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Tuesday
, August 13
2:00pm EDT
Welcome Tearoom
Foyer
3:15pm EDT
Mincha
Delaware A
3:30pm EDT
Rashi, the Ultimate Commentator, and The Rebbe, the Ultimate Explainer
Delaware B
Rabbi Berel Bell
The Jewish Art of Happiness
Virginia A
Mrs. Yael Trusch
When Pigs are Kosher
Maryland
Rabbi Manis Friedman
4:45pm EDT
Gun Control and a Safer Society: When is a Gun Not a Gun?
Maryland
Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie
From Ghetto to Quantum Physics to Judaism
Virginia A
Dr. Dovid Imbo
How to Influence People
Delaware B
Dr. Simcha Leibovich
6:00pm EDT
Dinner
Marriott Ballroom
7:30pm EDT
Orientation
TBA
8:30pm EDT
A Time to Speak and A Time to Be Quiet: Confidentiality in Jewish Law
Maryland
Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz
From Princess to Pauper: How Financial Crisis Saved my Marriage
Virginia C
Mrs. Yael Trusch
The Jews of Turkey
Virginia A
Rabbi Mendy Chitrik
You Are What You Eat
Delaware A
Mrs. Shelly Dembe
9:30pm EDT
Ma'ariv
Maryland
9:45pm EDT
The Time in Between
Virginia A
Rabbi Bentzi Avtzon
Wednesday
, August 14
7:00am EDT
Morning Stretch and Intention (for women only)
Exhibit Hall
Mrs. Shelly Dembe
Illuminating the Human Consciousness
Delaware A
Rabbi Boruch Kaplan
Women's Preprayer Session: A Guide To Touch The Divine
Delaware B
Mrs. Shainie Weingarten
7:30am EDT
Shacharit
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Men
Delaware A
Rabbi Elchonon Chaikin
Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women
Delaware B
Mrs. Chavi Epstein
8:00am EDT
Breakfast
Marriott Ballroom
9:15am EDT
The Tree of Life
Delaware A
Mrs. Sharon Freundel
Kosher Food Production in 2019
Virginia A
Rabbi Mendy Chitrik
Mi casa es Su casa: Kabbalah of the Home
Delaware B
Mrs. Yael Trusch
The Hazards of Loneliness
Maryland
Rabbi Manis Friedman
How Meditation Changed my Life
Virginia C
Rabbi Eliezer Wolf
10:20am EDT
Stem Cell Research and Jewish Law
Delaware B
Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz
Entangled Identities: The Nature and Logic of Existence in Physics and Kabbalah
Delaware A
Dr. Dovid Imbo
In Every Generation: From Hating Jews to Hating Israel.
Virginia A
Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet
Weapons Wizard
Maryland
Mr. Yaakov Katz
Painting a Masterpeice
Coolidge
Ms. Estee Klein
Where are we? Where Are We Going?
Virginia C
Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman
11:25am EDT
Rebbeca: Holy Deception
Virginia C
Mrs. Sara Bluming
Battling for Menorahs in American Courts
Delaware A
Mr. Nathan Lewin
Crossfire
Maryland
Mrs. Holly Cohen • Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson • Rabbi Manis Friedman • Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan
Making Place in your Space: the Laws of Mezuzah
Delaware B
Rabbi Berel Bell
The Rabbi and The Lawyer
Virginia A
Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz • Mr. Kenneth Feinberg
12:30pm EDT
Lunch
Marriott Ballroom
2:00pm EDT
Where's the Beef? The Kosher Status of Lab-Grown Meat
Delaware A
Rabbi Ari Sollish
The Price of Life
Maryland
Mr. Kenneth Feinberg
JScreen:Genteic Testing in Jewish Community
Virginia C
Mrs. Hillary Kenner
Faith Under Fire
Delaware B
Chaplain Jacob Goldstein
Rebuilding the Temple from Within
Virginia A
Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz
3:05pm EDT
Will This Supreme Court Revive the Free Exercise of Religion Clause of the First Amendment?
