Speaking Engagements
CALENDAR OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, PODCASTS, RADIO APPEARANCES, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS
Wisdom of the Century event with some participants from the book
Quade Books
Aventura, FL
April 16, 2026 – 7 pm – Open to the public!
Understanding the Holocaust: History, Humanity, and Memory
Jewish Community Services
Miami, FL
May 15, 2026
Living a Life that Matters
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute,
Florida Atantic University, Boca Raton, FL
June 10, 2026
Living a Life that Matters
Zero-proof Experiences, on Zoom
Date to be announced
Interview with Leslie Ahmadi for her virtual book launch
The Road Between Two Hearts: A Memoir of a Black American Woman Discovering Iran
Date to be announced
Previous Speaking Engagements
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- Hollywood Beach Resort, Hollywood, FL
- St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL
- Books and Bites at Temple Beth Israel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Temple Sinai of North Dade, North Miami Beach, FL
- Season’s Hospice Legacy Training, Miami, FL
- Eastern Book Club, North Miami Beach, FL
- Clear Springs Elementary School, Minnetonka, Minnesota
- Temple Beth Am, Miami, FL
- NJABC Book Club, North Miami, FL
- North Miami Beach Book Club, North Miami Beach, FL
- North Miami Beach Library, North Miami Beach, FL
- Fairmount Temple, Cleveland, OH
- Southeast Florida Librarians Information Network Conference (SEFLIN), Florida International University, North Miami, FL
- N. M. B. Library Book Club, North Miami Beach, FL
- Cassie’s Book Club, St. Louis, MO
- Hollywood Rotary Club, Hollywood, FL
- Ann Miller’s Book Event, Maple Grove, MN
- Temple Beth Shalom, Vero Beach, FL
- Treasure Finders Radio Show, Planet Vero, Radio WAXE 1370 AM/107.9 FM, Vero Beach, FL
- Rosh Chodesh Connections (A Women’s Circle) Temple Dor Dorim, Weston, FL
- Les Bouquinistes, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Women’s American ORT, North Miami Beach, FL
- Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Southwest Regional Library, Broward College, Pembroke Pines, FL
- Quality of Life, Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center, North Miami Beach, FL
- Sisterhood of Temple Sinai of North Dade, North Miami Beach, FL
- Journal writing for bereaved children, Camp Kangaroo, Seasons Hospice, Coconut Grove, FL
- Devon Aire K–8 Center, Miami-Dade Schools, Miami, FL
- Journal Writing, March of the Living, Miami, FL
- Hadassah Mitzvah, Aventura, FL
- JAFCO Book Club, Plantation, FL
- The Betsy Hotel Women’s Empowerment Weekend, Miami Beach, FL
- The Transition Network, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Jacobson Sinai Academy, North Miami Beach, FL
- Jewish End-of-Life Issues Educational Seminar, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL and Aventura, FL
- Supportive Care Staff Legacy Training, Seasons Hospice, Miami, FL
- Child Survivors/Hidden Children of the Holocaust of Palm Beach County, Boca Raton, FL
- Women’s Spirituality Group, Temple Beth El, Hollywood, FL
- Legacy Training, Seasons Hospice Marketing Department, Miami, FL
- Lion of Judah Create a Jewish Legacy Campaign Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Miami, FL
- Brandeis Women’s Study Group, Miami, FL
- Legacy Training, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Miami and Broward Counties, FL
- Donna Klein Jewish Academy, Boca Raton, FL
- Adath Yeshurun, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Psychological Association (DCPA) Women’s Issues Committee, South Miami, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Workshop, St. Louis, MO
- National Association of Poetry Therapy, Asheville, NC
- Refuat HaNefeesh Spiritual Care Program, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Miami, FL
- North Dade Council, Hadassah, Aventura, FL
- Seasons Hospice Volunteer Legacy Training, Miami, FL
- Simcha Hadassah Author Luncheon, Bal Harbour, FL
- Tomorrow’s Rainbow, Camp Kangaroo, Coconut Creek, FL
- Broward County Main Library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Jewish Community Services, Miami, FL
- Young Israel of Sunny Isles, Sunny Isles, FL
- Bereavement Group- Michael-Ann Russell JCC, Miami, FL
- Broward County TRIAD, Davie, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Workshop for Psychologists, Gainesville, FL
- Limmud Miami, Florida International University, Miami, FL
- Cascade ORT, Boynton Beach, FL
- Broken Sound Women’s Club, Boca Raton, FL
- Brandeis Palm Beach Annual Author Luncheon, Lake Worth, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® workshop, North Miami Beach Library, North Miami Beach, FL
- Coral Gables Congregational Church, Coral Gables, FL
- Refuat Hanefesh Spritual Care Program, Mishkan Miami of Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Miami, FL
- National Association of Poetry Therapy, Kansas City, MO
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® workshop, Cleveland, Ohio
- Seasons Hospice of Broward County Legacy Training, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- “Meet My Mom” Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Workshop, Atlanta, GA
- VITAS hospice volunteers Legacy Training, Miami, FL
- Young Lion of Judah Program, Miami Beach, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Workshop, National Association for Jewish Chaplains, Cincinnati, OH
- Canadian Club of Century Village, Deerfield Beach, FL
- US-UN Report Interview with Tom Osborne
- National Association of Poetry Therapy, Denver, CO
- Death and Dying Workshop, Women’s Group, Miami Beach, FL
- Jump Club ll, New York, NY
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® workshop, San Diego, CA
