National Jewish Retreat 2026

National Jewish Retreat 2026

Schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Aron Blumkin

Boca Raton, FL

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7:30am EDT

Shacharit Ivanka

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Challah Bake Grand BallroomMrs. Charlene Aminoff

10:20am EDT

Meditative Painting: A Process to Access Your True Self MajesticMrs Sara Schwartz

11:25am EDT

Gratitude Is an Attitude: The Life-Changing Power of Appreciation CrystalRabbi Yitzchak Schochet

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

Libel: When One Life Is Demanded to Save Many Ivanka

3:05pm EDT

AI vs. the Rabbis: The Classic Crossfire. Rewired. IvankaRabbi David Nesenoff • Rabbi Manis Friedman • Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet

4:15pm EDT

Pre-Shabbat Reception Tea Room A Journey Back - VR Experience Roundtable Room

6:30pm EDT

6:45pm EDT

Shabbat: Bringing Heaven Down to Earth IvankaRabbi Simon Jacobson

7:00pm EDT

Kabbalat Shabbat IvankaRabbi Zalman Katz

8:00pm EDT

Seudat Shabbat Grand BallroomRabbi Moshe Bryski

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom

9:45am EDT

Shacharit IvankaRabbi Zalman Katz

12:30pm EDT

Shabbat Lunch Grand BallroomRabbi Yitzchak Schochet

3:00pm EDT

What Does Antisemitism Have to Do with the Jews? MajesticRabbi Moshe Krasnanski

4:00pm EDT

6:15pm EDT

Seudah Shelishit Grand Ballroom

7:45pm EDT

Building Bridges, Not Broiges: The Jewish Art of Letting Go of Grudges IvankaRabbi Yitzchak Schochet

8:38pm EDT

Maariv Prayer Ivanka

9:00pm EDT

Havdalah Ivanka

10:00pm EDT

Comedy Gold IvankaElon Gold

10:30pm EDT

Melaveh Malkah Meal Grand Ballroom

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom Shacharit Ivanka

9:30am EDT

History's Greatest Jewish Dilemmas: The Best of JLI's Award-Winning Course—in One Special Session White & Gold 1Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman The End of Death? Longevity, Gene Editing, and Signs of a Messianic Future. CrystalRabbi Yechiel Krisch

12:00pm EDT

20 Years of JRetreat: A Recap and Launch of a Bold New Future Ivanka

1:00pm EDT

Closing Lunch Grand Ballroom