The annual Agudath Israel of America national convention will take place this weekend Nov 30 Dec 3, 2023 at the Armon Hotel in Stamford, Ct.. The convention program scheduled has been announced see below
6:00 PM THURSDAY NIGHT PRE-KEYNOTE SESSIONS
BROTHERS REAWAKENING: OUR CALL TO ACTION
Shmuli Dembitzer
Mayer Gold
Rabbi Shlomo Landau
Eitan Pfeiffer
Shmuel Sherman
SPECIAL NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY - A TORAH PERSPECTIVE (WOMEN)
TBD
Mrs. Brenda Ketina
7:00 PM AGUDAH LIVE
AGUDAH LIVE
INTERVIEWS, RECAP AND MORE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER
HOSTS
Rabbi Ari Strulowitz
Rabbi Shai Markowitz
8:00 PM THURSDAY NIGHT KEYNOTE SESSION REB YISROEL BEIN HA'AMIM - CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, ISSUES, AND SOLUTIONS
MESSAGE
Rabbi Yosef Frankel
Video Presentation
Rabbi Gershon Miller
Rabbi Shmuel Dishon
CHAIRMAN
Chaim Rajchenbach
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Naftali Miller
9:30 PM AGUDAH LIVE
AGUDAH LIVE
INTERVIEWS, RECAP AND MORE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER
HOSTS
Rabbi Ari Strulowitz
Rabbi Shai Markowitz
10:00 PM THURSDAY NIGHT POST-KEYNOTE SESSION
#ASKINGFORAFRIEND: ERETZ YISROEL EDITION
Rabbi Yosef Elefant
Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky
MODERATOR
Rabbi Yisroel Besser
9:45 AM FRIDAY MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS I
LIVING IN ERETZ YISROEL AND YOU: WHY IT MATTERS
Rabbi Yerachmiel Fried
Rabbi Yonoson Rosenblum
HAKOL, KOL YAAKOV: LEVERAGING OUR VOICES TO COMBAT SURGING ANTISEMITISM
Chaskel Bennett
Avrohom Weinstock
11:00 AM FRIDAY MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS II
TORAH MAGNA UMATZLA: INCREASING OUR LIMUD IN AN EIS TZOROH
Rabbi Shrage Malinowitz
Rabbi Yosef Sonnenshein
KASHRUS: MAINTAINING KEDUSHAH IN A STARBUCKS WORLD
Rabbi Sholem Fishbane
Rabbi Ari Senter
4:10 PM MINCHAH AND KABALAS SHABBOS
Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler
4:20 PM MINCHAH AND KABALAS SHABBOS
(WOMEN)
REFINING OUR BITACHON
Rebbetzin Dina Schoonmaker
8:00 PM FRIDAY NIGHT CONCURRENT SESSIONS
TZIPISA LE'YESHUAH - THE 4TH QUESTION
Rabbi Yaakov Robinson
IS OUR GASHMIUS SUFFOCATING US? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
Rabbi Eliezer Gewirtzman
OVERCOMING THE GREEKS: LIVING A HEALTHIER RELATIONAL LIFE (WOMEN)
Mrs. Yael Kaisman
9:00 PM FRIDAY NIGHT KEYNOTE SESSION
MAINTAINING OUR SIMCHAS HACHAIM AND MENUCHAS HANEFESH IN TRYING TIMES
Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin
Rabbi Yosef Elefant
CHAIRMAN
Rabbi Shrage Malinowitz
10:15 PM FRIDAY NIGHT POST-KEYNOTE SESSIONS
SHEVES ACHIM
Rabbi Shmuel Dishon
Rabbi Yehoshua Perlow
R' Uziel Deitch and the Neshama Choir
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE MAGID - BRINGING LIGHT IN OUR LIVES IN DIFFICULT TIMES
Rabbi Paysach Krohn
8:00 AM SHACHARIS
Rabbi Aharon Feldman
10:00 AM SHABBOS MORNING SESSION
Q AND A WITH RABBI REUVEN FEINSTEIN
Rabbi Reuven Feinstein
MODERATOR
Rabbi Moshe Bender
11:30 AM SHABBOS MORNING KEYNOTE SESSIONS
STRIVING FOR EVER GREATER HEIGHTS OF RUCHNIYUS
Rabbi Aharon Dovid Goldberg
Rabbi Nochum Binder
CHAIRMAN
Rabbi Moshe Danzger
RECOGNIZING THE HAND OF HASHEM IN OUR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE (WOMEN)
Mrs. Brenda Ketina
2:45 PM SHABBOS AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS
LIVING AS YID, NOT JUST BEING A YID
Rabbi Eliezer Gewirtzman
Rabbi Ariel Shoshan
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: MOST COMMON CHALLENGES THAT COME TO RABBANIM
Rabbi Yaakov Feiner
Rabbi Yitzchok Frankel
BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN YOURSELVES (WOMEN)
Rabbi Paysach Krohn
4:10 PM SHOLOSH SEUDOS
MEN I
Rabbi Yehuda Svei
Rabbi Nochum Binder
CHAIRMAN
Rabbi Avrohom Luban
MEN II
Rabbi Yisroel Perlow
Rabbi Yaakov Robinson
CHAIRMAN
Rabbi Eliyahu Simcha Bamberger
WOMEN: TAKING OUR TEFILLAH TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Mrs. Yael Kaisman
7:00 PM MOTZEI SHABBOS
DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT: ERETZ YISROEL AT WAR
