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| Time | Torah Topic | Teacher | Location |
| 10:00PM | Forging Faith: Archaeology, Hoax, and the Religious Imagination | Jenna Weissman Joselit | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | When I Get That Feeling, I Need…Textual Healing: What Is Torah That Heals? | Rabbi David Ingber | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | Your People Are My People: When and Why “Conversion” Works and Doesn’t Work in the Bible | Keath Blatt | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | The Unifying Theory of Judaism | Gidi Grinstein and Rabbi Paley | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | Turning a Trickster into a Hero: Understanding Jacob | Sandra Rapoport | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | Change Your State: Meditate and Contemplate for Shavuot and Beyond | Sheila Lewis | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | Jewish Humor: The 50 Best Jewish Jokes and What They Show About the Jews | Rabbi Joseph Telushkin | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | What Jewish History Can Teach Us About the Election of 2016 | Pete Beinart | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | The Forbidden Conversation | Gili Getz | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | Standing at Sinai: There Must Be Some Way Out of Here | Rabbi Irwin Kula | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | Judaism with—or Without—God | Rabbi Joshua Katzan | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | Wilderness and Adolescence: Reading Sinai as a Coming-of-Age Story | Rabbi Daniel Brenner | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | From Orthodox-Feminist to Inter-Spiritual Rabbi: One Woman’s Journey of Spiritual Awakening | Rabbi Haviva Ner-David | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | *Red, White, and Jew: Ben Shahn’s New Deal Murals | Diana L. Lindenr | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 10:00PM | L’chayim! Israeli Wine Tasting | Micah Halpern | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15 PM | What if one doesn’t believe in the Torah’s Literal Accuracy? | Rabbi Adam Mintz & Joel Cohen | WSIS (120 West 76th Street) |
| 11:15PM | Rabbi Brian Fink, Sally Kaplan, Mindy Schachtman | What Matters: Begin the Conversation | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | Ruth Revisited: Making Room in Progressive Jewish Communities for Those Leaving Ultra-Orthodoxy | Rabbi David Ingber and Lani Santo | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | Heresy and Its Limits: Revisiting Roth, Arendt, and Rosenfeld | Steven J. Zipperstein | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | Slumbering on Shavuot? Exploring Jewish Perspectives on Sleep and Revelation | Rabbi Jo Hirschmann | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | Don’t Worry, Be Happy: Judaism and Optimism | Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | Mindfulness and the Journey to Sinai | Bernice Todres | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | The Obligations of the State of Israel Toward Its Minority Populations: A Responsum by R Haim David Halevy | J.J. Goldberg | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | Tzedek, Tzedek Tordof: A Discussion on Civil Rights and Liberties | Cong. Jerrold Nadler & Jane Eisner | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | How Trends in Geopolitics and Markets Shape Jewish Diplomacy | Efraim Chalamish | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | Hakham Adif MiNavi: Better a Sage than a Prophet | Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | Sacred or Secular: Our Only Choices? | Rabbi Robert Hirt | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | Chassidic Big Bang: Jewish Mysticism and the Theories of Modern Evolution | Igal Harmelin Moria | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | Sexual Repression and Obsession in the Jewish Tradition: Examining the Classical Jewish Sources | Doreen & Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | *FLEX: Pushing the Boundaries on Ritual Inclusion from Mikveh to Shabbat | Aliza Kline | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:15PM | *Dairy Traditions: Why Tevye Was a Milkman | Debra Caplan | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 11:30 PM | “When Jews Owned Slaves: An Often Untold Tale of History, Rituals and Jewish Law.” | Rabbi Meir Soloveichik | Spanish Portugese 2 West 70th Street |
| 11:30 PM | Neturai Karta vs. Zionism | Rabbi Aaron D. Mehlman | Ohav Shalom (270 West 84th Street) |
| 11:45 PM | What History’s Worst Date and the Unhappiest Woman in the Bible can Teach us About Matchmaking | Rabbi Yosie Levine and Erica Brown | Jewish Center (131 W 86th St) |
