9:15 Registration
9:45 Welcoming remarks Dr. Anne
Lapidus Lerner
Debbie Friedman teaching "Va'ani
Tefillati"
Plenary Keynote JTS Rudin
Lecture
Dr. Aliza Lavie
11:00-11:50 AM
Learning Sessions
I(a). History of women's prayer:
Dr. Chava Weissler with Aliza Lavie
II(a). Creating Prayer
Rabbi Susan Schnur
Merle Feld
Hazzan
Benjie-Ellen Schiller
III(a). Creating Ritual: Dr.
Vanessa Ochs
IV(a). Traditional and
Non-Traditional Mikveh Rituals:
Anita Diamant
V(a). Prayer Quilting: Heather
Stoltz
VI(a). The Theology of Personal
Prayer
Rivka
Haut
Rabbi Joy Levitt
Rabbi Abby Sosland
VII(a). Halakhic Considerations in
Innovating Prayer
Rabbi Judith
Hauptman
Lisa Schlaff
Devora Zlochower
12:00-12:45 pm Lunch and networking
1:00– 1:50 PM Learning Sessions
I(b). History of women's prayer:
Dr. Chava Weissler with Aliza Lavie
II(b). Prayer as Healing
Hazzan Danielle Ben
Simhon
Rabbi Rachel Cowan
Renée Septimus
III(b). Creating Ritual: Vanessa
Ochs
IV(b). Traditional and
Non-Traditional Mikveh Rituals:
Anita Diamant
V(b). Prayer Quilting: Heather
Stoltz
VI(b). The Theology of Personal
Prayer
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin
Dr. Lori Lefkowitz
VII(b). Halakhic Considerations in
Innovating Prayer
Dr. Adena Berkowitz
Rabbi Judith
Hauptman
Rosh Kehillah Dina Najman
2:00 – 2 30 Intra-group meetings
2:40 – 3:30 Plenary: Prayer and
Community: An Interdenominational
Conversation
Moderator: Blu Greenberg
Panelists: Rabbi Debra
Cantor, Congregation Bnai Sholom,
Newington, CT.
Madrichah Ruhanit Sara
Hurwitz, Hebrew Institute of
Riverdale (NY)
Rabbi Shira Milgrom
Congregation Kol Ami, White Plains,
NY
Rabbi Yael Ridberg, West
End Synagogue, New York, NY
3:30 Closing celebration : Hazzan
Debbie Friedman
Closing words: Dr. Anne Lapidus
Lerner
