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LIST OF SPEAKERS Daniella Aboody, Joel Abramovitz, Rabbi Adina Allen, Robert Alter, Deena Aranoff, Barry Barkan, Rabbi Yanky Bell, Dr. Zvi Bellin, David Biale, Rachel Biale, Rachel Binstock, Joan Blades, Rabbi Shalom Bochner, Jonah Sampson Boyarin, Robin Braverman, Reba Connell, Rabbi David Cooper, Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Rabbi Diane Elliot, Julie Emden, Danny Farkas, Ron H. Feldman, Rabbi Yehudah Ferris, Estelle Frankel, Zelig Golden, Dor Haberer, Ophir Haberer, Rabbi Margie Jacobs, Rabbi Burt Jacobson, Ameena Jandali, Rabbi Rebecca Joseph, Ilana Kaufman, Rabbi Yoel Kahn, Binya Koatz, Rabbi Dean Kertesz, Arik Labowitz, Susan Lubeck, Raphael Magarik, Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin, Judy Massarano, Dr. David Neufeld, Rabbi Dev Noily, Amanda Nube, Martin Potrop, MSW, Andrew Ramer, Rabbi Dorothy Richman, Nehama Rogozen, Rabbi Yosef Romano, Avi Rose, Rabbi SaraLeya Schley, David Schiller, Naomi Seidman, Rabbi Sara Shendelman, Noam Sienna, Maggid Jhos Singer, Idit Solomon, Jerry Strauss, MSW, Maharat Victoria Sutton, Amy Tobin, Ariel Vegosen, Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan, Rabbi Bridget Wynne, and Tamar Zaken SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Aquarian Minyan, Bend The Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, Berkeley Hillel, Chochmat HaLev, Congregation Beth El, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Netivot Shalom, JCC East Bay, Jewish Community High School of the Bay, Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay, Jewish Gateways, Jewish LearningWorks, Jewish Studio Project, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Keshet, Kevah, Lehrhaus Judaica, Midrasha in Berkeley, Minyan Dafna, Or Zarua Reconstructionist Havurah of the East Bay, PJ Library, Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) at the Graduate Theological Union, Tehiyah Day School, Temple Beth Hillel, Temple Sinai, The Reutlinger Community, Urban Adamah, Wilderness Torah, and Yeashore Community We gratefully acknowledge the support of our individual donors and the following foundations: the Koret Foundation, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Taube Philanthropies, the Jewish Federation and the Jewish Community Foundation of the East Bay, the Israel & Mollie Myers Foundation, and the Grossberg Abrams Foundation. SOME ATTENDEES ARE INTENTIONALLY NOT USING TECHNOLOGY DURING THE TIKKUN. IF YOU MUST USE YOUR PHONE OR OTHER DEVICES, PLEASE DO SO DISCREETLY OUT OF RESPECT FOR ‘HALACKHIC DIVERSITY’ AND THE RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE OF OTHERS. THANK YOU. TIME/ROOM TEACHERS TOPICS * Denotes use of musical instruments, AV, writing, etc. Ø Denotes Mindfulness/Contemplative Track 6:05p – 7:05p *Auditorium Jewish Renewal Mincha Service with Aquarian Minyan & Kehilla Community Synagogue (musical instruments used) *Yard Musical Ma’ariv Around the Fire with Wilderness Torah (musical instruments used) 7:15p – 8:15p Auditorium Traditional Egalitarian Ma’ariv Service South Hall Rabbi Burt Jacobson Martin Buber: Jews and Arabs in the Holy Land Rm 19 Orthodox Service Rm 20 Rabbi Bridget Wynne Balancing Compassion and Justice Rm 22 Martin Potrop, MSW All of Jewish History in One Hour! Library Tamar Zaken Tefillat Beit HaMidrash: Preparing Ourselves for Torah Study Ø Rm 7 Julie Emden Yoga and Torah: In the Desert (Ba-Midbar) Rm 13 Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan Learning from Heretics and Unfortunate Situations Center Rm Jerry Strauss, MSW Releasing Chronic Pain on Shavuot *Yard Wilderness Torah Songs, Stories, and Candlelighting Around A Fire (musical instruments used) Game Rm Chevruta Rm 14 Childcare begins at 8:00pm for pre-registered families 8:25p – 8:45p Auditorium Community Gathering and Welcome 8:45p – 9:10p Courtyard Kiddush, Handwashing, & Motzi 9:10p – 10:10p Please be mindful of arriving at your sessions as promptly as possible! Auditorium Amy Tobin with Joan Blades, Ilana Civic Engagement, Dialogue, and Fighting For What’s Right Kaufman, Susan Lubeck, & Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin South Hall David Biale Jewish Heresies Rm 19 Rabbi Yoel Kahn Midrash on Matan Torah (The Giving of the Torah) Rm 20 Ameena Jandali & Andrew Ramer Times, Tides, and Texts Rm 22 Barry Barkan Meshiach is Birthing: We Are The Midwives, The Mother, and The Baby Library Rabbi Adina Allen The Art of Liberation Ø Rm 7 Rabbi Margie Jacobs Mindfulness Meditation: The Sound of Silence Rm 13 Rabbi Dean Kertesz Emil Fackenheim – A Second Revelation Yard Zelig Golden & Arik Labowitz Revelation from the Heart Game Rm Chevruta 10:20p – 11:20p Auditorium Robert Alter The Poetry of Yehuda Amichai South Hall Deena Aranoff Imeinu (Our Mother): Maternal Imagery in the Torah Rm 19 Rabbi Menachem Creditor On the Role of Prophecy Rm 20 Dr. David Neufeld We Were All There: The Covenant of Inclusion Rm 22 Rabbi