National Jewish Retreat 2026

National Jewish Retreat 2026

Schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Donna Lippman

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Looking forward to meeting up with old friends and making new ones!

7:00pm EDT

Registration TBA Grab and Go Dinner Tea Room

9:15am EDT

Together Again: The Relationships That Make or Break Our Lives White & Gold 1Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen

10:20am EDT

Building a World through Kindness: Rebuilding a Fractured World—One Act at a Time CrystalRabbi Moshe Bryski

11:25am EDT

Order Confirmed. Gratitude Pending. Why Demanding More Is Short-Circuiting Your Miracles White & Gold 1Mrs. Charlene Aminoff

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

Future-Proofing the Jew: Halachah in the Age of AI, Space Travel, and Lab-Grown Meat IvankaRabbi Dovid M. Cohen • Rabbi Yechiel Krisch • Rabbi Moshe Lieberman • Rabbi Yosef Marlow • Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

3:10pm EDT

Blackout: Developing Your Spiritual Night Vision White & Gold 1Mrs. Charlene Aminoff

4:20pm EDT

Broken Strings, Beautiful Music: Finding Strength, Purpose, and Song, Even When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned White & Gold 1Rabbi Moshe Bryski

5:30pm EDT

Dinner Grand BallroomMrs. Rivkah Slonim

8:00pm EDT

Point Taken: Where Every Parable has a Point, Every Source Scores, and Every Second Counts IvankaMrs. Yael Trusch • Rabbi Yechiel Krisch • Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet • Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

9:45pm EDT

Film Screening: The True Story of the Jew Who Dared to Challenge Henry Ford IvankaMs. Gaylen Ross

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Breaking the Overthinking Habit: How to Let Go of Fear and Live with Trust White & Gold 1Mrs. Sarah Pachter

10:20am EDT

G-d: The Original They/Them: Because the Creator of the Universe Doesn't Fit in Your Box CrystalMrs. Rivkah Slonim

11:25am EDT

Unexpected Gifts of an Unexpected Journey: When Life's Detours Become Its Greatest Gifts MajesticRabbi Dovid M. Cohen

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

OnStage: Ideas Worth Sharing IvankaMr. Matt Trusch • Rabbi Yechiel Krisch • Mrs. Charlene Aminoff • Rabbi Dr. Nachi Felt • Mr. Josh Goldhirsch • Mrs. Terri Klein • Mrs. Sarah Pachter • Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet • Mrs. Yael Trusch

3:10pm EDT

Your Attention IS You: How to Control Your Mind Before it Controls You White & Gold 1Rabbi Dr. Nachi Felt

4:20pm EDT

Beat Swords into Plowshares: From Vision to Victory White & Gold 2Rabbi Simon Jacobson

5:30pm EDT

Dinner Grand Ballroom

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Spirituality Deficiency Syndrome: The Quiet Crisis in the Jewish Soul—And How to Fix It White & Gold 2Rabbi Moshe Bryski

10:20am EDT

Why Pray? Uncovering the Mystery and Meaning of Jewish Prayer Roundtable RoomRabbi Shmuel Kaplan

11:25am EDT

Anchored: Finding the Foundation That Holds You—In the Storm and in the Stillness White & Gold 1Mrs. Terri Klein

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

Libel: When One Life Is Demanded to Save Many Ivanka

3:05pm EDT

Will the Real Leader Please Stand Up? Who Really Shapes the World—and Why? White & Gold 1Rabbi Moshe Krasnanski

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

9:45am EDT

Shacharit IvankaRabbi Zalman Katz

12:30pm EDT

Shabbat Lunch Grand BallroomRabbi Yitzchak Schochet

3:00pm EDT

Before I Was Me: Reincarnation, Past Lives, and the Secret of the Soul Before Birth IvankaRabbi Yechiel Krisch

4:30pm EDT

Farbrengen! A Traditional Chasidic Repast for Mind, Heart, and Soul (for Women) White & Gold 1Mrs. Shaindy Jacobson • Mrs. Yael Trusch • Mrs. Rivkah Slonim • Ms. Priva Schlanger

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

9:00pm EDT

Havdalah Ivanka

10:00pm EDT

Comedy Gold IvankaElon Gold

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom