Schedule

CCAR Board of Trustees Meeting (Including lunch)

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | 4 hours

Ingathering of the Rabbis from Small(er) congregations (1 of 2)

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour

Pre-Convention Program: The United States & Israel: Lessons from the Past, Looking towards the Future (Pre-registration required)

Michael Shields (Participant)

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 3 hours

Ingathering of the Rabbis from Small(er) congregations (2 of 2)

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes

Michael Shields (Participant)

Exhibitors’ Opening – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served)

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 30 minutes

Opening Night Reception: Welcome to Atlanta

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

Opening Night Dinner

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD

Rabbi Denise Eger (Participant)

2017 Atlanta Convention Committee (Closed meeting)

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Suite 1028

First Timers' Reception

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Presidential Suite - Rm 2628

Friends of Bill W

10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Boardroom

Monday 20 March, 2017

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

The Walking/Running Rabbis

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

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

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD

Professor Deborah Lipstadt (Participant)

Shacharit Convention Service Installation of New Officers and Board

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

Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served)

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes

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

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

Lunch with Colleagues

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

The Inner Experience of Being a Rabbi in Turbulent Times

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD

American Jewish Archives Luncheon (By Invitation)

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Buses Depart to The Center for Civil and Human Rights

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | 45 minutes

Program at The Center for Civil and Human Rights

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

Atlanta - Museum

Derreck Kayongo (Participant)

Buses Depart to The Temple

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

Atlanta - The Center Lobby

Reception Hosted by URJ: Conversation with Rick Jacobs

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

Atlanta - The Temple

Dinner at The Temple

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

Atlanta - The Temple

Special Presentation of The Temple Bombing

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

Atlanta - The Temple

Melissa Fay Greene (Participant)

CCAR Leadership Meeting (By Invitation)

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Presidential Suite - Rm 2628

Rabbis Organizing Rabbis (ROR) Gathering

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

Lucy Dinner (Participant)

[CANCELED] World Union for Progressive Judaism Reception (By Invitation)

10:00 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Chastain

HUC-JIR Private Meeting

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Chastain

Friends of Bill W

10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Boardroom

Tuesday 21 March, 2017

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

The Walking/Running Rabbis

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

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

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF

Shacharit: Praying Isaiah's Vision (Making Worship Accessible)

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

Exploring the Reform Jewish Day School: A Visit to The Alfred & Adele Davis Academy (Pre-registration required)

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM | 6 hours 30 minutes

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

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

Paul Root Wolpe PhD (Participant)

An Ethics of Social Justice and Repair: Values and Strategies

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon E

The Torah of the Marketplace: Conducting Your Business Affairs with Integrity

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

Past Presidents' Gathering (By Invitation)

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - TBD

Ethical Food Purchasing Policies as Vehicles for Activating Jewish Values

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Dunwoody

Aaron Gross (Participant)

Is Forgiveness Jewish?

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Centennial

Dr. Louis Newman (Participant)

Reframing Kashrut: Ritual, Ethics, Food and Choice

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

Mary Zamore (Participant)

Everyday Redemption

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

Dean Moses Pava (Participant)

Coaches Meeting and Lunch (Closed meeting)

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ardmore

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

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

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (Participant)

Ethics and Disabilities

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Inman

Edythe Mencher LCSW (Participant)

Lunch with Colleagues

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour

Committee Group Lunch Meetings

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom

Conference Positions and Resolutions Committee

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon D

Committee on Israel

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon D

Janet Liss (Participant)

Committee on Disability [New Location]

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour

Shira Joseph (Participant)

Justice, Peace and Civil Liberties Committee

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon C

Lucy Dinner (Participant)

Ethics Process Review Committee (Closed meeting)

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Office 1

Martin Weiner (Participant)

Worship and Practices Committee (Closed meeting)

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour

Joseph Skloot (Participant)

What Is Right and Good in God’s Sight? Can Meta-Mitzvot Come to the Rescue?

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon E

Amy Scheinerman (Participant)

Prayer as Spiritual Resistance

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Alden Solovy (Participant)

Songs Ascending: A New Translation of the Book of Psalms with Textual and Spiritual Commentary

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon C

Richard Levy (Participant)

Rabbinic Fundraising OMG! – Orientation, Motivation, and Goals

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon B

Living out a Racial Justice Campaign in Your Community

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon A

Stop, Hey, What's That Sound?

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Dunwoody

Sofi Hersher (Participant)

When a Lie Is Not a Sin

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Dennis Ross (Participant)

"In Hebrew It Sounds Different" – American Jewish Thinkers in Hebrew Translation

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Michael Marmur (Participant)

Using Sources and Documents to Retell the June 1967 War

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ardmore

Professor Kenneth Stein (Participant)

From Good to Great: A Chat with Attorneys and Rabbis on How to Achieve Successful Outcomes in Contract Negotiations

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Ethical Consumption: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century [New Location]

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (Participant)

Sharing our Lives . . . Goes Live

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Inman

Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served)

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes

CCAR Press Book Launch Celebration

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes

Hara Person (Participant)

Freehof Institute for Progressive Halakhah Migrants - Immigrants and the Halakhah - Our 25th Anniversary Presentation

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon E

Succeeding in Making Change on the State Level

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

Renewing T'shuvah: Congregations as Centers for Moral Development

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon C

Dr. Louis Newman (Participant)

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

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon B

Dr. Aaron Panken (Participant)

Pastor and Prophet: Leading Politically Divided Communities towards Justice

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon A

Women in the Bible: Challenges and Opportunities, Then and Now

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Dunwoody

The Next Stage: The Transitions to a Successful Retirement

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

I Thank Therefore I Am

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

Michael Marmur (Participant)

Serving Aging Families and Communities: Spiritual Holiness amid Cognitive Emptiness

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ardmore

Digital Learning

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

Building Isaiah's Vision

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Inman

Building a Culture of Religious Zionism from a Reform Perspective

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Chastain

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

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

Reception Honoring Alan Henkin, Thanking Volunteers and Sponsors

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom and The Terrace

Pop-up DIY Maariv

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour

Dinner with Colleagues

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

WRN Dinner: All CCAR Women Rabbis Are Welcome (By reservation only)

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour

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

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

Joseph J. Levin Jr. (Participant)

Concert by Choirs of Ebenezer Baptist Church and The Temple

9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour

Gathering for Leaders of Reform Movement Organizations (Closed meeting)

10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Presidential Suite - Rm 2628

Steve Fox (Moderator)

Friends of Bill W

10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Boardroom

Wednesday 22 March, 2017

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

The Walking/Running Rabbis

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

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

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF

Shacharit with MARAM Rabbis

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

CCAR Welcomes Friends of the Conference

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes

ISRAEL PROGRAM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Journey Towards the Other

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

Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served)

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | 30 minutes

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

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

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF

Prof. Donald A. Sylvan (Participant)

Lunch with Colleagues

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

Lunch with Rabbinic Career Cohorts

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

Academics

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

Chaplains

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

Community-Based/Non-Profit/Organizational

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

Interim Rabbis

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

Large Congregations

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

Rabbi Educators

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

Small Congregations

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour

Lifelong Learning Proposal: An Open Conversation with Denise L. Eger, David Lyon and David Stern

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour