National Jewish Retreat 2026: Full Schedule

Schedule is tentative and subject to change.

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8:30am EDT

Saturday August 8, 2026 8:30am - 9:15am EDT

Drawing on the Tzemach Tzedek's timeless letter on anxiety, discover a profoundly practical path to trust, resilience, and inner peace.

Speakers

Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman

Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman co-directs the Jewish Learning Institute’s curriculum department. He has authored, edited, or otherwise participated in creating over twenty JLI courses on numerous Jewish topics, including Life in the Balance (Jewish Medical Ethics), How Happiness Thinks (Positive... Read More →

Saturday August 8, 2026 8:30am - 9:15am EDT
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Prayer service

11:00am EDT

Shacharit: Beginners’ Service

Saturday August 8, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

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Speakers

Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel

Saturday August 8, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
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Workshop

3:00pm EDT

Resurrecting Mammoths and Reading Minds: The 2026 Jewish Medical Ethics Update

Saturday August 8, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

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Mammoths may return. AI is helping create children. Scientists are detecting signs of consciousness where none seemed to exist. Welcome to medicine in 2026. In this annual Retreat favorite, Dr. Reichman explores the year's most astonishing medical breakthroughs and the profound Jewish ethical questions they raise.

Speakers

Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman

Saturday August 8, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
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Lecture

4:30pm EDT

Farbrengen! A Traditional Chasidic Repast for Mind, Heart, and Soul (for Women)

Saturday August 8, 2026 4:30pm - 6:15pm EDT

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Speakers

Mrs. Shaindy Jacobson

Mrs. Yael Trusch

Mrs. Rivkah Slonim

Ms. Priva Schlanger

Saturday August 8, 2026 4:30pm - 6:15pm EDT
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Workshop

7:45pm EDT

The Surprising Questions Asked by America's First Jews: Inside America's Earliest Halachic Correspondence

Saturday August 8, 2026 7:45pm - 8:30pm EDT

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One of the earliest surviving records of American Jewish life is a fascinating exchange of halachic letters dating to 1790. Step into the conversation between Jews in Philadelphia and Newport, and discover what their questions reveal about the realities of building Jewish life in early America.

Speakers

Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman

Saturday August 8, 2026 7:45pm - 8:30pm EDT
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Lecture

8:30am EDT

11:00am EDT

3:00pm EDT

4:30pm EDT

7:45pm EDT

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