August 18–22, 2010 JEWISH RETREAT

NATIONAL
JEWISH RETREAT
August 18–22, 2010
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Welcome
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halom and welcome to the Fifth Annual Sinai Scholars National
Retreat! We hope that you are as excited as we are for this
special opportunity to unite students from across North America in
five days of learning and inspiration.
We trust that the luxurious accommodations at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel will make your stay as comfortable as possible. Please enjoy
access to the shops and cafés in the Reston Town Center. Take
advantage of our pool, sauna, Roman Spa, Fitness Center, fullservice Business Center and hotel shops throughout the retreat.
Recreational activities in the program include a boat ride on the
Potomac, a visit to the Air and Space Museum, and access to the
Reston town center.
Our exceptional faculty has been drawn from across the globe to
bring you the best both in Jewish scholarship and leadership. During
the retreat, you will have the privilege to learn from such
exceptional personalities as Mr. Nathan Lewin, Esq. one of the
top lawyers in America, Rabbi Simon Jacobson director of the
Meaningful Life Center, Mrs. Rivka Slonim, international author
and renowned speaker, Mr. George Allen, the former governor and
senator of the state of Virginia, and Mr. George Rohr, the principal
benefactor of the Sinai Scholars Society.
We will be offering a wide range of classes covering topics as
diverse as Nazi hunting and food technology, dating and leadership
skills, Kabalistic quantum physics and Jewish humor. All these
personalities and areas of inquiry will promote your investigation of
this year’s retreat theme – to help you continue to build “Your
Jewish Story.”
We hope that you will enjoy the outstanding range of learning and
activities at this year’s retreat. We are here to help make your stay
both meaningful and comfortable, please come to us with any
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questions or concerns you may have. Please don’t hesitate to
contact any of our staff with any of your concerns.
For added security, and so everyone can get to know you, please
wear your nametags at all times.
Thank you for coming, those who’ve traveled far, and those who
came from near by to share in the exceptional experiences of the
Sinai Scholars National Retreat!
Looking forward to our time together,
On behalf of the Sinai Scholars Retreat staff and faculty:
Rabbi Yitzchok Dubov
Director, Sinai Scholars Society
Miss Rachel Fertel
Miss Hadassah Nazmiyal
Sinai Scholars Retreat Coordinators
Mr. and Mrs. Shmuli and Malka Shtulman
Sinai Scholars Retreat Welcoming Committee
How to use this program guide.
You will find “tags” next to each session, refer to them to better
understand the content and style of each session. This will help
you choose sessions that will be most meaningful to you.
Each session has been categorized by both content and style.
Tags for content include:
• Jewish Fact/Info: where you will examine traditional Jewish
texts or listen to historical and general Jewish content.
• Values/Ethics: Includes sessions that challenge life values
and question world ethics through the lens of Torah.
• Skills • Inspiration: You will be exposed to a new life skill
or inspired by personal journeys and challenges.
Tags for style will help you anticipate the format of the session.
Tags for style include:
• Lecture: Featuring more frontal lecturing with Q&A.
• Group Discussion: less lecture, more interactive
or story based session.
• Hands On • Story • Text Based: Additional tags
to help break down the style of the session.
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Faculty
Faculty
Rabbi Zalman Abraham
Author, Marketing Director, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute
Mr. Andrew Aidman
BA, Religion, Film - University of Miami
The Hon. George Allen
Former United States Senator; Former Governor of Virginia
Mr. Bruce Backman
Senior Research Analyst, Fox News;
Retreat Coordinator, National Jewish Retreat;
Former Aide, Former New York Governor George Pataki
Rabbi Hillel Baron
Director, Lubavitch Center of Howard County
Rabbi Berel Bell
Judge, Rabbinical Court of Montreal;
Dean, Kollel Beis Yosef for Advanced Talmudic Studies;
Author, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute
Rabbi Moshe Bryski
Director, Chabad of the Conejo (Agoura Hills, CA);
Founder, Conejo Jewish Academy
Mrs. Matty Bryski
Co-Director, Chabad of the Conejo (Agoura Hills, CA)
Rabbi Boruch Cohen
Coordinator, JLI National Jewish Retreat
Mrs. Batsheva Cohen
Co-Director, Chabad of Hebron, Israel
Rabbi Danny Cohen
Director, Chabad of Hebron, Israel
Rabbi Shalom Deitsch
Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Northern Virginia
Rabbi Levi Deitsch
Director, Chabad of Tysons Corner, VA
Mrs. Chanie Deitsch
Co-Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Northern Virginia
Mrs. Chavi Epstein
Co-Director, Chabad Lubavitch of South Carolina;
Lecturer and Musician; Founder, Niggun Workshop Seminar
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Faculty
Rabbi Hesh Epstein
Chairman, Executive Committee, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute;
Chairman, The National Jewish Retreat;
Executive Director, Chabad Lubavitch of South Carolina;
Executive Director, Columbia Jewish Day School
Rabbi Leibel Fajnland
Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Reston and Herndon, VA
Rabbi Tzvi Freeman
Team Leader, Ask the Rabbi, Chabad.org; Author and Lecturer
Mr. Bradley Gordon
Director, Policy and Governmental Affairs, The American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Dr. Gill Heart
Biomedical Engineer; Entrepreneur and Lecturer;
Former Commanding Officer, Special Forces, Israel Defense Force
Rabbi Avrohom Jacks
Rabbi, Cong. Zichron Kedoshim, Montreal, Canada
Cantor Sholom Jacobs
Concert and recording artist; guest chazzan, U.S. and worldwide;
Chazzan, Chabad of the Five Towns (NY);
President and CEO, Jacobs Real Estate Advisors, Lawrence, NY
Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Director, Meaningful Life Center;
Author, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute;
Noted Author, Lecturer, Social Commentator
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky
Vice Chairman, Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch –
Lubavitch World Headquarters;
Chairman, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute;
Chairman, International Conference of Shluchim
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky
Member of The Secretariat of The Lubavitcher Rebbe;
Chairman, Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, and Machne Israel,
the educational and social services arms of Chabad Lubavitch;
Rabbi Krinsky was named by Newsweek as the most influential Rabbi
in America.
