at Con­gre­ga­tion Beit Tikva

October 15, 2009

Santa Fe, NM

“The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Por­tu­gal: A Lega­cy of Fact and Legend,” 
class for Con­gre­ga­tion HaMakom Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion Program

August 3, 2009

Denver, CO

“His­to­ry Through the Lens of Mem­o­ry: Writ­ing About the Sephardic Jews of the Past for Cryp­to Jews of the Present,” 
speak­er, pan­elist at Nine­teenth Annu­al Con­fer­ence, Soci­ety for Cryp­to-Juda­ic Studies

July 31, 2009

El Paso, TX

“Hon­or­ing the Sacred Mem­o­ries: In Praise of the Ancestors,” 
keynote address, Sixth Sephardic Anousim Conference

July 26, 2009

Albuquerque, NM

“Hon­or­ing the Ances­tors of Many New Mexicans,” 
speak­er, read­ing and sign­ing at Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty Center

July 17, 2009

Santa Fe, NM

“Hon­or­ing the Ances­tors of Many New Mexicans,” 
speak­er, read­ing and sign­ing at Gar­cia Street Books

March 20, 2009

Los Angeles, CA

“Homage to a Resource­ful and Resilient Peo­ple,” Book launch:
speak­er, pan­el facil­i­ta­tor with Rae Cohen, Raquel Ben­si­mon and Arthur Ben­veniste at Sephardic Tem­ple Tifer­eth Israel

March 14–15, 2009

Phoenix, AZ

“The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal,” 
meet the author at per­for­mances of PARTED WATERS, Ari­zona Jew­ish The­atre Company

To sched­ule an event with your orga­ni­za­tion or group or for help devel­op­ing one, fill out form below.