Sara Shendelman Gam Zu Le Tova: All This Is for The Best Library Avi Rose & Rabbi Dev Noily Welcoming the Stranger Ø Rm 7 Estelle Frankel The Wisdom of Not Knowing – The Role of Words and Silence in Divine Revelation Rm 13 Rachel Biale And Yet They Persisted: When Women Challenged Rabbinical Authority Yard Dor Haberer & Rachel Binstock Shavuot and Our Relationship to the Harvest Beyond the Temple Game Rm Chevruta 11:30p – 12:30a Auditorium Naomi Seidman Freud and Id/dish South Hall Maharat Victoria Sutton Fences, Walls, and Evil Eyes – Oh My! Rm 19 Raphael Magarik “May God Bless and Keep the Czar…”: Praying for the Government Rm 20 Ron H. Feldman Echoes of Totalitarianism? Reading Arendt in the Present Moment Rm 22 Rabbi Idit Solomon Revelation, Relation, and Change Library Ariel Vegosen & Binya Koatz Joseph - The Man, The Femme, The Amazing Technicolor Rainbow Dreamcoat: Ancient and Modern Jewish Texts That Highlight Gender Outside the Binary Rm 7 Rabbi Dorothy Richman Preparing for Revelation Rm 13 Rabbi David Cooper Texts on a Multi-Cultural Holy Land – A Different Hatikva Yard Rabbi SaraLeya Schley & Divine Feminine and Mooncycles Amanda Nube Game Rm Chevruta 12:40a – 1:40a Auditorium Rabbi Yehuda Ferris The First Chasid – The Ba’al Shem Tov: The Man and His Movement South Hall Maggid Jhos Singer Are You a Boy or a Girl? -- Talmudic Gender Journey Rm 19 Rabbi Shalom Bochner The Deeper Meaning of Blintzes on Shavuot Rm 20 Joel Abramovitz Citizenship, Judaism, and Resistance in Troubling Times Rm 22 Jonah Sampson Boyarin Translating a Yiddush-language Holocaust Memoir Library Resting Room Ø Rm 7 Rabbi Diane Elliot Opening the Channels of Blessing Rm 13 Nehama Rogozen Striving for Financial Justice in a Capitalist World: Finding “Tzedek” Beyond Tzedakah Yard Daniella Aboody Lost Stories and Traditions of Shavuot: Mizrahi and Sephardic Perspectives Game Rm Chevruta 1:50p – 2:50a Auditorium Judy Massarano Singing Torah: A Musical Walk through the Biblical (mostly) Prayerbook South Hall Rabbi Yosef Romano One Jew, Two Souls: Know Thyself Rm 19 Noam Sienna Muhammad in the Mahzor: Jihad in the Jewish Tradition Library Resting Room Ø Rm 7 Self-Guided Silent Meditation Rm 13 Robin Braverman What Do We Do with the Violence Committed by God in the Torah? Yard Danny Farkas Protect the Vulnerable Game Rm Chevruta 3:00a – 4:00a Auditorium Rabbi Yanky Bell Humans Vs. Angels: Receiving the Torah in 2017 South Hall Tikkun Teens Teen-led Learning Rm 19 Rabbi Rebecca Joseph Cheese, Please! Library Resting Room Ø Rm 7 Zvi Bellin Jewish Texts on Jewish Mindfulness Yard Ophir Haberer & David Schiller Counting of the Omer Sharing Council Game Rm Chevruta 4:10a – 5:10a Auditorium Maharat Victoria Sutton Orpah’s Legacy: Mother of Giants South Hall Raphael Magarik “The Ladder of the Law Has No Top and No Bottom”: Cain’s Trial Library Resting Room Ø Rm 7 Reba Connell Na’aseh: Mindful Tikkun Olam Yard Ophir Haberer & Zelig Golden Late Night Zohar and Kabbalah Study Game Rm Chevruta 5:20a – end Auditorium Combined Egalitarian Shacharit Service with Minyan Dafna South Hall Orthodox Shacharit Service with Congregation Beth Israel Library Resting Room Yard Dream Revelation by the Fire with Wilderness Torah Game Rm Chevruta Rm 14 Childcare ends at 7am, please pick up your children by this time. WORKSHOPS 7:15pm – 8:15pm Sessions Martin Buber: Jews and Arabs in the Holy Land Jewish philosopher Martin Buber was a religious humanist and Zionist. For almost 40 years he worked tirelessly to try to bring about justice, cooperation and peace between the two peoples. His example can help us persevere in our struggle to end the occupation and bring peace to Israel and Palestine. Rabbi Burt Jacobson is the Founding Rabbi of Kehilla Community Synagogue. (South Hall) Balancing Compassion and Justice How do we balance justice and compassion? A challenging question, whether in the realm of family, crime, or international conflict. Judaism holds that our world needs both qualities, so we will explore teachings that expand our understanding of each, and the relationship between them. Rabbi Bridget Wynne directs Jewish Gateways, an open and inclusive community based in the East Bay in which each individual and family can pursue a meaningful Jewish path. (Room 20) All of Jewish History in One Hour! Experience the dynamic panoply of 4,000 years of Jewish History as it unfolds. You’ll be in the vortex of history as it’s picture develops on the 4 walls around you. See how Jewish History fits together; locate yourself being a link in the ongoing chain of Jewish and World History. Marty Potrop, MSW is a Jewish educator, with a penchant for history and culture, a community organizer who was Director of Hillel at SFSU, who loves enabling people to become aware of where they are coming from, and perhaps, where they are going. (Room 22) Tefillat Beit HaMidrash: Preparing Ourselves for Torah Study In this session,
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