| 12:00AM | Shavuot Kickoff Shiur: People of the Book | Rabbi Allan Schwartz | Ohab Zedek (118 w 95th) |
| 12:00AM | “Should I Tweet That? Lashon Hara And Social Media” | R’ Marmorstein, R’ Elkin, R’ Grussgott | Young Israel (210 W. 91rst) |
| 12:00AM | The Future of Matan Torah: Panel Discussion | R’ Shaul Robinson, A. Eden, G. Grinstein | LSS (180 Amsterdam Avenue) |
| 12:00 AM | “The Unknown Anthem of The Jewish People – An Unusually Powerful Prayer” | Rabbi Y Shippel | The Beis – 313 West 83rd Street |
| 12:00AM | Taryag Mitzvot: A Survey of the 613 commdmts. starting w/ mitzvah #420 Shema Oneness of God | Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald | LSS (180 Amsterdam Avenue) |
| 12:00 AM | TEN Talks: Ruth the Convert | Menachem Lazaros | Chabad of the West Side (166 West 97th St) |
| 12:00 AM | “The Seemingly Scandalous Backstory of Ruth and Boaz” | Daniel Feinberg | The Beis – 313 West 83rd Street |
| 12:00 AM | Why are we up all night? Why do we eat cheese cake and blintzes? Does G‑d hate the internet? | Rabbi Lipskier | Chabad of the West 60s (37 W 65th Street) |
| 12:15 AM | What Happens When Cultures Mix? Rabbi Ovadia Yosef taking on the Chief Rabbinate | Rabbi Sherman | WSIS (120 West 76th Street) |
| 12:25 AM | TEN Talks: Why The Torah Doesn’t Openly Connect Shavuos With the Giving of Torah | David Israel | Chabad of the West Side (166 West 97th St) |
| 12:30 AM | Comments on the Way to Sinai | Rabbi Michael Paley | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | Receiving the Torah in the Year of Trump and Sanders | Nigel Savage | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | Revelation as Dialogue: Martin Buber’s Jewish Teaching for Today | Rabbi William Plevan | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | The Consumption Commandment? Poverty, Luxury, and Equality in Jewish Ritual | Rachel Rosenthal | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | Revelation Through Meditation | Sheldon Lewis | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | “Where You Go I Will Go” | Jessica Schechter, 24/6: Theater | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | Rejecting Business as Usual: Israel’s Occupation at 49 | Hagai El-Ad and Gili Getz | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | Statelessness in the Modern World | Ruth Messinger | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | The Importance of Learning and Long Walks at Night | Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | An Enigma Wrapped in a Mystery: Women and the Recitation of Kaddish | Adena Berkowitz | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | The Torah of Exile: Exile as the Formative Jewish Experience | Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | Child Development and the Book of Genesis | Rabbi Bradley Solmsen | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:30 AM | *Voice of Jacob, Hands of Esau: Ethnic Ventriloquism in American Jewish Humor | Rabbi Daniel Bronstein | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 12:50 AM | TEN Talks: Zoo Torah? Animal Rights and Equality in Judaism | Dr. Jeff Korenman | Chabad of the West Side (166 West 97th St) |
| 1:00 AM | Taryag Mitzvot: A Survey of the 613 commdmts. strting w/ mitzvah #426:Prohibition Against Intermarriage | Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald | LSS (180 Amsterdam Avenue) |
| 1:15 AM | Why are there two days of Shavuot outside the land of Israel and one day in Israel? | Jerome Kowalski | Chabad of the West 60s (37 W 65th Street) |
| 1:15 AM | “As Our Festivals are Times of Rejoicing, How can we say Yizkor? | Rabbi Y Shippel | The Beis – 313 West 83rd Street |
| 1:15 AM | TEN Talks: The Significance of the Number 10 | Meir Avital | Chabad of the West Side (166 West 97th St) |
| 1:15 AM | A Jewish State? The Status of Non-Jews in the State of Israel | Rabbi Eitan Bendavid | Ohav Shalom (270 West 84th Street) |
| 1:15AM | First Half of of Bereshit | Elana Flaumenhaft | Ohab Zedek (118 w 95th) |
| 1:15AM | The Book of Bamidbar | Rabbi Avi Heller | Ohab Zedek (118 w 95th) |
| 1:15 AM | The inner dimension of Shavuot. Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Reebe. | David Slager | Chabad of the West 60s (37 W 65th Street) |
| 1:30 AM | “Is It A Mitzvah To Vote? Halachic Musings for an Election Year” | Rabbi Moshe Grussgott | Young Israel (210 W. 91rst) |
| 1:30 AM | Lips are Moving…But What are we Praying? | Dr. Adena Berkowitz | LSS (180 Amsterdam Avenue) |
| 1:30 AM | Raising The Glass Mechitza: Halachic Consequences of Transgender Surgery | Rabbi Dovid Zirkind | Jewish Center (131 W 86th St) |
| 1:30 AM | Ask the Rabbi (Almost) Anything | Rabbi Shaul Robinson | LSS (180 Amsterdam Avenue) |
