9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- CCAR Board of Trustees Meeting (Including lunch) Hotel Irvine - Saddleback ABC
- 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | 4 hours
- Meeting
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- “Golden Threads” Linking the Generations: American Jews and Their Ethical Wills Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A & B
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- Synagogue Security in a Dangerous World Hotel Irvine - Theater
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Speaking Religious Truth to Political Power: A Rabbinic Guide to Values & Voices Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Exhibitor Opening – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer
- 2:00 PM - 7:30 PM | 5 hours 30 minutes
- Meeting
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Small Congregations Meeting Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Opening Program - DAHLIA LITHWICK: The Battle for the Future of America at the Supreme Court Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- General Session
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Opening Reception in Honor of Orange County Rabbis & MARAM - Sponsored by Ayelet Tours Hotel Irvine - The Backyard
- 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Reception
7:15 PM
7:15 PM
- Opening Night Dinner Hotel Irvine - Pavilion
- 7:15 PM - 8:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
- First Timers' Reception Hotel Irvine - Presidential Suite 1304
- 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour
- Reception
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Friends of Bill W. Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
- The Walking/Running Rabbis Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM | 1 hour
- Meeting
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
- Worship
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) Grand Ballroom Foyer
- 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | 45 minutes
- Break
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
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Lunch with Colleagues - Food Trucks Onsite: Rolling Sushi Van & Tres Compas Mexican Grill Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Lunch with Rabbinic Cohort Meetings Hotel Irvine - Pavilion
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Prayer as ‘Deepest Desire’: A Spiritual Chevruta Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Judaism Meets the Science of Happiness Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Freehof Institute: The Jewish-Christian Dialogue in an Age of Sharp Divisions Hotel Irvine - Theater
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Small Group Conversations - Seesawing Between Family and Community – Can We Find the Center? Hotel Irvine - Think Tank
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Meeting
- Navigating Politics & Israel in Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Celebrating Israel at 70: Engage with New Voices of Liberal Zionism Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Developing the Innovator's Mindset: Models of Teen Engagement Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Gender Justice: Then, Now, Next Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Study the Equal Pay T'shuvah Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- 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
- Workshop
- Who Gets to Sit in Your Sukkah? A Zohar Teaching on Sukkot, Spirit, and Social Justice Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon A
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) Grand Ballroom Foyer
- 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Break
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
- Workshop
- Three Metaphors for Jewish Commitment (In Hebrew) Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Insights into the Biblical Story of Creation: "Seven Days, Many Voices" Hotel Irvine - Saddleback B
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- #Onward Hebrew - A New Approach to Hebrew Education in Synagogues Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Problematic Texts & the Religious Other in Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue Hotel Irvine - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Small Group Conversations - “Can the Rabbi Be My Friend”? Hotel Irvine - Think Tank
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting
- Positive Judaism: A First Glance for Rabbis and Educators Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Creating Cultures of Generosity -- Large Congregations Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Creating Cultures of Generosity -- Small Congregations Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Celebrating Israel at 70: What Our Students Are Thinking About Israel Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- The Newest Data on Reform Pay Equity Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- The Escalation of Removal: Immigrants Share Their Lives and Power Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Mass Incarceration and Reentry: Activists Share Their Stories and Ideas for Change Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon A
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Past Presidents' Meeting (By Invitation) Hotel Irvine - TBD
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Pop-up DIY Maariv Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- Worship
- Reception: Thank you to all CCAR Sponsors, Donors and Volunteers Hotel Irvine - The Backyard
- 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM | 45 minutes
- Reception
6:45 PM
6:45 PM
- Dinner with Colleagues Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- Meal
- Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Alumni Class Dinners Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- Meal
- Dinner with Board Members (sign up in advance, meet in lobby) Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- Meal
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
- Keynote
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Friends of Bill W. Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
- The Walking/Running Rabbis Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM | 1 hour
- Meeting
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
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
- Introspective Shacharit Service Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Worship
- Energetic Shacharit Service Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Worship
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
- Integrative Cancer Therapy: Focus on Prevention and Natural Therapies Hotel Irvine - Theater
- 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
- Workshop
- Heschel and Health Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Mitzvot and Medicine: Values That Inform a Jewish Position on Healthcare Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Mind-Body Medicine: Mindfulness in Healthcare and Well-being Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Supporting Integrative Healthcare for the Underserved Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon A
