Dr. Sachiyo. Walking meditation on pastoral Mill House combining movements from Japanese and Okinawan dance and Buddhist meditation.

Sachiyo Ito, acclaimed as an emissary of Japan through her performance and teaching, is an artist and educator who has worked to bridge East and West through her beautiful and enchanting programs for nearly 40 years. A recipient of the Foreign Minister’s Award from the Japanese Foreign Ministry in 2008, Sachiyo Ito holds a Ph.D. in Dance and Dance Education from New York University. Since 1972, she has performed in the United States and taught at major colleges including the Juilliard School and New York University. She has conducted Haiku, Movement, and Walking Meditation Workshops at spiritual retreats including Dai Bosatsu Zen Monastery in New York State, and is a member of Community of Mindfulness of New York Metro, the community which shares practices and teachings by Thich Nhat Hanh.

David Kleiman. Genealogist presents, Pirates, Patriots, and Parnassim: The relationships between the Early American Jewish merchants of the Caribbean Basin. (1:00 pm). Fee. (Press Release)

Publisher, researcher, folklorist, and popular educator, David M. Kleiman has been involved in family history works for over 35 years. He is president of Heritage Muse, Inc. and co-founder of the NY Computers and Genealogy Special Interest Group. David is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speakers Guild, and serves on the Executive Council of the Jewish Genealogical Society-NY. In 2009 he took on the duties of curator for the new Loeb Visitors Center at Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, overseeing an extensive exhibit on the history of the synagogue, the Jewish role in Colonial America, and the underpinnings of our First Amendment rights on Religious Freedom. His team also builds, writes, and maintains websites for several historical and genealogical organizations including sites for the Loeb Visitors Center and their sponsoring George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom.

Andrée Brooks. Award-winning author speaks on, The Real History of the Jewish Doctor.

Why do so many Jews seem to gravitate towards the medical fields? The answer may come as a surprise. It has nothing whatsoever to do, as the wags might expect, with the ambitions of their Jewish mothers. Rather, it is a result of attitudes towards life and health that began back in antiquity, along with the long distance trading activities of the Jewish merchants.

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