Connections 2009
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Schedule 

JERUSALEM

Tuesday, March 17th
17:00-22:00         Rabbinic Kallah

Wednesday, March 18th
08:00-18:00         Registration / Information Desk
09:00-12:00         Executive Board meeting
09:30-14:00         
Rabbinic Kallah
12:00-14:00         
Lunch
14:00-17:00         International Assembly meeting
17:00-19:00         Leo Baeck Alumni meeting
19:30–21:30        Opening Ceremony
21:30–22:30        Reception

Thursday, March 19th
06:30–08:00        Breakfast at your hotel
08:00–18:00        Registration / Information Desk
08:00–08:30        Shacharit Morning Worship
09:00–10:00        Keynote Address: A new inclusivity for Jews and Judaism
                               - stepping out of the kosher closet/ Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger
10:00–10:50        Regional presentations
10:50–11:15        Coffee Break
11:15–12:30        Sessions
12:30–14:45        Lunch session / Regional meetings
14:45–16:00        Workshops
16:15–17:30        Sessions
17:30–19:00        Free time
19:00–20:30        
Dinner
20:30–21:00        Keynote address: Celebrating our Youth - Celebrating our Future
                               Rabbi Daniel H. Freelander
21:00–23:00        Evening Event - Netzer's 30th Anniversary

JERUSALEM - TEL AVIV

Friday, March 20th
06:30–08:00       Breakfast at your hotel
08:00–08:30      
Shacharit Morning Worship
09:00–10:00       Keynote Address – IMPJ
10:30–14:00       Field trips (incl. lunch)
14:00–15:00       Travel to Tel Aviv
15:00–16:30       Tel Aviv Hotel check-in
17:30–22:00       Kabbalat Shabbat and home hospitality at IMPJ
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TEL AVIV

Saturday, March 21st
07:30–09:00       Breakfast at your hotel
09:00–11:30      
Shabbat Service
12:00–13:30       Lunch & study sessions
13:30–15:30       Free Time
15:30–17:30       Walking tours around Tel Aviv/Jaffa
18:00–18:20       Introduction to the Havdallah / Rabbi Tony Bayfield
18:30–19:00       Havdallah (Netzer-led) at Mishkenot Ruth
19:00–                 Dinner - on your own and free evening in Tel Aviv

Sunday, March 22nd
06:30–08:00       Breakfast at your hotel
08:00–08:30     
Shacharit Morning Worship
09:00-10:00       Keynote Address: The role of Reform Judaism in the building and future of the 
                             State of Israel / Rabbi Michael Marmur
10:30-11:00       Coffee Break
11:00-12:15       Sessions
12:45-14:00       Sessions
14:30-16:30       Field theme workshops (incl. lunch)
16:30-18:30       Break / Free time
18:45-19:45       Reception
19:45-22:00      
Closing ceremony. Keynote Address: President Shimon Peres

Monday, March 23
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TBA                     
World Union Committee Meetings