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Fran Hisler

Sunday, February 21
 

9:00am EST

Hold Me Tight: The New Science of Love Room 117Jeff Friedman • Wendy Friedman Vipassana Meditation and Kabbalah Left BallroomZion Zohar Organ Donation, Brain Death, and Halacha: Educate Yourself Now! Right BallroomRobby Berman

10:00am EST

And the Rain Did Not Fall: What Do We Do When Rabbis Fail? Room 115Yaffa Epstein Making Mensches: Why Mussar May be the Most Important Part of Judaism You Never Heard About Room 122David Jaffe Is it a Mitzvah to Eat Healthy? Room 114Staci Shacter Writing Family History: Lessons from Experience Room 110Meri-Jane Rochelson Israel’s Energy Independence: Vision and Reality Room 124Efraim Chalamish The Social Media War (And How to Win It) Room 117Fay Goldstein

11:00am EST

God Is My Shepherd: The Enduring Allure of the Twenty-Third Psalm Room 126Andrea Weiss She Is Unclean: An Orthodox Woman & Reform Rabbi Discuss Mikveh Room 117Tobi Ash • Efrat Zarren-Zohar Jewish Tai Chi Using the Shema to Transcend Fear Left BallroomAndrew Hahn SQ: Measuring & Developing the Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence Room 114Moshe Heyn Demystifying Hassidic Judaism Alcove SouthEliezer Wolf The Anne Frank You Never Knew Room 120Oren Stier The Jews and Modernism Room 122Morton Levitt

12:00pm EST

Tikkun Olam: A Theology of Human Responsibility Room 115Lauren Berkun Let’s Talk about God … or Maybe Not Room 126Frederick Klein Torah as Metaphor: Why Didn't They Teach This in Hebrew School Alcove NorthGoldie Milgram Adoption and the Jewish Couple: How Judaism Views Adoption Alcove SouthMichael Gold From Jaffa Oranges to Iron Dome: Start-Up Nation and the Miracle of Israeli Innovation Room 124Lyon Roth Revolution, Radicalism, and Rebellion in Judaism Room 122David Kalb Sex Abuse: A Conversation on How to Keep Our Children Safe Room 114Melissa Brail Tenements, Cabanas, and Barrios: Where North & South Jewishkeit Meet Room 110Andrew Gottlieb • Chaim Lieberperson

12:30pm EST

Make an Impact on the Life of a Baby! Outside TentThe Jewish Volunteer Center

1:00pm EST

Raiders of the Lost Ark: A Text Study Room 115Jeremy Barras Changing the World from the Inside Out: Jewish Wisdom for a Lifetime of Making a Difference Alcove NorthDavid Jaffe Jewish Ghouls, Demons, and Magical Things that Go Bump! in the Jewish Night Room 110Peter Eckstein Contemplation: Beyond Mindfulness Room 122Mitchell Chefitz Niggun and Singing Workshop Left BallroomNoah Aronson Power, Passion, & Politics: What Can We Learn from King David? Room 124Andrea Weiss The Bible in American Politics: Is THAT in our Torah? Room 114Marsha B. Cohen What We Know Now That We Didn’t Know Then Right BallroomAley Sheer Creating the Container: Forging Intimate Jewish Community Alcove SouthGreg Lawrence

2:00pm EST

Getting Better All the Time: A Timeless Guide to Awesome Aging Room 114Simcha Gottlieb • Frumma Rosenberg-Gottlieb Jewish Yoga and Meditation: Engage and Connect the Body and Mind Alcove SouthArielle Shimko Media 101: Reading Between the Lines of How the Media Reports on Israel Right BallroomMatt Weisbaum What Do the BDSers Really Want? When Failure Succeeds, Something Always Sticks Room 110Samuel Edelman

3:00pm EST

Jewish Film in 2009: A Serious Man Versus Inglourious Basterds Room 120Saul Sudin Exploring the Meaning of Being Jewish Room 124Goldie Milgram Life Transitions and the Spiritual Journey to Transformation Right BallroomCheryl Weiner Living and Leaving Your Legacy: Writing an Ethical Will and More Room 122Merle R. Saferstein The Art of Hebrew Kirtan: Opening Your Heart to Meditation through Music Left BallroomAndrew Hahn Yiddishkeit in the Israeli Mlitary: Too Much? Too Little? Room 114Stuart Cohen Out of the Box: A Story of Agunot and Agunim Room 126Batsheva Ganz Scaling Up: How Effective Jewish Nonprofits Employ Best Practices Room 110Elise Scheck Bonwitt • Gil Bonwitt

4:00pm EST

Between the Strong Ones of Israel and Pious Ones of Babylonia: Does Location Matter? Room 115Yaffa Epstein Kabbalah through the Lens of Tarot Room 126Kim Lerner The Power of Words Alcove SouthElla Levy Star of David Candle Holders from Fimo Right BallroomVanina Tarlovsky Jewish Diplomacy and the United Nations Room 122Efraim Chalamish The Islamification of Europe: Filling the Jewish Void in a Post-Holocaust Europe Room 120Leon Weissberg Eating Disorders and the Jewish Community Room 110Sammi Siegel

5:00pm EST

Gala Performance Outside TentNoah Aronson