Dream Up Festival, Special Engagement Reading: Pleasant Dreams

Monday, August 24, 2026•6:30 PM

30 years ago: The director of a Jewish Festival in Berlin uses my café (The Cornelia Street Café in the West Village) to scout talent for his Eleventh Annual Jewish Days of Culture; he buys a copy of my book....

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