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8:30am EST

Continential Breakfast Atrium

8:45am EST

Shabbat Morning Egalitarian Service (mixed seating; gender-inclusive leadership) - With a Taste of Baghdadi-Indian Tradition WLSS (2nd Floor) Shabbat Morning Mechitza Service (separate seating; male leadership) Presentation Room (Atrium)

10:15am EST

Shabbat Va’yinafash: Mindfulness Meditation K306

11:15am EST

Communal Kiddush

12:00pm EST

The Challenges of Pluralism and Religious Freedom in Israel Presentation Room (Atrium) Tough Topics: Navigating Challenging Conversations with Children Unterberg Auditorium (Basement) Radical Amazement: How to Live in Wonder Each and Every Day K306 Buffet Lunch Atrium

1:15pm EST

Wise Aging Presentation Room (Atrium) Who is Your Josh? The Evolution of Matan and Jewish Disability Inclusion Unterberg Auditorium (Basement) Jewish Meditation Compared to Yoga/Tantra K306 The Different Stages of Mourning in the Aftermath of Tragedy WLSS (2nd Floor)

2:15pm EST

Mincha: Egalitarian Service (mixed seating; gender-inclusive leadership) WLSS (2nd Floor) Mincha: Mechitza Service (separate seating; male leadership) Presentation Room (Atrium)

2:45pm EST

Convivencia: The Untold Story of Moroccan Jewish History K306 Face of the Ethiopian Jewry U305 Learning to Talk About God Today: A Rational Quest for a Mystical Reality Presentation Room (Atrium) Family vs. Nation: Does the Land of Israel Supersede the Jewish Home? WLSS (2nd Floor)

4:00pm EST

Fake News and the Resurgence of Anti-Semitism U305 T'Shuvah: Judaism's Response to the Opioid Crisis and the Myth of Perfection K306 Why Jews Intermarry: Notes on a Transgressive Subject Presentation Room (Atrium) The Radical Israeli Thought of Rav Shagar WLSS (2nd Floor)

4:30pm EST

Seudah Shlishit (Light Meal) Atrium

5:15pm EST

What Makes This Jew Different From All Other Jews? Race, Difference, and Safety in Jewish Spaces U305 Civil Marriage in Israel: An Unholy Mess K306 The Earth is the Lord’s: Jewish Perspectives on Environmental Protection Presentation Room (Atrium) The Power of Speech: Are We Still Speaking the Same Language? WLSS (2nd Floor)

6:15pm EST

Ma’ariv: Egalitarian Service (mixed seating; gender inclusive-leadership) WLSS (2nd Floor) Ma’ariv: Mechitza Service (separate seating; male leadership) Presentation Room (Atrium)

6:30pm EST

Havdalah and Concert Unterberg Auditorium (Basement)

7:30pm EST

Harnessing the Immense Power of Humility! U305 At the Crossroads of Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Russian-Speaking Worlds: The Story of the Bukharian Jews K306 Masala Havdalah! The Jews of Bombay and Cochin U407 Buffet Dinner Atrium

8:45pm EST

Truth, Justice, and the American (Oy) Vey: the significance of the Jewish influence on comic book superheroes U305 KAN is Hollywood U407 Yaffa & Esther's Excellent Limmudventure: A Judeo-Cultural Odyssey K306 The Spiritual Humanism of Abraham Joshua Heschel: Jewish Education for the 21st Century K406