The conference will also address the mutual responsibility of theological education and the formation of public policy. Materials prepared or recommended by leaders of a particular tradition will be distributed in advance. Travel will be coordinated for trips outside Manhattan. There will be room for a limited number of persons in individual programs.
Most programs are in the greater New York area.
Transportation to each place will be arranged. It is the only pilgrimage center of the Jain religion in the Western Hemisphere. Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanan, the oldest Hindu temple in North America, is located in the borough of Queens, New York. More than 5000 families are associated with this temple, which is dedicated to the Lord Ganesh. Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, is one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic synagogues in all of Conservative Judaism.