Intensive 2017 Schedule (Monday/Tuesday)
Monday, February 27, 2017 ~ 1 Adar 5777 (AJR)
8:00AM – Shaharit – Rosh Hodesh (Asher Burstein – Torah Readers: Mitchell Blank, Asher Burstein, Lisa Sacks, and Neal Spevack)
9:30AM – Light Breakfast
10:00AM – Welcome
10:10AM – The Story of Noah and Substance Abuse (Dr. Ora Horn Prouser)
10:40AM – Clergy Work and Intoxication: A View from the Talmud (Rabbi Jeff Hoffman)
11:20AM – An Overview of Substance Abuse and Its Treatment (Polly McCall, LCSW)
12:30PM – Lunch
1:30PM – Jewish Youth and Addiction (Moshe Horn)
2:30PM – Minhah (Nicole Goluboff and Robert Green)
3:15PM – Serving Addicts and their Families in Synagogue Communities (Rabbi Irwin Huberman)
4:10PM – Artistic Responses:
The Ark: Noah, Creative Writing, and Addiction – Beit Midrash (Rabbi Jill Hammer)
The Bind of the Body: Creative Movement – Room 3 (Cantor Michael Kasper, MSW)
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 ~ 2 Adar 5777 (AJR and Library)
8:00AM – Shaharit -at AJR, followed by transition to Library (Jerry Blum and Sam Yolen)
9:00AM – Light Breakfast
9:30AM – Ad d’lo yada: How Much Is Too Much? (Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky)
10:15AM – JACS – (Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others) and Addiction in the Jewish Community (Sharon Darack)
11:30AM – A Personal Story (Brenda Segev Lawner)
12:20PM – A Jewish View of the Twelve Steps (Karen Skoler)
1:00PM – Lunch
1:45PM – Minhah (Aaron Marsh and Jay Stanton)
2:30PM – Jewish Resources for Addicts and Their Families (Rabbi Lynnda Targan)
3:30PM – Addiction and Intimacy: A Jewish Approach to Sex Addiction (Rabbi Gary Katz)
4:30PM – Practical Takeaways and Closing (Rabbi Jill Hammer)
