Sunday 19 March, 2017

Time Zone: EDT/Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
CCAR Board of Trustees Meeting (Including lunch) 4 hours 9:00 AM  -  1:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ravinia
Meeting
Pre-Convention Program: The Long Arc of Civil Rights through the Eyes of Jewish Atlanta (Pre-registration required) 6 hours 9:00 AM  -  3:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Hotel Lobby
 |  Signup required
Off-site Trip
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Ingathering of the Rabbis from Small(er) congregations (1 of 2) 1 hour 10:30 AM  -  11:30 AM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Piedmont
Participant Michael Shields (Temple Kol Tikvah of Lake Norman)
Meeting
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Pre-Convention Program: The United States & Israel: Lessons from the Past, Looking towards the Future (Pre-registration required) 3 hours 12:00 PM  -  3:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
 |  Signup required
Meeting
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Ingathering of the Rabbis from Small(er) congregations (2 of 2) 1 hour 15 minutes 2:30 PM  -  3:45 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Piedmont
Participant Michael Shields (Temple Kol Tikvah of Lake Norman)
Meeting
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Exhibitors’ Opening – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) 30 minutes 3:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Overlook
Meeting
4:00 PM
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
Participant Dana Bash (CNN ) | Participant Rabbi Denise Eger (Congregation Kol Ami )
General Session
Live Stream
6:00 PM
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
7:15 PM
Opening Night Dinner 1 hour 30 minutes 7:15 PM  -  8:45 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD
Participant Rabbi Denise Eger (Congregation Kol Ami )
Meal
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
2017 Atlanta Convention Committee (Closed meeting) 1 hour 10:00 PM  -  11:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Suite 1028
Meeting
First Timers' Reception 1 hour 10:00 PM  -  11:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Presidential Suite - Rm 2628
Reception
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
Friends of Bill W 1 hour 10:30 PM  -  11:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Boardroom
Meeting

Monday 20 March, 2017

Time Zone: EDT/Eastern Time (US & Canada)
6:00 AM
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
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
Participant Deborah Lipstadt (Emory University)
Meal
9:00 AM
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
Participant Rachel Timoner (New York) | Participant Noam Katz (The Leo Baeck Day School)
Worship
Live Stream
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) 30 minutes 11:00 AM  -  11:30 AM  |  Overlook
Break
11:30 AM
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
Participant Kasim Reed | Participant Natosha Reid Rice (Habitat for Humanity International AND Ebenezer Baptist Church) | Participant Raphael Warnock (The Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church)
Panel
Social JusticeLive Stream
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
The Inner Experience of Being a Rabbi in Turbulent Times 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD
Participant Rex Perlmeter (CCAR) | Participant Betsy Torop (CCAR)
Meeting
Lunch with Colleagues 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Atlanta , Restaurants
Meal
American Jewish Archives Luncheon (By Invitation) 1 hour 30 minutes 12:30 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ravinia
Meal
2:00 PM
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
3:00 PM
Program at The Center for Civil and Human Rights 2 hours 3:00 PM  -  5:00 PM  |  Atlanta , Museum
Participant Derreck Kayongo (The Center for Civil and Human Rights)
Off-site Trip
5:00 PM
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
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
6:15 PM
Dinner at The Temple 1 hour 6:15 PM  -  7:15 PM  |  Atlanta , The Temple
Meal
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
Special Presentation of The Temple Bombing 3 hours 7:30 PM  -  10:30 PM  |  Atlanta , The Temple
Participant Melissa Fay Greene
Off-site Trip
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
Rabbis Organizing Rabbis (ROR) Gathering 1 hour 10:00 PM  -  11:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Pittman
Participant Lucy Dinner (Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC)
Meeting
Committee Group Lunch Meeting
