Mona Alfi

Congregation B'nai Israel

Participates in 1 Session

Rabbi Mona Alfi is the spiritual leader for Congregation B’nai Israel in Sacramento. Concurrent to her time at B’nai Israel she has served as the Chaplain for the California State Assembly and State Senate. She has served on the Commission on Social Action (CSA) as a representative of the CCAR and is on the leadership team for Reform California and active in interfaith social justice work in Sacramento.

Sessions in which Mona Alfi participates

Wednesday 22 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

2:00 PM

Leading for Justice Beyond the Bimah

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon E

Workshop

Lucy Dinner, Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC (Participant)

Mona Alfi, Congregation B'nai Israel (Participant)

Kenneth Chasen, Leo Baeck Temple (Participant)

Sessions in which Mona Alfi attends

Sunday 19 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

4:00 PM

OPENING PROGRAM WITH DANA BASH: Welcome to the 128th Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis

2 hours, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom

General Session

Dana Bash, CNN (Participant)

Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)

Welcome to the 128th Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis Welcome: Wendi Geffen C...

6:00 PM

Opening Night Reception: Welcome to Atlanta

1 hour 15 minutes, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Overlook

Reception

7:15 PM

Opening Night Dinner

1 hour 30 minutes, 7:15 PM - 8:45 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD

Meal

Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)

Welcome: Denise L. Eger Motzi: Our Local Rabbis and Convention Committee Presentation to Denise L. Eger, CCAR President, 2015-...

Monday 20 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

6:00 AM

The Walking/Running Rabbis

1 hour, 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Hotel Lobby

Off-site Trip

7:30 AM

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION WITH DEBORAH LIPSTADT: The Art of Denial - Contemporary Reflections

1 hour, 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD

Meal

Professor Deborah Lipstadt, Emory University (Participant)

Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and the Department of Religio...

9:00 AM

Shacharit Convention Service Installation of New Officers and Board

2 hours, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom

Worship

Rachel Timoner, New York (Participant)

Noam Katz, The Leo Baeck Day School (Participant)

Convention Service Mercer Ballroom Sh’lichei Tzibur Noam Katz,

11:00 AM

Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served)

30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Overlook

Break

11:30 AM

MAYOR KASIM REED, REVEREND RAPHAEL WARNOCK, REVEREND NATOSHA REID RICE: Do Not Be Afraid: Stand Firm and Witness Deliverance

1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom

Panel

Mayor Kasim Reed (Participant)

Reverend Natosha Reid Rice, Habitat for Humanity International AND Ebenezer Baptist Church (Participant)

Reverend Raphael Warnock PhD, The Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church (Participant)

With profound gratitude, the CCAR thanks the Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation for underwriting the CCAR’s engagement w...

2:00 PM

Buses Depart to The Center for Civil and Human Rights

45 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Hotel Lobby

Off-site Trip

3:00 PM

Program at The Center for Civil and Human Rights

2 hours, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Atlanta - Museum

Off-site Trip

Derreck Kayongo, The Center for Civil and Human Rights (Participant)

The Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta is an engaging cultural attraction that connects the American Civil Rights Movement to to...

5:00 PM

Buses Depart to The Temple

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Atlanta - The Center Lobby

Off-site Trip

5:30 PM

Reception Hosted by URJ: Conversation with Rick Jacobs

1 hour, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Atlanta - The Temple

Reception

6:15 PM

Dinner at The Temple

1 hour, 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM

Atlanta - The Temple

Meal

7:30 PM

Special Presentation of The Temple Bombing

3 hours, 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Atlanta - The Temple

Off-site Trip

Melissa Fay Greene (Participant)

Panel Presentation Moderated by Peter Berg, with Melissa Fay Greene, Jimmy Maize, Bill Rothschild, Janice Rothschild, and Alvin Sugarman.

