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JLI Retreat Program Guide 2009 The Luxurious Hyatt Regency Old Greenwich, CT August 11–16, 2009 yWxa, 'ct ojbn uWf-tWf Program Welcome Welcome to the S halom and welcome to the Fourth National Jewish Retreat! Our exceptional faculty is drawn from all across the country in order to bring you the best in Jewish teaching and learning. We know that people come to a retreat for different reasons and we want to make it easy for you to create the perfect experience. That's why we've classified our sessions this year in ways that let you nurture yourself in a variety of ways. We've tagged sessions that are designed to feed your mind with a brain icon. Some of these sessions are text based; others explore modern applications of Jewish law. But all of them are designed to stretch your thinking in creative and exciting ways. Sessions designed to stir your emotions have a heart icon. These will make you laugh and cry, ignite your soul and move your spirit. They're about prayer, repentance, love and loss. And we will provide the human wisdom and compassion that helps you to make sense of your inner world. The practical and hands-on sessions have a hand icon. These are the how-tos of Jewish life: making challah, seeing how a mezuzah is written or learning about the daily prayers. These sessions will provide you with skills and information that you can take home. THE HYATT REGENCY – OLD GREENWICH, CT 3 Welcome Finally, we've tagged sessions on personal interaction with an ear. Share your challenges in trying to increase your Jewish involvement. Sing and dance together at a concert. Spend an evening talking with one of our scholars. Share your experiences and build new friendships. We hope you will enjoy the outstanding range of learning provided by this year’s retreat. And if there is something you would like to study that is not represented here, please be sure to let us know. We are often able to arrange private sessions with faculty members on the study topic of your choice. For added security, please wear your nametags at all times. Please also note that free shuttle vans are available from the hotel to the local Greenwich shops and attractions throughout the day. Rabbi Yoni Katz Director Rabbi Hesh Epstein Chairman 4 NATIONAL JEWISH RETREAT Faculty Faculty Mr. Bruce Backman Senior Research Analyst, Fox News Retreat Coordinator, National Jewish Retreat Former Aide, NY Governor George Pataki Mr. Zvi Bielsky Son of resistance hero, Zus Bielsky, recently featured in the movie Defiance. Rabbi Chaim Block Director, Chabad Lubavitch of South Texas Executive Committee Member, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute Rabbi Moshe Bryski Director, Chabad of the Conejo (Agoura Hills, CA) Founder, Conejo Jewish Academy Rabbi Asher Crispe Chief Technology Officer, Link Capital Group Director, Institute for Jewish Thought and Culture Doctoral Student of Philosophy of Religion, New York University Mrs. Sara Esther Crispe Editor, TheJewishWoman.org Former Director, Institute for Advanced Learning for Jewish Women (Jerusalem) Author, Lecturer Rabbi Shalom Deitsch Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Northern Virginia Rabbi Yisrael Deren Director, Chabad Lubavitch of Connecticut Mrs. Shifra Aviva Deren Co-Director, Chabad Lubavitch of Connecticut Rabbi Yosef Deren Director, Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich, CT Mrs. Maryasha Deren Co-Director, Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich, CT Rabbi Dov Drizin Director, Valley Chabad Outreach Center (Woodcliff Lake, NJ) Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie Director, Chabad of North County (Orange County, CA) Board Member, Renaissance and Renewal Pillar of the United Jewish Communities Member, Advisory Board, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute THE HYATT REGENCY – OLD GREENWICH, CT 5 Faculty Mrs. Stella Eliezrie Co-Director, Chabad of North County (Orange County, CA) Mrs. Chana Epstein Lecturer, Mentor Mrs. Chavi Epstein Co-Director, Chabad Lubavitch of South Carolina Lecturer, Musician Rabbi Hesh Epstein Director, Chabad Lubavitch of South Carolina Chairman, JLI Executive Committee Chairman, The National Jewish Retreat Executive Director, Columbia Jewish Day School Rabbi Ronnie Fine Director, Chabad of Queen Mary (Montreal, QC) Rabbi Manis Friedman Dean, Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies Host, Torah Forum with Manis Friedman Author, Lecturer, Social Commentator Rabbi Moshe Grossbaum Director, The Living Legacy, Chabad of Paramus (NJ) Co-Director, Friendship Circle of Bergen County (NJ) Rabbi Yosef Y. Jacobson Rabbi, Congregation Bais Shmuel (Brooklyn, NY) Author, Essayist, Lecturer Rabbi Yoel Kahn Senior Chabad Mentor, Teacher, Editor Editor, Encyclopedia of Chassidic Philosophy Rabbi Levi Kaplan Director, JLI Advanced Learning Initiative and worldwide Unity Lectures Teacher, Cantor, Lecturer Rabbi Yoni Katz