Limmud
The Rabbi as Rodef Shalom
Rabbi Amy Eilberg
The Nature of Hiyyuv Today: Reflections on Women and Mitzvot
Rabbi Dr. Pamela Barmash
Support, Service, Obedience: Defining the Parameters of Kibbud Av ve-Em (Part 1 of 3)
Dr. Eliezer Diamond
Using Rashi’s Supercommentaries for Parashah Study, Divrei Torah and Inspiration: Exodus 2 – “The Nature of the Shekhinah (or God’s Presence)”
Dr. Walter Herzberg
Mitzvot as Spiritual Practice: Insights from Kabbalah & Hasidism
Dr. Eitan Fishbane
From the Haredi World to Modern Orthodoxy: Three Great Teshuvot of Rabbi Yaakov Yechiel Weinberg and Their Influence on Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits and Others
Rabbi Dr. David Hoffman
A Time to be Born and a Time to Die: The Births and Deaths of Moshe and Saul
Rabbi Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky
A User's Guide to Recent Responsa. Get a topic overview and a reprintable hand-out for your next adult ed series
Rabbi Danny Nevins
Revelation at Sinai: A View from the Sources
Dr. Benjamin Sommer
Interpretation and Enactment: Elisha ben Avuya and the Book of Ruth
Dr. Devora Steinmetz
Halakhah as a Mode of Resistance: Soloveitchik and Leibowitz on the Liberating Potential of Jewish Practice
Dr. Yonatan Brafman
The Curious Tales of Moses’ Family
Dr. Alan Cooper
Children Are Also Grandchildren: Defining and Balancing the Roles of Parents and Grandparents (Part 3 of 3)
Dr. Eliezer Diamond
Akiva: The Man and the Myth
Rabbi Reuven Hammer
Using Rashi’s Supercommentaries for Parashah Study, Divrei Torah and Inspiration: Deut 8 - “The Challenges and Rewards of a Life of Mitzvot”
Dr. Walter Herzberg
The Legacy of Solomon Schechter: Cultivating a community of Scholarship & Spirit
Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz
Torah and the Quest for Justice
Rabbis Shai Held and Jill Jacobs
’And I Am a Stranger’: Becoming Ruth
Dr. Avivah Zornberg
Dealing with Sensitive Subjects
Spouses, Parents and In-Laws: Halakhic Perspectives on Addressing Conflict (2 of 3)
Dr. Eliezer Diamond
Using Rashi’s Supercommentaries for Parashah Study, Divrei Torah and Inspiration: Lev 26 - “And I will give peace…” Seven Types/Aspects of Peace
Dr. Walter Herzberg
Text study on sex/gender/body
Dr. Marjorie Lehman
Breakout Sessions
Teaching the Torah of Conservative Judaism
The Torah of Millennials
Rabbis Rachel Bovitz, Michelle Dardashti and Ben Spratt
The Gift of Inclusion - Why and How to Value Every Member of Your Community Regardless of Ability
Dori Frumin Kirshner
Making Jewish a Public Good
Rabbis Rebecca Sirbu & Ilana Garber
Spirituality of Aging
Rabbi Jonathan Slater
Dealing with Sensitive Subjects
Keeping Children Safe in Jewish Institutions
Shira Berkowits
Dealing with Issues of Race
Rabbi Daniel Burg
Thinking Out Loud: How to acknowledge interfaith couples before - and after - the wedding
Rabbis Debra Cantor & David Siegel
Life Unexpected: Working with Families Whose Children Have Special Needs
Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses
Our Daily Interactions: Balancing Our Rabbinic Voice and Our Pastoral Presence
Rabbi Naomi Kalish
Fear and Welcoming: The Jewish Response to the Refugee Crisis
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn
Dealing with Intermarriage in Our Own Families
Rabbi Gordon Tucker
Israel Plenary
Teaching Israel to Teens
Michal Chacham, Rabbi Dalia Kronish, Dave Levy
Israel on College Campuses
Jenna Citron
Eilu v’Eilu Divrei Elohim Chayim: Why we can't sit in the same room anymore and what Israel can teach us about it?
Yoav Ende
Should Our Kehillot be Spaces for Israel Advocacy? The Role of AIPAC, JStreet, NIF and more
Rabbis Jonah Geffen and David-Seth Kirshner
Masorti Revolution Now! Is it time to begin our own political party in Israel?
Rabbi Tzvi Graetz
The Attitude Toward the Non-Jew in Law and Lore
Rabbi Reuven Hammer
Hugging and Wrestling: Israel through Standup Comedy
Benji Lovitt
Other Programs
Geffen Olami
Tasting of kosher wines (guided by an expert), featuring wines from countries with Masorti congregations and Fair Trade Chocolate (Sponsored by Masorti Olami)
Jewish Music Jam
Bring your voices or your instruments. Share harmonies on an old favorite or teach a new song to the group. We'll have a few extra guitars available, but it would be great if you brought your instrument with you.
Steven Bayme
"Jews and American Politics: Implications for the 2016 Elections" with Rabbi Jan Caryl Kaufman, Convention Chair
Presentation on JTS 21st Century Campus Project
Marc Gary, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer of JTS and Paul Schulhof, partner in the architectural firm of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Associates (TWBTA).
A Conversation about Siddur Lev Shalem for Shabbat & Festivals
Rabbi Ed Feld (Senior Editor), Rabbi Jan Uhrbach (Associate Editor), Rabbi Gordon Tucker