Mr. Nathan Lewin, Esq.
Prominent Washington, D.C. Attorney;
Renowned Advocate for First Amendment Rights;
Former American President, International Association of Jewish
Lawyers and Jurists; Lewin & Lewin, LLP
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Faculty
Rabbi Nissan Mangel
Philosopher, Author, Lecturer; Authority on Kabbalah, Chabad Chasidut,
the Holocaust (survivor), and Jewish Jurisprudence
Rabbi Efraim Mintz
Executive Director, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute
Mrs. Shaina B. Mintz
Camp Director, National Jewish Retreat;
Faculty Member, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute
Mr. Eli Rosenbaum
Attorney and Investigator, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Special
Investigations (WWII Era Crimes); Author
Mr. George Rohr
President, New Century Holdings;
Chairman, The Rohr Family Foundation;
Principal Benefactor, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute
Professor Jonathan Sarna
Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University;
Director, Hornstein Jewish Professional
Leadership Program, Brandeis University;
Chief Historian, National Museum of
American Jewish History (Philadelphia);
Member, Academic Advisory Board,
The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute
Rabbi Levi Shemtov
Director, American Friends of Lubavitch (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Yitzchak Shochet
Rabbi, Mill Hill Synagogue, England; Lecturer and Author
Mrs. Rivkah Slonim
Co-Director, Chabad House at Binghamton University (NY);
Author, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute; Author and Lecturer
Rabbi Eliezer Sneiderman
Director, Chabad Center for Jewish Life, University of Delaware
Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov
International Lecturer; Teacher of Jewish History
Mrs. Shimona Tzukernik
Founder and Director, Omek Learning Center for Women;
Author, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute,
Corporate Trainer, Lecturer, Mentor
Rabbi Simcha Weinstein
Director, Chabad of Clinton Hill and Pratt University (NY); Author
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Faculty
Arts and Entertainment
Avraham Fried
International Chassidic recording and concert artist
Stuart Greenwald
Wines and spirits expert; Kosher Specialist, Shoppers Vineyard
Joshua London
Wines and spirits expert; Lecturer, Writer, Teacher
Michoel Muchnik
Chassidic Artist and Illustrator
Jamey Turner
Glass Harpist
Marc Weiner
Comedian, Puppeteer, Creator, Producer
Creator and Former Host, Weinerville (MTV 1993-1996)
Staff
Rabbi Shlomie Chein
Director, Chabad at University
of California, S. Cruz
Rabbi Yisroel Wilhelm
Director, Chabad at
University of Colorado
Rabbi Yitzchok Dubov
Director, Sinai Scholars
Society
Rabbi Dovid Gurevitch
Director, Chabad at UCLA
Rabbi Eliezer Sneiderman
Director, Chabad at
University of Delaware
Rabbi Adam Stein
Director, Chabad at SUNY
and Stony Brook
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Mrs. Deena Dubov
Co-director,
Sinai Scholars Society
Mrs. Roni Sneiderman
Co-director, Chabad at
University of Delaware
Mrs. Chana Tiechtel
Co-director, Chabad at
Arizona State University
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Wednesday
4:00-6:15pm
4:00 p.m.
Orientation and Introduction to Retreat theme
Regency Ballroom
Presenter: Sinai Scholars Staff and Faculty
Welcome to the luxurious Four-Diamond Hyatt Regency in
Reston, Virginia for the fifth annual Sinai Scholars National
Retreat. Once you have registered at our welcome desk at the
hotel entrance, and received your room key, get settled and stop
at “The Conservatory” center café for some delicious
refreshments. This will be followed by an orientation in which
the speakers will introduce our retreat theme: “Your Jewish
Story,” an over-arching frame through which you can
contextualize your many dynamic experiences here over the next
five days. At the orientation you will also be split into smaller
groups in order to foster a greater sense of community within
the larger conference. Orientation begins at 4:00 p.m. in the
Regency Ballroom. We look forward to meeting you there!
6:00 p.m.
Mincha
Grand Ballroom EFG
Wine Tasting
Grand Ballroom Foyer
Joshua E. London
Joshua London has been drinking, writing and speaking
professionally about wines and spirits for well over a decade.
As the spirits lecturer for TasteDC, a food and drink educational
and social organization in the Washington, DC area, Josh has
conducted dozens of wine and whisky tastings as well as taught
classes on kosher wines and the kashrus issues of Scotch,
whisky, and other spirits. Join us and learn why the Talmud says,
“There is no gladness without wine.”
Our sincerest thanks to the Kedem Wine Company for their
generous donation of products for this wine tasting session.
6:15 p.m.
Dinner
Grand ballroom ABCD
Entertainment:
Glass Harpist Jamey Turner
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Wednesday
6:15-8:15pm
Guest Speaker: The Hunter
Grand ballroom ABCD
Mr. Eli Rosenbaum, Esq.
America’s greatest Nazi hunter recounts his efforts working with
the U.S. Department of Justice to identify, investigate, and
prosecute Nazi war criminals. Born ten years after the fall of
Nazi Germany, Rosenbaum has dedicated the past 30 years of
his life to bringing Nazi war crimes to justice. His stories are
sure to thrill and inform you.
8:15 p.m.
Ice Breakers!
Lake Anne AB/Lake Audubon
Presenters: Sinai Scholars Staff and Faculty
Haven’t bonded yet through Jewish geography? Beyond simply
telling us your favorite ice cream flavor, these ice breakers will
make schmoozing easy and warm the air in no time.
Group Reflections
Lake Anne AB/Lake Audubon
Is your mind boggled by all this new information? Is your head
spinning by the end of the day? Are you wandering around the
hotel lobby in search of some down-time to reflect? Great.
