Schedule for Sunday, February 14, 2010
Conference on the Agunah Crisis
9:30 am
Rabbi Yona Reiss Max and Marion Grill Dean, RIETS
Understanding the Contemporary Agunah Problem and a Review of Solutions
Introduction by Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann
10:00 am
Rabbi Mordechai Willig Rosh Yeshiva, RIETS
Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann Menahel, Beth Din of America
The RCA/BDA Prenuptial Agreement
10:45 am
Rabbi Michael Broyde Chaver, Beth Din of America
Why has the Agunah Problem not been Solved Yet: Simple Solutions That Are Halachically Problematic
11:15 am
Does Communal Pressure Work to Resolve Agunah Cases? A Panel Discussion
Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin Legal Counsel, ORA
Josh Ross Founder, ORA
Rabbi Kenneth Auman Rabbi, Young Israel of Flatbush
Moderated by Naomi Maryles, Esq.
Rabbi Michoel Zylberman Chaver, Beth Din of America
Halachic Methods for Terminating a Marriage in Cases of Recalitrance
12:00 pm
What Next? Open Question Session
Rabbi Mordechai Willig Rosh Yeshiva, RIETS
Rabbi Michael Broyde Chaver, Beth Din of America
Rabbi Yona Reiss Max and Marion Grill Dean, RIETS
Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann Menahel, Beth Din of America
Moderated by Rabbi Dani Rapp
All shiurim to take place in Furst 501
500 West 185th St On Amsterdam Ave
For program status updates, sponsorship requests, or more information, please call 212-960-5400 x 5313
For more information about the Abraham Arbesfeld Kollel Yom Rishon, the Sunday morning learning program for Men, visit our website at www.yu.edu/KollelYomRishon
