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HILTON WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ
THURSDAY NIGHT PLENARY SESSION 8:00 PM
6:30 PM Concurrent Discussions
SHOULDERING RESPONSIBILITY—
Let’s Discuss
What’s On Your Mind
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FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR FAMILIES, OURSELVES
Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Levin
PARENTING PERPLEXITIES
Rosh HaYeshiva, Telshe Yeshiva, Chicago
MODERATOR:
Rabbi Noach Isaac Oelbaum
Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein
Menahel, Ohr Naava, Ateres Naava,
Bnot Chaya Academy for Girls
Rav, Congregation Nachlas Yitzchak
Rabbi Yissocher Frand
2 JEWS IN POLITICS:
OPPORTUNITIES AND PITFALLS
Rosh Yeshiva, Ner Yisroel, Baltimore
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MODERATOR:
AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION — TO SAVE A WORLD:
Rabbi A. D. Motzen
Reb Elimelech (Mike) Tress and Agudas Yisroel
National Director of State Relations,
Agudath Israel of America
Produced by the Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center
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FROM GOOD TO GREAT
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CHAIRMAN:
MODERATOR:
Dr. David Lieberman, Ph.D.
Author, Speaker, and Consultant
Rabbi Mordechai Levin
THURSDAY NIGHT
4 PUTTING THE JUDAISM
BACK IN THE JEW
10:15 PM Concurrent Sessions
Addressing What’s On Your Mind
MODERATOR:
Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein
Rav, Kehilas Ishay Yisroel
5 THE VITAL WORK OF CHAYIM
ARUCHIM: AN UPDATE AND
DISCUSSION
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FAMILY FIRST: OUR VITAL
RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN
2 THE PRESSING PROBLEM OF
PARNASSAH: GETTING KLAL
YISROEL TO HELP REB YISROEL
Rabbi Yosef Elefant
Duvi Honig
R”M, Yeshivas Mir, Yerushalayim
Founder, Parnassah Network/Expo
MODERATORS:
Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman
Rabbi Paysach Krohn
Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz
Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshiva Ohr HaChaim
Mohel and Lecturer, Author, The Maggid Series
Vice President for Community Services,
Agudath Israel of America
Rabbi Gedaliah Weinberger
Chairman Emeritus, Board of Trustees,
Agudath Israel of America
7:00 PM Bnos Agudath Israel
Leadership Event
3 THE NEXT GREAT INITIATIVE
Chesky Kauftheil
Leon Melohn
Yaty Weinreb
MODERATOR:
Rabbi Gavriel Friedman
Senior Lecturer, Aish HaTorah, Jerusalem
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FRIDAY MORNING 10:15 AM Concurrent Sessions
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KASHRUS CONUNDRA:
NAVIGATING CONTEMPORARY
FOOD, MEDICINE AND TRAVEL
CHALLENGES
Rabbi Asher Eckstein
Dayan, Khal Machzikei Hadas, Belz
Rabbi Moshe Elefant
Rabbinic Coordinator, COO, OU Kashrus
Rabbi Dovid Heber
Rav, Khal Ahavas Yisroel Tzemach Tzedek,
Kashrus Administrator, Star-K Kosher, Baltimore
More of What’s On Your Mind
2 SURROUNDED BY SCANDAL:
PREVENTING AND DEALING
WITH CHILUL HASHEM
Rabbi Shmuel Gluck
Director, Areivim
3 WITHIN OUR MEANS: STANDING
UP TO STATUS-SEEKING
Rabbi Eliezer Feuer
Rav, Young Israel of Bayswater
Shaar HaShomayim
Assemblyman Gary Schaer
Naftoli Horowitz
NJ General Assembly, District 36
Representative, Mesila
Dr. Aaron Twerski
Rabbi Benzion Twerski Ph.D
Professor, Brooklyn Law School
Therapist, Private Practice
Rabbi Avrohom Nesanel Zucker
Rav, Yeshiva Gedola Ohr Yisrael
4 JUGGLING 101: ACHIEVING EQUILIBRIUM AND EMUNAH AMID LIFE’S STRESSES AND STRAINS
FOR WOMEN:
Dr. Aviva Biberfeld
Mrs. Surie Frenkel
Mrs. Shani Stefansky
