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