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CONVENTION אגודת ישראל באמריקה AGUDATH SCHEDULE OF AMERICA

NATIONAL97 ­THURSDAY AFTERNOON 4:00 PM Check In and Registration CONVENTION FRONT DESK NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER 1, 2019 ­4:00 PM Tea Room / Hospitality Center Opens GAZEBO LOUNGE & CAFE TERRACE ל‘ חשון- ג׳ כסלו תש״ פ

­4:00 PM Mincha NATHAN HALE, ATRIUM BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR)

STAMFORD ­5:00 PM Dinner VARIOUS DINING ROOMS: STATE, CROWNE, CAFE, GAZEBO, JP MORGAN (RABBANIM)

PROGRAM - DRAFT ­5:15 PM Maariv ATRIUM BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR)

­5:30 AM Pirchei and Bnos Meetings FISKE (2ND FLOOR) PAI AND BAI LEADERS AS WE CELEBRATE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GROWTH AS A KLAL, LET US ALSO REFLECT ON THE INDIVIDUAL STORIES Sholom Kamenetsky DRAFTTHAT MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE. Rosh , Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia Storiĉ Yours. Theirs. Ours.

Ronnie Wilheim Ezra Zaafarani CONVENTION CHAIRMEN STAMFORD

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6:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 7:15 PM Maariv INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM EAST LEADERSHIP LOUNGE: SUCCESFULLY WALKING THE TIGHTROPE BETWEEN LIFE, WORK AND FAMILY INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM WEST ­7:30 PM KEYNOTE SESSION INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM (EAST AND CENTRAL) Rabbi Zvi Soroka , Yeshiva Darchei Torah STORIES: WRITING YOUR NEXT ­Howard Tzvi Friedman CHAPTER Chairman of the Board, Bais Medrash Govoha 6:00 PM ­Naftali Miller MESSAGE FROM THE MOETZES GEDOLEI HATORAH National Director of Development, Agudath Israel of Rabbi America Rosh HaYeshiva, Bais Medrash Govoha MODERATOR­­­­ ­Rabbi Yaakov Bender Elchanan Schwarz LMHC Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Darchei Torah Director of Crisis Intervention, BINAH ­Rabbi Yoir Adler Rav, Bais Medrash Shoavei Mayim ­AGING PARENTS: IMPORTANT ISSUES PARENTS AND CHILDREN MUST KNOW VIDEO­­­­ Her Story...Our Story HARTFORD ­CO-CHAIRMAN HOW FAR KIBUD AV A’EIM GOES Rabbi Yisroel Mantel Ronnie Wilheim Convention Chairman Morah D’Asrah, Khal Adas Yeshurun AVOIDING­­­­ YERUSHA MACHLOKES Rabbi Ari Marburger CONCURRENT SESSIONS | SESSIONS CONCURRENT Director, Business Halacha Institute ­9:30 PM Dessert & Tea Room CHAIRMEN­­­­ GAZEBO LOUNGE, CAFE TERRRACE, STATE Rabbi Gedaliah Weinberger, Rivie BALLROOM (MEN ONLY) Schwebel ­9:30 PM Agudah Live ­MODERATORS CAFE TERRACE Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz, Rabbi Eliezer AGUDAH LIVE: INTERVIEWS, RECAP AND Gewirtzman MORE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER 7:00­­­­ PM Agudah Live HOSTS CAFE TERRACE Rabbi Shai Markowitz Director, Lefkowitz Leadership Initiative, Agudath Israel AGUDAH LIVE: INTERVIEWS, RECAP AND of America MORE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER ­Rabbi Avi Schnall HOSTS Director, Agudath Israel of America New Jersey Office Rabbi Avi Schnall Director, Agudath Israel of America New Jersey Office ­10:00 PM Yarchei Kallah ­Rabbi Shai Markowitz ATRIUM BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR) Director, Lefkowitz Leadership Initiative, Agudath Israel BUSINESS HALACHA: OPERATING of America BUSINESSES ON SHABBOS & MORE Rabbi Yosef Kushner DRAFTDayan, Bais HaVaad of Lakewood; Mechaber of the Sefer: Commerce and Shabbos