10:00 PM

Rabbis Organizing Rabbis (ROR) Gathering

1 hour, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Pittman

Meeting

Lucy Dinner, Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC (Participant)

Tuesday 21 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

7:00 AM

Breakfast Hosted by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Including Class Roll Call

1 hour, 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF

Meal

9:00 AM

ETHICS IS NOT WHAT WE THINK IT IS: Six Misunderstood Insights into Ethics with Keynote by Paul Root Wolpe

3 hours, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom

Talk

Paul Root Wolpe PhD, Emory University (Participant)

ETHICS KICKOFF PROGRAM While we often debate or discuss ethical dilemmas, we less often think deeply about what ethics itsel...

10:30 AM

Leading with Spiritual Courage and Seeing the Mystical Dimension in Contemporary Ethics

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Piedmont

Workshop

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Valley Beit Midrash (Participant)

In different ways, we all, as rabbis, engage in challenging moments that require real leadership. More than just being strategic, we often must bri...

12:00 PM

Justice, Peace and Civil Liberties Committee

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon C

Meeting

Lucy Dinner, Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC (Participant)

1:00 PM

Stop, Hey, What's That Sound?

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Dunwoody

Workshop

Sofi Hersher, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (Participant)

2:00 PM

CCAR Press Book Launch Celebration

30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Overlook

Meeting

Hara Person, CCAR (Participant)

This afternoon marks the official launch of our newest publication, This Grateful Heart: Psalms and Prayers for a New Day, by Alden Solovy...

2:30 PM

How True is True? True Lies, Alternative Truths and the Value of Veracity in Jewish Law

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon B

Workshop

Dr. Aaron Panken, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)

Throughout Rabbinic Literature and Responsa, Jewish texts have clearly privileged speaking the truth over propagating false information, with certa...

4:00 PM

CCAR BUSINESS and Special Session, including Ethics (with coffee and sweets)

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom

Talk

• Welcome by David Stern • Annual Report by Steven A. Fox: Rabbinic Advocacy through Ethics • Proposed Ethics (Code Changes) • In...

8:30 PM

JOSEPH J. LEVIN JR. CO-FOUNDER OF THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: Hate and Extremism in the United States

1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom

General Session

Joseph J. Levin Jr., Southern Poverty Law Center (Participant)

The Jacob Rader Marcus Memorial Lecture sponsored by The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives. The South...

Wednesday 22 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

7:00 AM

Ayelet's I.C.E. BREAKFAST (Israel, Cuba, Europe...and beyond!)

1 hour, 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF

Meal

8:15 AM

Shacharit with MARAM Rabbis

30 minutes, 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom

Worship

Josh Weinberg, ARZA (Participant)

Or Zohar, IMPJ , Misgav Regional Council (Participant)

Galit Cohen-Kedem, Kehilat Kodesh V’Hol in Holon (Participant)

9:00 AM

ISRAEL PROGRAM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Journey Towards the Other

1 hour 15 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom

Workshop

Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, ROOTS/Shorashim (Participant)

Ali Abu Awwad, ROOTS/Shorashim (Participant)

Welcome by American Reform Zionist Association and Israel Ministry of Tourism With profound gratitude, the CCAR thanks the...

10:45 AM

Creating a Culture of Dialogue on Israel Followed by Small Group Discussions

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF

General Session

Prof. Donald A. Sylvan, Ohio State University (Participant)

Civil discourse, based on the pillars of empathy and active listening, is crucial in our Jewish community – especially in dealing with contentious ...

6:30 PM

Dinner with Colleagues

1 hour 30 minutes, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Atlanta - Restaurants

Meal

8:15 PM

CORNELL WILLIAM BROOKS, PRESIDENT, NAACP: CLOSING PROGRAM AND RECEPTION

1 hour, 8:15 PM - 9:15 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom

Talk

Cornell William Brooks, NAACP (Participant)

Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)

Introduction: Denise L. Eger Cornell William Brooks, NAACP President Cornell William Brooks is the president and CEO of...