National Jewish Retreat 2026

Registration 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Grab and Go Dinner 7:00pm - 10:00pm

When the Rebbe Challenged Me: Personal Encounters Tha... 9:15am - 10:05am

Building a World through Kindness: Rebuilding a Fract... 10:20am - 11:10am

The Forgiveness Experiment: What Would Your Life Look... 11:25am - 12:15pm

A WILD Jewish Love Story: A Chinese Movie Star and a... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Has Religion Been Good for the World? The Case For—an... 3:10pm - 4:00pm

Becoming a Mother Without a Womb: How Raw Faith Rewro... 4:20pm - 5:10pm

Breakfast 8:00am - 9:00am

Lunch 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Dinner 5:30pm - 7:45pm

Shacharit 7:30am - 8:15am

Way More Than Waymo: The Ethics of Programming—Who Li... 9:15am - 10:05am

Trust and Your Gut: How Faith, Stress, and Health Are More Connected Than You Think 10:20am - 11:10pm

Where Is G-d When It Hurts? The Hardest Question in J... 11:25am - 12:15pm

Future-Proofing the Jew: Halachah in the Age of AI, S... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

My Grandfather: A Nazi? How I Discovered My Grandfath... 3:10pm - 4:00pm

Somatics, Souls, and Psychedelics: Can Therapy Replac... 4:20pm - 5:10pm

Minchah

Point Taken: Where Every Parable has a Point, Every Source Score... 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Maariv

Film Screening: The True Story of the Jew Who Dared to Challenge Henry Ford 9:45pm - 11:00pm

Viennese Table 9:30pm - 10:30pm

Beis Medrash: Decoding Tanya: The Inner Battle (Likut... 11:25am - 12:15pm

The Great Cook-Off and Kosher Meat Expo: Watch a Mast... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

A Journey Back: VR Experience 10:20am - 11:10am

Beis Medrash: Should I Sin for Someone Else's Sake? 3:10pm - 4:00pm

Speaker Meet-Up: Your Chance to Go Beyond the Talk 4:20pm - 5:10pm

Together Again: The Relationships That Make or Break... 9:15am - 10:05am

I Lived in a Drug Rehab for Five Years: How I Built S... 10:20am - 11:10am

Order Confirmed. Gratitude Pending. Why Demanding Mor... 11:25am - 12:15pm

The Greatest Story of All Time 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Blackout: Developing Your Spiritual Night Vision 3:10pm - 4:00pm

Broken Strings, Beautiful Music: Finding Strength, Pu... 4:20pm - 5:10pm

Halachah in the Hot Seat 10:20am - 11:10am

Unwrapping Your Legacy: What Halachah Really Says abo... 11:25am - 12:15pm

Fanatics and False Messiahs: The Scandal That Fractur... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

How You Say It Matters: The Secrets to Being an Outst... 3:10pm - 4:00pm

Holy Intimacy: The Transformative Power of Mikvah 4:20pm - 5:10pm

Undaunted: From Czars, Communists, and Nazis to a Modern Jewish Renaissance 9:45pm - 11:00pm

I Didn't Ask to Be Born 9:15am - 10:05am

G-d: The Original They/Them: Because the Creator of t... 10:20am - 11:10am

Three Minutes Underwater: The Miracle That Changed Ou... 11:25am - 12:15pm

What do Jews Really Think About Non-Jews: The Rebbe's... 3:10pm - 4:00pm

G-d, Where Were You? A Journey through Tragedy, Prote... 4:20pm - 5:10pm

Breakfast 8:00am - 9:00am

Lunch 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Dinner 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Maariv

Shacharit 7:30am - 8:15am

Do All Dogs Go to Heaven? Do Animals Have Souls? And... 9:15am - 10:05am

Uniting Nations: Building Bridges and the Dream of Mi... 10:20am - 11:10am

JoyWorks: Jewish Wisdom for a Happy Life 11:25am - 12:15pm

OnStage: Ideas Worth Sharing 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Israel on Trial When the Slogans are Louder Than the... 3:10pm - 4:00pm

