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Friday, March 18
 

4:30pm

Registration Gates of Prayer -- main lobby

6:30pm

Shabbat Candlelighting Gates of Prayer -- Board Room

7:00pm

Conservative Shabbat Kabbalat Service Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room Orthodox Shabbat Kabbalat Service Gates of Prayer -- Library Reform Kabbalat Shabbat Services Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary

8:15pm

Shabbat Dinner Gates of Prayer -- Social Hall

9:30pm

Shabbat Tisch Gates of Prayer -- Social Hall
 
Saturday, March 19
 

9:00am

Conservative Shabbat Morning Service Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary Orthodox Shabbat Morning Service Gates of Prayer -- Library Shabbat Contemplative Prayer Service Gates of Prayer -- Room 13

10:00am

MagneticShul: A Shabbat Experience for Young People Gates of Prayer -- Room 12 Reform Shabbat Morning Service Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room

10:45am

Shabbat Sing-Along with Rabbi Judy Caplan Ginsburgh Gates of Prayer -- Room 12

11:45am

Shabbat Lunch Gates of Prayer -- Social Hall

1:00pm

From Shalom Aleichem to Birkat Hamazon and Everything In Between: Enhancing your Home Practice Through Song Gates of Prayer -- Room 13 Soil and Soul in New Orleans: The Importance of Soil in Urban Farming and in Jewish Thought Gates of Prayer -- Board Room Passover Cooking for All Ages: Shabbat Friendly Gates of Prayer -- Room 12 Scotch, Schnapps, Shul and a Vort Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge Changing the World with the "Social Action Wheel" Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary Dreaming in Jewish: Imagination and the "World of Formation" Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room Addressing Fear: The Hidden Hope in "Adon Olam" Gates of Prayer -- Room 3 So You Fell Asleep During Services - Do You Still Count For a Minyan (And Other Neglected Texts That Are Loaded With Jewish Values!) Gates of Prayer -- Library

2:30pm

“But I Don’t Want to Go to Sunday School!” – Cultivating Jewish Identity Outside the Walls of the Synagogue Gates of Prayer -- Room 13 Not Your Bubby's Bubby: Grandparenting in the Age of Facebook and Pokemon Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge A Pinch of This and a Dash of That: Exploring Jewish Cookbooks and Family Recipes Gates of Prayer -- Board Room An Improbable Hope: Can Two Women’s Friendship Offer Clues to Solving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Gates of Prayer -- Room 12 Fall and Rise of the Jewish South: Did You Save Your Dixie Kiddish Cups? Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room Walking the Path of the Jewish Mystic: How to Expand your Awareness and Transform your Life Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary It’s All Relative: King David’s Relationships with Michal, Jonathan, and Batsheva Gates of Prayer -- Library

4:00pm

Rabbi, Rabba, Maharat, Morateinu : Orthodox Women Breaking New Ground in Jewish Religious Leadership Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room Creating a Sustainable and Joyous Passover Gates of Prayer -- Board Room From ISIS to BDS: How Financial and Energy Markets Shape Political Movements Gates of Prayer -- Room 13 Defend the Poor and Fatherless, Do Justice to the Afflicted and Needy: Jews and Criminal Justice in New Orleans and the South Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary Into the Wilderness: Bentonville, Arkansas, and the "Walmart Jews" Gates of Prayer -- Room 12 Yoga for the Jewish Soul Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge Three Patriarchs Walk into a Bar: A Humorous Look At the Ill Effects of Testosterone in the Book of Genesis Gates of Prayer -- Library

5:15pm

Modern Yiddish Poetry: A Bridge to the World Gates of Prayer -- Room 12 "An Old Jewish Man Goes to Gan Eden and Gehinnom": A Play Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary What's Black and White and Jewish All Over? The Journalistic Ethics, the Pitfalls, and the Fun of Covering the Southern Jewish Tribe for a Quarter-Century Gates of Prayer -- Room 13 Infertility: Ancient Curses, Modern Blessings Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge Chocolate and the Jews – A Mostly Sweet Story Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room Blacks, Jews, and Civil Rights in New Orleans: A Complicated History Gates of Prayer -- Library Esther's Story: Two Versions of Purim Gates of Prayer -- Board Room

6:30pm

Shabbat Mincha Service Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room

7:00pm

Seudah Shlishit: The Third Shabbat Meal Gates of Prayer -- Social Hall

8:00pm

Orthodox/Traditional Havdalah Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room

8:15pm

Communal Havdalah Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary

8:30pm

"I Am Jewish": A Spoken Word Performance Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary ABOVE AND BEYOND: The Untold True Story (Documentary) Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room
 
