B"H
PRESENTED BY
THE JIMMY SHEA
SCHOLARSHIP AND CULTURE SERIES
JEWISH
LEARNING
RETREAT
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
$36 PER PERSON
Breakfast & a light lunch included
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.
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.
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.
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.
Join Us for the Jewish Learning Retreat
Sunday, November 15
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
$36 per person
RSVP required