2001 - 2002

January 21, 2001
Brooklyn, NY
Congregation Beth Elohim
Coming Here: The Poetry of Jewish-American Immigration
January 28
Trenton, NJ
Congregation Brothers of Israel
The Shoah: Voices of the Women Poets
March 23-24,
 Wynnewood, PA
Congregation Or Hadash
Immigration Poetry, Karl Shapiro, and the Poetry of the Shoah
May 6
Jersey City, NJ
Temple Beth El
Emma Lazarus
May 16
Whippany, NJ
Jewish Education Association
Emma Lazarus and her Time
June 11-15
Melrose Park, PA
Gratz College
Against the Mainstream: Jewish Poetry in English

September 13
New York, NY
Hebrew Union College
S'lichot: Meditations on the Holy Days
September 13
West Essex, NJ
Temple Sholom
S'lichot: Meditations on the High Holy Days
September 30
Plainfield, NJ
Temple Sholom
Imagining Palestine and Israel
October 7
Lakewood, NJ
Congregation Beth Am
The Poetry of Immigration
October 14
Englishtown, NJ
Temple Shaari Emeth
Rewriting Hebrew Characters: Modern Midrash
October 17
Whippany, NJ
Holocaust Center/Metrowest
Teaching the Poetry of the Shoah
October 18, 25, Nov. 5
East Brunswick
Temple B'nai Shalom
Imagining Palestine and Israel
October 21
Morristown, NJ
Jewish Center of Morristown
Karl Shapiro: Poems of a Jew
October 21
Mt. Washington, NJ
Jewish Center of Northern New Jersey
Coming Here: Jewish-American Poetry of Immigration
October 28
Rumson, NJ
Congregation B'nai Israel
Coming Here: The Poetry of Jewish Immigration
October 30
Princeton Junction, NJ
Congregation Beth Chaim
The Poetry of Jewish-American Immigration
November 1
Marlboro, NJ
Jewish Center of Marlboro
Jewish-American Immigration Poetry
November 4
Rumson, NJ
Congregation B'nai Israel
Between Generations: The Poetry of Immigrant Families
November 8
Jersey City, NJ
Hudson County Community College
The Shoah: Poetry and Memory
November 11
Brooklyn, NY
Congregation Beth Elohim
Jewish-American Immigration Poetry
November 13
Linwood, NJ
Holocaust Center / Brookdale Community College
The Shoah: The Uses of Poetry
November 15
Marlboro, NJ
Jewish Center of Marlboro
Poetry and Prophecy: Emma Lazarus, Adrienne Rich
November 17
Summit, NJ
Temple Sinai
Emma Lazarus
November 20
Edison, NJ
JCC / Middlesex
New Songs in a Strange Land
December 2
Elberon, NJ
Temple Beth Miriam
Jews and the Cities
December 4
East Windsor, NJ
Congregation Beth El
Synagogue, Church, and University
December 6
Marlboro, NJ
Jewish Center of Marlboro
Shaping the Shoah: Poetry of the 2nd Generation
December 9
Princeton, NJ
Jewish Center of Princeton
Chanukah: Pressures to Assimilate; Efforts to Resist
December 12
Deal, NJ
Jewish Community Center, Monmouth
Chanukah: Pressures to Assimilate, Efforts to Resist
December 16
Somerset, NJ
Temple Beth El
The Shoah: Poetry and Memory
December 18
Bluebell, PA
Congregation Tifereth Beit Israel
Coming Here: Jewish Poetry of Immigration
March 17, 2002
Forest Hills, NY
Forest Hills Reform Temple
Reading the Shoah: Poetry and Memory
April 7, 2002
Yardley, PA
Congregation Beth El
The Shoah and After: Voices of Women and Men
June 9, 2002
Media, PA
Congregation Beth Israel
TBA