These student-driven nightly meetings were designed to help
you tie your experiences here into your own life, giving you time
to reflect in a casual atmosphere through provocative group
lead discussions and arguments. This is a place to ask all your
questions, give personal feedback to newly learned material
and to keep everything you are learning applicable. At the end
of this session you will also pre-register for sessions to give you
an opportunity to think ahead so you can pick the session that is
best for you.
Sinai Scholars Farbrengens
Location: TBD
Le’chaim! Join us and Farbrengen the night away in a warm and
intimate atmosphere. Welcome to those who already know and
love Farbrengens as well as to Farbrengen first-timers. This is
an opportunity not to be missed. You will quickly taste the joy of
Chasidic flavor after a couple of Jewish jokes, beautiful stories,
and lively songs, and somewhere along the way you are sure to
fall in love with this Chasidic traditional schmoozing session!
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Wednesday
10:25-11:50am
Wednesday
11:50am-2:00pm
Do You Believe in Angels?
Regency B
Rabbi Moshe Bryski
Throughout the Bible, Rabbinic teachings, and liturgical
prayers, references are made to G-d’s angels, appointed to
fulfill specific functions and tasks. This workshop will go
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beyond the abstract concept of the Holy Hosts, beckoning us
to recognize the presence of angels in our own lives. A most
inspirational and uplifting exercise.
Your Money or Your Life:
Recalibrating Values in a Global Recession
Lake Thoreau
Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan
National bailouts, economic recession and Ponzi schemes:
What is the world coming to? The Talmud relates that at the
end of our lives we are each asked, “Did you conduct your
business affairs with honesty?” This session will provide a
look at the Torah’s views on white collar crimes and the
people who commit them.
It’s Not Your Grandmother’s Gefilte Fish:
Kosher Cooking with Chef Jack
Lake Fairfax
Chef Jack Silberstein
Award-winning Chef Jack Silberstein is a graduate of the
prestigious Culinary Institute of America and has held
Thursday
7:30-8:00am
7:30 a.m.
CONTENT
Skills
STYLE
Hands-on
Meditation and Movement
Lake Anne A
Hadassah Nazmiyal
We’ve been invigorating our minds and neshamas. What about
the body? If you enjoyed our last class join us again in this
healing workout. Learn stretches geared to invigorate and align
the body, as well as poses for muscular strengthening, and
techniques for self-massage and Qi Gong!
For women only.
7:45 a.m.
Men’s Beginners’ Services
Lake Fairfax
Do you ever feel lost in the synagogue? Does the Hebrew liturgy
swim before your eyes? Join us for a special beginners’ service
for those looking to gain a deeper appreciation of the basics of
prayer, and the how-tos of talking to G-d.
Women’s Beginners’ Services
Lake Thoreau
Mrs. Chavi Epstein
Mrs. Epstein uses her skills as a musician and teacher to help
you gain a deeper personal appreciation of the Modeh Ani,
morning blessings, and the first paragraph of the Shema.
Increase your familiarity and fluency with these prayers
through song..
Shacharit
Grand Ballroom EFG
A traditional minyan, paced appropriately for those fluent in
Hebrew reading and who regularly participate in organized
prayer.
8:00 a.m. – Breakfast
Grand Ballroom ABCD
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Thursday
9:00-am
9:00 a.m.
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
Skills
Inspiration
STYLE
Hands-on
Story
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Inspiration
STYLE
Lecture
Story
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
STYLE
Text based
Lecture
Mind in Control - Behind Enemy Lines
Lake Audubon
Dr. Gill Hart
Learn, practice and acquire a Kabbalah-based Mind In Control
technique to deal with stress, taught by a former commanding
officer of a Special Forces, commando unit in the Israeli
Defense Forces (IDF).
Jewish at Harvard Law in the 1950’s
Lake Anne A
Mr. Nathan Lewin, Esq.
Nat Lewin is one of the top lawyers in the country. He has done
extensive work in his field, and in particular will share with us
some of his background dealing with 1st amendment issues. He
will also paint us a picture of his time at Harvard Law in the
1950’s, and describe the highlights and lowlights of his
experiences being Jewish on campus. He will share his story,
the challenges and struggles he faced and most importantly
how he dealt with them and through his persistence,
transcended them.
Quantum Torah: Physics and Torah Untangled
Lake Anne B
Rabbi Zalman M. Abraham
We stand at the brink of a new age as we witness the
mysterious world of quantum physics opening up before our
eyes, divulging secrets that attest to the truths of centuries-old
kabbalistic constructs. Just how unified are we with the matter
that inhabits our universe? Can our positive thoughts actually
create a positive reality? In this session we explore ideas in
quantum physics and their parallels in kabbalistic thought as we
seek to understand the fabric of our universe and how it can
enhance the way we live our lives.
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Thursday
10:25am
10:25 a.m.
CONTENT
Skills
Jewish Fact/Info
STYLE
Lecture
The Chozrim: Psyche Shabbat Scribes
of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Lake Audubon
Rabbi Simon Jacobson
In this session, Simon Jacobson, a veteran speaker of world
renown and the director of the Meaningful Life Center in New
York, who was himself a member of the chozrim (A network of
people charged with the awesome task of transcribing from
memory forty years of the Rebbe’s profound and academically
exhaustive 4-8 hour talks for posterity) will share with us his
incredible experiences and the life long lessons in bittul (selfnullification), focus, and integrity that he has taken from his
work. Humility is not as many believe, degrading. As a wellknown quote goes, humility is “not thinking less of yourself, just
thinking of yourself less.” Without the practice of bittul, Rabbi
Jacobson’s work would have been impossible. Through his talk
he reveals to us both how the whole apparatus of Chozrim
functioned, and the even more compelling information about his
personal methods of retaining deep, and many times completely
revolutionary insights by exercising and focusing his mind. He
describes how it is possible to actually change the natural
tendencies of one’s mind that integrate, color and distort
information and teaches the techniques he employed to retain
information in its purest form, to master the rare and everincreasingly valuable skill of truly listening.
