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Breakfast Sunday 7:30 AM–10:00 AM Abbey Dining Room Good morning! Meet your fellow participants at Breakfast.
College Student Chat 'N Chew Breakfast with Benjamin Krasna Sunday 8:35 AM–9:50 AM Abbey Dining Room A Benjamin Krasna University students A chance for college students to engage in an informal conversation with Benjamin Krasna, the Deputy Counsel of Israel for NY, over breakfast.
Denominationalism or Post-Denominationalism? Sunday 8:35 AM–9:50 AM Camelot A Mimi Feigelson David Greenstein Nathaniel Helfgot David Ingber Jan Katzew Panels Are the denominations splintering or is the Jewish community coming together? What’s the role of denominations in American Jewish life, and is it changing? Why? What’s the attraction of post-denominationalism?
Dialogue in the Void: The Presence of Emptiness and Silence in Torah, Talmud, Psychotherapy, Art & Architecture Sunday 8:35 AM–9:50 AM Buckingham Palace Main 2 Joe Septimus Text & Thought, Identity and Responsibility Text study, visuals and discussion to develop and recognize the value and reality of that which isn't evident to the senses. "Our subject, however, is not what we look at, but how we can open our minds and hearts to see more than the literal image, and be inspired by the vision that takes place in our minds." (Photographer David Finn, How to Look at Everything)
Freud's Jewishness & Attitude Towards Judaism Sunday 8:35 AM–9:50 AM Room 316 (Timeshare C) Samuel Slipp Identity and Responsibility Freud’s career was rooted in his Jewish identity and his training as a doctor. Join an expert psychologist in discussing Freud’s life work, how it was affected by anti-Semitism, his relationship with his father, and his view of God as an illusory father figure.
From Shipwrecks to Maharajas: The Jews of Bombay and Cochin Sunday 8:35 AM–9:50 AM Manchester Room Rahel Musleah Global History & Culture The saga of lost tribes, shipwrecks and remote villages traces India's oldest Jewish communities: the B'nai Israel of Bombay and the multi-layered community in Cochin. Stories, history, customs, song and visuals.
Knish Me, I'm Jewish Sunday 8:35 AM–9:50 AM Room 315 (Timeshare B) Laura Silver Global History & Culture Square or round, potato or kasha, sweet or savory, the knish landscape evokes heated opinions and forkfuls of nostalgia. Learn what happened to Mrs. Stahl’s of Brighton Beach, why Gabila’s moved to Long Island, and how our beloved dough has earned a place in performance art, walking tours and literary legacies. Share knish reminiscences and nosh on samples.
Listening from the Ground Up Civic Peace Building in Israel/Palestine Sunday 8:35 AM–9:50 AM Game Room Ronit Avni Identity and Responsibility Over the last five years, Just Vision (justvision.org) has been researching and documenting the range of grassroots peace building initiatives of ordinary Israeli and Palestinian civilians. Come and hear about their efforts, where to learn more about their successes and missteps, and what avenues exist to strengthen their base of support.
The Spiritual Journey of the Morning Prayers Sunday 8:35 AM–9:50 AM Buckingham Palace Lobby Joseph Rosenstein Ritual & Prayer The traditional morning prayers are organized as a spiritual journey that culminates in the amidah (central prayer of 19 benedictions). We will review the stages of the journey, and discuss how we can position ourselves to complete this journey successfully. Appropriate passages from the presenter's Siddur Eit Ratzon (www.newsiddur.org) will be used as kavvanot and, time permitting, for a guided meditation.
The Technology of Prayer Jewish Perspectives on the Status of Metaphysical Medical Therapies Sunday 8:35 AM–9:50 AM Room 314 (Timeshare A) Yonah Feldman Text & Thought This lecture will explore important questions relating to the status of “spiritual” medical therapies, from the standpoint of Jewish Texts. We will examine prayer as a practicality, a means to an end, in situations of medical emergency. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding these issues in the broader context of the relationship between Judaism and Medicine.
Walking in God's Ways: The Path of Paradox Sunday 8:35 AM–9:50 AM Scarlet Night Club Daniel Walsh Text & Thought Paradox figures centrally in many religious and spiritual traditions. This session will argue that paradox is not a thing, a static entity, but a process. It is a process that spurs us to release from habitual perspectives to attain more expansive viewpoints, deepening our consciousness. Examples from Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and Yogi Berra will be featured.
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