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy@ workshop, At Your Meeting Place, Aventura, FL
- Journalverse Live, International Audience
- Legacy Training with staff, Seasons Hospice, Miami, FL
- Finding Peace Within: Writing the Waves of Our Lives Writing Retreat, Duncan Center, Delray Beach, FL
- Journaling Session with bereaved teenagers and young adults, Camp Kangaroo, Seasons Hospice, Tomorrow’s Rainbow, Broward County, FL
- Ethical Will Writing Workshop, The Transition Network, Broward County, FL
- Living a Life that Matters, Lunch and Learn, Miami Beach Jewish Community Center, Miami Beach, FL
- Am I Ready?: A Conversation About Living and Dying Meaningfully, Temple Sinai of North Dade, Miami, FL
- Journal writing with bereaved children and bereavement session with parents, Camp Kangaroo, Miami, FL
- Alumni Class of Living and Leaving Your Legacy® for Boca Raton Regional Hospital participants, Boca Raton, FL
- Living a Life That Matters, Beth Am Sisterhood Let’s Talk program, Miami, FL
- National Healthcare Decisions Day, Lynn Cancer Institute, keynote speaker, Boca Raton, FL
- Life Review Through Journal Review, National Association for Poetry Therapy, Minneapolis, MN
- Plenary Panel Discussion on Social Justice, National Association for Poetry Therapy, Minneapolis, MN
- Legacy Training for Work with Patients, Refuat HaNefesh, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Miami, FL
- Docent Training–Sharing Survivors’ Stories, Holocaust Memorial, Miami Beach, FL
- Journalverse Reflections of a Lifetime: Legacy Writing, International Audience–telechat
- Anne’s Book Club, North Miami Beach
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Living a Life that Matters, Women of Reform Judaism’s 37th Southeast District Biennial Convention, keynote speaker, Miami, FL
- Shattering Glass–80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht, Temple Sinai of North Dade, Miami, FL
- Journal writing with young adults from Covenant House (homeless shelter) struggling with loss, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Miami Book Fair panel moderator for award-winning authors of young adult Holocaust books, Miami, FL
- Journaling Through Grief workshop, Grief and Growing Weekend Retreat, Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, Loma Mar, CA
- SLED (Socialize, Learn, Educate, Discuss), Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Workshop, Kings Point, Tamarac, FL
- Serving as a Witness for Holocaust Survivors, Bar/Bat Mitzvah students, Holocaust Memorial, Miami Beach, FL
- Celebration of Life for Leslye Rodgers, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- Writing for Wellness Workshop, Gilda’s Club, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Relating Stories from the March of the Living, Florida International University Hillel, North Miami Beach, FL
- Interviewing Julius Eisenstein, a Holocaust Survivor, Florida International University’s Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week, North Miami, FL
- The Magic of Friendship, Coral Gables, FL
- Celebration of Life for Kathy Weinberg, Lake Worth, FL
- Helping Patients With Sacred Legacy Work, Refuat HaNefesh, Greater Miami Jewish Education, Miami, FL
- Reflections of a Lifetime Through Journaling, International Association of Journal Writing, International Audience–telechat
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Living a Life that Matters, National Council of Jewish Women, Pinecrest, FL
- Writing Circle facilitator, International Association of Journal Writing, International Participation
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Workshop, Behavioral Health Staff of Jewish Community Services, Miami, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Workshop, Mental Health Association of Southeast Florida, Lighthouse Point, FL
- Journaling Through Grief, Grief and Growing: A Weekend for Bereaved Families and Individuals, Occidental, Sonoma County, California
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®, Sacred Jewish Conversations Workshop, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Miami, FL
- Legacy love letter/Ethical will writing workshop, Sandra Coifman’s group, Aventura, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Reflections of a Lifetime, Hadassah of Kings Point, Tamarac, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Living a Life that Matters, Temple Beit HaYam, Stuart, FL
- Our Legacy: Jewish Identity Beyond the Genetic Code, Temple Kol Ami, Plantation, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Workshop, Temple Beit HaYam Sisterhood, Stuart, FL
- Serving as a Witness for Holocaust Survivors, Young Lions Bar/Bat Mitzvah students, Holocaust Memorial, Miami Beach, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Living a Life that Matters, Cafe Chai, Hallandale Beach, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Living a Life that Matters, Chabad of Kendall’s Women’s Circle, Kendall, FL
- Journaling Through Grief for Children, Camp Kangaroo, Seasons Hospice, Coconut Grove, FL
- Parent Workshop: How To Help Your Grieving Child, Camp Kangaroo, Seasons Hospice, Coconut Grove, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: The Gift of an Ethical Will, Florida International University-Limmmud, North Miami, FL
- Alumni Legacy Workshop, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, online
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®, Refuat HaNefesh, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, online
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®, Campowerment, online
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®, The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, online
