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Sunday 19 March, 2017

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  • Opening Night Dinner
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD
  • 7:15 PM - 8:45 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Welcome: Denise L. Eger Motzi: Our Local Rabbis and Convention Committee Presentation to Denise L. Eger, CCAR President, 2015-...
  • Meal
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
10:30 PM

Monday 20 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Professor Deborah Lipstadt
Participant
Emory University
Professor
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Rachel Timoner
Participant
New York
Senior Rabbi
Noam Katz
Participant
The Leo Baeck Day School
Dean of Jewish Living
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Mayor Kasim Reed
Participant
Mayor of Atlanta
Reverend Natosha Reid Rice
Participant
Habitat for Humanity Int...
Associate General Counse...
Reverend Raphael Warnock PhD
Participant
The Historic Ebenezer Ba...
Senior Pastor
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Derreck Kayongo
Participant
The Center for Civil and...
CEO
5:00 PM
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5:30 PM
6:15 PM
6:15 PM
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
Melissa Fay Greene
Participant
Author of award-winning ...
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
10:30 PM

Tuesday 21 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
6:00 AM
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8:15 AM
8:15 AM
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9:00 AM
Paul Root Wolpe PhD
Participant
Emory University
Director, Center for Ethics
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
  • Is Forgiveness Jewish?
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Centennial
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • We often imagine that forgiveness is a largely Christian value, in contrast to a Jewish emphasis on justice. A great many traditional sources belie...
  • Workshop
    EthicsEthics Break-out Session
  • Everyday Redemption
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Pittman
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Redemption in the Exodus narrative can be read not only as a historical record of ancient events, but redemption can also be understood as creating...
  • Workshop
    EthicsEthics Break-out Session
  • Ethics and Disabilities
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Inman
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • In every setting in which we serve, rabbis regularly face and are asked about ethical dilemmas related to disability. Ethical questions and challen...
  • Workshop
    EthicsEthics Break-out Session
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Prayer as Spiritual Resistance
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • How can prayer be interpreted and used as a tool for spiritual resistance? Using Mishkan HaNefesh and This Grateful Heart, we’ll explore five ways ...
  • Workshop
    Torah Lishmah
  • When a Lie Is Not a Sin
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ravinia
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Why is lying OK when life is at stake? Do I have to be honest about a friend's new tie or dress? Do kids need to be told the whole truth? Rabbi Den...
  • Workshop
    Torah Lishmah
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Hara Person
Participant
CCAR
Chief Executive
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
  • I Thank Therefore I Am
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Pittman
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • In this session we will consider how the sentence from the siddur ("Modeh Ani...") offering thanks to God uttered at the start of every day has fou...
  • Workshop
    Israel
  • Digital Learning
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Piedmont
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Contemporary technological tools offer new avenues to reach learners and novel approaches to structured learning.  Discover resources available for...
  • Workshop
    Professional Development
  • Building Isaiah's Vision
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Inman
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • This workshop will offer both concrete tools and philosophical considerations to create worship experiences inclusive of a wide range of needs and ...
  • Workshop
    Spirituality
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5:30 PM
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8:30 PM
8:30 PM
Joseph J. Levin Jr.
Participant
Southern Poverty Law Center
Co-Founder (Board Emeritus)
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
10:30 PM
10:30 PM

Wednesday 22 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
7:00 AM
7:00 AM
8:15 AM
8:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger
Participant
ROOTS/Shorashim
Ali Abu Awwad
Participant
ROOTS/Shorashim
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • What Do We Mean by Racial Justice?
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Developing an anti-racist analysis, teasing out the threads of what a broad racial justice agenda looks like, and thinking about what it...
  • Workshop
    Social Justice
  • Preparing Kids for College
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Piedmont
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • The BDS movement on campus, disruptions of pro-Israel speakers, negative sentiments towards Zionist student, and other attempts to delegitimize Isr...
  • Workshop
    Israel
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
  • Keeping God at the Center
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Pittman
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • What do we think of when we contemplate a prayerbook? How do we think about using it? Come learn from a distinguished Jewish thinker and theologian...
  • Workshop
    Torah Lishmah
  • Israel Dynamics on Campus
  • Loews Atlanta Hotel - Piedmont
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Pro and anti-Israel events on campus have grown and transformed drastically over the past decade and currently hold a predominate place in the Jewi...
  • Workshop
    Israel
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
8:15 PM
8:15 PM
Cornell William Brooks
Participant
NAACP
President
Rabbi Denise Eger
Participant
Congregation Kol Ami
Rabbi
10:15 PM
10:15 PM
10:30 PM
10:30 PM

Thursday 23 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
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