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National Jewish Retreat 2021

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2:00pm EDT

Welcome Tearoom TBA

3:15pm EDT

3:30pm EDT

Is G-d in Heaven or on Earth? SummitRabbi Shais Taub Thinking Beyond the Possible: Extreme Physics, Torah, and the Taxonomy of Belief Laurel AmphitheaterDr. Dovid Imbo

4:45pm EDT

The Case for Israel Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder Book Launch: Creating a Life That Matters SummitMrs. Rivka Goldstein • Rabbi Manis Friedman Designing for Positive Lasting Change LakeDr. Deborah Teplow

6:00pm EDT

Dinner Evergreen Ballroom

7:30pm EDT

Orientation Laurel Amphitheater

8:30pm EDT

How to Hunt a Nazi SummitMr. Steven Rambam Mental Housekeeping RhododendronDr. Rona Novick Of Medicine, Miracles and Mindsets Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Elie Estrin • Mrs. Chaya Rochel Estrin This Can Happen: Start With the Science CherryRabbi Dovid Flinkenstein

9:45pm EDT

7:00am EDT

Stretch and Intention: For Women BalsamMrs. Mushkie Shemtov Chassidus Cherry

7:30am EDT

Shacharit Willow Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Men Cherry Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women DogwoodMrs. Dassy Beenstock

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Evergreen Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Recipe for Resilience – Bouncing Back, Moving Forward LakeDr. Rona Novick The Mitzvah to Know G-d: Isn’t He Unknowable? SummitRabbi Manis Friedman Mental Wellness and the Spiritual Community RhododendronRabbi Eliyahu Schusterman • Dr. Doreen Marshall • Mr. Chris Thrasher

10:20am EDT

Serving Jews Who Serve Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Elie Estrin Thirsting for G-d SummitRabbi Shais Taub My Three Legged Stool: Taming the 21st Century Spirit RhododendronDarcy F (Rus Devorah) Wallen, LCSW, ACSW The Shtisel Conundrum: Reproductive Dilemmas of the Fictional Shtisel Family, from a Torah Perspective LakeRabbi Eddie Reichman MD

11:25am EDT

Emotional Sobriety Laurel AmphitheaterDr. Allen Berger Entangled Identities: The Nature and Logic of Existence in Physics and Esoteric Judaism SummitDr. Dovid Imbo One Nation Under G-d, Indivisble LakeRabbi Nochum Mangel The Language of Hope and Science of Change RhododendronDr. Deborah Teplow

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Evergreen Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

PARADISE, HELL, AND REINCARNATION: A ROUNDTRIP JOURNEY TO The Other Shore SummitRabbi Manis Friedman A Scholar With A Soul Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Yaakov Fellig • Rabbi Meni Even Israel Spirituality is Simple RhododendronMr. Smitty Grider • Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman To Save a Life Is to Save a World: Suicide Prevention Workshop LakeDr. Sigrid Pechenik

3:05pm EDT

The Birthright: A Biblical Reflection LakeRabbi Moshe Bryski Your Brain on G-d RhododendronDr. Andrew Newberg MY UNPARALLELED LIFE: Unstoppable and Unforgettable SummitMrs. Shaindy Jacobson • Mrs. Chana Greenstein • Mrs. Dana Gavin • Miss Basya Hans • Mrs. Ya'El Roth Less Stress, More Joy Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Yossi Lerman • Mr. Scott Frank

4:00pm EDT

4:20pm EDT

Navigating Life in an Uncertain World LakeDr. Rona Novick Two Jews, Three Opinions SummitRabbi Shais Taub Quieting the Silence Laurel AmphitheaterPanel This Can Happen: Who Needs Redemption RhododendronRabbi Sholom Raichik

5:30pm EDT

Dinner- keynote: The Impossible Dream: The Audacity of Jewish Resilience Evergreen BallroomRabbi Shais Taub

8:00pm EDT

Film: The Anonymous People RhododendronQ&A with Mendi Baron, Alisa Sanford Film: The Rabbi Goes West SummitRabbi Chaim Bruk Film: Why The Jews? Laurel AmphitheaterQ&A with Rabbi Isser New

9:30pm EDT

7:00am EDT

Does G-d Really Care CherryRabbi Mendy Wineberg

7:30am EDT

Shacharit Willow Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Men CherryRabbi Mendy Wineberg Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women DogwoodMrs. Dassy Beenstock