Virginia A
Mr. Nathan Lewin
Repairing Rainbows
Delaware B
Mrs. Lynda Fishman
Positivity Bias: A Book Launch
Maryland
Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson
Pursuing the Infinite: The Hidden Worlds of Physics and Judaism
Delaware A
Dr. Dovid Imbo
Big Jewish Mama's Cookbook Launch and Demo
Coolidge
Mrs. Joannie Tansky
4:00pm EDT
Mincha
Maryland
4:20pm EDT
Letters of Light: Secrets of the Hebrew Alphabet
Delaware A
Mrs. Sara Bluming
Rambam
Virginia C
Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie
When Man Makes Man
Delaware B
Rabbi Dr. Eddie Reichman
Shadow Strike
Maryland
Mr. Yaakov Katz
Torah:The Blueprint of the Universe
Virginia A
Rabbi Manis Friedman
5:30pm EDT
Dinner
Marriott Ballroom
8:00pm EDT
A Tribute to the Lubavticher Rebbe
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
9:30pm EDT
Maariv
Maryland
The Light of Fire
Virginia A
Rabbi Bentzi Avtzon
Thursday
, August 15
7:00am EDT
Stretch and Intention
Exhibit Hall
Mrs. Shelly Dembe
A Guide to Touch the Divine
Delaware B
Mrs. Shainie Weingarten
Garments of the Soul
Delaware A
Rabbi Ari Sollish
7:30am EDT
Shacharit
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Men
Delaware A
Rabbi Elchonon Chaikin
Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women
Delaware B
Mrs. Chavi Epstein
8:00am EDT
Breakfast
Marriott Ballroom
9:15am EDT
Book Launch:The Power of One- Inclusion and the Power of the Individual
Virginia C
Rabbi Ari Sollish
Judaism, American Style
Maryland
Prof Ari Goldman
Running and Hiding from The Nazis: A Child Survivor's Miraculous Account of her Escape with Her Family from the Holocaust
Virginia A
Dr. Miriam Klein-Kasenoff
The Genesis of Change: The Nature and Origin of Time in Physics and Torah
Delaware A
Dr. Dovid Imbo
Living a Joyful, Richer, Jewish Life: Lessons from a Celebrated Podcast host
Delaware B
Mrs. Yael Trusch
9:30am EDT
Americans and the Holocaust
LIMITED
TBA
10:20am EDT
Our Matriarch Sara: The Power of Laughter
Delaware A
Mrs. Chana Slavaticki
Torah: A Book of Stories or Laws
Virginia C
Rabbi Shmuel Feld
Crossfire: Medical Ethics Edition
Delaware B
Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman • Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz • Rabbi Dr. Eddie Reichman
Anti Semitism Here and Now
Maryland
Professor Deborah Lipstadt
My G-d is more Vulnerable than Your G-d
Virginia A
Rabbi Manis Friedman
11:25am EDT
Highlights of 50 Years of Supreme Court Arguments
Delaware A
Mr. Nathan Lewin
A Funny Look at Jewish Humor
Delaware B
Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson
Paradise, Hell, and Reincarnation: A Roundtrip Journey to the Other Shore
Virginia A
Rabbi YY Jacobson
Jews and News
Maryland
Prof Ari Goldman • Mr. Yaakov Katz
My Favorite Jewish Book
Virginia C
Mrs. Carolyn Hessel
12:30pm EDT
Lunch
Marriott Ballroom
2:00pm EDT
A Light Unto The Nations
Delaware B
Rabbi Berel Bell
The Akeidah vs the Al Qaeda
Virginia A
Rabbi Simon Jacobson
What Sets Jewish Spirituality Apart? Avraham's Secret Gift to the World
Delaware A
R' Shmuel Reichman
The Dynamics of Giving & Getting
Maryland
Mrs. Holly Cohen • Mr. David Magerman • Mr. George Rohr • Mr. Michael Scharf
The Making of The False Witness
Virginia C
Mr. Robert Krakow
3:05pm EDT
The Kohen Family Kronicles
Delaware B
Rabbi Dr. Eddie Reichman
The Art of Forgiveness
Virginia C
Mrs. Nechama Shemtov
The Evolution of the Hebrew Book: From Manuscript to Digitization
Delaware A
Mr. Daniel Kestenbaum
Who's In Charge: Controlling Your Thoughts Before They Control You