CONTENT
Inspiration
STYLE
Group Discussion
Shtick Shift
Lake Anne A
Rabbi Simcha Weinstein
Join Rabbi Weinstein, a Rabbi, and humorist on this hilarious
session on the history and context of American Jewish humor. It
is hard to overstate the influence Jewish people have had on
modern comedy from Groucho Marx, to Adam Sandler, to
Seinfeld and Jon Stuart. The second-generation immigrants who
became Borscht Belt tummlers pretty much invented stand-up
as we know it, with rhythms and a style that resonate down the
decades – after all, what is stand-up but formalized kvetching?
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Thursday
10:25-11:50am
CONTENT
Skills
STYLE
Hands-on
Mitzvah Workshop Series 1 of 3
Lake Anne B
Rabbi Hillel Baron
In this special hands-on session series, learn about kosher food,
make your own shofar and practice scribal arts in three unique
workshops. In the first session, called Kosher Kreations, you
will explore the complexities of modern kashrut, see how easy
it is to find kosher food anywhere, find out how to keep a
kosher kitchen at home or in your dorm and get a behind-thescenes glimpse of how the Hyatt Regency became kosher for six
days for the National Jewish Retreat.
11:50 a.m.
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Inspiration
STYLE
Lecture
Group Discussion
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
STYLE
Group Discussion
Text Based
Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Threat
Lake Audubon
Mr. Bradley Gordon
Political science majors, Israel lovers, and truly all thinking, and
concerned Jews alike should find this session extremely
illuminating whether or not you have been following the news.
Israel says it would regard an Iranian nuclear weapons
capability as an intolerable threat to its survival. America
argues for restraint, encouraging sanctions, negotiations and
implicit threats of military action to stop Iran’s illicit nuclear
program. How successful has this strategy been? What are
Israel ‘s alternatives? When speaking about writing your
personal Jewish story stay informed and up to date on what’s
happening in the world as it pertains to our Jewish homeland –
now is just the latest chapter in a 3,000-year-old nationwide
Jewish story.
Don’t Believe It! The role of faith in your life.
Lake Anne A
Rabbi Yehudah Shemtov
Can I be a “good Jew” if I struggle with faith?”
Is faith a crutch deployed when all else fails or is it the
roadmap to successful living? In Jewish tradition, faith is more
than just believing in the Creator of the universe. It’s about
accessing and feeling an extraordinary power in every fiber of
your being.
This engaging lecture will take you on an exciting journey into
your inner space and to a vantage point of clearer perspective
of life’s opportunities and challenges.
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Thursday
11:50am-3:30pm
CONTENT
Skills
STYLE
Hands-on
Mitzvah Workshop Series 2 of 3
Lake Anne B
Rabbi Hillel Baron
If you enjoyed part one in the mitzvah workshop series join us
for Shofar Spectacular, where you can make your own real
shofar and discover why blowing a ram’s horn is the central
mitzvah for the approaching holiday of Rosh Hashana.
1:15 p.m. – Lunch
Grand Ballroom ABCD
Rabbi Shalom Deitsch
Welcome, on behalf of Chabad of Northern VA
2:00 p.m.
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Inspiration
STYLE
Lecture
Group Discussion
The Qualities of Leadership
Lake Anne AB
Presenters: Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky and Mr. George Rohr
In this exclusive session for Sinai Scholars students, listen as
Rabbi Kotlarsky and Mr. Rohr, underwriter of the Sinai Scholars
Society, address what it means to be a Jewish leader and
philanthropist. This is a rare privilege to meet with the men who
have made Sinai Scholars possible.
3:30 p.m.
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Inspiration
STYLE
Group Discussion
Story
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Welcome to Fox “Jews”
Lake Anne A
Mr. Bruce Backman
Mr. Backman is a research analyst for Fox News who gradually
became more observant on a journey that took him from
Montreal to New York, where he began by working as a
political/policy researcher for former Senate candidate Rick
Lazio, and now works as the personal research analyst for the
director of Fox News. He will share interesting stories about
integrating Torah into his everyday life while holding a highpowered job, and balancing his friends, family, and other
responsibilities.
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Thursday
3:30-4:45pm
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Skills
STYLE
Text Based
Group Discussion
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
Inspiration
Skills
STYLE
Lecture
Text Based
Stories Series Part I: Ethics
Lake Audubon
Rabbi Eliezer Sneiderman
In this unique series, Rabbi Sneiderman analyzes and
juxtaposes different texts as they pertain to ethics, family,
success and failure. In Part One he focuses on connecting
Biblical stories to Jewish ethical teachings, and in the process
reminds us about the powerful relationship we experience with
these ancient stories, and the palpable effect they still have on
our daily lives.
Getting High on the High Holidays
Lake Anne B
Mrs. Chana Deitsch
Phases and aspects of our year are reflected and effected by
what we do during the High Holidays. In this class, discover the
impetus to everything that happens in your year and how you
can control it. Mrs. Deitsch uncovers the relationships between
different sections of the Holiday services, and different times of
the year, emotions, and areas of our lives. Get inspired for the
holidays with a fresh, more introspective, relevant and
meaningful guide to High Holiday services!
4:45 pm
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
Values/Ethics
STYLE
Lecture
Text Based
Taking Charge in an Era of Volatility
Lake Anne A
Rabbi Leibel Fajnland
Rabbi Fajnland takes us through a journey outlining the Jewish
ideal of leadership. Using Adam as our guide, we will revisit
Eden. If you have questions about how Eden is relevant to our
inconstant modern world, this is the class for you. This session
will include a discussion about the beginning of time, when
everything was perfect, except one thing: free will. Learn more
about why God, in a stroke of artistic genius created an
imperfect world, and reveal the perhaps just as intriguing story
of how the choices Adam and Eve made in a few hours changed
the course of human history. A serpent, a mysterious Tree of
Life, two almost angelic beings living in a garden of complete
paradise: What is this story really about? Is it truly as simplistic
as it seems at first glance? What did Adam and Eve actually
want to achieve by eating from the Tree? Explore the behind the
scenes story while you revisit an era of volatility.