- Writing Your Jewish Legacy, The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, online
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Before, During, and After COVID-19, The Beth Orr on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Before, During, and After COVID 19, Boca Raton Regional Hospital on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Living a Life that Matters Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, San Francisco on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® with Tammi Leader Fuller and Merle R. Saferstein, Campowerment on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® for the Precious Memory Project, Institute of Jewish Knowledge and Learning on Zoom
- The Gift of an Ethical Will for the Precious Memory Project, Institute of Jewish Knowledge and Learning on Zoom
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital Living and Leaving Your Legacy® alumni gathering on Zoom
- Writing Your Jewish Story, The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®:Before, During, and After COVID-19, Temple Sinai of North Dade on Zoom
- Creating Your Living Legacy, The Beth Orr on Zoom
- Writing Your Jewish Story, Temple Sinai of North Dade on Zoom
- Journaling Circle, Gilda’s Club on Zoom
- The High Holidays: Introspection, Remembrance, Renewal, Temple Sinai of North Dade
- InnerViews Series: People Making a Difference with Liz Sterling, Institute of Jewish Knowledge and Learning on Zoom
- The Gift of Journaling – Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Before During and After Covid, Campowerment on Zoom
- Sacred Jewish Conversations, Greater Miami Jewish Federation on Zoom
- The Gift of Gratitude Journaling workshop, Gilda’s Club of South Florida on Zoom
- Journaling: Control (or Lack of It!), Campowerment on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Living a Life that Matters, Simacha of Aberdeen Hadassah on Zoom
- Journaling: Reflect and Project 2020/2021, Campowerment on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Living a Life that Matters, Link of Hope Sistas on Zoom
- Journaling Through Grief, Grief and Growing Bereavement Retreat, Bay Area Jewish Healing Center on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Before During and After Covid, Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County on Zoom
- Writing Your Jewish Story, Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County on Zoom
- International Women’s Day Journaling, Gilda’s Club of South Florida on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®, Refuat HaNefesh, Greater Miami Jewish Federation on Zoom
- Alumni Gathering Boca Raton Regional Hospital on Zoom
- Journaling with Campowerment on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®, Keys Jewish Community Center on Zoom
- Our Jewish Legacy: The Story Continues, Greater Miami Jewish Federation on Zoom
- Training Session for Facilitators, Camp Kangaroo, Seasons Hospice
- Serving as a Witness for Holocaust Survivors, Holocaust Memorial, Miami Beach, FL
- Journaling with Campowerment on Zoom
- Journaling: Reflecting and Looking Ahead, Gilda’s Club of South Florida on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® and Ethical Wills Greater Miami Jewish Federation Refuat HaNefesh on Zoom
- Community Voice with Sarah Schiller Sax
- Living a Life That Matters, Wisdom Circle with Liz Sterling on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® with Campowerment on Zoom
- Journaling for Wellness, Self-Care, and Compassion; AccentCare on Zoom
- Michelle’s Book Club, Cleveland, Ohio
- Sandra’s Book Club, Aventura, FL
- Covey Club Class: Make Your Legacy Clear on Zoom
- National Association of Memoir Writers (NAMW) Virtual Book Club Living and Leaving My Legacy, Vol.1
- The Gift of Journaling, Enlighten CE on Zoom
- Living a Life That Matters, Gilda’s Club of South Florida
- TTN Book Club, Tamarac, FL
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Living a Life that Matters, Enlighten CE on Zoom
- Holocaust Survivors, Second Generation, and Intergenerational Trauma, Enlighten CE on Zoom
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy®, Jewish Community Foundation Legacy Appreciation Reception, Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
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Writing for Restoration, Rejuvenation, and Reflection, Michael D. Eisner College of Education,California State University, North Ridge, CA
- The Schulte Group, Miami Lakes, FL
- The Key Group, Miami Lakes, FL
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Holocaust Remembrance Day, In Conversation With Tammie Leader Fuller on Facebook Live
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Young Lions, Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Holocaust Memorial
- Living and Leaving Your Legacy® and Ethical Will Writing, Refuat HaNefesh, Miami, FL
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Creating A Legacy Letter, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
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Journaling for Wellness Membership Event, The Transition Network, Spanish River Library, Boca Raton, FL
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Writing Your Ethical Will, Campowerment on Zoom
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Our Journals: Mining Them for Gold, National Association of Memoir Writers on Zoom
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Creating a Legacy Letter, Covey Club
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Living and Leaving My Legacy Book Talk, Campowerment on Zoom
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Journaling for Grief with Children, Camp Kangaroo, AccentCare Hospice, Coconut Grove, FL