4 5 ­10:00 PM Concurrent Sessions ­9:15 AM Conference of Synagogue Rabbonim of Agudath Israel (Closed Session) Q&A: “I’M ASKING FOR A FRIEND...” JP MORGAN INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM WEST Dr. Norman Blumenthal Rabbi Trauma specialist and licensed clinical psychologist; former Director of Bereavement and Crisis Intervention , Mirrer Yeshiva, Services, Chai Lifelin ­Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky ­Rabbi Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva of Greater Washington Rabbinical Supervisor, Star K Kashrus 10:00 PM MODERATOR­­­­ Yisroel Besser ­10:15 AM Yarchei Kallah ( at 11:30) Editor, Magazine and Bestselling Author ATRIUM BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR)

שיעור בעניני תפילה THE POWER OF ONE­ HARTFORD Rabbi Yitzchok Lichtenstein Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein Rosh Hayeshiva, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath Menahel, Ohr Naava, Ateres Naava, Bnot Chaya Academy for Girls ­9:45 AM Concurrent Sessions I ­Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan CASAC , Yeshiva High School of Cleveland; HELPING TEENS FACE REJECTION CASAC, Private Practice HARTFORD Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein ­LESSONS FROM ADDICTION: REAL PEOPLE. Menahel, Ohr Naava, Ateres Naava, Bnot Chaya Academy REAL STORIES. REAL IMPACT for Girls

CONCURRENT SESSIONS | SESSIONS CONCURRENT CROWNE BALLROOM 9:45 AM ­Matis Miller ­Menachem Poznanski LCSW Director of The Living Room ­Moshe Frankel CASAC ­­­­COMPASS – THE NEXT STEPS: NO SINGLE Clinical Case Manager at Amudim LEFT BEHIND, NAVIGATING THE SHIDDUCH WORLD, A NEW AGUDAH INITIATIVE NATHAN HALE ­FRIDAY MORNING Yechiel Rhine 5:30 AM Tea Room Director, Compass GAZEBO LOUNGE & CAFE TERRACE ­Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff Morah D’Asra, Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin ­6:20-8:00 AM Shacharis ­Rabbi Bentzion Kokis INTERNATIONAL BALLROOMS, ATRIUM Rav, Khal Zichron Mordechai, Monsey BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR)

­7:00 AM Breakfast VARIOUS DINING ROOMS: STATE SOUTH, CAFE, | SESSIONS CONCURRENT GAZEBO, JP MORGAN (RABBANIM)

­8:30 AM ATRIUM BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR) Rabbi Mordechai Eisenberg DRAFTRosh ,Kollel Hora’ah of America

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­EREV SHABBOS / KABBOLAS SHABBOS

­11:00 AM Concurrent Sessions II 2:30 PM Toameha / IMPORTANT: Refreshments LICHT BENTSCHEN IS LEARNING AND EARNING: OPPORTUNITES GAZEBO LOUNGE IN THE DESIGNATED FOR HARBATZAS HATORAH FOR AREAS IN THE BALABATIM 4:10 PM HOTEL LOBBY. IT ­ Licht Bentschen IS ABSOLUTELY NATHAN HALE HOTEL ENTRANCE PROHIBITED TO LIGHT Harry Rothenberg LOBBY CANDLES IN GUEST ROOMS OR ANYWHERE IN THE HOTEL OTHER

11:00 PM ­4:15 PM Mincha and Kabbolas ­­­­Barry Lebowitz THAN THE DESIGNATED Shabbos AREAS. CROWNE BALLROOM ­­­­HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE WELCOME MESSAGE PEOPLE HARTFORD Shloime Werdiger Chairman of the Board, Agudath Israel of America Alan Proctor Regional Business Director, Madison Title Agency, LLC ­4:15 PM Mincha and Kabbolas Shabbos - For ­Rabbi Dani Staum LCSW Women Rebbe and Guidance Counselor, Heichal HaTorah; STATE BALLROOM Principal, Ohr Naftoli WOMEN ­WOMEN ADDRESS SINCE WHEN HAVE CHILDREN BECOME THE Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff Morah D’Asra, Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin PARENTS

