. 97 CONVENTION אגודת ישראל באמריקה AGUDATH ISRAEL 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 Rabbi Sholom Kamenetsky DRAFTTHAT MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE. Rosh Yeshiva, Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia Storiĉ Yours. Theirs. Ours. Ronnie Wilheim Ezra Zaafarani CONVENTION CHAIRMEN STAMFORD 2 3 THURSDAY EVENING THURSDAY NIGHT 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 Rebbe, Yeshiva Darchei Torah STORIES: WRITING YOUR NEXT Howard Tzvi Friedman CHAPTER Chairman of the Board, Bais Medrash Govoha 6:00 PM | MESSAGE FROM THE MOETZES GEDOLEI HATORAH Naftali Miller National Director of Development, Agudath Israel of Rabbi Malkiel Kotler 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 ATRIUM BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR) Rabbi Shai Markowitz 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 Elya Brudny Trauma specialist and licensed clinical psychologist; former Director of Bereavement and Crisis Intervention Rosh Yeshiva, Mirrer Yeshiva, Brooklyn Services, Chai Lifelin Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky Rabbi Moshe Heinemann Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva of Greater Washington Rabbinical Supervisor, Star K Kashrus 10:00 PM | MODERATOR Yisroel Besser 10:15 AM Yarchei Kallah (shiur at 11:30) Editor, Mishpacha 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 Mashgiach Ruchani, 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 Director, Compass 5:30 AM Tea Room 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 Daf Yomi ATRIUM BOARDROOM #3 (2ND FLOOR) Rabbi Mordechai Eisenberg DRAFTRosh Kollel,Kollel Hora’ah of America 6 7 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 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, Mesivta 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 FRIDAY NIGHT Dr. Faye Zakhiem Ph.D., LCSW 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 Rosh Mesivta, Yeshivas 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 New York Seminary Mrs. Chaya Gornish Menaheles, Bnos Bais Yaakov 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 Aharon Feldman AS COMMUNITIES Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, Baltimore 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 Shmuel Kamenetsky 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 JEWS 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 Minyan 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 - Yiddish Rabbi Daniel Osher Kleinman STATE BALLROOM Rav, K’hal Nachlas Dovid