9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Pre-Convention Program: The Long Arc of Civil Rights through the Eyes of Jewish Atlanta (Pre-registration required)
- 6 hours
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9:00 AM
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3:00 PM
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Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Hotel Lobby
Off-site Trip
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Michael Shields, Temple Kol Tikvah of Lake Norman (Participant)
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
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12:00 PM
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3:00 PM
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Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Meeting
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Ingathering of the Rabbis from Small(er) congregations (2 of 2)
- 1 hour 15 minutes
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2:30 PM
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3:45 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Piedmont
Meeting
Michael Shields, Temple Kol Tikvah of Lake Norman (Participant)
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
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
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4:00 PM
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6:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Mercer Ballroom
General Session
Dana Bash, CNN (Participant)
Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:15 PM
7:15 PM
Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION WITH DEBORAH LIPSTADT: The Art of Denial - Contemporary Reflections
- 1 hour
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7:30 AM
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8:30 AM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD
Meal
Deborah Lipstadt, Emory University (Participant)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Rachel Timoner, New York (Participant)
Noam Katz, The Leo Baeck Day School (Participant)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
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
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11:30 AM
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12:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Mercer Ballroom
Panel
Kasim Reed (Participant)
Natosha Reid Rice, Habitat for Humanity International AND Ebenezer Baptist Church (Participant)
Raphael Warnock, The Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church (Participant)
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Rex Perlmeter, CCAR (Participant)
Betsy Torop, CCAR (Participant)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Derreck Kayongo, The Center for Civil and Human Rights (Participant)
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
6:15 PM
6:15 PM
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
Melissa Fay Greene (Participant)
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
Lucy Dinner, Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC (Participant)
[CANCELED] World Union for Progressive Judaism Reception (By Invitation)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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10:00 PM
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11:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Chastain
Reception
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
7:00 AM
7:00 AM
Breakfast Hosted by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Including Class Roll Call
- 1 hour
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7:00 AM
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8:00 AM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF
Meal
8:15 AM
8:15 AM
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 (Participant)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Exploring the Reform Jewish Day School: A Visit to The Alfred & Adele Davis Academy (Pre-registration required)
- 6 hours 30 minutes
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9:00 AM
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3:30 PM
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Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Hotel Lobby
Off-site Trip
Joui Hessel, CCAR Atlanta Convention Committee (Moderator)
Micah Lapidus, The Davis Academy (Moderator)
ETHICS IS NOT WHAT WE THINK IT IS: Six Misunderstood Insights into Ethics with Keynote by Paul Root Wolpe
- 3 hours
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9:00 AM
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12:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Mercer Ballroom
Talk
Paul Root Wolpe, Emory University (Participant)
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
An Ethics of Social Justice and Repair: Values and Strategies
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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10:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon E
Workshop
Jonathan Cohen, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)
elizabeth bahar, Temple B'nai Sholom (Participant)
The Torah of the Marketplace: Conducting Your Business Affairs with Integrity
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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10:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Workshop
Barry Leff, Temple Beth El, Birmingham, Alabama (Participant)
Lisa Greene, North Shore Congregation Israel (Participant)
Ethical Food Purchasing Policies as Vehicles for Activating Jewish Values
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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10:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Dunwoody
Workshop
Aaron Gross, University of San Diego (Participant)
Louis Newman, Carleton College (Participant)
Mary Zamore, Women's Rabbinic Network (Participant)
Moses Pava, Yeshiva University/ Sy Syms School of Business (Participant)
Rex Perlmeter, CCAR (Participant)
Ellen Lewis, Professional Supervision for Clergy (Participant)
Leading with Spiritual Courage and Seeing the Mystical Dimension in Contemporary Ethics
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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10:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Piedmont
Workshop
Shmuly Yanklowitz, Valley Beit Midrash (Participant)
Edythe Mencher, Union for Reform Judaism (Participant)
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Barry Block, Congregation B'nai Israel (Participant)
Michael Cahana (Participant)
Janet Liss, North Country Reform Temple (Participant)
Shira Joseph, Congregation Shaaray Shalom (Participant)
Lucy Dinner, Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC (Participant)
Martin Weiner (Participant)
Joseph Skloot, Washington Hebrew Congregation (Participant)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
What Is Right and Good in God’s Sight? Can Meta-Mitzvot Come to the Rescue?