CONCURRENT SESSIONS | SESSIONS CONCURRENT INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM EAST ­5:30 PM Seudas Shabbos Dr. Norman Blumenthal Ph.D. ASSIGNED DINING ROOMS (INTERNATIONAL Trauma specialist and licensed clinical psychologist; WEST AND CENTRAL, CAFE, GREENWICH,) former Director of Bereavement and Crisis Intervention Services, Chai Lifeline ­Dr. Faye Zakhiem Ph.D., LCSW ­FRIDAY NIGHT Adjunct Assistant Professor, NYU Silver School of Social Work 8:30 PM Concurrent Sessions

­12:00 PM Lunch 5 LIFE CHANGING LESSONS I LEARNED PREFUNCTION OF INTERNATIONAL WEST, STATE FROM THE LIVES OF GEDOLIM: RAV SHACH EAST, GAZEBO, CAFE, JP MORGAN (RABBANIM) AND RAV SVEI NATHAN HALE Rabbi Henoch Plotnik , Me’or HaTorah, Chicago 8:30 PM

­ETERNAL DEPOSITS HARTFORD Rabbi Daniel Osher Kleinman Rav, K’hal Nachlas Dovid ­WOMEN

GETTING THE MOST FROM OUR TEENS DRAFTCROWNE BALLROOM Rebbetzin Ruthie Assaf Dean, The Seminary ­Mrs. Chaya Gornish Menaheles, Bnos CONCURRENT SESSIONS | SESSIONS CONCURRENT

8 9 ­9:30 PM FRIDAY NIGHT KEYNOTE SESSION ­8:00 AM Shacharis - Sefard INTERNATIONAL BALLROM EAST AND CENTRAL CROWNE BALLROOM ­DRASHA MAKING AN IMPACT: AS INDIVIDUALS, Rabbi AS COMMUNITIES Rosh HaYeshiva, , Rabbi Uren Reich ­8:00 AM Shacharit - Edot Hamizrach Rosh HaYeshiva, Woodlake Village HARTFORD ­Rabbi Dovid Ozeri Rav, Congregation Yad Yosef ­10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions

­Ezra Zaafarani Q AND A WITH RAV SHMUEL SHLITA Convention Chairman STATE BALLROOM Rabbi Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Gedola of Philadelphia ­10:30 PM Tea Room GAZEBO LOUNGE AND CAFE ­Rabbi Daniel Osher Kleinman Rav, Khal Nachlas Dovid ­10:45 PM Concurrent Sessions ­10:45 AM Kiddush ONEG REGISTRATION AREA (MEN ONLY), GAZEBO, CAFE FOYER INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM WEST Rabbi Aron Weinberg Magid Shiur, Yismach Moshe, Nirbater ­11:30 AM SHABBOS MINI-KEYNOTE ­Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim GADLUS HAADAM: BEING BETTER ­10:45 PM Leil Shabbos Inspiration PEOPLE AND BETTER CROWNE BALLROOM STATE BALLROOM BRING OUT THE BEST WITHIN YOURSELF Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman Rabbi Yechiel Spero Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim Lecturer and Author of the Touched by a Story Series, Baltimore ­Rabbi Henoch Plotnik Rosh Mesivta, Yeshivas Me’or HaTorah, Chicago ­Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein ­­­­ Menahel, Ohr Naava, Ateres Naava, Bnot Chaya Academy for Girls MAMLECHES­­­­ KOHANIM VGOY KADOSH: ELEVATING THE NEXT GERNATION TO EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS ­SHABBOS MORNING CROWNE BALLROOM 5:30 AM Early Morning Coffee Service / Rabbi Sholom Kamenetsky Breakfast Rosh Yeshiva, Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia GAZEBO LOUNGE ­Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff Rav, Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin ­6:05 AM Shacharis K’Vasikin - Ashkenaz ­­­­ STATE BALLROOM ­12:30 PM Seudas Shabbos ­ Kiddush for Vasikin ASSIGNED DINING ROOMS (INTERNATIONAL DRAFTPRE FUNCTION STATE BALLROOM WEST AND CENTRAL, CAFE, GREENWICH) ­7:15 AM Daf Yomi CROWNE BALLROOM Yossi Gleiberman Magid Shiur Daf Yomi