| 1:40 AM | TEN Talks: Commerce of the Soul – Applying the Laws of Business to Spiritual Acquisitions | Rabbi Shlomo Kugel | Chabad of the West Side (166 West 97th St) |
| 1:45 AM | Your God Is My God: The Joys and Challenges of Life as an Orthodox Jew by Choice – Panel | D. Tomson,R. Tokatlilar, BVilallonga | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 1:45 AM | Yin Yang in Jewish Thought, Text, and Ritual | Joe Septimus | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 1:45 AM | Arranging the Coals and Stoking the Fire: Whole Hog Barbecue and the True Jewish Soul | Rabbi Jonah Geffen | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 1:45 AM | Jews and the Civil Rights Movement, from the 1960s to Today | Rabbi Miriam Farber Wajnberg | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 1:45 AM | Spiritual Warfare: The Art of Debate in Rabbinic Tradition/Dealing With Today’s Loaded Questions | Rabbi Naftali Citron | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 1:45 AM | “O Chavruta O Mi’tuta”, “Either Camaraderie or Death”: a Talmudic Story | Joe Septimus | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 1:45 AM | LGBTQ Jews and Orthodoxy: Visions for the Future | Bracha Fine and Abby Stein | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 1:45 AM | *Silent Disco Under the Stars | Prof. Steven Cohen, J.J. Goldberg, Kenneth Bob & Shoshana Rosen | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) |
| 2:00AM | 2am – 4am Hotdog Stand by NY BRAT FACTORY | Ohab Zedek (118 w 95th) | |
| 2:00 AM | The legal objection the angles had as to why the Torah should remain in heaven | Rabbi Zev Kugel | Chabad of the W. 60s (37 W 65th Street) |
| 2:00 AM | 5 Books of Moses in One Night: First Half of Devarim | David Israel | Ohab Zedek (118 w 95th) |
| 2:00 AM | 5 Books of Moses in One Night: 2nd Half of Bereshit | Jonah Shulman | Ohab Zedek (118 w 95th) |
| 2:05 AM | TEN Talks: A Moabite and Not a Moabitess: The Ruling That Saved the Davidic Monarch | Rabbi Meir Ossey | Chabad of the West Side (166 West 97th St) |
| 2:30 AM | “The Shema- Beneath The Surface- Lessons for Succesful Living” | Rebbetzin Adina Shippel | The Beis – 313 West 83rd Street |
| 2:30 AM | “The Art of The Date – Seven Keys of Timeless Torah Wisdom to Find Your Soulmate” | Rabbi Y. Shippel | The Beis – 313 West 83rd Street |
| 2:30 AM | TEN Talks: Repeat Performance? On Shavuos and Simchas Torah | Rabbi Yisroel Fried | Chabad of the West Side (166 West 97th St) |
| 2:30 AM | Meatball Kiddush | Young Israel (210 W. 91rst) | |
| 2:45 AM | Meimatai? Tradition Under Attack on the first Page of the Talmud | Rabbi Shaul Robinson | LSS (180 Amsterdam Avenue) |
| 2:45 AM | 5 Books of Moses in One Night: 2nd Half of Vayikra | Rabbi Josh Strulowitz | OZ (118 W. 95th Street) |
| 2:45 AM | 5 Books of Moses in One Night: 2nd Half of Devarim | Nava Silton-Brandwein | OZ (118 W. 95th Street) |
| 2:45 AM | Rabbinic Heresy: Who Was Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Amozegh and Why did Allepo Rabbis burn his Commentary? | Rabbi Eitan Bendavid | Ohav Shalom (270 West 84th Street) |
| 2:45 AM | #JusticeforHarambe? Jewish Perspectives on an Endangered Gorilla | Rabbi Noach Goldstein | Jewish Center (131 W 86th St) |
| 2:55 AM | TEN Talks: 10 Life Changing Chassidic Quotes | Rabbi Chayim Boruch Alevsky | Chabad of the West Side (166 West 97th St) |
| 3:00 AM | “The Shekhina: Where It Is and Where It Isn’t” | Rabbi Avidan Elkin | Young Israel (210 W. 91rst) |
| 3:00 AM | King David and Goliath long lost cousins? Why we count both days and weeks? | Rabbi Lipskier | Chabad of the W. 60s (37 W 65th Street) |
| 3:20 AM | TEN Talks: Making Torah your Very Own | Rabbi Michoel Mishulovin | Chabad of the West Side (166 West 97th St) |
| 3:30 AM | 5 Books of Moses in One Night: 2nd Half of Shemot | Geoff Dworkin | Ohab Zedek (118 w 95th) |
| 3:30 AM | 5 Books of Moses in One Night:1rst Half of Vayikra | Jeffrey Korenman | Ohab Zedek (118 w 95th) |
| 3:30 AM | From Moses to Me | Rabbi Yechiel Shaffer | Ohab Zedek (118 w 95th) |
| 3:45 AM | Extremism and Messianism in Our Times: “The Unhealthy Mashiach Obsession” | Rabbi Josh Strulowitz | Jewish Center (131 W 86th St) |
| 3:45 AM | “To Your Health – The Importance of Sleep and The Diet of The Rambam” | Rabbi Y Shippel | The Beis – 313 West 83rd Street |
| 4:00 AM | “The forgotten legacy of Rabbi Yitzhak Reines, founder of Modern Religious Zionism “ | Dr. Yosef Maruvka | Young Israel (210 W. 91rst) |
| 4:15 AM | Naaseh V Nishmah is a Complaint! Shavuot with Rabbi Nachman of Breslov | Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld | LSS (180 Amsterdam Avenue) |
| 4:15AM | Kumzitz | JCC (334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76th) | |
| 5:00AM | Shacharit |