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Friday
, March 18
Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room
7:00pm •
Conservative Shabbat Kabbalat Service
Gates of Prayer -- Board Room
6:30pm •
Shabbat Candlelighting
Gates of Prayer -- Library
7:00pm •
Orthodox Shabbat Kabbalat Service
Gates of Prayer -- main lobby
4:30pm •
Registration
Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary
7:00pm •
Reform Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Gates of Prayer -- Social Hall
8:15pm •
Shabbat Dinner
9:30pm •
Shabbat Tisch
Saturday
, March 19
Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge
1:00pm •
Scotch, Schnapps, Shul and a Vort
2:30pm •
Not Your Bubby's Bubby: Grandparenting in the Age of Facebook and Pokemon
4:00pm •
Yoga for the Jewish Soul
5:15pm •
Infertility: Ancient Curses, Modern Blessings
Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room
10:00am •
Reform Shabbat Morning Service
1:00pm •
Dreaming in Jewish: Imagination and the "World of Formation"
2:30pm •
Fall and Rise of the Jewish South: Did You Save Your Dixie Kiddish Cups?
4:00pm •
Rabbi, Rabba, Maharat, Morateinu : Orthodox Women Breaking New Ground in Jewish Religious Leadership
5:15pm •
Chocolate and the Jews – A Mostly Sweet Story
6:30pm •
Shabbat Mincha Service
8:00pm •
Orthodox/Traditional Havdalah
8:30pm •
ABOVE AND BEYOND: The Untold True Story (Documentary)
Gates of Prayer -- Board Room
1:00pm •
Soil and Soul in New Orleans: The Importance of Soil in Urban Farming and in Jewish Thought
2:30pm •
A Pinch of This and a Dash of That: Exploring Jewish Cookbooks and Family Recipes
4:00pm •
Creating a Sustainable and Joyous Passover
5:15pm •
Esther's Story: Two Versions of Purim
Gates of Prayer -- Library
9:00am •
Orthodox Shabbat Morning Service
1:00pm •
So You Fell Asleep During Services - Do You Still Count For a Minyan (And Other Neglected Texts That Are Loaded With Jewish Values!)
2:30pm •
It’s All Relative: King David’s Relationships with Michal, Jonathan, and Batsheva
4:00pm •
Three Patriarchs Walk into a Bar: A Humorous Look At the Ill Effects of Testosterone in the Book of Genesis
5:15pm •
Blacks, Jews, and Civil Rights in New Orleans: A Complicated History
Gates of Prayer -- Room 12
10:00am •
MagneticShul: A Shabbat Experience for Young People
10:45am •
Shabbat Sing-Along with Rabbi Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
1:00pm •
Passover Cooking for All Ages: Shabbat Friendly
2:30pm •
An Improbable Hope: Can Two Women’s Friendship Offer Clues to Solving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
4:00pm •
Into the Wilderness: Bentonville, Arkansas, and the "Walmart Jews"
5:15pm •
Modern Yiddish Poetry: A Bridge to the World
Gates of Prayer -- Room 13
9:00am •
Shabbat Contemplative Prayer Service
1:00pm •
From Shalom Aleichem to Birkat Hamazon and Everything In Between: Enhancing your Home Practice Through Song
2:30pm •
“But I Don’t Want to Go to Sunday School!” – Cultivating Jewish Identity Outside the Walls of the Synagogue
4:00pm •
From ISIS to BDS: How Financial and Energy Markets Shape Political Movements
5:15pm •
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 3
1:00pm •
Addressing Fear: The Hidden Hope in "Adon Olam"
Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary
9:00am •
Conservative Shabbat Morning Service
1:00pm •
Changing the World with the "Social Action Wheel"
2:30pm •
Walking the Path of the Jewish Mystic: How to Expand your Awareness and Transform your Life
4:00pm •
Defend the Poor and Fatherless, Do Justice to the Afflicted and Needy: Jews and Criminal Justice in New Orleans and the South
5:15pm •
"An Old Jewish Man Goes to Gan Eden and Gehinnom": A Play
8:15pm •
Communal Havdalah
8:30pm •
"I Am Jewish": A Spoken Word Performance
Gates of Prayer -- Social Hall
11:45am •
Shabbat Lunch
7:00pm •
Seudah Shlishit: The Third Shabbat Meal
Sunday
, March 20
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Hallway
8:30am •
Registration
9:00am •
Community Make & Take: A Limmud Mural
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 200, Mezzanine
11:30am •
Israeli Dancing for Kids
2:45pm •
Jewish Dancing
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 201
9:00am •
The Kabbalistic Endeavor: Building a Bridge to God
10:15am •
Jews on Broadway
11:30am •
Stolen Words: The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Books
1:30pm •
Honor Your Father and Your Mother: Caring For Our Parents
2:45pm •
You KNOW What Needs Changing: Learn How to Make It Happen
4:00pm •
Becoming Americans: The Holocaust Survivors of New Orleans
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 202
9:00am •
Whatcha Done for Yourself Lately? Creating New Rituals
10:15am •
The History Behind the Mystery: Jewish Immigration, Southern Anti-Semitism, Racism, and the Award-Winning Novel, The Cottoncrest Curse.