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Thursday
4:45-5:45pm
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Skills
Inspiration
STYLE
Group Discussion
CONTENT
Skills
STYLE
Hands On
Tame Your Emotional Roller Coaster
Lake Audubon
Rabbi Avrohom Jacks, Certified Rabbi and Life Coach
This session is structured as a practical guide for applying
Jewish wisdom to the challenging task of navigating emotions
such as anxiety, stress, anger, jealousy and love. What does the
Torah prescribe as a remedy for balancing our lives and refining
our characters? What tools for emotional growth can I take
home from this conference?
Mitzvah Workshop Series 3 of 3
Lake Anne B
Rabbi Hillel Baron
Last, but certainly not least, join us for session three of the
mitzvah workshops! In Scribe Jive you will investigate the
similarities between tefillin, Torah scrolls and mezuzot, learn to
cut and write with your own quill and make your Jewish name
on a piece of parchment.
CONTENT
Inspiration
Skills
Soul Strings: The Secret Power of
Chassidic Song (For women only)
STYLE
Story
Hands On
Lake Thoreau
Mrs. Chavi Epstein
A special workshop for women that will generate joy and
energy, empowering women to access their own simchah
through the nigunim, traditional chassidic melodies. Through
short stories, chassidic insights, and group melody, become
inspired and develop a deeper connection to G-d.
5:45 p.m.
CONTENT
Inspiration
STYLE
Group Discussion
Hands On
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Group Reflections
Lake Anne AB/Lake Audubon
Is your mind boggled by all this new information? Is your head
spinning by the end of the day? Are you wandering around the
hotel lobby in search of some down-time to reflect? Great.
These student-driven nightly meetings were designed to help
you tie your experiences here into your own life, giving you time
to reflect in a casual atmosphere through provocative group
lead discussions and arguments. This is a place to ask all your
questions, give personal feedback to newly learned material
and to keep everything you are learning applicable. At the end
of each session you will also pre-register for sessions for the
next day to give you an opportunity to think ahead so you can
pick the session that is best for you.
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Thursday
5:45-8:30pm
Mincha
Grand Ballroom EFG
Art Exhibit
Grand Ballroom Foyer
Scotch Tasting
Grand Ballroom Foyer
Our sincerest thanks to Shopper’s Vineyard Wine and Spirits for
their generous donation of products for this Scotch tasting
session, and to Stuart Greenwald for his expert assistance.
6:30 p.m. – Dinner
Grand Ballroom ABCD
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky
Greetings
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky
JLI: The Ultimate Jewish Learning Experience
Keynote Address
George Allen, Former Governor and
Former U.S. Senator from Virginia
Former Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen believes that
one of the pillars of a free and just society is religious freedom.
From his time as Governor through his term in the U.S. Senate,
he has exhibited a great understanding and appreciation for
religious tolerance and freedom, including when he learned of
his Jewish heritage and the story of his mother surviving Nazi
rule in Tunisia.
8:30 p.m.
Avraham Fried in Concert
Grand Ballroom EFG and Corridor
Master of Ceremonies: Rabbi Moshe Bryski
Join us for an unforgettable mix of traditional and modern
Jewish music with Chassidic superstar Avraham Fried.
Experience the exuberant joy of group song and dance.
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Thursday
9:45-11:00pm
9:45 p.m. SHARP
Meet in lobby to board busses to cruise
11:00 p.m.
Capital in Lights: Midnight Cruise
What could be more exciting than having your own yacht for the
evening? What could be more breathtaking than viewing the
nation’s capital from the water? We may not agree on much
here in the District of Partisanship, but here’s one truism we can
all get behind: You don’t ever want to drink the water from the
Potomac - but you definitely want to drink on the Potomac every
chance you get. Join us for a magnificent evening; our Thursday
midnight cruise in the Capital. We’ll set sail from the
Washington Marina just below the National Mall and pass by
the Presidential Yacht, the Titanic Memorial and General’s Row.
We’ll continue around East Potomac Park and continue up
‘monuments way’. Finally, we’ll position the boat ‘center stage’,
between the Jefferson Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Sit
back with a cold drink in your hand and watch while the
country’s greatest monuments are lit up. The Potomac will never
feel more like the Seine. Bon voyage!
Maariv
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Thursday
3:30-4:45pm
FRIDAY,
AUGUST kukt
20wh
Friday
7:30-8:00am
7:30 a.m.
CONTENT
Skills
STYLE
Hands-on
Meditation and Movement
Lake Anne A
Hadassah Nazmiyal
We’ve been invigorating our minds and neshamas. What about
the body? If you enjoyed our last class join us again in this
healing workout. Learn stretches geared to invigorate and align
the body, as well as poses for muscular strengthening, and
techniques for self-massage and Qi Gong! For women only.
7:45 a.m.
Shacharit
Grand Ballroom EFG
A traditional minyan paced appropriately for those fluent in
Hebrew reading and who regularly participate in organized
prayer.
Men’s Beginners’ Services
Lake Fairfax
Do you ever feel lost in the synagogue? Does the Hebrew liturgy
swim before your eyes? Join us for a special beginners’ service,
for those looking to gain a deeper appreciation of the basics of
prayer, and the how-tos of talking to G-d.
Women’s Beginners Services
Lake Thoreau
Mrs. Matty Bryski
Gain a deeper personal appreciation of the Morning Prayer
service, through discussion of key daily prayers. Increase your
familiarity and fluency with selected prayers, through the power
of music, dance, and song.
8:00 a.m. – Breakfast
Grand Ballroom ABCD
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Friday
9:00-10:25am
9:00 a.m.
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Inspiration
STYLE
Group Discussion
Story
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
Skills
STYLE
Lecture
Story
Chassidic Art: Personal Story on Canvas
Lake Anne A
Michoel Muchnik
Michoel Muchnik, through his artwork, has followed the Rebbe’s
ideal for what art should achieve. He has taken the brush, paint,
canvas and clay and implanted within them a spiritual life force.
Experience for yourself the delight of Mr. Muchnik’s masterful
artistic skill combined with and energized by the teachings of
Chassidus.
You Are What You Eat?!