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Parent Session, Camp Kangaroo, AccentCare Hospice, Coconut Grove, FL
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The High Holidays: Living and Leaving Your Legacy®, Temple Sinai of North Dade, FL
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Legacy Journaling: The Gift We Give Others, International Association for Journal Writing on Zoom
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Kristallnacht remarks, Temple Sinai of North Dade, North Miami Beach, FL
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Living and Leaving Your Legacy®: Living a Life That Matters Houston Jewish Community Foundation, Houston, Texas
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Young Lions – Interviewing Holocaust Survivors Holocaust Memorial, Miami Beach, FL
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Living and Leaving My Legacy: Martin County Hadassah Chapter, Stuart, FL
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Unapologetically Successful, The Power of Heels, Aventura, FL
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Writing Your Story, IJKL on Zoom
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A Conversation on Legacy with Marji Shapiro on Zoom
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Living and Leaving Your Legacy®, Spiritual Aging, The Hillman Group, Tamarac, FL
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Bonnie Armstrong’s Virtual Book Launch, Interview with the author of An Apparently Normal Person (on Zoom)
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End of Life: Living and Leaving Your Legacy® and Ethical Wills, Refuat HaNefesh, Greater Miami Jewish Federation
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Living and Leaving My Legacy: Living a Life That Matters, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
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A Life of Transitions, Spiritual Aging, Tamarac, FL
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Creating and Sharing Passover Memories, Temple Kol Ami, Plantation FL,
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Legacy Training for Hospice Staff and Volunteers, AccentCare, Miami, FL
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Writing an Ethical Will and Legacy Love Letter, Legacy Education for National AccentCare Trainers Team
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Interview with Lynne Golodner for her Virtual Launch of Cave of Secrets on Zoom
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Living a Life That Matters, Shalom Bayit, San Francisco on Zoom
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Legacy and Interviewing for Wisdom of the Century, Key Biscayne Centenarian Festival, Key Biscayne, FL
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Legacy and Interviewing for Wisdom of the Century, Key Biscayne Centenarian Festival, Key Biscayne, FL
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Dream it, See It, Achieve It: The Power of Visualization and Goal Setting, Loving Me More Program, The Power of HeelsAventura Library
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Meet the Author Jewish Book Series Wisdom of the Century Interview with Rabbi Fred KleinMAR-JCC, North Miami Beach, FL
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Wisdom of the Century interview with Liz Sterling, Wisdom Circle Sandler JCC, Boca Raton, FL
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Wisdom of the Century event, Aventura Library Aventura, FL
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Living a Life that Matters Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Florida Atlantic University
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Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Adult B’nai Mitzvah Program Beth Torah Benny Ron Campus, North Miami Beach, FL
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Broward Lion Behind the Pin Jewish Federation of Broward County, FL
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Creating Your Jewish Legacy Adult B’nai Mitzvah Program, Beth Torah Benny Ron Campus, North Miami Beach, FL
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Journaling for Spiritual Healing, Refuat HaNefesh Alumni Gathering, Miami, FL
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Wisdom of the Century interview with the participants, Sinai Residence, Boca Raton
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Wisdom of the Century: Books and Books Coral Gables, FL
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Wisdom of the Century event with some participants Key Biscayne Community Center
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Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Floria Atlantic University
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RUTKA: What was happening in the world around her, Miami Dade College Honors Program Students
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Interview with filmmaker Mary Anne Rothberg, Miami Jewish Film Festival on Zoom
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Why Remember the Holocaust FIU’s Holocaust & Genocide Studies, ProgramTemple Sinai of North Dade, North Miami Beach, FL
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Living and Leaving Your Legacy workshop, Accentcare, Miami, FL
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Jewish Money Matters Podcast On Zoom
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Living and Leaving Your Legacy®, Refuat HaNefesh program, Greater Miami Jewish Federation Miami, FL
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If you are interested in engaging me as a speaker, please contact me at info@merlersaferstein.com.