National Jewish Retreat 2026

What happens when ancient law meets futuristic questions? Can AI assist in rabbinic rulings? Is lab-grown meat kosher? How would one keep Shabbat in space? This fascinating panel explores how Halachah confronts the newest dilemmas of modern life—and why a timeless system continues to guide the future.

Rabbi Yechiel Krisch leads a gripping conversation with Rabbi David Eliezrie about Undaunted, the dramatic life story of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe. In a chaotic century of despotic czars, communist terror, and Nazi Europe, his leadership towers: he narrowly escapes a Soviet death sentence and is rescued from war‑torn Poland by an unprecedented collaboration between the United States and Nazi Germany. This session explores how his courage, leadership, and vision carried Judaism through upheaval and helped lay the foundations for a new era of vibrant Jewish life in America—and for the modern Jewish renaissance we are living today.