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Evergreen Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Halachic Triage: Who Gets Vaccinated First? LakeRabbi Dr. Michael Broyde Interpreting Your Dreams Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Pinchas Taylor To Know and To Care SummitRabbi Shais Taub

10:20am EDT

Precedented Times: The Jewish Response to Pandemics Throughout the Ages LakeRabbi Eddie Reichman MD Pulling From the Past to Fuel the Future: The Power of Teshuvah RhododendronMrs. Dassi New Pursuing the Infinite: The Hidden Worlds of Physics, Mathematics, and Kabbalah Laurel AmphitheaterDr. Dovid Imbo The Growing Popularity of Atheism SummitRabbi Manis Friedman

11:25am EDT

Crossfire: SummitRabbi Pinchas Taylor • Rabbi Yossi New • Rabbi Manis Friedman On the Run in Nazi Berlin LakeMrs. Bev Saltzman Lewyn Robinhood, Cryptocurrency & NFTs: Market Manipulation & Insider Trading in Halacha Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Ari Sollish Jewish Jewelry Making: Honey in Jewish Law, Lore, and Tradition DogwoodMs. Donna Bogatin

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Evergreen Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

From the Holocaust to Shtisel to Me: An Intergenerational Journey LakeMrs. Dena Schusterman Government Regulations in Times of Emergency: Does Jewish Law Compel Obedience? Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Dr. Michael Broyde “Gate of Trust” Is All the Rage RhododendronMr. Getzy Fellig • Rabbi Yossi Pels Jews and Pews: A Response to the Pew Study SummitRabbi Moshe Bryski • Rabbi Dr. Michael Berger • Rabbi Chaim Bruk • Mrs. Holly Cohen • Mrs. Pamela Dubin

3:05pm EDT

Are They Just Making Stuff Up? RhododendronRabbi Yossi New The Ethics of Voyeurism- Personal, Corporate & National Spying in Halacha LakeRabbi Ari Sollish You Will Yet Live Again SummitRabbi Pinchas Taylor A Fireside Chat on Jewish Mysticism Laurel AmphitheaterMrs. Shifra Sharfstein • Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

4:00pm EDT

4:20pm EDT

Reflections on the Career of a Jewish Physician at the CDC Laurel AmphitheaterDr. Henry Falk Chasidism, Suffering, and Renewal: The Prewar and Holocaust Legacy of Rabbi Kalonymus Shapira LakeRabbi Dr. Don Seeman Privileged and Proud: Are the “Chosen People” Supremicist? SummitRabbi Moshe Bryski This Can Happen: Superhuman vs Super Humans RhododendronRabbi Nochum Mangel

5:30pm EDT

Dinner: Am Yisrael Chai - Prouder, Stronger, Deeper! Evergreen Ballroom

8:00pm EDT

Shulem Lemmer Live in Concert SummitShulem Lemmer

9:30pm EDT

7:00am EDT

Stretch and Intention: For Women BalsamMrs. Mushkie Shemtov The Journey of Elul CherryRabbi Dovid Flinkenstein

7:30am EDT

Shacharit Willow Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Men CherryRabbi Dovid Flinkenstein Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women DogwoodMrs. Dassy Beenstock

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Evergreen Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Horoscopes, Signs, and Astrology LakeMrs. Matti Bryski Is Loving Yourself a Mitzvah? SummitRabbi YY Jacobson Maimonides the Mystic? The Lubavitcher Rebbe's Maimonides Revolution. RhododendronRabbi Dr. Don Seeman Thinking About Thinking Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Tzvi Freeman

10:20am EDT

Judaism in High Definition RhododendronRabbi IsserDovid Silverman Your One Shot At Life: Make It Count! SummitRabbi Moshe Bryski Challah Bake RotundaMrs. Rochel Goldman Roundtable: A Covid Conversation LakeRabbi Eddie Reichman MD

11:25am EDT

Crossfire: SummitRabbi YY Jacobson • Rabbi Chaim Block • Rabbi Yossy Goldman From the Chicago Ghetto to Quantum Physics to Chassidic Judaism: A Life of Extremes LakeDr. Dovid Imbo The Jewish Contribution to World History RhododendronDr. George Dean Book Launch: The Four Keys of Kabbalah Laurel AmphitheaterMrs. Holly Cohen • Rabbi Yisrael Rice