Between America and Its Jews: Much More Than 250 Year... 4:20pm - 5:10pm

Minchah

The Story Behind The Song: Chaim Zippel and The Rafi Grady Band 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Viennese Table 9:45pm - 10:30pm

Beis Medrash: Decoding Tanya: Seeing One Reality (Sha... 9:15am - 10:05am

Chocolate Making: Pour, Shape, and Mold Your Own Choc... 10:20am - 11:10am

Unexpected Gifts of an Unexpected Journey: When Life'... 11:25am - 12:15pm

Don't Just Wine! The Very Best of Kosher Wine, with W... 3:10pm - 4:00pm

The Great Talmudic Debate: Who Has the Authority to I... 4:20pm - 5:10pm

A Journey Back: VR Experience 10:20am - 11:10am

Beis Medrash: Can a Soldier Who Killed a Terrorist Gi... 3:10pm - 4:00pm

Soulstir: Experience the Sefirot through Dance 7:00am - 8:00am

Soul Talk: A Guided Chasidic Med... 7:00am - 7:30am

Shacharit: Beginners' Service for Men 7:30am - 8:15am

Breaking the Overthinking Habit: How to Let Go of Fea... 9:15am - 10:05am

The Rabbis Who Predicted Uterus Transplants: How a Forgotten Rabbinic Debate Became Medical Reality 10:20am - 11:10pm

The Secret Language of the Talmud: Why the Talmud Int... 11:25am - 12:15pm

Your Attention IS You: How to Control Your Mind Befor... 3:10pm - 4:00pm

If a Machine Could Carry Your Pregnancy . . . Should... 4:20pm - 5:10pm

Shacharit: Beginners' Prayer Workshop for Women 7:30am - 8:15am

Stalin Couldn’t Break Him, Hitler Couldn’t Crush Him:... 9:15am - 10:05am

The Legacy Letter: What Future Generations Will Thank... 10:20am - 11:10am

From Conservative Rabbi to Chabad: From Guitars on th... 11:25am - 12:15pm

Pulsating MatriarX - The Rachel and Leah Energies Tha... 3:10pm - 4:00pm

Beat Swords into Plowshares: From Vision to Victory 4:20pm - 5:10pm

Film Screening: Among Neighbors 9:45pm - 11:00pm

Antiques Roadshow, Jewish Medicine Edition: Stories,... 9:15am - 10:05am

Hacking the Human Mind: Brain Chips, AI, and the Futu... 10:20am - 11:10am

Gratitude Is an Attitude: The Life-Changing Power of... 11:25am - 12:15pm

Jews, Meet History: We've Been Here Before 3:05pm - 3:55pm

Candle Lighting 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Breakfast 8:00am - 9:00am

Challah Bake 9:15am - 10:05am

Lunch 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Seudat Shabbat 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Shacharit 7:30am - 8:15am

The Khazars and the Jews: The True Story behind the M... 9:15am - 10:05am

Does Religion Produce Monsters? Faith, Fanaticism, an... 10:20am - 11:10am

Why I Won't Let Darkness Win: How to Keep Living When... 11:25am - 12:15pm

Libel: When One Life Is Demanded to Save Many 2:00pm - 2:50pm

AI vs. the Rabbis: The Classic Crossfire. Rewired. 3:05pm - 3:55pm

Minchah

Shabbat: Bringing...

Kabbalat Shabbat 7:00pm - 7:30pm

Beis Medrash: Decoding Tanya: The Journey Back (Igger... 9:15am - 10:05am

Meditative Painting: A Process to Access Your True Se... 10:20am - 11:10am

Pulsating MatriarX: Part 2 Living the Rachel and Leah... 11:25am - 12:15pm

Becoming a Leader: 90-Minute Talmud Session 3:05pm - 3:55pm

Why Pray? Uncovering the Mystery and Meaning of Jewis... 10:20am - 11:10am

Jewish Medical Roundtable for Health Care Professiona... 3:05pm - 3:55pm

A Journey Back - VR Experience 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Soulstir: Experience the Sefirot through Dance 7:00am - 8:00am

