National Jewish Retreat 2026

National Jewish Retreat 2026

Schedule is tentative and subject to change.

SG

Sarah Grape

7:00pm EDT

Registration TBA Grab and Go Dinner Tea Room

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Way More Than Waymo: The Ethics of Programming—Who Lives and Who Dies IvankaRabbi Yechiel Krisch

10:20am EDT

Halachah in the Hot Seat White & Gold 2Rabbi Yosef Marlow I Lived in a Drug Rehab for Five Years: How I Built Successful Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities, and What I Learned about Recovery White & Gold 1Rabbi David Nesenoff A Journey Back: VR Experience Roundtable Room

11:25am EDT

Order Confirmed. Gratitude Pending. Why Demanding More Is Short-Circuiting Your Miracles White & Gold 1Mrs. Charlene Aminoff The Forgiveness Experiment: What Would Your Life Look Like If You Let It All Go? CrystalRabbi Yisroel Bernath Unwrapping Your Legacy: What Halachah Really Says about Your Will White & Gold 2Rabbi Moshe Lieberman Where Is G-d When It Hurts? The Hardest Question in Judaism IvankaRabbi Yitzchak Schochet Beis Medrash: Decoding Tanya: The Inner Battle (Likutei Amarim) MajesticRabbi Naftali Silberberg

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

The Greatest Story of All Time White & Gold 1Rabbi Shmuel Reichman 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 The Great Cook-Off and Kosher Meat Expo: Watch a Master Kosher Chef in Action MajesticChef. Yos Shwartz

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

9:30pm EDT

Viennese Table Ivanka Foyer

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

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

5:30pm EDT

Dinner Grand Ballroom

8:00pm EDT

The Story Behind The Song: Chaim Zippel and The Rafi Grady Band Ivanka

9:45pm EDT

Viennese Table Ivanka Foyer Film Screening: Among Neighbors White & Gold 2

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

Libel: When One Life Is Demanded to Save Many Ivanka

4:15pm EDT

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

7:00pm EDT

Kabbalat Shabbat IvankaRabbi Zalman Katz

8:00pm EDT

Seudat Shabbat Grand BallroomRabbi Moshe Bryski

12:30pm EDT

Shabbat Lunch Grand BallroomRabbi Yitzchak Schochet

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

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

9:30am EDT

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