HUC-JIR Private Meeting 1 hour 10:00 PM  -  11:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Chastain
Meeting
CCAR Leadership Meeting (By Invitation) 1 hour 10:00 PM  -  11:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Presidential Suite - Rm 2628
Reception
[CANCELED] World Union for Progressive Judaism Reception (By Invitation) 1 hour 30 minutes 10:00 PM  -  11:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Chastain
Reception
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
Friends of Bill W 1 hour 10:30 PM  -  11:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Boardroom
Meeting

Tuesday 21 March, 2017

Time Zone: EDT/Eastern Time (US & Canada)
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
The Walking/Running Rabbis 1 hour 6:00 AM  -  7:00 AM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Hotel Lobby
Off-site Trip
7:00 AM
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
8:15 AM
8:15 AM
Shacharit: Praying Isaiah's Vision (Making Worship Accessible) 30 minutes 8:15 AM  -  8:45 AM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Mercer Ballroom
Participant Shira Joseph (Congregation Shaaray Shalom) | Participant Matan Koch | Participant Ben Spratt (Congregation Rodeph Sholom) | Participant Edythe Mencher (Union for Reform Judaism) | Participant Rebecca Dubowe (Moses Montefiore Temple) | Participant Faryn Kates Rudnick (Temple Beth-El, Northbrook, IL)
Worship
Worship
9:00 AM
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
Participant Paul Root Wolpe (Emory University)
Talk
EthicsLive Stream
Exploring the Reform Jewish Day School: A Visit to The Alfred & Adele Davis Academy (Pre-registration required) 6 hours 30 minutes 9:00 AM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Hotel Lobby
 |  Signup required
Moderator Joui Hessel (CCAR Atlanta Convention Committee) | Moderator Micah Lapidus (The Davis Academy)
Off-site Trip
Education
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Past Presidents' Gathering (By Invitation) 1 hour 10:30 AM  -  11:30 AM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , TBD
Reception
Is Forgiveness Jewish? 1 hour 30 minutes 10:30 AM  -  12:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Centennial
Participant Louis Newman (Carleton College )
Workshop
EthicsEthics Break-out Session
Reframing Kashrut: Ritual, Ethics, Food and Choice 1 hour 30 minutes 10:30 AM  -  12:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ravinia
Participant Mary Zamore (Women's Rabbinic Network)
Workshop
EthicsEthics Break-out Session
Ethics and Disabilities 1 hour 30 minutes 10:30 AM  -  12:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Inman
Participant Edythe Mencher (Union for Reform Judaism)
Workshop
EthicsEthics Break-out Session
Everyday Redemption 1 hour 30 minutes 10:30 AM  -  12:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Pittman
Participant Moses Pava (Yeshiva University/ Sy Syms School of Business)
Workshop
EthicsEthics Break-out Session
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
Participant Shmuly Yanklowitz (Valley Beit Midrash)
Workshop
EthicsEthics Break-out Session
Ethical Food Purchasing Policies as Vehicles for Activating Jewish Values 1 hour 30 minutes 10:30 AM  -  12:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Dunwoody
Participant Aaron Gross (University of San Diego)
Workshop
EthicsEthics Break-out Session
The Torah of the Marketplace: Conducting Your Business Affairs with Integrity 1 hour 30 minutes 10:30 AM  -  12:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Participant Barry Leff (Temple Beth El, Birmingham, Alabama) | Participant Lisa Greene (North Shore Congregation Israel)
Workshop
EthicsEthics Break-out Session
An Ethics of Social Justice and Repair: Values and Strategies 1 hour 30 minutes 10:30 AM  -  12:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon E
Participant Jonathan Cohen (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) | Participant elizabeth bahar (Temple B'nai Sholom)
Workshop
EthicsEthics Break-out Session
Coaches Meeting and Lunch (Closed meeting) 2 hours 30 minutes 10:30 AM  -  1:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ardmore
Participant Rex Perlmeter (CCAR) | Participant Ellen Lewis (Professional Supervision for Clergy)
Meeting
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Justice, Peace and Civil Liberties Committee 1 hour 12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon C
Participant Lucy Dinner (Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC)
Meeting
Committee Group Lunch Meeting
Committee Group Lunch Meetings 1 hour 12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom
Meeting
Committee Group Lunch Meeting
