Beth Nichols is Rabbi and Director of
Congregational Learning at Temple Israel in New Rochelle, New York. She has
served this community since her ordination on the Los Angeles campus of Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2007. Rabbi Nichols grew up in
Lexington, Massachusetts and graduated from Amherst College with a B.A. in
Religion and Psychology. Rabbi Nichols also earned her Masters in Jewish
Education from the Rhea Hirsch School of Education. At Temple Israel Rabbi Nichols
has been integrally involved with educational innovation, helping to create and
oversee Chavaya, an experiential
Jewish education model, and the Kehillah School for Early Learning, a full-time
Jewish childcare program. Rabbi Nichols, called “RBN” by teens, works closely
with NFTY-NAR and just returned from leading a Jewish teen trip to Amsterdam.
Sessions in which Beth Nichols participates
- Developing the Innovator's Mindset: Models of Teen Engagement Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Learn from inspiring educators who have changed the way of engaging teens. What motivated them? What supported and limited them in their endeavor t...
- Workshop
Sessions in which Beth Nichols attends
- 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
- Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) - Grand Ballroom Foyer
- 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | 45 minutes
- Break
- 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
- 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
- #Onward Hebrew - A New Approach to Hebrew Education in Synagogues Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Come and learn about new and innovative approaches to Hebrew education from leaders using research-based methodology in supplementary religious sch...
- Workshop
- Reception: Thank you to all CCAR Sponsors, Donors and Volunteers Hotel Irvine - The Backyard
- 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM | 45 minutes
- Reception
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Mitzvot and Medicine: Values That Inform a Jewish Position on Healthcare Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- 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
- 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
- Responding to Teenage Mental Health Challenges Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Nechemta: A Healing Service of the Heart Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 30 minutes
- We come together to share the healing torah of our day, our lives, our rabbinates, our traditi...
- Workshop
- Reception Hosted by URJ Hotel Irvine - Pavilion
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour
- Reception
- WRN Dinner: All CCAR Women Rabbis Are Welcome (By reservation only) Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Rabbi as Supervisor: The Art of One-on-One, with Larry Dressler Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A & B
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Many rabbis supervise other clergy, educators, and administrative employees. You know you are suppose to have these meetings on your calendar, but ...
- Workshop
- In Every Generation: Aggadot and the Exodus (Session 1) Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | 45 minutes
- We will be studying aggadot on the experience of "ordinary" Israelites and Egyptians during slavery, the plagues and the Exodus from Egypt. Our foc...
- Workshop
- Hafsakah: CCAR Press Book Toast Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer
- 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM | 1 hour
- The CCAR Press would like to take a moment to acknowledge the hard work and dedication that made each of our recently published books possible.