Rabbi Shmuel Bloom
Rabbi Yonoson Rosenblum
7:45 PM AGUDAH LIVE
AGUDAH LIVE
INTERVIEWS, RECAP AND MORE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER
HOSTS
Rabbi Ari Strulowitz
Rabbi Shai Markowitz
8:00 PM LIVE WITH PIRCHEI
Rabbi Yehuda Kohn
8:15 PM MOTZEI SHABBOS KEYNOTE ADDRESS CALL TO ACTION
Rabbi Yitzchok Kolodetsky
Rabbi Yosef Elefant
REMARKS
Rabbi Menashe Frankel
Rabbi Elya Brudny
Video Presentation
Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel
Rabbi Binyomin Eisenberger
CHAIRMAN
Ari Stern
10:30 PM MOTZEI SHABBOS
MELAVAH MALKAH
Accompanied by R' Uziel Deitsch and the Neshama Choir
9:30 AM SUNDAY MORNING SESSION
#ASKINGFORAFRIEND: GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS EDITION
Agudath Israel's Government Affairs Staff
10:45 AM SUNDAY MORNING CLOSING KEYNOTE SESSION
DEALING WITH ANXIETY IN STRESSFUL TIMES
Rabbi Ben Tzion Kokis
Rabbi Joey Haber
Rabbi Moshe Rotberg
CHAIRMAN
Rabbi Labish Becker
Aguda took a page out of the Washington rally not to announce the schedule until the day before
ReplyDeleteNebach.
DeleteLess Loshon Horah.
They do this all the time.
DeleteSomewhat makes sure controversial speakers can be eliminated.
Also prevents demonstrations and (somewhat) catcalling controversial speakers like in the past.
One of the people listed about as speaking about TORAH MAGNA UMATZLA: INCREASING OUR LIMUD IN AN EIS TZOROH went with his Talmidim to the rally in Washington DC and has two shiurim online in support of the rally. (one was given on the bus on the way) So apparently even those on the Moetzes who opposed the rally still feel that supporting attendance is a valid Torah haskafa. Otherwise he wouldn't be the person asked to speak on such a topic.
ReplyDeleteSilly comment
DeleteYou are naive how they operate
Aren't we glad that the hashkafa embraced by all of the Gedolim in 1967 is still considered at least a valid Torah hashkafa. Savor the small victories.
DeleteDue to the last minute release it was noticed a lack of chasidishe representation and no modern Orthodox speakers or the olam should not go
ReplyDeletethose who are already on the way do not have to turn around.
Moetzet hachachomim
Rabbi professor Twerski was right
Deletei don't know who most of the people on the schedule are but rabbis frankel, dishon, perlow and zweibel are definitely chasidish.
DeleteIm alu lo yeirdu.......
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ReplyDeleteAgudah is past its hey day, perhaps irrelevant in todays day and age. Most large mosdos and chasidus,satmar,bobov,belz,chabad have their own connections with the govt agencies they need, to get what they need. Any issues regarding our community at large we have enough "askonim" to effectively convey our communities position w/o the help and connections of agudas yisroel.
Throwing a law suit here and their for eruvs etc can be done w/o agudas yisroels participation and fighting new york state for education issues needed the participation of the schools and mosdos in any case so i dont see how aguda is still relevant today
What have most large mosdos and chasidus,satmar,bobov,belz,chabad ever done for the klal as a whole? When did Aguda ever have to come on to them for their political connections? How many times did they come onto Agudah for it's political connections. And political connections is one small aspect of Agudah. e.g. If Schmerel can't find a job are most large mosdos and chasidus,satmar,bobov,belz,chabad going to help him? Etc,
Deletewe have enough "askonim" to effectively convey our communities position w/o the help and connections of agudas yisroel. Really? I can't recall a single time that the community needed something and some unaffiliated "askonim" or "askonim" involved with a specific mosod or group stood up to the plate and dealt with it. Let me know when that happened
DeleteYou're right. Askanim as a whole are an ungebluzenem eey. But the when did the Aguda step up to the plate with a practical solution to anything? They are as useless as the askonim.
