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11:30am EST

From Devotion to Ambivalence: The Changing American Jewish Relationship with Israel AspenDov Waxman Hosting the Emperor for Shabbat Lunch: Re-reading Rabbinic Stories in their Roman Contexts WatersideSarit Kattan Gribetz

12:15pm EST

Defining Open Orthodoxy GroveAvi Weiss Why Did God Flood the World? CoveAlan Cooper

1:45pm EST

Jewish Sorceresses in the Talmud: Esteemed Professionals, not Back-Alley Conjurers WillowMaggie Anton Heschel’s Spiritual Humanism: Jewish Education for the 21st Century CovePeter Geffen Israeli Americans: A Rising Power or a Lost Demography? BelltownNathan Guttman A Jewish Theology of the Antichrist: The Satmar Rebbe’s Response to the Six-Day War ElmShaul Magid Fences or Bridges? The Approach of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein to Non-Orthodox and Non-Observant Jews in Light of Nineteenth Century Germany WestoverGabe Kretzmer Seed The Stories We Tell Long RidgeRobert Alper

3:30pm EST

Fate and Destiny: Coping with Challenges AspenAvi Weiss What is Jewish History? CoveDavid E. Kaufman 'Orthodox'? What's That? The Pew Study, the 'New Orthodox,' and the Taxonomy of Orthodoxy ElmJerome Chanes Five Faces of This Week's Torah Portion Long RidgeLarry Yudelson Intermarriage Anxiety GroveYehuda Kurtzer

5:15pm EST

Morocco and Her Jews: A Story of Surprise and Grandeur BelltownPeter Geffen Christian Saints, Jewish Sinners, and Godly Actions WatersideIrving Engelson What Does Judaism Teach Us about Parenting? WestoverElisa Weindling Moses and the Media: The Interactions between Judaism and Media And the Inherent Ironies Involved AspenJon Taub Torah Lishmah and Modern Philosophers High RidgeGad Marcus

7:30pm EST

Am I Enough? - A Survival Guide Through the Arc of Adolescence [Teen Session] WatersideScott Fried Building on Old Foundations Long RidgeJacqueline Nicholls Jerusalem Under the Ottomans WestoverJonathan Gribetz

8:15pm EST

Angels in America: A Quintessentially Jewish Play? SpringdaleDavid Bilchitz One Man’s Report from Across the Jewish World BelltownPeter Geffen Breaking the Silence on the Last Gaza War CoveAvner Gvaryahu From Woodstock to JTS: The Journey of a Biblical Scholar AspenAlan Cooper

9:45pm EST

Was Tevye for Real? Rethinking Old Myths and New Realities About East European Jewry CoveJonathan Dekel-Chen The Changing American Synagogue High RidgeDavid E. Kaufman The Maiden With No Eyes SpringdaleJacqueline Nicholls