Director, JLI National Jewish Retreat Director, JLI Israel Mission JLI Director of Operations Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky Vice Chairman, Merkos-Lubavitch World Headquarters Chairman, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute Director, International Conference of Shluchim 6 NATIONAL JEWISH RETREAT Faculty Mrs. Rivkah Kotlarsky Teacher, Beth Rivkah High School (Brooklyn, NY) Lecturer, Chabad of the Five Towns (NY) Mentor Senator Joseph Lieberman United States Senator (CT) Chairman, US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Former US Vice-Presidential Candidate Rabbi Nissan Mangel Philosopher, Author, Lecturer Authority on Kabbalah, Chabad Chassidus, the Holocaust (survivor) and Jewish Jurisprudence Rabbi Efraim Mintz Director, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute Mrs. Shaina B. Mintz Camp Director, National Jewish Retreat Faculty Member, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute Mr. Michoel Muchnik Chassidic Artist and Illustrator Rabbi Yona Reiss Dean, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University Former Director, Beth Din of America Mrs. Molly Resnick Founder and Director, MATCKH (Mothers Against Teaching Children to Kill and Hate) Former News and Documentary Producer for NBC, PBS and Israel TV Mr. George Rohr President, New Century Holdings Chairman, The Rohr Family Foundation Principal Benefactor, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute Rabbi Yossi Rosenblum Principal, Lubavitch Yeshiva Boys High School (Pittsburgh, PA) Author, Gemara Berura curriculum 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) THE HYATT REGENCY – OLD GREENWICH, CT 7 Faculty Professor Lawrence Schiffman Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University Chairman, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University Rabbi Dr. J. Immanuel Schochet Rabbi, Congregation Beth Joseph (Toronto) Professor Emeritus, Philosophy and Comparative Religion, Humber College Author, Lecturer, Visiting Professor Dr. Stephen Serbin Family Practitioner (Columbia, SC) Chairman, National Jewish Retreat Lay Committee Rabbi Mordechai Shain Director, Lubavitch of the Palisades (NJ) Rabbi Yehudah Shemtov Director, Lubavitch of Bucks County (PA) Chef Jack Silberstein Chef, Restaurant Consultant, Kosher Caterer, Cooking Instructor Mrs. Rivkah Slonim Co-Director, Chabad House at Binghamton University (NY) Author, Lecturer Rabbi Avrohom Sternberg Director, Chabad of Eastern Connecticut Rabbi, Congregation Ahavath Chesed (New London, CT) Executive Committee Member, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute Rabbi Tuvia Teldon Director, Chabad of Mid-Suffolk (Long Island, NY) Mrs. Chaya Teldon Co-Director , Chabad of Mid-Suffolk (Long Island, NY) Co-Director, Friendship Circle of Suffolk County (Long Island, NY) Mrs. Shimona Tzukernik Founder and Director, Omek Learning Center for Women Corporate Trainer, Lecturer, Mentor Mr. Shimon Waronker Former Principal, Jordan L. Mott Junior High School (Bronx, NY) Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education Mr. Marc Weiner Comedian, Puppeteer, Creator, Producer Creator and Former Host, Weinerville (MTV 1993-1996) 8 NATIONAL JEWISH RETREAT Faculty Rabbi Simcha Weinstein Director, Chabad of Clinton Hill and Pratt University (NY) Author Rabbi Zalman Wolowik Director, Chabad of the Five Towns (Long Island, NY) Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe Dean, Institute of American and Talmudic Law Scholar-in-Residence, Chabad of Harvard (MA) Staff Administration Baruch Cohen Esther Leah Flinkenstein Brooklyn, NY Willmete, IL Rabbi Yitzchok Dubov Chaya Friedman Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY Mrs. Deena Dubov Rabbi Tzvi Greenberg Brooklyn, NY Morristown, NJ Rabbi Avremi Epstein Menachem Seraf Columbia, SC Montreal, Canada Levi Epstein Chaya Shemtov Columbia, SC Bucks County, PA Baruch Ezagui Mrs. Mindy Wallach Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY Mrs. Shaina Fine Brooklyn, NY Camp Staff Mushkie Gansburg Shaina Karp Mushka Greene Sara Krasnianski Rochel Karp Tirtza Lieberman THE HYATT REGENCY – OLD GREENWICH, CT 9 TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 ct ojbn tWf Tuesday 4:00-6:30pm 4:00 p.m. Registration and Check in Welcome to the luxurious Four-Diamond Hyatt Regency in Old Greenwich, CT for the fourth annual National Jewish Retreat. Once you have registered at our welcome desk at the hotel entrance, please proceed to the hotel check in desk to get your room key, then stop at Winfield’s Restaurant for some delicious refreshments. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Sun Court, so freshen up and meet us there for a finger licking good barbeque. 5:15 p.m. Minchah (Afternoon Prayer Service) Location: Sun Court 5:30 p.m. Dinner Location: Regency Ballroom Foyer Menu: From the Grill 6:30 p.m. Orientation Location: Sun Court
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