Michael Namath
Director of Leadership Development
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Participates in 1 Session
Rabbi Michael Namath is the Director of Leadership Development at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington DC. He received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). In this role he oversees all in person as well as virtual training and leadership development opportunities for youth and adults.
Sessions in which Michael Namath participates
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- The World We Want: Responding to the Urgency of Now in 2018 Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon B
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Lindsey Danziger, Joy Friedman, Michael Namath, Jonah Pesner, Julie Saxe-Taller, and Lee Winkelman. In 1963, 55 years ago, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther K...
- Workshop
Sessions in which Michael Namath attends
7:15 PM
7:15 PM
- Opening Night Dinner Hotel Irvine - Pavilion
- 7:15 PM - 8:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Welcome: HaMotzi: Birkat HaMazon: Our opening dinner provide...
- Meal
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
- Shacharit Convention Service - President's Sermon And Honoring 50 Year Rabbis Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- Convention Service Sh’lichei TziburMari Chernow, Jeffrey SaxeTorah Service
- Worship
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Rabbis and Civic Engagement: Betty T. Yee, CA State Controller, Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles, Mayor Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento - Moderated by Dara Frimmer Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Creating Cultural Change: Engage with the Work of the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Super! Natural! Rethinking the Ways Science and Religion Can Lift Each Other Hotel Irvine - Trabuco B
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Rather than breaking the world into two separate compartments: the part that occupies space and time and is natural and mechanistic, and the part t...
- Workshop
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Celebrate Israel’s 70th Anniversary! Dor chadash: Engaging with the Next Generation of Israeli Rabbinic Leadership Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- We are sorry to share that Tzipi Livni will not be able to join us at CCAR Convention. We received word from her personally that she regrets not...
- Keynote
7:15 AM
7:15 AM
- Breakfast Hosted by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Including Class Roll Call Hotel Irvine - Pavilion
- 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM | 1 hour
- Meal
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- HEALTH CARE: 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES A DAY LONG, IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION -Opening by Susan Samueli of the Susan Samueli Institute for Integrative Medicine Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Workshop
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Heschel and Health Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- In 1964 Abraham Joshua Heschel presented a paper to the American Medical Association. Over 50 years later we will read from this lecture and see wh...
- Workshop
- Mitzvot and Medicine: Values That Inform a Jewish Position on Healthcare Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- For I YHWH Am Your Healer: Divine and Human Healing in the Bible Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- What is the role of God versus humans when it comes to illness and healing in the Bible? We will explore a range of biblical texts that answer that...
- Workshop
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- National Health Reform: Where We Are, Where We Are Going Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour
- John E. McDonough, Dr. PH, MPA is Professor of Public Health Practice in the Department of Health Policy & Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan ...
- Workshop
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Jewish Values and Ethics in Contemporary Health Care Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Rabbi Dorff is a professor of philosophy at the American Jewish University. He is a leading expert in Jewish bio-ethics and law. Rabbi Dorff will ...
- Workshop
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- The Doctor and the Rabbi: Bringing God into the Sick Room Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Ronald Andiman, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and Bill Cutter will be in dialogue based on the work they have accomplished re: speech, silence and theolo...
- Workshop
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Reception Hosted by URJ Hotel Irvine - Pavilion
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour
- Reception
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- ACTING NOW: THE IMPERATIVE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION with Mike Feuer, LA City Attorney, Sally Weber, Crisis Response Expert & Adam Friedman, NFTY SAVP. Moderated by Joel Mosbacher. Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- LA City Attorney Mike Feuer will share his work to reduce gun violence in Los Angeles, and nationwide. He will be joined by Sally Weber, Crisis ...
- General Session
8:15 AM
8:15 AM
- Celebrate and Thank Rabbinic Leaders of the RAC, CSA, RoR, and Justice & Peace Committee Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | 30 minutes
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Sister Simone Campbell — The Nun on the Bus: A Prophetic Voice for Justice Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Sister Simone Campbell is a leading social justice activist and religious leader. In 2012, she rallied&nbs...
- Keynote
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Special Session: CCAR Today and Tomorrow - Continuing Rabbinic Education proposal - Food sponsored by Da’at/ARZA World Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- General Session
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Justice, Peace and Civil Liberties Committee (Open Meeting) Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Talmud & Justice Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Many of us are actively engaged in tikkun olam, social justice aimed at “repairing the world.” Where did tikkun olam come from? ...
- Workshop