Lake Anne B
Rabbi Berel Bell
Are You What You Eat? – If so, you might be in serious trouble.
Learn about what they’re really putting in your food and how
Judaism deals with the revolution in modern food technology.
A Crash Course in Jewish History
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
STYLE
Lecture
Story
Text Based
Lake Audubon
Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov
Do you ever get confused about who did what when? Come,
journey through the 3,000 years of Jewish history and discover
through laughter and tears the amazing story of the Jewish
nation.
10:25 a.m.
Challah Baking
CONTENT
Skills
Grand Ballroom
Mrs. Chavi Epstein and Mrs. Matty Bryski
STYLE
Hands On
In general, challah refers to the two loaves of bread that form
the core of the Shabbat meal. But in its more basic and halachic
meaning, challah is the piece of dough that is separated and
consecrated to G-d every time we bake bread. Replete with
spiritual meaning, it is one of the three primary mitzvot of the
Jewish woman. For more than a hundred generations, Jewish
women have fulfilled this beautiful and life-transforming
mitzvah.
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Friday
10:20am-11:50am/1:00pm
CONTENT
Inspiration
STYLE
Lecture
Jewish Leaders: Holy Heroes or Human Beings?
Lake Audubon
Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet
This session presents portraits of figures from Jewish history,
such as Adam, the Patriarchs and Moses. We will be exploring
what made them unique.
Were the spiritual super-stars in the Torah stories some rare
breed of superhero, or were they natural and yet completely
actualized human beings?
We will consider the question, ‘What makes a Jewish leader’
by examining their heroism and spiritual loftiness and consider
whether we can ever become the same by searching for the
hero inside ourselves.
Authentic Yeshiva Session
10:20 – 11:25 a.m.
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
Values/Ethics
STYLE
Group Discussion
Lecture
Text Based
Story
The Love Triangle: Part I
Lake Anne A
Mrs. Rivka Slonim
Rachel, Leah and Jacob:
A struggle of Cosmic Forces
Tricked by his father-in-law, Jacob married not just two
wives but two sisters! In this environment, he and his
wives raised the twelve tribes of Israel. This text-based,
quick-paced study uncovers the profound strata of meaning
within one of the most enigmatic stories in the Bible.
Part I of two sessions.
11:35 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
Values/Ethics
STYLE
Group Discussion
Lecture
Text Based
Story
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The Love Triangle: Part II
Lake Anne A
Mrs. Rivka Slonim
Rachel, Leah and Jacob:
A struggle of Cosmic Forces
Tricked by his father-in-law, Jacob married not just two
wives but two sisters! In this environment, he and his
wives raised the twelve tribes of Israel. This text based,
quick-paced study uncovers the profound strata of meaning
within one of the most enigmatic stories in the Bible.
Part II of two sessions.
NATIONAL JEWISH RETREAT
Friday
11:50am-2:00pm
11:50 a.m. – Workshop
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Inspiration
STYLE
Group Discussion
Story
From Krakow to Krypton: Jews, Comics
and the Creation of the Superhero
Lake Anne B
Rabbi Simcha Weinstein
Comic-book heroes like Batman and Superman disguise
themselves to save the world, but are they also disguising
their Jewish values?
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
Inspiration
STYLE
Lecture
Story
Hevron – Past, Present and Future…
Lake Audubon
Rabbi & Mrs Danny Cohen
Rabbi and Rebbetzin Cohen give us a first hand account of
living with the brave settlers who established the modern
Jewish community in Hebron. They will illustrate for us the
reality of living daily under the constant threat of terror. They
will also speak about the unique role of the Chabad Shliach
in Hebron, serving chicken soup to soldiers on rooftop guard
duty Friday nights, erecting a giant Menorah on the hill of
Abu Sneneh and reviving the study of Chassidus in the city
that was once the Chabad capital of Eretz Yisroel.
1:00 p.m. – Lunch
Grand Ballroom ABCD
Welcome, from Rabbi Levi Shemtov, American Friends of
Lubavitch in Washington, DC: Capital Sparks — Inside
Tidbits of Chabad’s Presence in the Nation’s Capital.
2:00 p.m.
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Skills
STYLE
Text Based
Group Discussion
Stories Series Part II: Family
Lake Audubon
Rabbi Eliezer Sniederman
In this unique series, Rabbi Sneiderman analyzes and
juxtaposes different texts as they pertain to ethics, family,
success and failure. In Part Two he focuses on the idea of
family within Judaism and the Biblical representations and
images of family life. In our process of discovery we see once
again the powerful connection we experience with these
ancient stories, and the palpable effect they still have on our
daily lives.
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Friday
2:00-3:10pm
CONTENT
Jewish Fact/Info
Values/Ethics
STYLE
Group Discussion
Story
CONTENT
Inspiration
Jewish Fact/Info
STYLE
Lecture
Make “His-Story” Your Story:
Find Yourself in the Bible
Lake Anne A
Rabbi Shlomie Chein
The Torah was written over 3,000 years ago and I’m living in
2010! How can the Torah possibly understand or relate to my
contemporary struggles? In this class you will learn how to
see your own modern day dilemmas in the Biblical narrative.
Take a deeper look as you discover the Torah’s timeless
relevance, and apply its lessons - even miracles - to your
current challenges. We will use the little known story of
Elisha and the poor woman as a case study illustrating the
narrative’s personal relevance in what was once perhaps
perceived as a one-dimensional historical reading.
Death and Mourning Traditions
and Life On The Other Side
Lake Anne B
Rabbi Yisroel Wilhelm
Learn to cope with the most difficult times in life in a
uniquely Jewish way. Nothing can make dealing with death
easy. Torah however, provides us with an incredible support
system of traditions, community, and an entire infrastructure
of opportunities for introspection. Through tradition we better
understand the different phases of mourning. We don’t get
stuck in our grief, but instead know the times to appropriately
mourn in a healthy way, and the times to pick ourselves up
from our desire to linger in loss and return to life. We will
also consider many things related to the passing of souls
from this world. What does death mean? Where do souls go
once they leave our bodies? And most urgently for us, what
do we, who are left behind do in this world?
