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

Monday 19 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

1:45 PM

The World We Want: Responding to the Urgency of Now in 2018

1 hour 15 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon B

Workshop

Lindsey Danizger, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (Participant)

Joy Friedman, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (Participant)

Michael Namath, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (Participant)

Jonah Pesner, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (Participant)

Lee Winkelman, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (Participant)

Julie Saxe-Taller (Participant)

Lindsey Danziger, Joy Friedman, Michael Namath, Jonah Pesner, Julie Saxe-Taller, and Lee Winkelman. In 1963, 55 years ago, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther K...

Sessions in which Michael Namath attends

Sunday 18 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

7:15 PM

Opening Night Dinner

1 hour 30 minutes, 7:15 PM - 8:45 PM

Hotel Irvine - Pavilion

Meal

Welcome: HaMotzi: Birkat HaMazon: Our opening dinner provide...

Monday 19 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

8:30 AM

Shacharit Convention Service - President's Sermon And Honoring 50 Year Rabbis

1 hour 45 minutes, 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Worship

Mari Chernow, Temple Chai (Participant)

Jeffrey Saxe, Temple Rodef Shalom (Participant)

Convention Service Sh’lichei TziburMari Chernow, Jeffrey SaxeTorah Service

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

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Keynote

Betty Yee, State of California (Participant)

Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Sacramento, CA (Participant)

Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles (Participant)

Dara Frimmer (Participant)

3:15 PM

Creating Cultural Change: Engage with the Work of the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Workshop

Hara Person, CCAR (Participant)

Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus (Participant)

Amy Schwartzman, Temple Rodef Shalom,Falls Church, VA (Participant)

Carole Balin (Participant)

5:00 PM

Super! Natural! Rethinking the Ways Science and Religion Can Lift Each Other

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Trabuco B

Workshop

Bradley Artson, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University (Participant)

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...

8:30 PM

Celebrate Israel’s 70th Anniversary! Dor chadash: Engaging with the Next Generation of Israeli Rabbinic Leadership

1 hour 30 minutes, 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Keynote

Gilad Kariv, IMPJ (Participant)

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...

Tuesday 20 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

7:15 AM

Breakfast Hosted by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Including Class Roll Call

1 hour, 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM

Hotel Irvine - Pavilion

Meal

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

30 minutes, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Workshop

Susan Samueli (Participant)

10:00 AM

Heschel and Health

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill

Workshop

Michael Marmur, Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)

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...

Mitzvot and Medicine: Values That Inform a Jewish Position on Healthcare

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge

Workshop

Aaron Panken, Herew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)

For I YHWH Am Your Healer: Divine and Human Healing in the Bible

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill

Workshop

Andrea Weiss, HUC-JIR (Participant)

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...

11:15 AM

National Health Reform: Where We Are, Where We Are Going

1 hour, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Workshop

John E. McDonough, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (Participant)

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 ...

2:00 PM

Jewish Values and Ethics in Contemporary Health Care

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Workshop

Elliot Dorff, American Jewish University (Participant)

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 ...

3:15 PM

The Doctor and the Rabbi: Bringing God into the Sick Room

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek

Workshop

William Cutter (Participant)

Ron Andiman (Participant)

Ronald Andiman, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and Bill Cutter will be in dialogue based on the work they have accomplished re: speech, silence and theolo...

5:30 PM

Reception Hosted by URJ

1 hour, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Pavilion

Reception

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.

1 hour 30 minutes, 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

General Session

Mike Feuer (Participant)

Joel Mosbacher, Temple Shaaray Tefila, New York, NY (Moderator)

Sally Weber (Participant)

Adam Friedman (Participant)

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 ...

Wednesday 21 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

8:15 AM

Celebrate and Thank Rabbinic Leaders of the RAC, CSA, RoR, and Justice & Peace Committee

30 minutes, 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

9:00 AM

Sister Simone Campbell — The Nun on the Bus: A Prophetic Voice for Justice

1 hour 15 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Keynote

Sister Simone Campbell, Network (Participant)

Sister Simone Campbell is a leading social justice activist and religious leader. In 2012, she rallied&nbs...

10:30 AM

Special Session: CCAR Today and Tomorrow - Continuing Rabbinic Education proposal - Food sponsored by Da’at/ARZA World

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

General Session

Steve Fox, CCAR (Participant)

12:00 PM

Justice, Peace and Civil Liberties Committee (Open Meeting)

1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill

Meeting

1:45 PM

Talmud & Justice

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E

Workshop

Dvora Weisberg, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles Campus) (Participant)

Many of us are actively engaged in tikkun olam, social justice aimed at “repairing the world.” Where did tikkun olam come from? ...