Virginia A
Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet
The Rebbe's Gift to the World
Maryland
Rabbi Shmuel Feld • Rabbi YY Jacobson • Rabbi Manis Friedman • Rabbi Simon Jacobson
4:00pm EDT
Mincha
Maryland
4:20pm EDT
Living Above the Sun - Studies from Kohelet
Delaware A
Mrs. Chana Slavaticki
Rambam
Virginia C
Rabbi Chuni Vogel
Refusnik
Maryland
Rabbi Yaakov Fellig • Mr. Natan Sharansky
The Women of Valor
Virginia A
Mrs. Shaindy Jacobson • Mrs. Hensha Gansbourg • Dr. Renee Lerche • Dr. Rivka Kaplan • Mrs. Chana Kalmenson • Mrs. Emunah Wircberg
Of Story and Song
Delaware B
Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson
5:30pm EDT
Dinner
Marriott Ballroom
8:00pm EDT
Eli Marcus Live in Concert
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
9:30pm EDT
Maariv
Maryland
Film Premiere: The False Witness: The Trial of Humanity’s Conscience
Virginia A
Mr. Robert Krakow
Friday
, August 16
7:00am EDT
A Guide to Touch the Divine: Women's Preprayer Session
Delaware B
Mrs. Shainie Weingarten
Stretch & Intention
Exhibit Hall
Mrs. Shelly Dembe
The Enigma of Prayer
Delaware A
Rabbi Chaim Block
7:30am EDT
Shacharit
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
Beginner's Minyan - Men
Delaware A
Rabbi Zalman Wircberg
Beginner's Minyan - Women
Delaware B
Mrs. Chavi Epstein
8:00am EDT
Breakfast
Marriott Ballroom
9:15am EDT
The Kosher Pet
Delaware A
Rabbi Mendel Blau
Mummies, Midwives and Makkos
Virginia A
Rabbi Dr. Eddie Reichman
Shema Exposed
Delaware B
Mrs. Shifra Sharfstein
The Essence of a Jew
Maryland
Rabbi Manis Friedman
The Zivtofsky case and Divine Providence
Virginia C
Mrs. Alyza Lewin
10:20am EDT
A Taste of Talmud: The Right to Recline
Delaware A
Rabbi Boruch Kaplan
Art in Contemporary Jewish Life: A Chassidic Perspective
Delaware B
Mr. Aryeh Wuensch
How to Forgive if you can't Forget
Maryland
Rabbi YY Jacobson
The Pence Rule and Jewish Law
Virginia A
Rabbi Berel Bell
Challah Bake
Wilson
Mrs. Goldie Plotkin
11:25am EDT
How to Overcome Fear and Instill Self Confidence
Virginia A
Rabbi Shalom Paltiel
Display of Rare Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Judaica: A Gallery Talk
Virginia C
Mr. Daniel Kestenbaum
An Insight Into the Book of Bereshit and the Compelling Life Lessons
Maryland
Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet
Jews and US Presidents
Delaware A
Dr. George Dean
Teaching with Clarity and Empathy: the Rebbe and Rav Soloveitchik on Education
Delaware B
Rabbi Mark Gottlieb
12:30pm EDT
Lunch
Marriott Ballroom
2:00pm EDT
Medical Ethics Roundtable
Delaware A
Rabbi Dr. Eddie Reichman
The Baal Shem Tov's Gift to World Jewy
Delaware B
Rabbi Chaim Block
The God You Don’t Believe In: on Faith, God, Miracles, Good, and Evil
Maryland
Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Women of the Holocaust
Virginia A
Dr. Miriam Klein-Kasenoff
The Art of Optimism
Coolidge
Mrs. Sara Blau
The Ultimate Gift
Virginia C
Dr. Simcha Leibovich
3:05pm EDT
Rambam
Virginia C
Rabbi Dovid Flinkenstein
Not to Worry:Six Jewish Ideas for Coping with Anxiety
Delaware B
Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman
Crossfire
Maryland
Rabbi Boruch Epstein • Rabbi Chaim Block • Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet • Rabbi YY Jacobson
Oy Vey! They Became Religious
Delaware A
Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie
Soviet Jewry and Collapse of Communism: A Personal Account
Virginia A
Mr. Lev Virine
4:30pm EDT
Pre Shabbat Reception