10 11 ­SHABBOS AFTERNOON ­SHOLOSH SEUDOS- 4:20 PM

2:00 PM Tea Room Men - English GAZEBO LOUNGE & CAFE TERRACE INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM WEST Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky ­2:45 PM Concurrent Sessions Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Gedola of Philadelphia

HELPING OUR FAMILIES GROW IN ­Rabbi Uren Reich YIDDISHKIET Rosh HaYeshiva, Woodlake Village HARTFORD CHAIRMAN­­­­ Ronnie Wilhiem Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan Convention Chairman Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshiva High School of Cleveland; CASAC, Private Practice 8:30 PM ­ Men - ­Rabbi Daniel Osher Kleinman STATE BALLROOM Rav, K’hal Nachlas Dovid Rabbi Yoir Adler ­­­­DEALING WITH LIFE’S “LITTLE” TRAUMAS Rav, Bais Medrash Shoavei Mayim NATHAN HALE ­Rabbi Aron Wienberg Magid Shiur, Yismach Moshe, Nirbater Rabbi Ariel Shoshan Rav, Ahavas Torah, Scottsdale, AZ ­ Men - Lefkowitz Leadership Initiative ­Dr. Norman Blumenthal GREENWICH (CORRIDOR TO HOLIDAY INN) Trauma specialist and licensed clinical psychologist; former Director of Bereavement and Crisis Intervention Rabbi Yosef Ozeri Services, Chai Lifelin Rosh, Yeshivat Mekor Haim; Rav of Kahal Shaare Tefilah ­Rabbi Yaakov Bender ­­­­HOW TO TALK SO THEY WILL LISTEN Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Darchei Torah JP MORGAN ­ Women

CONCURRENT SESSIONS | SESSIONS CONCURRENT Mrz Zipora Schuck, MS/AS NYS School Psychologist CROWNE BALLROOM ­ADDRESS ­3:50 PM Mincha Rebbetzin Ruthie Assaf INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM EAST AND Dean, The New York Seminary CENTRAL ­5:40 PM Maariv and Havdalah DRAFT

12 13 ­MOTZOEI SHABBOS ­8:30 PM KEYNOTE SESSION INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM 6:30 PM Hospitality / Tea Room GAZEBO LOUNGE & CAFE TERRACE MESSAGE FROM ERETZ YISROEL Rabbi Berel Povarsky ­7:15 PM Concurrent Sessions Rosh Yeshiva, Ponovezh; Member, Moetzes Gedolei Torah ­Rabbi STORIES OF GEDOLIM: THE WRITERS Novominsker Rebbe, Rosh Agudas Yisroel PERSPECTIVE HARTFORD ­Rabbi Elya Brudny Rosh Yeshiva, Mirrer Yeshiva, Brooklyn Rabbi Yisroel Besser Contributing Editor, Mishpacha Magazine ­Rabbi Yechiel Spero Lecturer and Author of the Touched by a Story Series, ­Rabbi Shmuel Bloom Baltimore Former Executive Vice-President, Agudath Israel ­Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel Executive Vice President, Agudath Israel of America ­­­­KI HEIM CHAYEINU: TORAH - THE ELIXIR OF LIFE VIDEO­­­­ Our Story...Agudah Impact Accross the NATHAN HALE Nation Rabbi Yosef Ozeri Rosh, Yeshivat Mekor Haim; Rav of Kahal Shaare Tefilah ­ ­Rabbi Eliezer Gewirtzman ­11:00 PM Agudah Live Member, Machon Chayim Aruchim CAFE TERRACE

