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Upper West Side Shavuot Shiur Map 2011
       
Time  Topic Teacher Venue
9:00 In the Shoes of Naomi and Ruth: A bibliodramatic exploration of Ruth Dr. Peter Pitzele Bnei Jeshurun – 257 West 88th Street 
10:00 Chabad & Satmar: Are They Chasidim? Jerome Chanes JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 Political Humor in the Middle East: Better to Laugh than to Cry Micah Halpern JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 Why Hillel, Must Become the Great 21st Century Teacher Joseph Telushkin JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 Rabbi Gamliel & Rabbinic Authority: Religion or Politics? Jeremy Rosen JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 From Passion to Action: Lessons from Moses on Effective Social Change Lauren Kurland JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 “On1Foot” Text Study AJWS JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 Meditation Bernice Todres JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 Jews and Baseball Art Shamsky JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 Contemporary Jewish Identity  I.Kula, S. M. Cohen, K.Peratis JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 A Responsum on Conversion David Ellenson JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 The International Jewish People: Past or Future? Peter Geffen JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 The Book of Ruth:Choosing Family for the Chosen People Amy Kalmanofsky JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:00 When God Lies: A  Tale of Leadership, Rivalry & God’s White Lie Michael Strassfeld JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
10:30 Ma’amad Har Sinai – A Women’s Reading A Gray, A. Leveen, M. Udel Bnei Jeshurun – 257 West 88th Street 
10:30  What does it mean to be “A Kingdom of  Priests and a Holy Nation” Nehemia Polen Carlebach Shul – 305 West 79th 
10:30 From Good to Great – Torah as a means of Personal Growth R' Mark Wildes Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)10fl
11:00 Can Everybody be Right in Judaism? A Look at the Pluralism Myth Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn West Side Institutional 76th btw Columbus & Amst
11:00 The Scientific Case for G-d the Creator R Moshe Averick Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
11:00 Fertility, In-Vetro & other Jewish Possibilities Rabbi Baruch Simon West Side Institutional 76th btw Columbus & Amst
11:00 A Mt. Sinai-Sized Taste of Clarity! (women only) Tzipporah Harris Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
11:15 Uri Zvi Greenberg: Prophecy and Poetry Alan Mintz JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 We Are No Angels: The Torah of Imperfection Elianna Yolkut JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 We Cannot Refuse to Participate: Sustaining our Commitment to Justice Ruth Messinger JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 The Fiery Spiritual Saga of Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai and His Son Ruby Namdar JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 Limud: Chavruta Learning Karen Radkowsky & Ellen Flax JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 Movement, Yoga & Meditation Sheila Lewis JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 Biblical Women as Blue Angels: Siona Benjamin JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 Celebrating Debbie Friedman z”l J. Levitt, A.Piatigorsky, M.Lazar JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 What Does Jewish Tradition Think Really Happened at Sinai David Kraemer JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 The Stuff of American Jewish Life Jenna Joselit & Brigitte Sion JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 Yoga for 600,000 of Us Roberta Schine JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:15 Take Two Tablets and Call Me in the Morning Jeremy Kalmanofsky JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
11:45 Tamar and David R' David Silber

 Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
11:45 Love, Poetry, Music, Faith and Wisdom; The Sinai  Experience.  R' Naftali Citron Carlebach Shul – 305 West 79th 
11:45 Debate with Rabbi: Where is the Modern Orthodoxy Headed?’ R' Mintz West Side Institutional 76th btw Columbus & Amst
11:45 “Blood Before Blood: Brit Milah, Redemption and the 2 Moshiachs”
 Yona Reich Ramat Orah – 110th btw Broadway and Amst. 