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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1:00 PM
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2:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon E
Workshop
Amy Scheinerman, Jewish Federation of Howard County (Participant)
Alden Solovy, To Bend Light (Participant)
Songs Ascending: A New Translation of the Book of Psalms with Textual and Spiritual Commentary
- 1 hour
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1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon C
Workshop
Richard Levy, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles Campus) (Participant)
David Altshuler (Participant)
Hara Person, CCAR (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 (Participant)
Sofi Hersher, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (Participant)
Dennis Ross, Temple Sinai (Participant)
"In Hebrew It Sounds Different" – American Jewish Thinkers in Hebrew Translation
- 1 hour
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1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Pittman
Workshop
Michael Marmur, HUC-JIR (Participant)
Kenneth Stein, Center for Israel Education (Participant)
From Good to Great: A Chat with Attorneys and Rabbis on How to Achieve Successful Outcomes in Contract Negotiations
- 1 hour
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1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Piedmont
Workshop
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 (Participant)
Ethical Consumption: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century [New Location]
- 1 hour
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1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Mercer Ballroom
Workshop
Shmuly Yanklowitz, Valley Beit Midrash (Participant)
Betsy Torop, CCAR (Moderator)
Rex Perlmeter, CCAR (Participant)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Hara Person, CCAR (Participant)
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Freehof Institute for Progressive Halakhah Migrants - Immigrants and the Halakhah - Our 25th Anniversary Presentation
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:30 PM
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4:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon E
Workshop
Jonathan Crane, Emory University (Participant)
Walter Jacob, Abraham Geiger College (Participant)
Mark Washofsky, HUC-JIR (Participant)
Fred Guttman, Temple Emanuel, Greensboro (Participant)
Joel Abraham, Temple Sholom, Scotch Plains, NJ (Participant)
Sissy Coran, Rockdale Temple (Participant)
Renewing T'shuvah: Congregations as Centers for Moral Development
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:30 PM
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4:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon C
Workshop
Louis Newman, Carleton College (Participant)
How True is True? True Lies, Alternative Truths and the Value of Veracity in Jewish Law
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:30 PM
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4:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon B
Workshop
Aaron Panken, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)
Pastor and Prophet: Leading Politically Divided Communities towards Justice
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:30 PM
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4:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon A
Workshop
Jonah Pesner, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (Participant)
Asher Knight, Temple Beth El, Charlotte, NC (Participant)
Meir Lakein, JOIN for Justice (Participant)
Women in the Bible: Challenges and Opportunities, Then and Now
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:30 PM
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4:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Dunwoody
Workshop
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, HUC-JIR (Participant)
Jacob Wright, Emory University (Participant)
Alan Henkin, CCAR (Participant)
Gary Greenebaum, Transformational Coaching (Participant)
Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, Shir Tikvah, Homewood, IL (Participant)
Michael Marmur, HUC-JIR (Participant)
Serving Aging Families and Communities: Spiritual Holiness amid Cognitive Emptiness
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:30 PM
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4:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ardmore
Workshop
Douglas Kohn, Temple Shir Tikva, Wayland, MA (Participant)
Karen L Fox (Participant)
Daniel Medwin, CCAR (Participant)
Joshua Holo, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)
Laura Baum, CJP (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 (Participant)
Building a Culture of Religious Zionism from a Reform Perspective
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:30 PM
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4:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Chastain
Workshop
Josh Weinberg, ARZA (Participant)
Gilad Kariv, IMPJ (Participant)
Janet Liss, North Country Reform Temple (Moderator)
Yehoyada Amir, Professor and Chair (Participant)
Galit Cohen-Kedem, Kehilat Kodesh V’Hol in Holon (Participant)
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
CCAR BUSINESS and Special Session, including Ethics (with coffee and sweets)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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4:00 PM
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5:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Mercer Ballroom
Talk
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
WRN Dinner: All CCAR Women Rabbis Are Welcome (By reservation only)
- 1 hour
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6:30 PM
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7:30 PM
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Atlanta
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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
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8:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Mercer Ballroom
General Session
Joseph J. Levin, Southern Poverty Law Center (Participant)
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
Gathering for Leaders of Reform Movement Organizations (Closed meeting)
- 1 hour
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10:30 PM
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11:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Presidential Suite - Rm 2628
Meeting
Steve Fox, CCAR (Moderator)
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
7:00 AM
7:00 AM
8:15 AM
8:15 AM
Josh Weinberg, ARZA (Participant)
Or Zohar, IMPJ , Misgav Regional Council (Participant)
Galit Cohen-Kedem, Kehilat Kodesh V’Hol in Holon (Participant)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
ISRAEL PROGRAM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Journey Towards the Other
- 1 hour 15 minutes
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9:00 AM
