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Psychology Track

Friday, 16:00 - 17:15 (Kabbalat Shabbat)
Is Being Jewish Good for Your Mental Health?
Michael Capek


Friday, 17:30 - 18:45 (Early Evening)
Why on Earth Would an Intelligent Young Woman Convert to Judaism?
Lene Rachel Andersen


Friday, 17:30 - 18:45 (Early Evening)
Enhancing Your Shabbat Experience with NLP
Tamra Wright


Friday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Night)
Does Spirituality Exist and If So What on Earth Is It?
Danny Shine


Saturday, 15:00 - 16:00 (Early Afternoon)
Darkness Will Envelop Me: a Talmudic Text About Chanukah
Devora Steinmetz


Saturday, 15:00 - 16:00 (Early Afternoon)
From Passion to Action
Benji Stanley


Saturday, 20:00 - 21:10 (Late Evening)
Confronting Sin
Albert Ringer


Saturday, 21:25 - 22:35 (Night)
A Psycho-Literary Reading of Jacob's Wrestling
Shmuel Klitsner


Sunday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Mid-Morning)
Is There Really Any Such Thing As a Jew?
Danny Shine


Sunday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Does God Keep His Promises?
Elliott Malamet


Sunday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Role Swap Game
Danny Shine


Sunday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Introduction to Psychosynthesis
Jemma Lerner


Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
My Year of Mourning: Using Jewish Meditation to Connect, Heal, and Grow
Ginny Adams


Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Love at First Sight
Michael Rosenfeld


Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Problems with Prayer? You're Not Alone…
Elie Jesner


Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Anthropology and the Holocaust: Primo Levi on Purity and Chaos
Robbie Duschinsky


Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Frum and Female: the Interaction of Psychology and Judaism in the Lives of Girls
Leah Malamet


Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
ADD, Esau, and the Sale of Birthrights
Shmuel Klitsner


Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Yoga / Kabbalah: Adam Kadmon Through Yoga (1 of 2)
Michael Picardie


Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Re-Framing Esther
Anna Gerrard


Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Making Time and Space for What REALLY Matters: Top Tips From a Declutter Coach
Juliet Landau-Pope


Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Love and Resurrection in the Amidah
Elie Jesner


Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Finding Spirituality in Your Work
Miriam Edelman


Monday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Meeting Reb Zalman
Michael Kagan


Monday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Spiritual Speed Connection
Danny Shine


Monday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Dating Dilemma: How Do I Know When S/he Is Right?
Yossi Ives


Tuesday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Worry Makes the (Jewish) World Go Round ...
Naomi Russell


Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Two Types of Ageing: a Jewish Perspective on the Challenge of Growing Old
Yossi Ives


Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
The Kabbalah Toolkit: Creating Your Personal Vision
Daniel Anderson


Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Torah and the Pleasure Principle
William Kolbrener


Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
The Interconnections of the 'Sefirot' (2 of 2)
Michael Picardie


Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
The Parable of the Poor Man's Ewe: a New Reading of the David-Bathsheba Affair
Shmuel Klitsner


Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Men's Group: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover
Daniel Newman


Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Divine Object Permanence: Rosh Chodesh, Broken Luchot and Afikomen
Leah Malamet


Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Caught in the Act: Torah and Desire
William Kolbrener


Wednesday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Would You Murder and Also Inherit? A Biblical Story of Crimes, Misdemeanours and Other Addictions
Judy Klitsner


Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Ways of Prayer
Amnon Daniel Smith


Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Making Time and Space for What REALLY Matters: Top Tips From a Declutter Coach
Juliet Landau-Pope


Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Judaism on Love and Romance
Elliott Malamet


Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
But Not in Nice Jewish Families, Right?
Claire Godley


Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Jacob Israel De Haan - the Life and Work of a Controversial Jew
David Soetendorp


Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Josephus Flavius and His Source - Nicolaus of Damascus - on Royal Hasmonean and Herodian Women
Tal Ilan


Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
The Paradoxical Prophet: Moses the Redeemer
Leah Malamet


Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
The Audacity of Self Love
Daniel Newman


Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
The Pursuit of Happiness? Positive Psychology in the Classroom
Judith Suissa


Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Agnostics Anonymous: Living the Death of God
Elie Jesner


Wednesday, 18:30 - 19:40 (Dinner Hour I)
Self Knowledge
Danny Shine


Thursday, 11:30 - 12:40 (Morning Intensive)
Symbolic Reading of the Torah (2 of 2)
Herzl Hefter