Sunday, March 20
 

8:30am

Registration Lavin-Bernick Center -- Hallway

9:00am

The Birth of Jazz and the Jews of Rampart Street Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 203 Creating a Passover Seder You’ll Never Forget Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 208 Whatcha Done for Yourself Lately? Creating New Rituals Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 202 Passover Cooking for All Ages Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 209 Exploring Jewish History through the Archives of The Historic New Orleans Collection Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 204 If Not a Two-State Solution, Then What? If Not Now, Then When? Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 210 The Kabbalistic Endeavor: Building a Bridge to God Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 201 Theological Modesty: Text Based Lessons in Support of Tolerance and Pluralism in the Jewish Community. Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [back] What is "Reform" Judaism? Dissecting an Obscure (But Fascinating) Document Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 206 Community Make & Take: A Limmud Mural Lavin-Bernick Center -- Hallway

10:15am

Jews on Broadway Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 201 This MUST Be a Sign: What Signage in Israel Tells Us About Politics, Nationalism, and the Future Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 204 Mindful Parenting Is Jewish Parenting Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 205 The History Behind the Mystery: Jewish Immigration, Southern Anti-Semitism, Racism, and the Award-Winning Novel, The Cottoncrest Curse. Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 202 From Schmaltz to Svelte: Experienced Chefs Showcase Eat Fit NOLA Approved Classics Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 208 What's in a Name? An Exercise in Collage Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 207 Especially for Teens: There’s No Such Thing As a Small Mitzvah: More than 36 (2 X Chai) Easy Ways You Can Use Your Mitzvah Power to Make a BIG Difference with Just a Little Tzedakah Money and/or a Minimum of Time... Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 203 Meditation Workshop: Building a Jewish Meditation Practice Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 210 Will the Real Bible Please Stand Up? Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [front] Calypso a la Yiddish Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 209 Wise Ones, Smarty Pants and Fools: Jewish Folktales for Hearing and Telling (for 7 to 12 year olds) Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 206

11:30am

Jewish Identity Spoken Word Writing Workshop Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 205 THE OLD RENEWED AND THE NEW SANCTIFIED: Personal Reflections on a 20th- to 21st-Century Crescent City Reform Rabbinate. Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 203 Engaging Children in Adult Spaces Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 204 Especially for Teens: Me and Katrina: Talking with Teens Ten Years Later Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 206 Trail of the Southern Matzoh Ball: Exploring Southern Jewish Food in New Orleans Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 202 Colors of the Soul Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 207 Stolen Words: The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Books Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 201 Managing Conflict When Talking About Israel: How to Have Constructive Conversations, Part One: Concepts and Guidelines Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 208 Southern Jews in the Crucible of Civil Rights Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 210 Israeli Dancing for Kids Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 200, Mezzanine Mask Making Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 209

12:30pm

Lunch Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 212, Qatar Ballroom

1:30pm

Picturing the Faces of the Promised Land: Exploring Kehinde Wiley’s World Stage: Israel Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 204 How Can I Help? An Artful Dialogue (A Conversation About Art, Mental Health, and Judaism) Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 210 "You Don't Look Jewish": Racial Diversity in American Jewish Communities Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 203 Tell Me Mother, Can You Hear Me Sing?: Exploring Theology Through Women’s Eyes Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 205 Honor Your Father and Your Mother: Caring For Our Parents Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 201 My Parents Say They Want Me To Be Happy, Healthy,a Mensch, and a Jew, But All They Really Want From Me Is For Me to Get Good Grades: 24 Questions Parents May Wish to Ask Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [back] Music with Meryl Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 209 Managing Conflict When Talking About Israel – How to Have Constructive Conversations, Part Two: Workshop Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 208 "Haters Gonna Hate" : What to Do When Prejudice Becomes Crime Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 202 Mask Making (for Older Kids) Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 207

2:45pm

Jewish Dancing Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 200, Mezzanine Altering the Genome: Jewish Thoughts Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 208 I Am Filling Out My Driver's License Forms and Have a Question: The Jewish Position on Organ Donation Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [back] Mah Jongg Workshop: Fun for all Ages Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 212, Qatar Ballroom Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof: Considering Our Consumer Choices Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 206 Creating with Clay: Mezuzah Project Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 207 Lawfare: Law, Ethics, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts in International Courts Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 210 You KNOW What Needs Changing: Learn How to Make It Happen Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 201 Human Generosity as Proof of God Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 203 A Purim Murder Mystery Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 202 PJ LIBRARY® PURIM STATION Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 209

4:00pm

Voices of Spiritual Resistance in Terezín Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 210 Imagining the Other Through Art Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 205 The Age of iJewish: The infiltration of the Digital Age into Jewish Life Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 202 "When Wine Goes in, Secrets Go Out”: Wine and Drunkenness in Talmudic Thought Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 207 The Israeli War of Independence: Victory of a Sort Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 208 Becoming Americans: The Holocaust Survivors of New Orleans Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 201 Decoding the Squiggles: How Trope Shows Meaning Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 205 The Bible's Cutting Room Floor Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 203

5:15pm

Closing Concert: Bringing It All Together Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [back]