­7:30 PM Yarchei Kallah AGUDAH LIVE: INTERVIEWS, RECAP AND ATRIUM BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR) MORE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER HOSTS HALACHIC ASPECTS OF AMIRA L’AKUM Rabbi Avi Schnall Rabbi Yerchamiel Fried Director, Agudath Israel of America New Jersey Office Rosh Kollel, Dallas Kollel-DATA ­Rabbi Shai Markowitz Director, Lefkowitz Leadership Initiative, Agudath Israel ­8:00 PM Agudah Live of America CAFE TERRACE ­11:00 PM Melave Malka AGUDAH LIVE: INTERVIEWS, RECAP AND VARIOUS DINING ROOMS: CROWNE, STATE, MORE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER CAFE, GREENWICH, JP MORGAN HOSTS 11:30 PM Rabbi Avi Schnall ­ Post Melave Malka Dessert Director, Agudath Israel of America New Jersey Office INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM WEST & CENTRAL ­Rabbi Shai Markowitz RUACH AND ZEMIROS Director, Lefkowitz Leadership Initiative, Agudath Israel DRAFTof America

14 15 ­SUNDAY MORNING ­10:00 AM Yarchei Kallah ATRIUM BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR) 6:00 AM Hospitality / Tea Room כונה בתפילה: ר’ חיים בריסקר והחזון איש GAZEBO LOUNGE & CAFE TERRACE Rabbi Shlomo Gottesman ­6:20-8:00 AM Shacharis Editor, Yishurun INTERNATIONAL BALLROOMS AND ATRIUM CONFERENCE #3 (2ND FLOOR)

­7:15 AM Breakfast ­11:00 AM CLOSING KEYNOTE SESSION STATE SOUTH, INTERNATIONAL WEST, CAFE INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM EAST AND CENTRAL ­7:30 AM Daf Yomi RISING ANTI SEMITISM: IS THERE A WAY ATRIUM BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR) OUT? Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Berkovicz Rav, Khal Yereim of Passaic NJ Rabbi Sholom Kamenetsky Rosh Yeshiva, Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia ­9:30 AM Concurrent Sessions ­Malcolm Hoenlein Executive vice chairman, Conference of Presidents of MAKING “CENTS” OF FINANCES Major American Jewish Organizations NATHAN HALE ­Rabbi Avi Schnall Director, Agudath Israel of America New Jersey Office Rabbi Baruch Ber Bender President, Achiezer Community Resource Center MODERATOR­­­­ Rabbi Labish Becker ­Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Berkovicz Executive Director, Agudath Israel of America 8:30 PM Sgan Menahel, Yeshiva Ktana of Passaic; Rav, Khal Yereim of Passaic NJ ­WOMEN ­12:30 PM Mincha ­­­­ADVOCACY MADE SIMPLE: HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM EAST AND CENTRAL A presentation by Agudah’s government affairs team STATE BALLROOM ­1:15 PM Farewell Hospitality Rabbi Abba Cohen CROWNE BALLROOM Vice President for Government Affairs, Washington Director and Counsel, Agudath Israel of America ­Rabbi Yitz Frank Director, Agudath Israel of Ohio ­Rabbi Yisroel Gelb Director, Agudath Israel of California CONCURRENT SESSIONS | SESSIONS CONCURRENT ­Rabbi Moshe Matz Executive Director, Agudath Israel of Florida, Rav of Aventura Shul, Florida ­Rabbi Ariel Sadwin Director, Agudath Israel of ­Rabbi Avi Schnall Director, Agudath Israel of America New Jersey Office ­Rabbi Yeruchim Silber DRAFTDirector of New York Government Relations, Agudath Israel of America ­Rabbi Shlomo Soroka Director of Government Affairs, Agudath Israel of Illinois MODERATOR­­­­ Rabbi A.D. Motzen National Director for State Relations, Agudath Israel of America

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