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DeleteThere have been many
major bills pigeonholed ; momentum in primaries occasionally have been changed;
staying always alert for endless negative turns, usually often failing,despite their warnings to the grubbe organization & public characters;
Those very few righteous sacrificing individuals who astonishingly give away their all without a drop of community appreciation.They even expect to get denigrated sadly.
They have come from experience to despise the big organizations.The generally stay away from them & their types except rarely when some benefit accrues to the public that route though they're well aware they'll never ever receive anything but tzaros for it.
&when things somehow have success, in spite of the big organizations, those big organizations will take & receive the credit.
Most of those applauding articles you receive in the propagandist weeklies are naturally total hogwash
Call them Klal yidden don't call them askanim
If Only you Can try perhaps to Have some inkling
Hopefully they will be getting major olam haba
Everybody else has already takes their the olam hazeh
Surprised our favorite assemblyman is not on the program
ReplyDeleteThe then lobbyist started the "Agudah Live" Internet broadcast four-five years ago.
DeleteI can summarize the program in three words - Gornisht mit nisht.
ReplyDeleteWith all the pompous talk about 'Klal Yisroel' (I can't write the Mid-West accent in words, so read them in that accent), and the clapping and cheering, can someone tell me what the purpose here is? Is someone going to keep Mitzvos better because of this? Some baalebatim paid for a Shabbos, where they will be lectured by Rabbonim. Why can't these Rabbonim just say a Shmuess to the baalebatim in their own Shuls? Who needs a conference to help them 'strive for more ruchniyus'? Your Rav gives Derashos about Torah, Middos, Mitzvos, Tzedaka, Tefilla, less Gashmiyus, and everything else you need to hear. What is this conference all about?
So the movers can move around like the CIA observing who may later be of use for them
DeletePlease note many event planners and caterers make their livelihood from the Agudah. It also saves the speakers and their families money from not having to go out to eat. For the aforementioned reasons one should cease mocking their convention.
ReplyDeleteBut if they don't go out to eat, how will the tireless restaurant owners make money? And what about the tips?
DeleteSuch farbissenkeit here. Maybe the Aguda should address that at the convention as well. You don't want to go to the convention, then don't. You believe you can accomplish what Aguda does without them, by all means go ahead and do so.. What did Agudah ever do to you that mere mention of who is speaking by the convention (mostly respected Talmidey Chachomim) compels you to respond this way?
ReplyDelete"without them, by all means"
ReplyDeletewould be lovely
Except the community has only so much resources & energy
They suck out away the oxygen
If they aren't doing anything anyway how do they suck any oxygen, resources & energy? Say some askonim decide to start an alternative to Aguda, what power does Aguda have to stop them? It would HELP them if Aguda picked a fight with them. The publicity and the sympathy from those who hate Aguda would have them up and running.
DeleteChildish challenge.Besides,they do enough.They run interference.
DeleteJust for tidbits: ask about those involved with Dean Skelos & marriage in Albany in '11 ( we have a recorded conversation)
Or another-Schnall,Schaer & pulling the plug in Trenton in '14
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Moish Gordon a"h nearly started a branch of Degel,but was requested to desist
ReplyDeleteAguda lacks competition therefore & has little need ever to answer to our concerns.They stamp.down.
When baale batim get irked by contrast eg the recent rally whitewashing their previous statements ,Aguda runs to placate them since there are other orgs. for the disaffected to turn to!
Who wass Moish Gordon? What possible practical function would an American branch of Degel H'Torah have? What about Rav Shach"s letter after he started Degel ( printed in Mictovim U'Maamorim) telling American's NOT to break off from the American Agudah?
DeleteIf there were an American Degel it would need Aguda too. It wouldn't even know what it's own positions are until Aguda would say something. Then it would come and say differently.
DeleteThe letter was actually BECAUSE originally he recommended they start Degel in America .When aguda leadership begged him to desist, he agreed to change tack.
DeleteHe insisted Moish should be flown in to the original rally for Degel in E"y
Only afterward he also suggested flying perhaps in R Elya S
Presumably so.People mistook how & where the shots were really being orchestated then
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