11:45 Beginners’ Mishnayot Chavurah, Masechet Brachot, Perek 2 Lloyd Epstein Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
11:45 The Jack Bauer Dilemma: Does the Torah Sanction Torture? R' Yosie Levine Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)
11:45 Angels and Demons – Managing our good and evil inclinations R' Avi Heller Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)10fl
12:00 Who is a Jew? The Contemporary Conversion Controversy R' Ariel Rackovsky Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)
12:00 The 20 Most Difficult Verses in Tanach and How to Understand Them R' Allen Schwartz OZ – 95th between Columbus and Amst
12:00 Lo Bashamyim Hi – The Torah is not in Heaven R' Meir Ossey West Side Chabad – 166 West 97th Street
12:00  Revolutionary Manifesto for the Jewish Woman R' Moshe Averick Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
12:00  Kabbalistic View of Evolution R' Adam Jacobs Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
12:00 Mastering Joy: Principles for Real & Lasting Happiness Steve Eisenberg Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
12:30 Secularism or Anti-Semitism? The Shechita and Brit Mila Debate Ute Steyer JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 From Egypt to the Promised Land: Coping with Transitions & Uncertainty Kim Schneiderman JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 Albert Einstein: Toward a Secular Theory of Revelation Michael Paley JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 Biblical Seductions: Ruth & Boaz Sandra Rapoport JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 Lift Your Spirit and Your Laughter with Improv Zohar Adner JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 Meditation Sheldon Lewis JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 Koliphone Records: The Untold Story of Israel’s Arabic Singing Jewish Musicians Chris Silver JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 Michelle’s Jewish Date Party Michelle Slonim JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 Do Jews Have To Believe Anything? Josh Halberstam JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 Yoga   Seth Lieberman JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 Blessing Forbidden Fruit: Conversations with Our Inner Snake Joshua Katzan JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
12:30 The Life and Torah of Rabbi Shimshon Pinchus ZL R' Dovid Cohen Young Israel – 210 w 91rst
12:45 Shmuely Boteach on Shavuot R' Shmuely Boteach Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)10fl
12:45 The Wisdom of Newcomers: Why Moshe Asked for Jethro Nehemia Polen Carlebach Shul – 305 West 79th 
12:45 Non Jews in a Jewish State: Ancient Texts/ Modern Controversies David Wolkenfeld Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
12:45 From Mourning to Yom Tov and Back Again: The Origins of Yizkor R' Shaul Robinson Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
12:45 Tamar and David — learning and discussion Ron Platzer Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
12:45 Messilat Yesharim Jesse Cogan:  Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
12:45 AJ Heschel's Kotzk in the Original Yiddish Paul Slater/Bina Presser Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
12:45 Beginners Gemara Ari Schwab Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
12:45 A Survey of the 613 Commandments – Mitzvah #166: Confession R' Ephraim Buchwald Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
1:00 Mission: Impossible? Espionage in Jewish Law R' Ariel Rackovsky Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)
1:15 Debate with Professor ‘How Big should Israel Make it’s Tent? Richard Stone West Side Institutional 76th btw Columbus & Amst
1:15 Finding the Spiritual in the Technical: Legalism of Shabbat Aaron Shub Ramat Orah – 110th btw Broadway and Amst. 
1:15 From Sinai to the Present: Challenges of Conversion R' Akiva Willig OZ – 95th between Columbus and Amst
1:15 Does Bigger Always Mean Better?: An Analysis of Pirkei Avot Elana Flaumenhaft OZ – 95th between Columbus and Amst
1:30 Historical Attempts to Bring Sacrifices on the Temple Mount  R' Yisroel Fried West Side Chabad – 166 West 97th Street
1:30 Spiritual Resistance to the Holocaust Dr. Stephen Garrin  Young Israel – 210 w 91rst
1:30 The God They Don’t Believe In: Misconceptions About Hashem R' Adam Jacobs Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
1:30 Live-Streaming: Tap Your Unique Torah Channel R' Henry Harris Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
1:45 The Hot Flame of Jealousy and how to Quench it R' Ezra Cohen Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)10fl
1:45 Prayer in the Talmud: Transformative, Not Just Vanilla Joe Septimus JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
1:45 Going for Gold; Why being a good person is not good enough Steve Eisenberg Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
1:45 Land Of Israel in Chassidic Thought R' Naftali Citron Carlebach Shul – 305 West 79th 
1:45 The Halachik, Historic and Religious Significance of Coffee R' Elli Ausubel Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
1:45 Hope Springs Eternal: Shavuot and the Reading of Ruth Ari Schwab Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
1:45 Backstage with Storahtelling StorahTelling JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
1:45 Language Matters: Why We Should Stop Saying ‘Abomination’ and ‘Sodomy’ Jay Michaelson JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
1:45 Shakespeare and the Jews John Hudson JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
1:45 Meditation – Alexander Technique Bill Connington JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
1:45 Sheikh it Baby: Arabic Music by Jewish Musicians Chris Silver JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
2:00 Conversion accounts in the books of Esther and Ruth   Yael Yien Ramat Orah – 110th btw Broadway and Amst. 
