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3rd Edah/K'Lavi Yakum Israel Conference:
From Disengagement to Reconnection: The Future of Religious Zionism
Sunday, October 23 2005 / 20th of Tishrei 5766, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM at Ramat Rachel in Jerusalem
Co-Sponsoring Organizations
Include: K'lavi Yakum (HaKibbutz haDati,
Beit Morasha of Jerusalem,
Kolech, Bar
Ilan University) as well as Ne'emanei
Torah VaAvodah, Itim, B'Maagalei
Tzedek, and
the Hebrew University's Melton Centre for
Jewish Education
Conference Sponsors:
Alan B. Slifka Foundation
Anonymous
Eli & Michelle Salig
Rosh Foundation
The Robinson Financial Group
Note: Simultaneous Translation will
be available for Plenary Sessions and at least one workshop session in each
time slot
Click HERE
to see A PDF of the conference program in English
9:00 - 10:30 AM: Registration
9:30 - 10:20 AM: Concurrent Text Study sessions on Schism and Unity in Jewish History, Law and Thought
In Hebrew: Rachel Keren; Rabbanit Chana Henkin; Rabbi Yoel Bin Nun; Sarah Evron; Rabbi Dr. Daniel Tropper
In English: Dr. Joel Finkelman; Micha Goodman; Esther Lapian; Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Woolf; Rabbi Dov Linzer
Archeological Tour: Nachum Baruchi
10:30 -12:00 Noon: Greetings:
Rabbi Saul Berman, Prof. Benjamin Ish-Shalom, Yair Reinman, Moshe Tur-Paz
Opening Plenary - After The Disengagement: Religious Society Confronts a New Agenda
Chair: Chaim Zissovitz
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, Rabbi Dr. Daniel Sperber, Prof. Ruth Gavison, Prof. Benjamin Ish Shalom
12:15 - 1:30 PM: First Lunch with 15 minute Presentation:
Improving the Perception of Orthodox Judaism in the Eyes of the Broader PublicOr 1 of 10 Parallel Sessions on "Opening Gateways Instead of Constructing Barriers"
or "Justice in Personal, Religious and National Life":
1. Are There Viable New Approaches to Solving the Conversion Crisis?
Chair: Dina Safrai
Rabbi David Bass, Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin2. Things You Really Need to Know Before Getting Married
Chair: Ranana Pilzer-Ravitsky
Rabbi Elyashiv Knohl, Devorah Zlochower, Elhanan Bar-On3. Must We Tolerate the Aguna Problem?
Chair: Prof. Dov Frimer
Susan Weiss, Ruth Halperin-Kedari, Rabbi Dr. Aviad HaCohen4. Modern Orthodoxy and the Non-Observant
Chair: Blu Greenberg
Dr. Avinoam Rosenak, Rani Yeager, Rabbi Dr. Michael Chernick5. Confronting Sexual Harassment in our Community
Chair: Miri Yacobi
Amos Israel, Kineret Pollack, Ayelet Vider Cohen
6. Providing Religious Services to the Public in Israel
Chair: David Feuchtwanger
Hadar Lipshitz, Shlomit Tur-Paz
7. Singles and Single Parents
Chair: Rabbi Ariel Picard
Prof. Tzvi Zohar, Toanit Rachel Levmore, Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
8. The Religious Value of Statehood and Democracy in the Thought of Rav Kook
Chair: Dr. Jack Ukeles
Dr. Smadar Cherlow, Rabbi Yehudah Mirsky, Assaf Mallach
9. What Have We Learned About Ourselves From the Disengagement?
Chair: Micha Goodman
Prof. Uriel Simon, Rabbi Elisha Aviner, Motti Zalkin, MK Zvulun Orlev
10. What Has the Disengagement Taught Us About Education?
Chair: Adi Holtzman
Rabbi Jeremy Stavisky, Rabbi Yehuda Gilad, Rabbi Yochanan Fried
1:45 - 3:00 PM: Second shift lunch with 15 minute Presentation
Or 1 of 9 Parallel Sessions on "Opening Gateways Instead of Constructing Barriers"
or "Justice in Personal, Religious and National Life":11. How Can Our National Economic Policy Honestly Reflect Jewish Values?
Chair: Yehudit Gurfein
Dr. Amnon Shapira, Dr. Meir Tamari, Prof. Shimon Glick, Rabbi Michael Melchior
12. Should a Seal of Social/Ethical Integrity Be Required for Kashruth Certification?
Chair: Assaf Benner
Rabbi David Asoulin, Gideon Rosenberg, Dr. Yuval Feldman
13. Educating Towards Justice at Home, at School and in Yeshivah
Chair: Yishai Rosenberg
Rabbi Shay Piron, Efrat Degani14. Does Religious Education Address Issues of Concern to the Broader Society? Should It?
Chair: Dr. Debbie Weissman
Leora Minka, Dr. Zvi Zameret, Shraga Bar-On15. Relating to "the Other": Halacha and Reality
Chair: Rabbi Daniel Landes
Rabbi Menachem Froman, Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman16. Self-Image and How We Relate to Our Bodies
Chair: Dr. Gili Zivan
Yakir Englander, Ronit Ir-Shai, Tamar Biala17. How Should We Respond When Our Children Choose a Different Path?
Chair: Dr. Yoel Finkleman
Rabbi Yehuda Brandes, Chana Sperber, Prof. Oded Shremer
18. Messianism and Realism: Using Theology in Political Discourse
Chair: Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Woolf
Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greenberg, Rabbi Dr. Naftali Rothenberg, Prof. Chana Safrai19. What Have We Learned About Ourselves from the Disengagement?
Chair: Rabbi Ronen Lubich
Dr. Efraim Zuroff, Moshe Tur-Paz, Prof. Shmuel Sandler
3:10 - 3:30 PM: Mincha
3:40 - 5:00 PM: Closing Plenary - The Role of Leadership in Transmitting the Importance of Civic Responsibility and Jewish Unity
Chair: Dr. Nehemiah Rappel
Bambi Sheleg, Rabbi Saul Berman
Closing Comments and Charge
Prof. Benjamin Ish-Shalom, Yair Reinman, Moshe Tur-Paz
Advance Registration is now closed - please register at the door!