Past Engagements, 1999-2001


September 4. 1999
Sucassuna, NJ
Temple Shalom
S'lichot: Poems of Meditation
September 3
Yardley, PA
Abrams Hebrew Academy
Poetry of the Shoah
September 21, 28
Cherry Hill, NJ,
Katz JCC
 Emma Lazarus, Isaac Rosenberg
October 6
Lincroft, NJ
Holocaust Center, Brookdale Comm. College
Poetry of the Shoah
October 7, 14
Richboro, PA
Congregation Ohev Shalom
 Emma Lazarus
October 10-13
Brewster, NY
Elderhostel, Salomon Vacation Center
Between Generations:
Images of the Family in Jewish Poetry
October 17, 24, 31
Trenton, NJ
Congregation Brothers of Israel
Jewish-American Poetry
of Immigration, Emma Lazarus, Imagining Palestine and Israel (1830-1999)
October 19
New Rochelle, NY
Temple Israel
Emma Lazarus and Jewish-American Poetry
November 2, 19, 16
New York, NY
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York
Delmore Schwartz, Karl
Shapiro, Adrienne Rich
November 7
Short Hills, NJ
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun,
 Poetry of the Shoah
November 13
 New Hope, PA
Kehilat haNahar,
Jewish Poetry of Immigration
November 14
Princeton Junction, NJ
Congregation Beth Chaim,
Our Mothers' Voices:
Poems by Jewish Women
November 19, 21
Feasterville, PA
Congregation Beth Chaim,
Emma Lazarus, Jewish Poetry of Immigration
November 20
New Brunswick, NJ
Peretz School
American Jewish Women: The Poets
November 30
Deal Park, NJ.
Monmouth County JCC
Imagining Palestine and Israel
(1830-1999)
December 2

East Brunswick, NJ
The Jewish Center
Chanukah: Pressures to Assimilate,Efforts to Resist

December 5:
Plainfield, NJ.
Temple Sholom
Karl Shapiro's Poems of a Jew
December 9
North  Brunswick,NJ.
Congregation B'nai Tikvah
Chanukah: Pressures to Assimilate, Efforts to Resist
December 7, 14
Lawrenceville, NJ
Congregation Adath Israel
Imagining Palestine and Israel
December 12
Teaneck, NJ
Temple Emeth
 Emma Lazarus: Jewish-American Female Poet
December 20
Penn Valley, PA.
Congregation Beth Am Israel
Jewish Identity: The Poets
March 14-15
Chevy Chase, MD
Congregation Ohr Kodesh
Immigration Poetry; Poetry of the Shoah
August 14-30
Keene, NY
National Havurah Institute
Poetry of the Shoah
September 22-23,2000
Greensboro, NC
Congregation Beth David
S'lichot: Poetry of the High Holy Days
October 5
South Orange, NJ
South Orange Public Library
Emma Lazarus
October 8
North Brunswick, NJ
Congregation B'nai Tikvah
Poetry of the High Holy Days
October 12, November 26
Teaneck, NJ
Temple Emeth
Jewish-American and Anglo-Jewish
Poetry of Immigration; Karl Shapiro
October 17:
Gladwynne, PA
Congregation Beth David
Jewish-American Poetry of Immigration
October 19
Milburn, NJ
Congregation B'nai Israel
Jewish Poetry of Immigration
October 21
Morristown, NJ
Morristown Jewish Center
Karl Shapiro: Poems of a Jew
October 23, 30, Nov. 6
 New York, NY
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York
Imagining the Holy Land
November 1
East Brunswick, NJ
East Brunswick Arts Council
Emma Lazarus and the 19th Century
November 9
Cape May, NJ
Congregation Beth Judah
The Shoah: Jewish and Christian Responses
November 11
Penn Valley, PA
Congregation Beth Am Israel
Modern Midrash: Sarah, Isaac, and Others
November 28, Dec. 5,  12
 Wayne, NJ
Congregation Beth Tikvah
Emma Lazarus, Isaac Rosenberg, Karl Shapiro
November 12 & 19
Trenton, NJ
Congregation Brothers of Israel
Poetry of the Shoah
November 15
Rumson, NJ
Congregation B'nai Israel
Out of the Ghettos, Into the Streets
November 30, December 7, 14
New Rochelle, NY
Congregation Beth El
Emma Lazarus; Jewish-
American Immigration Poetry; Chanukah: Resistance to Assimilation
December 3
Somerset, NJ
Temple Beth El
Out of the Ghettos, Into the Streets
December 12, 17
Morristown, NJ
Jewish Center of Morristown
Modern Midrash: Sarah, Isaac, and Others
December 18
Morristown, NJ
Congregation B'nai Or
Chanukah: Resistance to Assimilation