Lunch with Colleagues 1 hour 12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM  |  Atlanta , Restaurants
Meal
Worship and Practices Committee (Closed meeting) 1 hour 12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ravinia
Participant Joseph Skloot (Washington Hebrew Congregation)
Meeting
Committee Group Lunch Meeting
Committee on Israel 1 hour 12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon D
Participant Janet Liss (North Country Reform Temple)
Meeting
Committee Group Lunch Meeting
Conference Positions and Resolutions Committee 1 hour 12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon D
Participant Barry Block | Participant Michael Cahana
Meeting
Committee Group Lunch Meeting
Committee on Disability [New Location] 1 hour 12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Participant Shira Joseph (Congregation Shaaray Shalom)
Meeting
Committee Group Lunch Meeting
Ethics Process Review Committee (Closed meeting) 1 hour 12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Office 1
Participant Martin Weiner
Meeting
Committee Group Lunch Meeting
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Songs Ascending: A New Translation of the Book of Psalms with Textual and Spiritual Commentary 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon C
Participant Richard Levy (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles Campus))
Workshop
Spirituality
Ethical Consumption: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century [New Location] 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Mercer Ballroom
Participant Shmuly Yanklowitz (Valley Beit Midrash)
Workshop
Ethics
Living out a Racial Justice Campaign in Your Community 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon A
Participant Joy Friedman (Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism) | Participant Stephanie Alexander (Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim) | Participant Zahara Zahav (Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism)
Workshop
Social Justice
From Good to Great: A Chat with Attorneys and Rabbis on How to Achieve Successful Outcomes in Contract Negotiations 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Piedmont
Participant Martha Hausman (MH Negotiation) | Participant Michael Gan (Peer, Gan & Gisler LLP) | Participant Mara Nathan (Temple Beth-El ) | Participant Paul Kipnes (Congregation Or Ami) | Participant Stacy Friedman (Congregation Rodef Sholom)
Workshop
Professional Development
Using Sources and Documents to Retell the June 1967 War 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ardmore
Participant Kenneth Stein (Center for Israel Education)
Workshop
Israel
When a Lie Is Not a Sin 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ravinia
Participant Dennis Ross (Temple Sinai)
Workshop
Torah Lishmah
Sharing our Lives . . . Goes Live 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Inman
Moderator Betsy Torop (CCAR) Participant Rex Perlmeter (CCAR) |
Workshop
Professional Development
"In Hebrew It Sounds Different" – American Jewish Thinkers in Hebrew Translation 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Pittman
Participant Michael Marmur (HUC-JIR)
Workshop
IsraelIn Hebrew
Rabbinic Fundraising OMG! – Orientation, Motivation, and Goals 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon B
Participant David Altshuler | Participant Hara Person (CCAR)
Workshop
Professional Development
Stop, Hey, What's That Sound? 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Dunwoody
Participant Sofi Hersher (Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism)
Workshop
Social Justice
Prayer as Spiritual Resistance 1 hour 1:00 PM  -  2:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Participant Alden Solovy (To Bend Light)
Workshop
Torah Lishmah
What Is Right and Good in God’s Sight? Can Meta-Mitzvot Come to the Rescue? 1 hour 30 minutes 1:00 PM  -  2:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon E
Participant Amy Scheinerman (Jewish Federation of Howard County)
Workshop
Torah Lishmah
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  2:30 PM  |  Overlook
Break
CCAR Press Book Launch Celebration 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  2:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Overlook
Participant Hara Person (CCAR)
Meeting
2:30 PM
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
Participant Aaron Panken (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion)
Workshop
Torah Lishmah
Renewing T'shuvah: Congregations as Centers for Moral Development 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon C
Participant Louis Newman (Carleton College )
Workshop
Ethics
Digital Learning 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Piedmont