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10:15 AM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Mercer Ballroom
Workshop
Hanan Schlesinger, ROOTS/Shorashim (Participant)
Ali Abu Awwad, ROOTS/Shorashim (Participant)
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Creating a Culture of Dialogue on Israel Followed by Small Group Discussions
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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10:45 AM
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12:15 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF
General Session
Donald A. Sylvan, Ohio State University (Participant)
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Lifelong Learning Proposal: An Open Conversation with Denise L. Eger, David Lyon and David Stern
- 1 hour
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12:30 PM
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1:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Mercer Ballroom
Talk
David Lyon, Congregation Beth Israel (Participant)
Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)
David Stern (Participant)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Lucy Dinner, Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC (Participant)
Mona Alfi, Congregation B'nai Israel (Participant)
Kenneth Chasen, Leo Baeck Temple (Participant)
April Baskin, The Union for Reform Judaism (Participant)
Rachel Laser, Rachel Laser Consulting (Participant)
Responding to the Global Refugee Crisis: Around the World and in Our Own Communities
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:00 PM
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3:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon C
Workshop
Jennie Rosenn, HIAS (Participant)
Erin Zaikis, IsraAID (Participant)
Talya Feldman, IsraAid-US (Participant)
The Mother of All Conversations: Constructive Confrontation in Supervision (and Life)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:00 PM
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3:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon B
Workshop
Larry Dressler, Blue Wing Consulting (Participant)
Jonathan Crane, Emory University (Participant)
Diana Bloom, Mike Scott and Associates (Participant)
David Sperling, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)
בעגלא ובזמן קריב - Baagala Uvizman Kariv: Rapidly Building and Sustaining Israeli Communities
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:00 PM
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3:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ravinia
Workshop
Nir Barkin, IMPJ (Participant)
Gilad Kariv, IMPJ (Participant)
What Do I Do When? Rabbinic Responses to Mental Illness & Suicide
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:00 PM
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3:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Pittman
Workshop
Geoffrey Mitelman, Sinai and Synapses (Participant)
Joanne Harpel, Rethink The Conversation (Participant)
Expressing the Minority Opinion: Between Privilege and Obligation (This workshop will be in Hebrew)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:00 PM
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3:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ardmore
Workshop
Jonathan Cohen, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)
Anna Langer, Hillel International (Participant)
Through Other Eyes: Informal Programs that Develop Empathy in Our Youth
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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2:00 PM
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3:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Chastain
Workshop
Bobby Harris, URJ Camp Coleman (Participant)
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Joel Hoffman (Participant)
Michael Gan, Peer, Gan & Gisler LLP (Participant)
Mary Zamore, Women's Rabbinic Network (Participant)
Cindy Enger, CCAR (Participant)
Donald A. Sylvan, Ohio State University (Participant)
The Mother of All Conversations: Constructive Confrontation in Supervision (and Life)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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4:00 PM
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5:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon B
Workshop
Larry Dressler, Blue Wing Consulting (Participant)
Spiritual Counseling for Infertility and Fertility Challenges
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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4:00 PM
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5:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ellington Ballroom - Salon A
Workshop
Idit Solomon, Hasidah (Participant)
Richard Walter, Center for Israel Education (Participant)
On Gender and Sexual Diversity: Learning the Tools Needed to Become an Ally ("GSD 101")
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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4:00 PM
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5:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Ravinia
Workshop
Rebecca Stapel-Wax, SOJOURN (Participant)
David Blumenthal, Emory University (Participant)
Dov Wilker, American Jewish Committee (Participant)
Soumaya Khalifa, Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta (Participant)
Kwanza Hall, Atlanta City Council (Participant)
Jerry Gonzalez, GALEO (Participant)
Anna Langer, Hillel International (Participant)
Professional Ethics: Practices, Perspectives, and Ways to Recognize Potential Pitfalls
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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4:00 PM
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5:30 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Inman
Workshop
Edythe Mencher, Union for Reform Judaism (Participant)
Erica Asch, Rabbi (Participant)
Jeremy Simons, Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (Participant)
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Alumni Class Dinners
- 1 hour 29 minutes
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6:30 PM
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7:59 PM
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Atlanta
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Restaurants
Meal
Dinner with Friends of the CCAR and Officers (By Invitation)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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6:30 PM
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8:00 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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TBD
Meal
8:15 PM
8:15 PM
CORNELL WILLIAM BROOKS, PRESIDENT, NAACP: CLOSING PROGRAM AND RECEPTION
- 1 hour
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8:15 PM
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9:15 PM
Loews Atlanta Hotel
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Mercer Ballroom
Talk
Cornell William Brooks, NAACP (Participant)
Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)
10:15 PM
10:15 PM
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
12:30 PM
12:30 PM