AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA vehrntc ktrah ,sudt WE’VE LISTENED YOU’VE TOLD US NOVEMBER 13-16 | ! 12 SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION ARE DEDICATED TO DISCUSSING YOUR TOPICS iuaj d‘‘f-f | THURSDAY EVENING 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 1 agudah convention 92 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 s 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 3 MARRIAGE: FROM GOOD TO GREAT s 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 1 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 AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA vehrntc ktrah ,sudt 92 agudah convention Convention Theme: SHOULDERING RESPONSIBILITY NOVEMBER 13-16 | iuaj d‘‘f-f | HILTON WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ FRIDAY MORNING 10:15 AM Concurrent Sessions 1 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 AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA vehrntc ktrah ,sudt NOVEMBER 13-16 | 92 iuaj d‘‘f-f | agudah convention HILTON WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ 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 s Rabbi Avrohom Y. 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