Feed your mind, body and spirit.
Open to women and men.
| When: | January 24, 2010 9 am - 2 pm |
| Where: | Riverdale Jewish
Center,
3700 Independence Avenue,
Bronx, NY 10463 Childcare available. |
| Time/Session | Activity |
| 9:00-9:30 am | Registration |
| 9:30-10:40 am | Session I |
| Session A | Advances In Birth Control And Implications For Taharat Hamishpacha Bracha Rutner, Yoetzet Halacha |
| Session B | Hormonal Treatments Of Growth & Puberty: Indications And Ethical Considerations Gaya S. Aranoff, Md |
| Session C | Sweating Not Required: Relax, Revive And Revitalize Through The Power Of The Breath (Women Only) - Kayle Nochomowitz, Certified Yoga Instructor |
| 10:45-11:55 am | SESSION II |
| Session A | Why You Should Ask?: The Yoetzet Halacha in the Community Rabbi Jonathan I. Rosenblatt and Bracha Rutner, Yoetzet Halacha |
| Session B | To Test Or Not To Test? Rewards And Risks Of Pre-Marital And Prenatal Testing Valerie Altman, Md and Dina Najman, Rosh Kehillat KOE |
| Session C | The Jewish Mother: The Empty Nest And Other Matters Francine Klagsbrun: Noted Author, Columnist and Lecturer Interviewed by Blu Greenberg |
| 12:00-12:35 pm | LUNCH |
| 12:40-1:20 pm | KEYNOTE ADDRESS Feeling It In Your Bones: Women and Osteoporosis - Prevention and Treatment At Every Age Ethel S. Siris, MD Director Toni Stabile Osteoporosis Center-Columbia University |
| 1:30-2:40 pm | SESSION III |
| Session A |
V’chai Bahem-You Shall Live: Healthy Eating In Halacha? Simon Feil, Founder of KosherConscience.com |
| Session B | How Does This Effect Me? Latest Guidelines For Brca Testing, Mammography, And Cervical Cancer Screening Ronit Friedman, MD |
| Session C | Couples Communicating About Intimacy (Women Only) Shoshana Bulow, Lcsw |