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Educator, Lecturer
Sister to Sister Captain and Certified Life Coach
Co-founder, Samchainu
SHABBOS SPEAKERS
Rabbi Yosef Elefant
Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky
Rabbi David Ozeri
R”M, Yeshivas Mir, Yerushalayim
Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Gedolah of Philadelphia
Rav, Congregation Yad Yosef
Rabbi Yaakov Feitman
Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Rotenberg
Rav, Kehilas Bais Yehuda Tzvi
Rosh HaYeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha,
Lakewood
Rav, Khal Sharei Shlomo
Rabbi Paysach Krohn
Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Bais Moshe, Scranton
Rabbi Aharon Feldman
Rosh HaYeshiva, Ner Yisroel, Baltimore
Rabbi Yosef Frankel
Vyelopoler Rebbe
Rabbi Rafoel Moshe Gettinger
Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Medrash Chaim, Lakewood
Rabbi Aharon Dovid Goldberg
Mohel and Lecturer, Author,
The Maggid Series
Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff
Rav, Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin
Rabbi Shloime Mandel
Rabbi Yaakov Schnaidman
Rabbi Avrohom Schorr
Rav, Khal Tiferes Yaakov
Rabbi Aron Weinberg
Maggid Shiur, Khal Yismach Moshe, Nirbater
Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva of Brooklyn
Rosh HaYeshiva, Telshe Yeshiva, Cleveland
Rabbi Yaakov Bleich
WOMEN’S PROGRAM:
Mrs. Shani Gejerman
Mrs. Chani Juravel
Chief Rabbi , Ukraine
Mechaneches, Bruriah High School
Mechaneches and Lecturer
MOTZOEI SHABBOS
7:00 PM — Pirchei Agudath Israel Avos U’Bonim
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SPECIAL HISTORICAL EXHIBIT:
THE HEROIC RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS OF
REB ELIMELECH GAVRIEL (MIKE) TRESS
Courtesy of the Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center
MOTZOEI SHABBOS KEYNOTE SESSION 8:00 PM
SUNDAY MORNING
10:30 AM Plenary Session
Rabbi Yaakov Perlow
Novominsker Rebbe, Rosh Agudas Yisroel
Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich
Chairman, Od Avinu Chai Foundation
Rabbi Avrohom Schorr
Confronting the Specter of
Anti Semitism
Rabbi Yaakov Bleich
Chief Rabbi , Ukraine
Report on the Matzav of Yahadus
Hachareidis in Eretz Yisroel:
Rav, Khal Tiferes Yaakov
Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel
Executive Vice President, Agudath Israel of America
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Rabbi Avrohom Y. Leizerson
Yoshev Rosh, Chinuch Atzmai
11:15 AM Symposium
AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION
Agudath Israel of America:
A Year of Great Accomplishment
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SLEEPWALKING ALONG
THE DERECH
Rabbi Shmuel Dishon
Menahel, Yad Yisroel, Karlin-Stolin
Rabbi Yosef Elefant
R”M, Yeshivas Mir, Yerushalayim
DUVY GROSS, CONVENTION CHAIRMAN
RABBI MORDECHAI LEVIN, CONVENTION CO-CHAIRMAN
FOR MONSEY TRAILS BUS
SERVICE TO THE CONVENTION,
PLEASE CALL 1.212.797.7388
ALL SESSIONS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:
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WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ 07677
Rabbi Yechiel Spero
Lecturer and Author of the Touched
by a Story Series, Baltimore
YARCHEI KALLAH
DAF YOMI SHIURIM
Rabbi Aharon Dovid Goldberg
Rabbi Shmuel Weinberg
Rosh HaYeshiva, Telshe Yeshiva, Cleveland
R”M, Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Rabbi Yonason Sacks
Rabbi Schachne Weinberger
Rav, Agudath Israel of Passaic
Rav, Congregation Tiferes Boruch, Passaic
Rabbi Dovid Heber
Rabbi Yitzchak Sternberg
Rav, Khal Ahavas Yisroel, Tzemach Tzedek
Rav, Khal Mishkan Yosef, Monsey
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