2:15 A New solution to Turning on lights on Shabbat” PART 1 R' Shlomo Einhorn West Side Institutional 76th btw Columbus & Amst
2:15 State of Emergency: Halachah on the Front Lines of Battle R' Daniel Fridman Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)
2:30 Ta’amei HaMinhagim – How Knowing What We Do Connects our Body and Soul Dr. Ricky Goldfarb OZ – 95th between Columbus and Amst
2:30 Revelation at Sinai: Leap of Faith or Compelled by Reason? R' Moshe Averick Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
2:30 What Happened At Sinai, According to Chasidic Masters R' Adam Jacobs Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
2:45 Some Contemporary Jewish Perspectives on Torture  David Wolkenfeld Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
2:45 David, King of Israel: A Literary Study Ari Schwab Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
2:45 The 18 Blessings we Don't Understand Zevi Blumenfrucht Young Israel – 210 w 91rst
2:45 5 True Tests of Character MJE Participants Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)10fl
3:00 The Top Ten Fascinating Facts About the Ten Commandments Rabbi Chaim Alevsky West Side Chabad – 166 West 97th Street
3:00 Retracing Revelation:  The Quest for a Torah before Sinai Ariel Mayse Carlebach Shul – 305 West 79th 
3:00 In the Path of the Baal Shem Tov R' Naftali Citron JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
3:00 Safeguarding Ruth: How the Mesora Preserves our Text Hayyim Obadyah Ramat Orah – 110th btw Broadway and Amst. 
3:00 If You Could Eliminate the desire for Sex & its Complexities, Would You? Joe Septimus JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
3:00 Why doesn’t Shavuot have a mitzvah of its own? Ken Shuster JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
3:00 Naam Yoga Sivan Einav JCC Manhattan – 76th and Amsterdam
3:15 A New solution to Turning on lights on Shabbat” PART 2 R' Shlomo Einhorn West Side Institutional 76th btw Columbus & Amst
3:30 Civilian Casualties, Revenge and Jewish War Ethics R' Zev Eleff Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)
3:30 Music, Dance, and the Divine: How the Soul Talks R' Adam Jacobs Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
3:30 Freedom and Shavuos: Why Commitments Freak Us Out R' Henry Harris Aish Hatorah – 313 West 83rd
3:45 Late Night SHAVUOT QUIZ (with Prizes!) Dr. Ricky Goldfarb Young Israel – 210 w 91rst
3:45 Birkat Hatorah: Who, Why and When? R' Akiva Willig OZ – 95th between Columbus and Amst
3:45 Stump the Rabbis R Mark Wildes Jewish Center -131 W 86th (btw Col and Amst)10fl
3:45 Your Love is Better than Wine, Does Torah Change When the World Changes?  R' Shaul Robinson Lincoln Square Synagogue: 68th and Amsterdam
4:00 Early Morning Mysticism: Some Hasidic Bits of Torah on Shavuot R' Moshe Grussgott Ramat Orah – 110th btw Broadway and Amst. 
4:00 Energize Your Life with Torah: An Answer to Negativity Isaac Lebwohl: Carlebach Shul – 305 West 79th 
4:45 Shacharit   All Shuls