Participant Daniel Medwin (CCAR) | Participant Joshua Holo (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) | Participant Laura Baum (CJP)
Workshop
Professional Development
Pastor and Prophet: Leading Politically Divided Communities towards Justice 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon A
Participant Jonah Pesner (Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism) | Participant Asher Knight (Temple Beth El, Charlotte, NC) | Participant Meir Lakein (JOIN for Justice)
Workshop
Social Justice
Building a Culture of Religious Zionism from a Reform Perspective 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Chastain
Participant Josh Weinberg (ARZA) | Participant Gilad Kariv (IMPJ) | Moderator Janet Liss (North Country Reform Temple) | Participant Yehoyada Amir (Professor and Chair) | Participant Galit Cohen-Kedem (Kehilat Kodesh V’Hol in Holon)
Workshop
Israel
The Next Stage: The Transitions to a Successful Retirement 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ravinia
Participant Alan Henkin (CCAR) | Participant Gary Greenebaum (Transformational Coaching) | Participant Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus (Shir Tikvah, Homewood, IL)
Workshop
Professional Development
Women in the Bible: Challenges and Opportunities, Then and Now 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Dunwoody
Participant Tamara Cohn Eskenazi (HUC-JIR) | Participant Jacob Wright (Emory University)
Workshop
Torah Lishmah
Serving Aging Families and Communities: Spiritual Holiness amid Cognitive Emptiness 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ardmore
Participant Douglas Kohn (Temple Shir Tikva, Wayland, MA) | Participant Karen L Fox
Workshop
Ethics
I Thank Therefore I Am 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Pittman
Participant Michael Marmur (HUC-JIR)
Workshop
Israel
Freehof Institute for Progressive Halakhah Migrants - Immigrants and the Halakhah - Our 25th Anniversary Presentation 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon E
Participant Jonathan Crane (Emory University) | Participant Walter Jacob (Abraham Geiger College) | Participant Mark Washofsky (HUC-JIR)
Workshop
Ethics
Building Isaiah's Vision 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Inman
Participant Rebecca Dubowe (Moses Montefiore Temple) | Participant Shira Joseph (Congregation Shaaray Shalom) | Participant Faryn Kates Rudnick (Temple Beth-El, Northbrook, IL) | Participant Matan Koch | Participant Ben Spratt (Congregation Rodeph Sholom) | Participant Edythe Mencher (Union for Reform Judaism)
Workshop
Spirituality
Succeeding in Making Change on the State Level 1 hour 30 minutes 2:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Participant Fred Guttman (Temple Emanuel, Greensboro) | Participant Joel Abraham (Temple Sholom, Scotch Plains, NJ) | Participant Sissy Coran (Rockdale Temple)
Workshop
Social Justice
4:00 PM
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
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Reception Honoring Alan Henkin, Thanking Volunteers and Sponsors 1 hour 5:30 PM  -  6:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom and The Terrace
Reception
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Pop-up DIY Maariv 1 hour 6:00 PM  -  7:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Worship
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
WRN Dinner: All CCAR Women Rabbis Are Welcome (By reservation only) 1 hour 6:30 PM  -  7:30 PM  |  Atlanta , Restaurants
 |  Signup required
Meal
Dinner with Colleagues 1 hour 30 minutes 6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM  |  Atlanta , Restaurants
Meal
8:30 PM
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
Participant Joseph J. Levin (Southern Poverty Law Center)
General Session
Social JusticeLive Stream
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
Concert by Choirs of Ebenezer Baptist Church and The Temple 1 hour 9:30 PM  -  10:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Mercer Ballroom
General Session
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
Friends of Bill W 1 hour 10:30 PM  -  11:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Boardroom
Meeting
Gathering for Leaders of Reform Movement Organizations (Closed meeting) 1 hour 10:30 PM  -  11:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Presidential Suite - Rm 2628
Moderator Steve Fox (CCAR)
Meeting

Wednesday 22 March, 2017

Time Zone: EDT/Eastern Time (US & Canada)
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
The Walking/Running Rabbis 1 hour 6:00 AM  -  7:00 AM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Hotel Lobby
Off-site Trip
7:00 AM
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
