9:00 a.m. Rabbi Avrohom Berkowitz

10:00 a.m. Rabbi Yisroel Deren

11:00 a.m. Rab bi Yosef Chaim Kantor

12:00 p.m. Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

1:00 p.m. Rabbi Sholom Lipskar

3:00 p.m. Rabbi Sholom Moshe Paltiel 

Rabbi David Lau was born in 1966 in Tel Aviv, son of former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau. He is a reserve major in the IDF Intelligence Corps. He was elected Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel in July 2013, for a ten-year term.

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is a teacher, philosopher, social critic, and prolific author who has been hailed by Time magazine as a “once-in-amillennium scholar.” His lifelong work in Jewish education earned him the Israel Prize, his country’s highest honor. Born in Jerusalem in 1937 to secular parents, Rabbi Steinsaltz studied physics and chemistry at Hebrew University. He established several experimental schools and, at the age of 24, became Israel’s youngest school principal. In 1965, he began his monumental Hebrew translation and commentary on the Talmud. The Rabbi’s classic work of Kabbalah, The Thirteen Petalled Rose, was first published in 1980 and now appears in eight languages. In all, Rabbi Steinsaltz has authored some sixty books and hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from zoology to theology to social commentary. Continuing his work as a teacher and spiritual mentor, Rabbi Steinsaltz established a network of schools and educational institutions in Israel and the former Soviet Union. He has served as scholar in residence at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies in Washington, DC, and at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University.

Rabbi Shmuel Lew is a beloved spiritual mentor, guidance counselor and educator. The London, UK based Rabbi is a sought after motivational speaker who lectures internationally, and is renowned for his wit, wisdom and uncanny ability to connect with the audience, regardless of their background or affiliation. In the early 60’s Rabbi Lew pioneered outreach activities on college and university campuses, and has positively influenced thousands during the past five decades. Rabbi Shmuel Lew now lectures to Jewish communities worldwide.

Rabbi Moshe J. Kotlarsky is the Vice Chairman of the Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He was educated at the Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim, the main Lubavitch Yeshiva. He directs development of the global Chabad-Lubavitch emissary network initiating the sending of Shluchim (emissaries) to countless of countries. He directs the Kinus Hashluchim, the international conference of the Chabad Shluchim that takes place in New York each fall. He is the Chairman of the Jewish Learning Institute and Chabad on Campus.

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the founder and spiritual leader of Chabad @ Flamingo. Born in Norfolk Virginia, he was raised in various cities along the Atlantic Seaboard and spent his formative years immersed in Judaic studies at religious academies in close proximity to the internationally revered Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory. After graduating in 1990, he assumed a rabbinic internship in Los Angeles and subsequently held educational postings in Buenos Aires, Petersburg (Russia), Milwaukee, Detroit and Jerusalem.
Rabbi Kaplan serves as a Chaplain of the York Regional Police with the added distinction of being one of only two rabbis in the country to do so. The Rabbi is also an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim, York Region’s Advisory Committee of Community Links, and on The Police-Community Liaison Committee. He is a popular public speaker, featured regularly on many local television and radio shows, including a daily address on Toronto’s multi-cultural Radio CHIN FM.

Since receiving ordination from the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva in Brooklyn in 1968, Rabbi Sholom Lipskar has worked as an emissary for the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In 1969 he founded the Landow Yeshiva Center in Miami Beach, Florida. He has served as its principal and dean of its elementary, academy, and high school studies, and was directly responsible for training its rabbinical students. He formulated a school-wide curriculum and managed a multi-million-dollar budget. In 1981 he founded The Shul of Bal Harbour in Surfside, Florida. As its head rabbi he is both the spiritual leader and educational programmer for all ages. Also in 1981 Rabbi Lipskar founded the Aleph Institute and the Educational Academy for the Elderly, both based in Surfside. The Aleph Institute is a non-profit national humanitarian organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for both prisoners and military personnel and their families. Rabbi Lipskar has created alternative punishment philosophies and developed unique educational opportunities for the general public in the field of treatment of closed populations. He also directs the pioneering Educational Academy for the Elderly.

Dr. Shmuel Klatzkin is the Associate Rabbi of Chabad of Greater Dayton, Ohio, an adjunct Professor at Antioch University and Senior Editor of Curriculum at JLI. Dr. Klatzkin was one of the initial developers of JLI’s first courses and collaborated on the establishment of the basic style and pattern JLI courses follow through today. Over the years, he helped author or edit many JLI courses, including, most recently, To Be A Jew in the Free World, done in consultation with historian Dr. Jonathan Sarna. Dr. Klatzkin has translated and edited DVDs of talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Jewish Educational Media, and was a contributing editor to Wellsprings, a journal of Chassidic thought. He has been a featured speaker from coast to coast in the US and Canada and in the UK and Ireland.

The Chair of Judaic Studies at New York University and one of the foremost scholars on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Dr. Schiffman has been featured on PBS, BBC, and A&E specials. He is also a member of the University's Center for Ancient Studies and Center for Near Eastern Studies, and has lectured around the world on Judaism in Late Antiquity, the history of Jewish law, and Talmudic literature.

Dr. David Luchins has been Chair of the Political Science Department at Touro College since 1978. He is a graduate of Yeshiva College, and earned his doctorate from the CUNY Graduate center. Dr. Luchins teaches courses in American Politics and International Relations, and serves as Founding Dean of Touro’s Lander College for Women. Dr. Luchins served on the staff of United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan for twenty years as special assistant, senior assistant, and ultimately, as senior advisor to the Senator.
He is active in Jewish Communal life, having served as vice-president of the Orthodox Union since 1976, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (since 1984), and the National Commissions of the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Fund for Justice. David Luchins spends his summers as a guest professor at the Aish HaTorah College of Judaic Studies in Jerusalem, and is a frequent speaker at high schools, college campuses, synagogues, and communal groups throughout North America, lecturing on a broad range of political and social issues.

Ari Shishler is a rabbi and popular speaker who lives in Johannesburg, with his wife, Naomi and their seven children. He is the rabbi of Chabad of Strathavon and the founder of the Jewish Life Centre in Sandton, which is fast becoming the premier Jewish learning centre in Johannesburg's fastest-growing area. Rabbi Shishler is a passionate and creative teacher who enjoys translating spiritual principles into real-life lessons in the classroom, in print and online. Rabbi Shishler hosts a weekly radio show, has appeared numerous times on South African TV and has lectured worldwide on a variety of topics from the mystical to the contemporary. He writes a column in South Africa’s monthly Jewish Life magazine, and shares Torah insights on his blog (www.rabbishishler.blogspot.com), on Chabad.org, at the “Ask the Rabbi” group on Facebook and via Twitter (@rabbishish).

Gourmet buffet breakfast and lunch, with a variety of dairy and vegan choices. The buffet will be open throughout the day, so you can recharge at the time most convenient for you.

Gourmet dinner buffet, with meat and vegetarian options.