TBA
5:55pm EDT
The Shabbat Effect
Delaware B
Rabbi Shalom Paltiel
On Shabbat We All Rest
Maryland
Rabbi Simon Jacobson
The Warmth of Shabbat
Delaware A
R' Shmuel Reichman
Candle Lighting Event
Virginia A
Mrs. Shaindy Jacobson
6:30pm EDT
Candle Lighting
Foyer
6:50pm EDT
Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
8:00pm EDT
Seudat Shabbat
Marriott Ballroom
Rabbi YY Jacobson
Saturday
, August 17
8:00am EDT
Breakfast
Marriott Ballroom
8:30am EDT
The Mysticism of Shabbat
Virginia A
Rabbi Dovid Flinkenstein
9:15am EDT
Shacharit
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Women's Prayer Service
Virginia C
Mrs. Goldie Plotkin
9:45am EDT
Beginner's Prayer Service
Virginia A
12:30pm EDT
Lunch
Marriott Ballroom
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky
3:00pm EDT
Medical Halakhah Update 2019
Maryland
Rabbi Dr. Eddie Reichman
From Hollywood to Holy Wood
Delaware B
Mrs. Molly Resnick
Judaism & MeToo
Virginia C
Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie
Red String, Evil Eyes, and Puh Puh Puh: The Real meaning of Kabbalistic gestures
Delaware A
Rabbi Avraham Plotkin
4:00pm EDT
Mincha
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
4:30pm EDT
Farbrengen! A Traditional Chasidic Repast for Mind, Heart, and Soul (For Men)
Virginia A
Rabbi YY Jacobson
Farbrengen! A Traditional Chasidic Repast for Mind, Heart, and Soul (For Women)
Wilson
Mrs. Shaindy Jacobson
6:30pm EDT
Seudah Shelishit
Marriott Ballroom
8:00pm EDT
Rambam
Virginia C
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz
How to Be Feminine and Influence People (For Women)
Delaware B
Mrs. Sara Blau
Soul Quest:Where is My Loved One Now?
Virginia A
Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet
The Torah's Take on A Trump Presidency
Maryland
Rabbi Simon Jacobson
8:50pm EDT
Ma'ariv
Maryland
9:15pm EDT
Havadalah
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
10:00pm EDT
The Chosen Comedian
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
10:30pm EDT
Melaveh Malka
Marriott Ballroom
Sunday
, August 18
7:00am EDT
Recycling for Soul
Delaware A
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz
Workout for Body and Soul (Women Only)
Exhibit Hall
Mrs. Shelly Dembe
7:30am EDT
Shacharit
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Men
Delaware A
Rabbi Zalman Wircberg
Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women
Delaware B
Mrs. Chavi Epstein
8:15am EDT
Breakfast
Marriott Ballroom
9:30am EDT
Jewish Medical Ethics Book Club: Inheritance
Virginia A
Rabbi Dr. Eddie Reichman
King Henry the 8th and the Greatest Hebrew Library Ever Assembled
Delaware B
Mr. Daniel Kestenbaum
When the Going Gets Tough...
Delaware A
Mrs. Goldie Plotkin
Brothers Jacobson Discuss It All
Maryland
Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Rabbi YY Jacobson
10:45am EDT
Rambam
Virginia C
Rabbi Yoseph Samuels
Temple Mount in Jewish Hands
Delaware B
Rabbi Mendel Blau
Crossfire
Maryland
Mrs. Goldie Plotkin • Rabbi Shalom Paltiel • Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie
Laughter The Best Medicine
Virginia A
Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet
12:00pm EDT
Out of Egypt: How to Help People Help Themselves
Delaware A
Mrs. Sara Blau
The Many Shades of Zionism
Maryland
Rabbi YY Jacobson
What Would You Do?
Virginia A
Rabbi Mendel Blau • Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman
1:15pm EDT
Closing Lunch
Marriott Ballroom
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