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Evergreen Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

The 18 Steps to Heaven LakeMrs. Shifra Sharfstein Why The Jews?: Is There a Reason for Antisemitism? Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Yossy Goldman The Gift of Jewish Giving SummitRabbi Hirshy Minkowicz • Mrs. Pamela Dubin • Mr. Eyal Postelnik • Mr. Mike Leven

3:05pm EDT

To the Victor Go the Spoils Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Nochum Mangel Vaccination and Jewish Law: From Pre-Modern(a) Times until Today LakeRabbi Eddie Reichman MD Two Great Minds Collide SummitDr. Dovid Imbo • Rabbi Tzvi Freeman This Can Happen: We're Getting There RhododendronRabbi Ephraim Silverman

4:30pm EDT

Pre-Shabbat Reception TBA

6:30pm EDT

Shabbat: Mystical & Magical Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Yossy Goldman Pre-Candle Lighting Ceremony LakeMrs. Shaindy Jacobson

7:05pm EDT

Candle Lighting Foyer

7:15pm EDT

Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat Summit

8:00pm EDT

Seudat Shabbat Evergreen BallroomRabbi YY Jacobson

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Evergreen Ballroom

9:00am EDT

A Deeper Look at Pleasure and the High Holidays RhododendronRabbi Ephraim Silverman

9:15am EDT

Shacharit Summit Women's Prayer Service CherryMrs. Dassy Beenstock

9:45am EDT

Beginner's Prayer Service RhododendronRabbi Tzvi Freeman

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Address: The Smile Behind the Tear Evergreen BallroomRabbi Yossy Goldman

3:00pm EDT

Medical Halacha Update 2021 RotundaRabbi Eddie Reichman MD Women Who Inspired Me, Who Will Inspire You Too Laurel AmphitheaterMrs. Rochel Goldman The Incredible Mystical Power of Torah Study RhododendronRabbi Yisrael Rice

4:00pm EDT

4:30pm EDT

Farbrengen! A Traditional Chasidic Repast for Mind, Heart, and Soul (For Men) LakeRabbi YY Jacobson Farbrengen! A Traditional Chasidic Repast for Mind, Heart, and Soul (For Women) WillowMrs. Shaindy Jacobson

6:30pm EDT

Seudah Shelishit Evergreen Ballroom

8:00pm EDT

From 770 to Harvard: The Story of Dr. Yitzchak Block Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Chaim Block Life After Life: Inspiration from Near-Death Experiences RhododendronMrs. Nomi Freeman The Power of Perspective SummitRabbi Moshe Bryski Songs of the Soul- Boys Rotunda

8:50pm EDT

9:15pm EDT

Havdalah Summit

10:00pm EDT

Kumzitz SummitTali Yess

10:30pm EDT

Melaveh Malka Evergreen Ballroom

8:00am EDT

Shacharit Willow Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Men CherryRabbi Yisroel Beenstock Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women DogwoodMrs. Dassy Beenstock

8:15am EDT

Breakfast Evergreen Ballroom

9:30am EDT

Clarity In Times of Uncertainty SummitRabbi Moshe Bryski Intentional Jews: The influence of American Religion on American Judaism LakeRabbi Dr. Michael Berger The Purpose of it All Laurel AmphitheaterMrs. Miriam Lipskier

10:45am EDT

Saving our Relationships from Ourselves SummitRabbi YY Jacobson The Ultimate Revolution: Speculations on the Eschaton in Secular and Chassidic Thought Laurel AmphitheaterDr. Dovid Imbo JScreen: A Swab Can Save a Soul RhododendronMs. Felicia Mayer Kabbalistic Meditations You can Use LakeRabbi Yisrael Rice

12:00pm EDT

IS THERE A MENSCH IN THE HOUSE? 7 Secrets of a Mensch SummitRabbi Yossy Goldman The Mystery of the Hebrew Alphabet Laurel AmphitheaterRabbi Chaim Block Jewish Medical Ethics Q&A LakeRabbi Eddie Reichman MD This Can Happen: A Peek Into the Future RhododendronRabbi Yossi Deren

1:15pm EDT

Closing Lunch Evergreen Ballroom