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7:30am EST

A Time of Desire: A Shacharit-Inspired Meditation Workshop Belltown

8:00am EST

Daf Yomi Ballroom I

8:45am EST

Learners Minyan Alder

10:00am EST

Limmud Chavruta: Requests and Repentance Glenbrook

11:45am EST

Waiting Eight Years for a Drink: The Bizarre Notion of 13-Year-Old Jewish Adults Glen III The Case of the Handicapped Kohen: How to Think about Halakhah (Jewish Law) Grove I Can We End the Age-Old Problem of the Agunah in Our Time? Aspen I & II My Egg, My Husband, Her Womb, Whose Child? Long Ridge Between the Gods and the Devils: Kabbalah as a Guide to Living on the Edge Springdale I

12:30pm EST

Book Club: A.B. Yehoshua's 'Three Days and a Child' High Ridge Soul Slam: Jewish Expression and Spoken Word Glenbrook Doing Unto Others: Judaism and Sex in the 21st Century Cove I & II Searching for God in Judaism: A Rational Quest for a Mystical Presence Grove II Open, Shut Them...Rabbinic Legal Loopholes Re-Examined Springdale II

2:00pm EST

Judaism Unbound: Prayer Glen II Outdoors or Out of Their Minds? Hasidic Teachings on Wilderness/Nature Alder The Book of Esther: Purim Torah, Fairy Tale, Satire or History? Glenbrook Panel Discussion: A Search for Spirituality as Defined (or Not Defined) by Jewish Law Grove I Seven Wells: Where Spirituality and Sexuality Meet Long Ridge God Talk Springdale I The Magic Number: Why Do We Need Ten to Make a Minyan? High Ridge

3:45pm EST

Evolving Interpretation of Eve: Examining Eve in Literature and Poetry Westover Feminist Religious Education: How Should We Do It? Alder The Most Important Jewish Idea Grove I Liberal Jews & Kashrut: Really? Yes! Ritual, Ethics, Food & Choice Cove I & II Responding to the Inner Human Struggle: Intentional Communities in a Jewish Context Waterside Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic: The Witch in the Rabbinic Mind Long Ridge Frum but Not Frumpy: An Analysis of the Jewish Sexual Ethic Springdale I Introduction to Karaite Judaism Springdale II Getting To Know 'You': Praying To A Personal G-d Glen III

5:15pm EST

Of Converts and Kohanim (Priests): A Spiritual Case Study of Apple and Coca-Cola Glenbrook Happy Happy Joy Joy: A Few Thoughts on Some Powerful Emotions Grove II Can Journalism Save Judaism? Glen I Hebrew in Colonial America: The Jewish Language in a Christian Land Alder How to Repair the World: Reconciling Messianism and Covenant Aspen I & II Soul Searching: What Do We Mean When We Say Soul? Springdale II

7:45pm EST

Dialogues and Monologues: The Relationship between Law and Narrative in the Torah Springdale II Auschwitz or Sinai? Metaphor and the Meaning of Modern Israel Glen I

8:15pm EST

A Biblical Cover-Up: A Sad Case of Torah That Never Gets Transmitted Glen II “Remember What Amalek Did to You!” Now Reconcile? Reconciling Identity Conflicts in Text and Society Waterside The Leg in the Bible: An Insight into the Human Condition Springdale I The Playful Collage Life: How Play Can Be Used to Construct a Serious Life Alder

9:30pm EST

The Five Texts of Jewish Food Grove II Three Avot Walk into a Bar: A Humorous Look at Testosterone in the Torah Glenbrook Twenty Profound Ideas from Kabbalah: The Spiritual Priorities I Taught my Children Long Ridge The Hunger Games and Jewish Philosophy Aspen I & II Jews Wrestling with Meat: Ritual, Ethics and the Marketplace Glen II Forging a Contemporary Jewish Sex Ethic Glen I