8:15 AM
Shacharit with MARAM Rabbis 30 minutes 8:15 AM  -  8:45 AM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Mercer Ballroom
Participant Josh Weinberg (ARZA) | Participant Or Zohar (IMPJ , Misgav Regional Council) | Participant Galit Cohen-Kedem (Kehilat Kodesh V’Hol in Holon)
Worship
Worship
9:00 AM
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
Participant Hanan Schlesinger (ROOTS/Shorashim) | Participant Ali Abu Awwad (ROOTS/Shorashim)
Workshop
IsraelLive Stream
CCAR Welcomes Friends of the Conference 1 hour 30 minutes 9:00 AM  -  10:30 AM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Mercer Ballroom
Talk
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) 30 minutes 10:15 AM  -  10:45 AM  |  Overlook
Break
10:45 AM
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
Participant Donald A. Sylvan (Ohio State University)
General Session
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Lunch with Rabbinic Career Cohorts 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , The Terrace
Meal
Rabbinic Career Cohorts
Lifelong Learning Proposal: An Open Conversation with Denise L. Eger, David Lyon and David Stern 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Mercer Ballroom
Participant David Lyon (Congregation Beth Israel) | Participant Rabbi Denise Eger (Congregation Kol Ami ) | Participant David Stern
Talk
Academics 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , The Terrace
Meal
Rabbinic Career Cohorts
Chaplains 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , The Terrace
Meal
Rabbinic Career Cohorts
Community-Based/Non-Profit/Organizational 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , The Terrace
Meal
Rabbinic Career Cohorts
Interim Rabbis 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , The Terrace
Meal
Rabbinic Career Cohorts
Large Congregations 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , The Terrace
Meal
Rabbinic Career Cohorts
Rabbi Educators 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , The Terrace
Meal
Rabbinic Career Cohorts
Small Congregations 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , The Terrace
Meal
Rabbinic Career Cohorts
Lunch with Colleagues 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Atlanta , Restaurants
Meal
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Through Other Eyes: Informal Programs that Develop Empathy in Our Youth 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Chastain
Participant Bobby Harris (URJ Camp Coleman)
Workshop
Education
Responding to the Global Refugee Crisis: Around the World and in Our Own Communities 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon C
Participant Jennie Rosenn (HIAS) | Participant Erin Zaikis (IsraAID) | Participant Talya Feldman (IsraAid-US)
Workshop
Social Justice
Who Really Gave the Torah to the Jews? 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Centennial
Participant David Sperling (Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion)
Workshop
Torah Lishmah
Dying to Die: Jewish Approaches to Final Interventions 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon A
Participant Jonathan Crane (Emory University)
Workshop
Ethics
What Do We Mean by Racial Justice? 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Participant April Baskin (The Union for Reform Judaism) | Participant Rachel Laser (Rachel Laser Consulting)
Workshop
Social Justice
בעגלא ובזמן קריב - Baagala Uvizman Kariv: Rapidly Building and Sustaining Israeli Communities 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ravinia
Participant Nir Barkin (IMPJ) | Participant Gilad Kariv (IMPJ)
Workshop
Israel
Keys to a Totally Accountable Culture 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Dunwoody
Participant Diana Bloom (Mike Scott and Associates)
Workshop
Professional Development
Expressing the Minority Opinion: Between Privilege and Obligation (This workshop will be in Hebrew) 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ardmore
Participant Jonathan Cohen (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion)
Workshop
Torah LishmahIn Hebrew
Leading for Justice Beyond the Bimah 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon E
Participant Lucy Dinner (Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC) | Participant Mona Alfi (Congregation B'nai Israel) | Participant Kenneth Chasen (Leo Baeck Temple)
Workshop
Social Justice
Preparing Kids for College 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Piedmont
Participant Anna Langer (Hillel International)
Workshop
Israel
The Mother of All Conversations: Constructive Confrontation in Supervision (and Life) 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon B
