B"H
PRESENTED BY
THE JIMMY SHEA
SCHOLARSHIP AND CULTURE SERIES
JEWISH
LEARNING
RETREAT
Good food, great minds, and a morning of learning together at our first-ever Jewish Learning Retreat.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15
9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Chabad of Plano
3904 West Park Blvd., Plano, TX 75075
$36 PER PERSON
Breakfast & tea room
Schedule
Sunday, November 15
8:00 – 8:45 AM
Optional Shachrit Minyan
9:00 – 9:30 AM
Breakfast & Welcome
TWO SESSIONS — CHOOSE ONE
9:30 – 10:15 AM
Dr. David Patterson
Redemptive Antisemitism after 10/7
From Soviet Russia to Hamas, the historical roots of Jew-hatred cloaked in moral righteousness.
9:30 – 10:15 AM
Rabbi Eli Block
Aristotle, the Rashbah, my Zeidy, and the Maccabees
The never-ending negotiations between Judaism and Greek Philosophy
TWO SESSIONS — CHOOSE ONE
10:25 – 11:10 AM
Dr. Hannah Lebovitz
Beyond the Shiva House
Demystifying Jewish End-of-Life Traditions
10:25 – 11:10 AM
Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman
Ask the Algorithm?
AI, Jewish Law, and the Possibility of Digital Answers
GENERAL SESSION
11:20 AM – 12:00 PM
Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman
When Truths Collide:
Jewish Mysticism and the Art of Disagreement
Meet Our Speakers
Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman
Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman is co-director of the Jewish Learning Institute's curriculum department and has helped create more than twenty courses exploring Jewish thought, ethics, history, and law.
From: Brooklyn, NY
Dr. David Patterson
Dr. David Patterson holds the Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies at UT Dallas and is an award-winning author and scholar of antisemitism, the Holocaust, and Jewish studies.
From: Dallas, TX
Dr. Hannah Lebovitz
Dr. Hannah Lebovitz is an experienced educator, Dallas women's chevra kadisha member, and Jewish Burial Fund board member dedicated to Jewish dignity after death.
From: Dallas, TX
Rabbi Eli Block
Rabbi Eli Block is the author of several adaptations of Chassidic thought, and an educator at Chabad of Plano and Akiba Yavneh Academy.
From: Plano, TX
Join Us for the Jewish Learning Retreat
Sunday, November 15
9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Chabad of Plano
3904 West Park Blvd., Plano, TX 75075
$36 per person
RSVP required