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Joan DeSantis

Gesher Jewish Day School
2nd Grade Teacher
Fairfax, VA
Lives in Reston, VA
Grew up in Harrisburg, PA & Cherry Hill, NJ
Tuesday, July 31
 

2:00pm PDT

Welcome Tearoom Pre-Function space

3:15pm PDT

Mincha Room 2

3:30pm PDT

The Kabbalah of Love Room 3Mrs. Gheula Nemni

4:45pm PDT

The Road to Happiness Room 2Dr. Rona Novick

6:00pm PDT

Dinner Ballroom

7:30pm PDT

Orientation Room 1

8:30pm PDT

The Candle on the Wall: Keeping Shabbos in the Heart of Gulag Room 3Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich

9:30pm PDT

Ma'ariv Room 2

9:45pm PDT

Film: Outback Rabbis Room 7Chaired by: Rabbi David Eliezrie
 
Wednesday, August 1
 

7:00am PDT

Women's Preprayer Session: A Guide To Touch The Divine Room 3Mrs. Shainie Weingarten Morning Stretch and Intention (for women only) Room 5Mrs. Shelly Dembe

7:30am PDT

Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women Room 3Mrs. Chavi Epstein

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Ballroom

9:15am PDT

Happiness through Holiness: Achieving the Joyous Goal to be Whole Room 3Rabbi David Aaron

10:20am PDT

You Are What You Eat: A Halachic Crash Course on the Laws of Kashrut Room 3Rabbi Berel Bell

11:25am PDT

The Poetry of Life and the Life of Poetry: Torah at the Limits of Language Room 2Rabbi Asher Crispe

12:30pm PDT

Lunch Ballroom

2:00pm PDT

Clothed in Clarity, Veiled in Light: Approaching Modesty and Mystery in Kabbalah, Philosophy, and Science RotundaRabbi Asher Crispe

3:05pm PDT

What Is Real Feminism? Room 1Mrs. Gheula Nemni

4:00pm PDT

Mincha Room 2

4:20pm PDT

Stress Relief: Kabbalah and Psychology Room 6Mrs. Sara Esther Crispe

5:15pm PDT

Refresh TBA

5:45pm PDT

Dinner Ballroom

8:00pm PDT

JReatreat Live! Mega RoomModi

9:30pm PDT

Film: Complicit Room 7Mr. Robert Krakow Ma'ariv Room 2
 
Thursday, August 2
 

7:00am PDT

Morning Stretch and Intention (for women only) Room 5Mrs. Shelly Dembe

7:30am PDT

Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women Room 3Mrs. Chavi Epstein

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Ballroom

9:15am PDT

Newport Trip TBARabbi David Eliezrie

10:20am PDT

Expose: What your Chabad Shluchim Are Really Thinking RotundaMrs. Rivkah Slonim

12:30pm PDT

Lunch Ballroom

2:00pm PDT

Why Are We Here? RotundaRabbi Moshe Bryski

3:05pm PDT

Not Your Bubbe’s Gefilte Fish: Modern Shabbat Cooking Demo Room 5Mrs. Gitty Rapoport

3:55pm PDT

Mincha Room 2

4:10pm PDT

Perfection is Overrated! Room 1Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson

5:15pm PDT

Refresh TBA

5:45pm PDT

Dinner Ballroom

8:00pm PDT

Rogers Park in Concert Mega RoomRogers Park

9:30pm PDT

Film: GI Jews Room 7 Ma'ariv Room 2
 
Friday, August 3
 

7:00am PDT

SoulStir (for women only) Room 5Mrs. Shelly Dembe

7:30am PDT

Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women Room 3Mrs. Chavi Epstein

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Ballroom

9:15am PDT

The Home As The Center Of It All Room 10Dr. Esther Serok

10:20am PDT

Living On Purpose: Celebrating the Service Driven Life. RotundaRabbi David Aaron

11:25am PDT

The Secrets Of Motivation: When Hillel Met Maslow Room 6Dr. Simcha Leibovich

12:30pm PDT

Lunch Ballroom

3:05pm PDT

Holy Rest: A Halachic Crash Course on the Laws of Shabbat Room 3Rabbi Berel Bell

4:10pm PDT

Pre-Shabbat reception Pre-Function space

5:55pm PDT

A Day of Rejuvenation Room 3Rabbi Shais Taub

6:40pm PDT

Candle Lighting Pre-Function space

6:50pm PDT

Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat Mega RoomCantor Dovid Caytak

8:00pm PDT

Seudat Shabbat BallroomRabbi Yitzchak Schochet
 
Saturday, August 4
 

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Ballroom

8:30am PDT

Finding Reason: Why Do Mitzvot? Room 1Rabbi Sholom Paltiel

9:15am PDT

Women's Prayer Service Room 3Mrs. Shainie Weingarten

12:30pm PDT

Lunch BallroomRabbi Moshe Kotlarsky

3:00pm PDT

The How and Why of Jewish Prayer Room 1Rabbi Berel Bell

4:00pm PDT

Mincha Room 2

4:30pm PDT

Farbrengen! A Traditional Chasidic Repast for Mind, Heart, and Soul (For Women) Room 3Mrs. Shaindy Jacobson

6:30pm PDT

Seudah Shelishit BallroomRabbi Mendel Kalmenson

8:00pm PDT

Why is the Refrigerator Dark? Room 9Mrs. Rivkah Slonim

8:50pm PDT

Ma'ariv Room 2

9:15pm PDT

Havdalah TBA
 
Sunday, August 5
 

7:00am PDT

Workout for Body and Soul (Women Only) Room 5Mrs. Shelly Dembe

7:30am PDT

Shacharit—Beginners’ Service for Women Room 3Mrs. Chavi Epstein

8:15am PDT

Breakfast Ballroom

9:30am PDT

Touching the Untouchable Room 7Rabbi Shais Taub Dare to Dream and Turn Fate into Destiny: A Crash Course in the Daily Jewish Prayer Room 3Rabbi David Aaron

10:45am PDT

Repetition and Restriction in Judaism Room 2Rabbi Sholom Paltiel

12:00pm PDT

Mission IMPOSSIBLE RotundaRabbi Mendel Kalmenson

1:00pm PDT

Closing Lunch BallroomRabbi Manis Friedman