Participant Larry Dressler (Blue Wing Consulting)
Workshop
Professional Development
What Do I Do When? Rabbinic Responses to Mental Illness & Suicide 1 hour 30 minutes 2:00 PM  -  3:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Pittman
Participant Geoffrey Mitelman (Sinai and Synapses) | Participant Joanne Harpel (Rethink The Conversation)
Workshop
Spirituality
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) 30 minutes 3:30 PM  -  4:00 PM  |  Overlook
Break
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Keeping God at the Center 1 hour 4:00 PM  -  5:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Pittman
Participant David Blumenthal (Emory University)
Workshop
Torah Lishmah
Professional Ethics: Practices, Perspectives, and Ways to Recognize Potential Pitfalls 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Inman
Participant Edythe Mencher (Union for Reform Judaism)
Workshop
Ethics
Reforming the Pay Gap: Practical Interventions 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Participant Michael Gan (Peer, Gan & Gisler LLP) | Participant Mary Zamore (Women's Rabbinic Network) | Participant Cindy Enger (CCAR)
Workshop
Professional Development
On Gender and Sexual Diversity: Learning the Tools Needed to Become an Ally ("GSD 101") 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ravinia
Participant Rebecca Stapel-Wax (SOJOURN)
Workshop
Social Justice
You Got Served: When Size Doesn't Matter for Success 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Chastain
Participant Erica Asch (Rabbi) | Participant Jeremy Simons (Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life)
Workshop
Education
Creating Multi-Faith Coalitions in a Diverse Community 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ardmore
Participant Dov Wilker (American Jewish Committee) | Participant Soumaya Khalifa ( Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta) | Participant Kwanza Hall (Atlanta City Council) | Participant Jerry Gonzalez (GALEO )
Workshop
Social Justice
Modernity and (Mis)Understanding the Bible 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon E
Participant Joel Hoffman
Workshop
Torah Lishmah
Facilitating Dialogue: Active Listening 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon C
Participant Donald A. Sylvan (Ohio State University)
Workshop
Israel
Practical Ways to Engage Teens with Israel 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Dunwoody
Participant Richard Walter (Center for Israel Education)
Workshop
Israel
Israel Dynamics on Campus 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Piedmont
Participant Anna Langer (Hillel International)
Workshop
Israel
The Mother of All Conversations: Constructive Confrontation in Supervision (and Life) 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon B
Participant Larry Dressler (Blue Wing Consulting)
Workshop
Professional Development
Spiritual Counseling for Infertility and Fertility Challenges 1 hour 30 minutes 4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon A
Participant Idit Solomon (Hasidah)
Workshop
Spirituality
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Pop-up DIY Maariv 1 hour 6:00 PM  -  7:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Worship
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Alumni Class Dinners 1 hour 29 minutes 6:30 PM  -  7:59 PM  |  Atlanta , Restaurants
 |  Signup required
Meal
Dinner with Friends of the CCAR and Officers (By Invitation) 1 hour 30 minutes 6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , TBD
Meal
Dinner with Colleagues 1 hour 30 minutes 6:30 PM  -  8:00 PM  |  Atlanta , Restaurants
Meal
8:15 PM
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
Participant Cornell William Brooks (NAACP) Participant Rabbi Denise Eger (Congregation Kol Ami ) |
Talk
Live Stream
10:15 PM
10:15 PM
CCAR 2017-2019 Board of Trustees Reception (By Invitation) 1 hour 10:15 PM  -  11:15 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Presidential Suite 2628
Meeting
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
Friends of Bill W 1 hour 10:30 PM  -  11:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Boardroom
Meeting

Thursday 23 March, 2017

Time Zone: EDT/Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
CCAR Board of Trustees Meeting (Including breakfast) 3 hours 9:00 AM  -  12:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Ravinia
Meeting
2018 Orange County Convention Committee (Closed meeting) 4 hours 9:00 AM  -  1:00 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Inman
Meeting
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
CCAR Officers Meeting (By Invitation) 1 hour 12:30 PM  -  1:30 PM  |  Loews Atlanta Hotel , Presidential Suite - Rm 2628
Meeting