Alicia Jo Rabins, author portrait
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Alicia Jo Rabins

ALICIA JO RABINS is an award-winning writer, musician, and Jewish educator. She is the author of Divinity School (winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize) and Fruit Geode (finalist for the National Jewish Book Award), and the creator of Girls in Trouble, a feminist indie-folk song cycle about biblical women. Her feature film A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff was called “a blessing” by The Atlantic. Rabins holds an MFA in poetry and an MA in Jewish women’s studies. She tours internationally as a performer and teacher
When We're Born We Forget Everything

Wed Mar 04 | 07:00 PM
Powell's City of Books, with Daniel Pollack Pelzner
1005 W. Burnside St.
Portland, OR 97209
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Wed Mar 11 | 07:00 PM
Prairie Lights Bookstore, with Rabbi Esther Hugenholz
15 S Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
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Thu Mar 12 | 07:00 PM
SECRET WORLD, WITH Rabbi Benay Lappe and Hila Ratzabi
1774 2nd St
Highland Park, IL 60035
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Sun Mar 22 | 03:00 PM
Young Ethel's, with Rabbi Ellen Lippmann
506 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215
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Tue Mar 24 | 07:00 PM
PORTER SQUARE BOOKS, with Judith Rosenbaum and rabbi Or Rose
1815 MASS AVE STREET
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140
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Wed Mar 25 | 07:30 PM
OHEL MINYAN, with Judd Greenstein
237 Prospect Street
Northampton, MA 01060
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Thu Mar 26 | 07:00 PM
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, WITH MARA BENJAMIN
Cassani Lounge in Shattuck Hall
South Hadley, MA 01075
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Fri Mar 27 | 07:00 PM
West River Cafe, reading and music with Peter Siegel and Diana Whitney
485 W River Rd
Brattleboro, VT 05301
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Sat Mar 28 | 06:00 PM
Chatham Bookstore, with Franz Nicolay and Rabbi Joshua Boettiger
27 Main Street
Chatham, NY 12037
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Sun Mar 29 | 06:00 PM
RIFFRAFF BOOKSTORE, with Lex Rofeberg
60 Valley St #107A
Providence, RI 02909
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Sun Apr 12
University of Michigan Jewish Communal Leadership Program with Allie Economou
1511 Washtenaw Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
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Thu Apr 30 | 07:00 PM
CAMPBELL COUNTY LIBRARY, with Matthew Check
901 East 6th Street
Newport, KY 41071
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Tue May 26 | 07:00 PM
Mrs. Dalloway's, with Rabbi Adina Allen
2904 College Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705
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When We're Born We Forget Everything

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Wed Mar 04 | 07:00 PM
Powell's City of Books, with Daniel Pollack Pelzner
1005 W. Burnside St.
Portland, OR 97209
Google Map

Wed Mar 11 | 07:00 PM
Prairie Lights Bookstore, with Rabbi Esther Hugenholz
15 S Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Google Map

Thu Mar 12 | 07:00 PM
SECRET WORLD, WITH Rabbi Benay Lappe and Hila Ratzabi
1774 2nd St
Highland Park, IL 60035
Google Map

Sun Mar 22 | 03:00 PM
Young Ethel's, with Rabbi Ellen Lippmann
506 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Google Map

Tue Mar 24 | 07:00 PM
PORTER SQUARE BOOKS, with Judith Rosenbaum and rabbi Or Rose
1815 MASS AVE STREET
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140
Google Map

Wed Mar 25 | 07:30 PM
OHEL MINYAN, with Judd Greenstein
237 Prospect Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Google Map

Thu Mar 26 | 07:00 PM
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, WITH MARA BENJAMIN
Cassani Lounge in Shattuck Hall
South Hadley, MA 01075
Google Map

Fri Mar 27 | 07:00 PM
West River Cafe, reading and music with Peter Siegel and Diana Whitney
485 W River Rd
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Google Map

Sat Mar 28 | 06:00 PM
Chatham Bookstore, with Franz Nicolay and Rabbi Joshua Boettiger
27 Main Street
Chatham, NY 12037
Google Map

Sun Mar 29 | 06:00 PM
RIFFRAFF BOOKSTORE, with Lex Rofeberg
60 Valley St #107A
Providence, RI 02909
Google Map

Sun Apr 12
University of Michigan Jewish Communal Leadership Program with Allie Economou
1511 Washtenaw Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Google Map

Thu Apr 30 | 07:00 PM
CAMPBELL COUNTY LIBRARY, with Matthew Check
901 East 6th Street
Newport, KY 41071
Google Map

Tue May 26 | 07:00 PM
Mrs. Dalloway's, with Rabbi Adina Allen
2904 College Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705
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Books for Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we are sharing books by women who have shaped history and have fought for their communities. Our list includes books about women who fought for racial justice, abortion rights, equality in the workplace, and ranges in topics from women in politics and prominent women in history to

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