The last time I spoke at a college was in Arizona, last January. I spoke to a group of undergrads in their bookstore: In March, I was back on campus, this time in NYC, just blocks from the boat to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, at CUNY (theRead More →
I’ve always known about JFNA (The Jewish Federations of North America). They represents 147 Jewish Federations and over 300 Network communities, which raise and distribute more than $3 billion annually to support social welfare, social services and educational needs. Before I went to Ft. Myers last March for SeltzertopiaLive!, however, I hadRead More →
This morning we set the clocks back, and traveled back in time, through nostalgia, and history, and more, at the Hebrew Institute of White Plains (a Modern Orthodox temple north of NYC founded in 1915). They had a great make-you-own-egg-cream station, complete with pretzel sticks, and seltzer from the one-and-onlyRead More →
Yesterday I drove up to Congregation Shir Shalom in Ridgefield, CT, to give a presentation to their entire Hebrew School and their parents. What a delight! I had a great time engaging the children with tales of seltzer’s past, scenes from the 3 Stooges, videos of my time with EliRead More →
I am excited to share the latest book review of Seltzertopia, this time from the Jerusalem Post – A Bubbly History! They got so much right: “a delightful, effervescent and intriguing book,” the “definitive history of the bubbly drink,” “filled to the rim with quirky seltzer anecdotes,” “fun and fullRead More →
WAMC Radio, in Albany, produced this fun piece last week about the temple in the Berkshires where I spoke tonight – for ten minutes from my home – to tease my appearance there this summer (7.18.19 | 7:00 PM | Hevrah of Southern Berkshires | Great Barrington, MA). Have aRead More →
This weekend I traveled to Toronto for the fantastically titled “Schmaltz and Seltzer“. Sponsored by the Prosserman JCC & the Schwartz/Reisman Centre, the event was held not in an event space at one of the JCCs but, instead, in an open public space at Indigo, Canada’s version of Barnes andRead More →
This month took SeltzertopiaLive! and I down to the desert city of Tuscon, Arizona, just an hour or so drive from the Mexican border. It was a first for me for so many reasons. First time talking in the desert. First time taking SeltzertopiaLive! this far south, or this farRead More →
This is a first for me: not a review of my book, Seltzertopia, but a review of Seltzertopia Live! the road show I am taking all over North America. In fact, tonight I just added location 18 (Hello, Connecticut!). But last week I was closer to home – my localRead More →
Today I had a great time doing my first talk of 2019 to a home-crowd town, right here at my local library. I had NO idea who many people might come, nor who. We ended up filling the space – half with my peeps from my kids’ school, my temple,Read More →