3:10 p.m.
Special Excursion
Meet in the lobby
Rabbi Zalman Abraham
Explore the outer limits at the “Smithsonian National Air and
Space Museum-Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center” Opened in
December, 2003, this world class facility houses the largest
collection of aviation and space artifacts in the world.
Glimpse the Apollo 11 Command Module, “Columbia”. View
the famous Enola Gay.
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Friday
3:10pm-5:45pm
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Skills
STYLE
Text Based
Group Discussion
CONTENT
Values/Ethics
Skills
STYLE
Text Based
Group Discussion
Stories Series, Part III: Success and Failure
Lake Anne A
Rabbi Eliezer Sniederman
In this unique series, Rabbi Sneiderman analyzes and
juxtaposes different texts as they pertain to ethics, family,
success and failure. In Part Three he focuses on the everprevalent concepts of success and failure, from the perspective
of a keen Jewish eye, guided once again by the rich stories of
the Biblical narrative. In our process of discovery we see once
again the powerful connection we experience with these
ancient stories, and the palpable effect they still have on our
daily lives.
Mystic Marriage
Lake Anne B
Mr. Andrew Aidman
We all know that Judaism believes in marriage, but all too
often the path to your other half is paved in struggle. In this
lecture we will first take a look at the more mystical side of the
male/ female relationship, and then focus on the practical
aspects. Does Judaism believe in soul mates? Why did God
create two sexes? Does Judaism offer any advice for making a
relationship last? These and many other questions will be
addressed in this class.
4:15 p.m.
Free Time to Prepare for Shabbat
5:00 p.m. – Pre-Shabbat Reception
Ballroom Foyer
5:45 p.m. – Group Photo
Grand Ballroom EFG
Shabbat: A Taste of the World to Come
Grand Ballroom EFG
Mrs. Rivkah Slonim
The sages of the kabbalah speak of Shabbat as time when
“Za and Nukvah” — the masculine and feminine — were united.
Gain a deeper understanding of these esoteric terms in a
kabbalistic look at gender relations, Shabbat, and the world to
come.
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Friday
6:45-9:45pm
6:45 p.m. – Candle Lighting
Ballroom Foyer
The Shabbat candles have ushered the holiness of Shabbat
into the Jewish home for thousands of years, ever since the
matriarch Sarah illuminated her tent with her Friday night
lights. The primary functions of the Shabbat candles are to
bring peace and tranquility into the home, and to enhance our
enjoyment of the Shabbat meal, revealing the unseen and
intangible G-dly energy which permeates our existence.
Welcoming the Shabbat Queen
Ballroom Foyer
Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov
Gain a deeper understanding of Shabbat and the feminine
soul, in this special talk during the mystical twilight hours
that bridge the mundane and the Divine.
Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat
Grand Ballroom EFG
Cantor Sholom Jacobs
7:45 p.m. – Shabbat Dinner
Grand Ballroom ABCD
Keynote Address:
American Jewry: The Good, The Bad, and The
Ugly
Rabbi Yitzchak Shochet
Dessert
Ballroom Foyer
9:45 p.m.
CONTENT
Inspiration
STYLE
Group Discussion
Hands On
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Fabrengens/Group Reflection:
Lake Anne AB/Lake Audubon
The usual informal nightly meetings will be happening around
the farbrengen table tonight. Reflect in a casual atmosphere
through provocative discussions, and arguments. This is a
place to ask all your questions, give personal feedback to
newly learned material and to keep everything you are
learning relevant.
NATIONAL JEWISH RETREAT
Tuesday
Friday
7:30-8:45pm
SHABBAT,
AUGUST 21
kukt tWh
Shabbat
7:30-9:15am
7:30 a.m. – Light morning snack
Grand Ballroom ABCD
8:30 a.m. – Workshops
Living With the Times: Chassidic Insights on
Parshat Ki Teitzei
Regency B
Mrs. Rivkah Slonim
Get a glimpse at the insights and thoughts of the Lubavitcher
Rebbe on the weekly Torah portion, as Mrs. Slonim analyzes the
parshah in the light of the Rebbe’s penetrating chassidic
commentary.
Tanya: The Surprising Power of Repentance
Regency A
Rabbi Shalom Raichik
Does G-d really expect me to be perfect? What is my role
in this world, and how can I perfect myself when I feel so
flawed? Join Rabbi Raichik in applying the teachings of Tanya,
the fundamental work of Chabad chassidic thought, in our
daily struggles.
9:15 a.m. – Davening
Main Service
Grand Ballroom EFG
Shabbat morning prayers include two services: Shacharit
(“morning” prayer) and Musaf (“additional” prayer). While
prayer is a daily mitzvah, Shabbat is a truly opportune time for
your soul to commune with her Creator, free as she is of the
worries and concerns of the workaday world. Indeed, the
Shabbat prayers exclude the usual requests for material
sustenance and other physical needs, including instead more
psalms and spiritually inspiring prayers — all accompanied with
each community’s traditional Shabbat tunes.
Men’s Beginners’ Services
Regency A
Rabbi Elchonon Lisbon
Do you ever feel lost in the synagogue? Does the Hebrew liturgy
swim before your eyes? Join us for a special beginners’ service
for those looking to gain a deeper appreciation of the basics of
prayer, and the how-tos of talking to G-d.
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Shabbat
9:15am-2:00pm
Women’s Beginners’ Service
Regency B
Mrs. Matty Bryski
Gain a deeper personal appreciation of the Morning Prayer service, through discussion of key daily prayers. Increase your familiarity and fluency with selected prayers, through the power of
music, dance, and song.
10:15 a.m. – Sermon
Grand Ballroom EFG
The Power of Memories
Rabbi Moshe Bryski
Does it really matter that our children remember the Holocaust?
The Jewish nation is not a people of history, as much as a
people of memory. Memory is alive: intrinsic and personal.
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
Grand Ballroom ABCD
Keynote Address:
Facing the Final Test
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky
2:00 p.m.
