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10:00am EDT

The Golem in the Age of Turmoil ROOM 25 Be Fruitful and Multiply, says God. But What if You Can’t? HILBERRY E A Taste of Jewish Mindfulness Meditation ROOM 289 What Can Judaism Offer Us in This Moment HILBERRY D Manifesting Destiny in Jewish Education ROOM 281 Reconciling Religious Commitments and Civic Duty: Jewish and Muslim Perspectives ROOM 285 Sweet is the Light: Curing Blindness Through the Ages ROOM 09 A Jewish Perspective on Public Education HILBERRY F Stories from the Stones: A History of the Jewish Cemeteries of Michigan HILBERRY C Because We Were Strangers: Organizing the Michigan Jewish Community for Immigration Advocacy ROOM 10 King David and the Women in His Life HILBERRY B

11:15am EDT

LUNCH: FIRST SHIFT BALLROOM Their Worth Is Above Rubies: Jewish Women Artists HILBERRY B Meaning-Centered Living: The Key to Resilience and Happiness (The Teachings of Victor Frankl) ROOM 289 The Art of Prayer: Exploring Jewish Texts Through Art ROOM 281 Learning to Read Hebrew in Medieval Cairo HILBERRY D Between Irishness and Jewishness HILBERRY A The Balfour Declaration: Where It All Began HILBERRY C Jewish Food for Thought, the Animated Series (Topic: Forgiveness - T'Shuvah) ROOM 285 Why Is This Meal Different from All Other Meals? A Contemporary Message for the Seder HILBERRY E One Rabbi, Three Opinions: Explore Denominational Differences ROOM 10 If a Stranger Sojourns with You… HILBERRY F When We Disagree With Each Other ROOM 25 Jonah, Climate Change, and Denial ROOM 09

12:30pm EDT

LUNCH: SECOND SHIFT BALLROOM Loving the Art of the People Who Hate Us HILBERRY D Jewish Photographers Picture Modernity ROOM 285 Back from the Dead?! The “Judaisms” that Went Extinct HILBERRY C Memoir... It’s About Your Mother’s Brisket ROOM 281 It’s All Relative: Tracing Your Family’s Genealogy ROOM 25 A Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian Walk into an Israeli Start-up… ROOM 10 Heksher Tzedek: Trends in the Ethics of Kashrut ROOM 289 Tithing Today: Why, to Whom, How Much? HILBERRY E Between the Covers: The Untold Stories of the Bible HILBERRY F Smell O Israel! The Importance of Aroma in Jewish Tradition HILBERRY A The Prophet You Thought You Knew: Elijah ROOM 09

1:45pm EDT

Nazisploitation! HILBERRY A Prayerful Expressions in Developing an Attitude of Gratitude HILBERRY F Antisemitism and the Alt-Right HILBERRY B The Fascination with the Jews of Cuba HILBERRY D Yiddish in Their Ears: Give Your Kids a Taste of Yiddish Culture ROOM 281 Women's History Month: Four Jewish Women in Renaissance Italy of Whom You Have Never Heard HILBERRY C If Not Two States, Then What? If Not Now, Then When? ROOM 285 Since It Does Not Make Sense to Pray for Anything ROOM 289 Millennials Speak Out: A Roundtable Discussion ROOM 10 The Spiritual Art of Welcoming in the Age of Fear HILBERRY E A Rabbi Reads the Apostle Paul ROOM 25 So, Who Is God? ROOM 09

3:00pm EDT

Hallelujah: Discover Your Spiritual Path Through Song ROOM 289 Alt Right Rising: The New White Supremacy ROOM 10 "One Never Died From a Difficult Question" Using Query as a Pedagogical Technique to Increase Student Engagement ROOM 281 Labeling Theory, Jewish Badge, and Italian Ghetto HILBERRY C Dress Like a Jew Or Else: Restrictive Laws in Medieval Europe ROOM 09 Israel at 70: From Being a Miracle to Just Being? Different Perceptions Throughout the Years ROOM 25 Jewish Food for Thought, the Animated Series (Topic: Kindness – Chesed) ROOM 285 Babies, Boycotts and Books: Children’s Literature and Social Activism HILBERRY D Does the Big Bang Bash Belief? HILBERRY E Milcah and Iscah: A Reunion of Sisters HILBERRY F Introduction to Traversing the Sea of Talmud HILBERRY A Cain and Abel: The Beginnings of Violence HILBERRY B

4:15pm EDT

Hebrew Decoded: The Words, the Roots, and the Meanings HILBERRY F Sacred Sex: On Judaism and Intimacy HILBERRY A Bakers, Hate Speech, Boycotts, Sermons – Freedom of Speech and Jewish Concerns ROOM 289 Opening the Floor Without Falling Through ROOM 281 That's the Way I Remember It! ROOM 09 Speed: The Psychology of Matza HILBERRY B Managing Conflict When Talking About Israel: How to Have Constructive Conversations ROOM 285 When Wine Comes In, Secrets Come Out: Wine and Drunkenness in Talmudic Thought HILBERRY C Under Construction: Making JCRC Relevant to The Community HILBERRY E Mayim Hayyim: A Jewish Perspective on Water Justice HILBERRY D