Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon E

Sessions

Tuesday 21 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
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

Workshop

Rabbi Jonathan Cohen PhD, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)

elizabeth bahar, Temple B'nai Sholom (Participant)

Recent experience both in the Unites States and in other countries has occasionally undermined notions of progress towards increasing inclusion, ac...
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, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon E

Workshop

Amy Scheinerman, Jewish Federation of Howard County (Participant)

Religion has too often garnered a reputation for being insular, self-righteous, rule-driven, and for inspiring violence. Sadly, Judaism is not exem...
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
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

Workshop

Dr. Jonathan Crane, Emory University (Participant)

Walter Jacob Ph. D., Abraham Geiger College (Participant)

Mark Washofsky, HUC-JIR (Participant)

In this age of mass migration, questions arise as to the nature of Jewish responsibility toward strangers. Should any and all be welcome in our mid...

Wednesday 22 March, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
2:00 PM
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)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Modernity and (Mis)Understanding the Bible
1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon E

Workshop

Dr. Joel Hoffman (Participant)