Presenters at this year's conference:
listed in alphabetical order

Angelica Berrie is the President of The Russell Berrie Foundation. The Russell Berrie Foundation counts among its accomplishments the creation of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital; the Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales at William Paterson University; the Berrie Fellows Program, a leadership development program through the UJA (NNJ); the Russ and Angelica Berrie Humanistic Care Center at Englewood Hospital; the Angelica and Russell Berrie Performing Arts Center at Ramapo College; and the Russ Berrie Nanotechnology Institute at the Technion. Angelica served as CEO (2003-2005) and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors (2003-2006), of the Russ Berrie and Co. Inc., a 43-year-old global gift company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which was founded by her late husband, sales entrepreneur and philanthropist, Russell Berrie. (read more) Peter Pitzele, Ph.D. was recently and for many years an adjunct faculty member of the Jewish Theological Seminary and Union Theological Seminary. Currently he is the Dean of Faculty of Storahtelling, Workshop Director for the intergenerational theater company Roots&Branches, and Faculty Member at Large: Institute for Contemporary Midrash. He continues to write and study, and he travels widely as a scholar/artist in the United States, Europe, and Israel. Peter has his Ph.D. in literature from Harvard. He has taught literature at Harvard and Brooklyn College. He was trained in the methods of therapeutic theater and directed the Psychodrama Service at Four Winds Hospital for seventeen years. At that time and since he developed Bibliodrama, now recognized as a a principal methodology in the field of contemporary midrash. (read more) Rabbi Mayer Selekman was the congregational leader of Temple Sholom for 28 years. He completed his M.H.L. studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary, then earned an M.A.H.L. and was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.  In 1992, he was granted a Doctor of Divinity degree. Since coming to the Philadelphia area, Rabbi Selekman has taught at Gratz College, Villanova University, and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He served as president of Life Guidance Services, Inc., for five years and has also been president of both the Marple Newtown Caring Coalition and the Marple Newtown Clergy Association. He is a Vice President of Interfaithways:  Greater Philadelphia’s Interfaith Support Network. More Information Coming Soon!