Renewing Our Spirit
Self, Family, Nation

		Program Summary
		Schedule
		Speakers

[Subject to change]

Sunday November 2, 2003, 9:15am - 6:00pm Beth Jacob V'Anshe Drildz Congregation, 147 Overbrook Place, Toronto

In Honour of the Yahrzeit of Nathan Noteh Krauss z"l

Session A
Learning to Enjoy our Lives: The Jewish Pleasure Principle
Rabbi Dr. Reuven Bulka
Moderator: Rabbi Michael Skobac

Session B
Should I Send my Child to Lakewood, Yeshiva University or Harvard? The Dilemmas of Post-Secondary Orthodox Education
Dr. William Helmreich
Moderator: Frank Samuels

Session A
How We Should Study the Bible and Why it Matters
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Moderator: Dr. Eric Lawee

Session B
Religious Extremism and the Roots of Terror
Dr. David Schatz
Moderator: Dr. Martin Lockshin

Session C
Emmanuel Levinas and the Holocaust
Dr. Tamra Wright
Moderator: Janice Rotman Goldstein

Session A
The Miracle of Normalcy - How Ordinary Israelis are Coping with the Daily Shadow of Death
Yoel Ben-Avraham
Moderator: David Kaufman

Session B
Building American Jewry: The Legacy of my Father, R. Pinhas Teitz Dr. Rivkah Blau
Moderator: Esther Friedman

Session C
Breaking Down the Wall of Stigma and Silence: Mental Health in the Orthodox Community
Leah Malamet
Rabbi Nati Helfgot
Moderator: Rabbi Dr. Reuven Bulka

Lunch and Minchah

Session A
Making Our Relationships Work: Judaism on Love and Marriage
Dr. Rivkah Blau
Rabbi Dr. Reuven Bulka
Moderator: Rabbi Yosef Blau

Session B
Is Peace in The Middle East Still Possible?
A Sociologist's Extraordinary Meetings with the Left, the Right and Hamas
Dr. William Helmreich
Moderator: Mordechai Ben-Dat

Session A
Astrology, Science and the Supernatural in Jewish Thought and Law
Dr. David Schatz
Moderator: Dr. Ken Green

Session B
For Children of All Ages:
Contemporary Problems in Honouring Your Parents
Rabbi Mordechai Willig
Moderator: Rabbi Dr. Nosson Westreich

Session A
When a Rabbi Crosses the Line: The Victims, the Beth Din, and the Lessons from the Lanner Case
Rabbi Yosef Blau
Moderator: Rabbi David Aronson

Session B
Why Timing is Everything - King David, The Beit Hamikdash, and Missed Opportunities
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Moderator: Aliza Jesin

Session A
Am I My Brother's Keeper?:
Relationships between Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews and Movements
Rabbi Nati Helfgot
Moderator: Susan Jackson

Session B
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Jewish Law (and are not afraid to ask): Audience questions on Halakha
Rabbi Mordechai Willig
Moderator: Rabbi Yakov Kerzner

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