11:30am •
Trail of the Southern Matzoh Ball: Exploring Southern Jewish Food in New Orleans
1:30pm •
"Haters Gonna Hate" : What to Do When Prejudice Becomes Crime
2:45pm •
A Purim Murder Mystery
4:00pm •
The Age of iJewish: The infiltration of the Digital Age into Jewish Life
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 203
9:00am •
The Birth of Jazz and the Jews of Rampart Street
10:15am •
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, Effort, Stamina, and Talents
11:30am •
THE OLD RENEWED AND THE NEW SANCTIFIED: Personal Reflections on a 20th- to 21st-Century Crescent City Reform Rabbinate.
1:30pm •
"You Don't Look Jewish": Racial Diversity in American Jewish Communities
2:45pm •
Human Generosity as Proof of God
4:00pm •
The Bible's Cutting Room Floor
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 204
9:00am •
Exploring Jewish History through the Archives of The Historic New Orleans Collection
10:15am •
This MUST Be a Sign: What Signage in Israel Tells Us About Politics, Nationalism, and the Future
11:30am •
Engaging Children in Adult Spaces
1:30pm •
Picturing the Faces of the Promised Land: Exploring Kehinde Wiley’s World Stage: Israel
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 205
10:15am •
Mindful Parenting Is Jewish Parenting
11:30am •
Jewish Identity Spoken Word Writing Workshop
1:30pm •
Tell Me Mother, Can You Hear Me Sing?: Exploring Theology Through Women’s Eyes
4:00pm •
Decoding the Squiggles: How Trope Shows Meaning
4:00pm •
Imagining the Other Through Art
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 206
9:00am •
What is "Reform" Judaism? Dissecting an Obscure (But Fascinating) Document
10:15am •
Wise Ones, Smarty Pants and Fools: Jewish Folktales for Hearing and Telling (for 7 to 12 year olds)
11:30am •
Especially for Teens: Me and Katrina: Talking with Teens Ten Years Later
2:45pm •
Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof: Considering Our Consumer Choices
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 207
10:15am •
What's in a Name? An Exercise in Collage
11:30am •
Colors of the Soul
1:30pm •
Mask Making (for Older Kids)
2:45pm •
Creating with Clay: Mezuzah Project
4:00pm •
"When Wine Goes in, Secrets Go Out”: Wine and Drunkenness in Talmudic Thought
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 208
9:00am •
Creating a Passover Seder You’ll Never Forget
10:15am •
From Schmaltz to Svelte: Experienced Chefs Showcase Eat Fit NOLA Approved Classics
11:30am •
Managing Conflict When Talking About Israel: How to Have Constructive Conversations, Part One: Concepts and Guidelines
1:30pm •
Managing Conflict When Talking About Israel – How to Have Constructive Conversations, Part Two: Workshop
2:45pm •
Altering the Genome: Jewish Thoughts
4:00pm •
The Israeli War of Independence: Victory of a Sort
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 209
9:00am •
Passover Cooking for All Ages
10:15am •
Calypso a la Yiddish
11:30am •
Mask Making
1:30pm •
Music with Meryl
2:45pm •
PJ LIBRARY® PURIM STATION
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 210
9:00am •
If Not a Two-State Solution, Then What? If Not Now, Then When?
10:15am •
Meditation Workshop: Building a Jewish Meditation Practice
11:30am •
Southern Jews in the Crucible of Civil Rights
1:30pm •
How Can I Help? An Artful Dialogue (A Conversation About Art, Mental Health, and Judaism)
2:45pm •
Lawfare: Law, Ethics, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts in International Courts
4:00pm •
Voices of Spiritual Resistance in Terezín
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 212, Qatar Ballroom
12:30pm •
Lunch
2:45pm •
Mah Jongg Workshop: Fun for all Ages
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [back]
9:00am •
Theological Modesty: Text Based Lessons in Support of Tolerance and Pluralism in the Jewish Community.
1:30pm •
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
2:45pm •
I Am Filling Out My Driver's License Forms and Have a Question: The Jewish Position on Organ Donation
5:15pm •
Closing Concert: Bringing It All Together
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [front]
10:15am •
Will the Real Bible Please Stand Up?
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Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge
Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room
Gates of Prayer -- Board Room
Gates of Prayer -- Library
Gates of Prayer -- main lobby
Gates of Prayer -- Room 12
Gates of Prayer -- Room 13
Gates of Prayer -- Room 3
Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary
Gates of Prayer -- Social Hall
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Hallway
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 200, Mezzanine
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 201
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 202
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 203
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 204
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 205
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 206
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 207
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 208
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 209
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 210
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 212, Qatar Ballroom
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [back]
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [front]
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Friday
, March 18
Saturday
, March 19
Sunday
, March 20
Types
Arts and Culture
Contemporary Jewish Life
Family
Food
Hands-On Workshop
History
Israel
Social Justice
Southern Jewish Life
Spirituality
Text and Thought
Young Limmud
Venues
Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge
Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room
Gates of Prayer -- Board Room
Gates of Prayer -- Library
Gates of Prayer -- main lobby
Gates of Prayer -- Room 12
Gates of Prayer -- Room 13
Gates of Prayer -- Room 3
Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary
Gates of Prayer -- Social Hall
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Hallway
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 200, Mezzanine
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 201
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 202
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 203
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 204
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 205
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 206
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 207
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 208
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 209
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 210
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 212, Qatar Ballroom
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [back]
Lavin-Bernick Center -- Room 213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall [front]