CONTENT
Skills
Values/Ethics
Inspiration
STYLE
Group Discussion
Women Only
Perspectives on Love and Dating
Lake Audubon
Rivka Slonim, and Shluchos
How does Judaism create a structure to support meaningful and
fulfilling relationships? How are men’s and women’s needs
addressed within the context of Jewish marriage? In this
interactive workshop, we will explore Jewish attitudes toward
love, marriage, and intimacy.
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Shabbat
2:00-4:30pm
Men only
Session I
CONTENT
Skills
Values/Ethics
Inspiration
STYLE
Group Discussion
“What’s her name again?”:Exploring GoalOriented Relationships
Lake Anne A
Sinai Scholars Staff
When a different girl every night isn’t enough any more, what
are the secrets to finding the right person? Why are divorce
rates in traditional Jewish circles insignificant compared to
secular American statistics? Is there a reason to stop and think
before I keep dating? When popular media runs too shallow,
where should I look for guidance? Is there anything relevant to
my dating life in Judaism? This is an open session. Ask any
questions you may have on topics ranging from dating, to sex,
to love.
Session II
CONTENT
Skills
Values/Ethics
Inspiration
STYLE
Group Discussion
Underneath the Veil: A Closer Look at Jewish
Marriage
Lake Anne B
Sinai Scholars Staff
Are you interested to know more about the way orthodox Jews
date? This session provides a brief “how-to” in the Jewish
system of “Shidduch” dating. Do you get to see your bride
before you marry her? What is the truth behind the hole in the
sheet rumor? What is family purity? Why is it important to keep
the laws of mikvah? These and many more topics will be
discussed in this session.
3:15 p.m. – Free Time
4:30 p.m.
CONTENT
Skills
Values/Ethics
STYLE
Hands On
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“Priorities!”
Lake Audubon
Rabbi Yisroel Wilhelm & Rabbi Shlomie Chein
To change it up, come to a game of quick decisions. Jump into a
round of “Priorities.” Think fast on your feet because the cards
are shuffled and pulled completely at random and you are going
to have to make some fast choices!
NATIONAL JEWISH RETREAT
Shabbat
4:30-7:30pm
Farbrengens
Men’s Farbrengen
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? A
Novel Approach to an Age-Old Question
Regency AB
Rabbi Yitzchak Shochet and Rabbi Berel Bell
From the Holocaust to personal challenges, explore a sensitive
approach to dealing with adversity and making sense of
seemingly senseless human suffering.
Women’s Farbrengen
Nourishing Myself, My Spouse, and My Family
Lake Fairfax
Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov
Behind Closed Doors (For women only)
Lake Thoreau
Mrs. Rivkah Slonim
Bring all the questions you’ve hesitated to ask, to this “Rap
With the Rebbetzin” session. No holds barred.
6:00 p.m. – Keynote Address
Snatching Hope from the Clutches of Despair
Grand Ballroom EFG
Rabbi Moshe Bryski
From the microcosm to the world at large, we confront a new
wave of disconcerting — even depressing — turns of events:
recessions, lay-offs, Intifada, political discord. Discover the
promise and opportunity within adversity, with these precious
pearls of timeless Jewish wisdom.
7:00 p.m. – Mincha
Grand Ballroom EFG
7:30 p.m. – Shalosh Seudos
Life in the Wild, Wild West Bank!
Grand Ballroom ABCD
Rabbi and Mrs. Danny and Batsheva Cohen
Learn about life behind the Green Line and the rebirth of
Judaism in Hebron, the city of our fathers, in this humorous and
touching talk.
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Shabbat
8:40-10:45pm
8:40 p.m. – Maariv
Grand Ballroom EFG
Havdalah
Conservatory
10:00 p.m.
Live from Weinerville
Grand Ballroom ABCD
Marc Weiner
Comedian/ba’al teshuvah Marc Weiner returns to the
National Jewish Retreat with an all new show. Laugh as you
learn, for in Weiner’s world, everything’s sacred but nothing’s
profane.
10:45 p.m. – Melaveh Malkah
Grand Ballroom ABCD
Experience the afterglow of Shabbat as we escort the
departing Shabbat Queen. The tradition includes the giving
over of stories about the Ba’al Shem Tov, the founder of
Chassidism.
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Tuesday
Sunday
Friday
11:00am-1:30pm
8:00-11:00am
7:30-8:45pm
SUNDAY,
AUGUST 22
kukt cWh
Sunday
8:00am-1:30pm
8:00 a.m. – Shacharit
Grand Ballroom EFG
8:30 a.m. – Breakfast
Grand Ballroom ABCD
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Resource Fair
Grand Ballroom Foyer
9:30 a.m.
CONTENT
Skills
Values/Ethics
STYLE
Hands On
Stump The Rabbi
Location TBD
Sinai Scholars Retreat Staff and Faculty
This is an open forum for debate and discussion with topics set
by questions taken from the audience. Bring that question
you’ve been avoiding because you don’t want to offend the
Rabbis. No question is off limits; no subject is too controversial;
no challenge shirked!
11:00 a.m.
Closing Session
Location TBD
Sinai Scholars Retreat Staff
Time to wrap it all up! In the beginning we opened up the box
of “Your Jewish Story,” and now we will tie the box up and
hand it back to take with you. Summarize the sessions,
conclude the group reflections, challenge yourselves to take a
serious look at what you’ve learned during the course of the last
couple of days. What will you take home from this experience?
12:30 p.m. – Lunch
Grand Ballroom ABCD
1:30 p.m. – Farewell
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NATIONAL JEWISH RETREAT
Friends I met at the retreat
In the merit of bringing the concept of the National Jewish
Retreat to fruition, and their ongoing efforts to bring the love
of Torah to Jews worldwide, may our words of study here
stand them in good stead.
May G-d grant them and all their loved ones health and
happiness, and may they be blessed with extraordinary
success in all their endeavors.
Brought to you by:
The Sinai Scholars Society
A joint project of Chabad on Campus and
the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute
822 Eastern Parkway | Brooklyn, NY 11213
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