Pre-Shabbat Reception 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Start the Day with Tanya 7:00am - 7:30am

Shacharit: Beginners’ Service for Men 7:30am - 8:15am

How Chasidus Changed My Life 9:15am - 10:05am

Holding On Without Holding Tight: Bitachon, Anxiety,... 10:20am - 11:10am

Anchored: Finding the Foundation That Holds You—In th... 11:25am - 12:15pm

Will the Real Leader Please Stand Up? Who Really Shap... 3:05pm - 3:55pm

Shacharit: Beginners’ Prayer Workshop for Women 7:30am - 8:15am

Spirituality Deficiency Syndrome: The Quiet Crisis in... 9:15am - 10:05am

A Lovable, Vulnerable G-d: The Surprising Jewish Unde... 10:20am - 11:10am

Do Jews Belong on the Temple Mount? Understanding the... 11:25am - 12:15pm

How I Went from PLO Sympathizer to Pro-Israel Advocat... 3:05pm - 3:55pm

Judaism's First Female To Appear In Print: Rivka Tiktiner's Seve... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Beyond Jewish Survival: A Jewish Revival From De... 7:45pm - 8:30pm

Breakfast 8:00am - 10:00am

Shabbat Lunch 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Seudah Shelishit 6:15pm - 7:00pm

Melaveh Malkah Meal 10:30pm - 11:30pm

Shacharit 9:45am - 12:15pm

Before I Was Me: Reincarnation, Past Lives, and the Secret of th... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Minchah 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Building Bridges, Not Broiges: The Jewish Art of... 7:45pm - 8:30pm

Maariv Prayer

Havdalah 9:00pm - 9:45pm

Comedy Gold 10:00pm - 11:00pm

What Does Antisemitism Have to Do with the Jews? 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Holy Desire: The Psychology of Love, Attraction,... 7:45pm - 8:30pm

Speaker Meet-Up: Your chance to go beyond the ta... 7:45pm - 8:30pm

A Chasidic Anxiety Antidote 8:30am - 9:15am

Shacharit: Beginners’ Service 11:00am - 12:00pm

Resurrecting Mammoths and Reading Minds: The 2026 Jewish Medical... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Farbrengen! A Traditional Chasidic Repast for Mind, Heart, and Soul (for Women) 4:30pm - 6:15pm

The Surprising Questions Asked by America's Firs... 7:45pm - 8:30pm

Shacharit: Beginners’ Prayer Workshop for Women 9:45am - 10:45pm

Re’eh: When Every Choice Becomes Destiny 11:00am - 12:00pm

Farbrengen! A Traditional Chasidic Repast for Mind, Heart, and Soul (for Men) 4:30pm - 6:15pm

The End of Death? Longevity, Gene Editing, and Signs of a Messia... 9:30am - 10:30am

Ask the Rabbi Doctor: The Jewish Medical Ethics Crossfire 10:45am - 11:45am

Breakfast 8:00am - 9:15am

Closing Lunch 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Shacharit 8:00am - 8:30am

Proof the Devil Is Real?! The Origin and What the Bible Really S... 9:30am - 10:30am

1940s Budapest: Nicht für Kinder The Holocaust, the Iron Curtain... 10:45am - 11:45am

20 Years of JRetreat: A Recap and Launch of a Bold New Future 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Soul Talk: A Guided Chasidic Med... 7:30am - 8:00am

Shacharit: Beginners’ Service fo... 8:00am - 8:30am

History's Greatest Jewish Dilemmas: The Best of JLI's Award-Winn... 9:30am - 10:30am

Ruth: Not the Story You Think You Know Love, Controversy, and th... 10:45am - 11:45am

Shacharit: Beginners’ Prayer Wor... 8:00am - 8:30am

Raising Humans: Building Happy, Healthy Families in a Chaotic Wo... 9:30am - 10:30am

Marriage Is Made in Heaven. How on Earth Does It Work? 10:45am - 11:45am