Schedule for RA Convention & Shabbaton 2024

To see a more detailed description of the tracks, click here. 

Monday, December 9

  • 11:00 AM Registration Opens
  • 12:00 PM Welcome Reception
  • 3:00 PM Limmud: Choice of sessions led by local colleagues and scholars
  • 4:00 PM Convention Kickoff (includes minhah)
  • 5:30 PM Limmud: Choice of sessions led by local colleagues and scholars
  • 7:00 PM Dinner
  • 8:00 PM Project 24 - How to engage mutually beneficial partnership
  • 9:15 PM Comedy Show and Improv Games, featuring Molly Livingstone
  • 10:15 PM Maariv

Tuesday, December 10

  • 6:45 AM Early Shaharit for Beer Sheva Track
  • 7:15 AM Breakfast for Beer Sheva Track
  • 7:30 AM Shaharit
  • 8:00 AM Depart for Beer Sheva Track
  • 8:15 AM Breakfast
  • 9:15 AM Depart for Remaining Tracks
  • 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM Tracks
    • Shared Society in Beer Sheva
    • Jew vs Jew in Israel: Learning to disagree, not hate - In partnership with Ramah Israel
    • Reimagining Israel Engagement for the Day After - In partnership with WZO
    • Art and Judaism in Tel Aviv - In partnership with Midreshet Schechter
    • Connecting with our Roots: Artzeinu and Yaldeinu - In partnership with Neve Hanna
    • Trauma and Resilience: Workshops with NATAL and Kashouvot
  • 6:15 PM Arrive at Schechter Rabbinical Seminary and tour of new building
  • 7:00 PM Dinner
  • 8:00 PM Program with Jacob Blumenthal, Chaya Rowen Baker and Yoav Ende
  • 9:15 PM Concert and Maariv
  • 10:30 PM Return to Dan Jerusalem

Wednesday, December 11

  • 6:30 AM Early Shaharit for Gaza Envelope Track
  • 7:00 AM Breakfast for Gaza Envelope Track
  • 7:30 AM Depart for Gaza Envelope Track
  • 7:30 AM Shaharit
  • 8:30 AM Breakfast
  • 9:15 AM Depart for Remaining Tracks
  • 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM Tracks
    • Judaism, Ecology and War (Gaza Envelope) - In partnership with Masorti
    • The People of the Book: Torah Lishmah and NLI Tour - In partnership with Schechter Institutes
    • Politics from Herzl to Today - In partnership with WZO
    • The Arts as Healing: Workshops with Kol HaOt and Tamar Biala (Dirshuni)
    • Shared Society in Lod
  • 5:15 PM Praying with Hostage Families at the Wohl Rose Garden
  • 6:45-8:45 PM Dinner and Evening Program at Nefesh B'Nefesh Campus
  • 9:00 PM Return to Dan Jerusalem

Thursday, December 12

  • 7:00 AM Depart for Ezrat Yisrael (Egalitarian Kotel)
  • 7:30 AM Shaharit
  • 8:30 AM Return to Dan Jerusalem
  • 9:00 AM Breakfast and Checkout
  • 10:00 AM Limmud: Choice of sessions led by local colleagues and scholars
  • 11:15 AM Closing Program
  • 12:45 PM Formal Convention Ends
  • 1:00 PM Lunch available for purchase
  • 4:00 PM Shuttle to Inbal for Shabbaton