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- 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
- Workshop
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Lunch with Colleagues - Food Trucks Onsite: Indian Food & Falasophy Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
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
- Workshop
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- T’Shuvah- Judaism’s Response to Addiction and the Opioid Crisis Hotel Irvine - Saddleback BC
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Part of Death’s Journey: The Rabbi’s Role Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A & B
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Getting Good at Getting Older: Boomers Changing the Paradigm of Aging Hotel Irvine - Theater
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- New Beginnings: The Triumphs of 120 Cancer Survivors Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Pastoring at the Bedside Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Responding to Teenage Mental Health Challenges Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- 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
- Workshop
- Engaging Your Community in Health Care Reform Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Is Affordable, Equitable, High Quality Health Insurance Possible in Our Congregations and in Our Country? Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon B
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Rabbis Supporting Rabbis in the Face of the Unexpected Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon A
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
4:45 PM
4:45 PM
- Nechemta: A Healing Service of the Heart Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 30 minutes
- Workshop
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Reception Hosted by URJ Hotel Irvine - Pavilion
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour
- Reception
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- 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
- Dinner with Colleagues Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Dinner with Board Members (sign up in advance, meet in lobby) Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
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
- General Session
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Friends of Bill W. Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
- The Walking/Running Rabbis Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM | 1 hour
- Meeting
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
- Meditative Musical Shacharit Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Worship
- Shacharit: Shvitz: A Sweat Minyan Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Worship
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
- Exhibitor Hall Open Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer
- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 8 hours
- 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
- Keynote
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) Grand Ballroom Foyer
- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | 15 minutes
- Break
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
- Ethics Committee (closed meeting) Hotel Irvine - Presidential Suite 1304
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Ethics Process Review Committee (closed meeting) Hotel Irvine - Saddleback B
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Worship and Practices Committee (closed meeting) Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Justice, Peace and Civil Liberties Committee (Open Meeting) Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Israel Committee Meeting Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Lunch with Colleagues - Food Trucks Onsite: Rolling Sushi & Maiz Cocina Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- 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
- Workshop
- [Canceled] Drawing an Ever-Evolving Community into an Ancient Tradition Hotel Irvine - Saddleback B
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- [Canceled] Creating a Productive Learning Environment Even When We Disagree Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- Taming Your Yetzer HaRa: Ego, Environment, and the Psychology of (Un)Ethical Rabbinic Behavior Hotel Irvine - Theater
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- Small Group Conversations - Navigating Our Diverse Rabbinic Journeys Hotel Irvine - Think Tank
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Six-Word Siddur: Finding Essential Prayers Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- Relational Judaism in Action: How to Create a Relational Engagement Campaign, including a Small Groups Initiative Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- Talmud & Justice Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- What Did You Just Say?: Tools for Responding to Inappropriate Comments Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon B
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Small Group Conversations - Do You Feel Your Community Rests Solely on Your Shoulders? Hotel Irvine - Think Tank
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Am HaMa'avar - A People of Transition Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Workshop
- Ten Years of The Torah: A Woman's Commentary with Andrea Weiss, Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, and Hara Person Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Workshop
- In Every Generation: Aggadot and the Exodus (Session 1) Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Workshop
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Ten Years of The Torah: A Woman's Commentary with Andrea Weiss, Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, and Hara Person (Session 2) Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Workshop
- In Every Generation: Aggadot and the Exodus (Session 2) Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Workshop
5:15 PM
5:15 PM
- Hafsakah: CCAR Press Book Toast Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer
- 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM | 1 hour
5:45 PM
5:45 PM
- Dinner with Colleagues Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 5:45 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours 15 minutes
- Meal
- Dinner with Board Members (sign up in advance, meet in lobby) Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 5:45 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours 15 minutes
- Meal
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Pop-up DIY Maariv Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- Worship
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Closing Program: Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of HIAS. Because We Are Jewish: Responding to the Global Refugee Crisis Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote
Judy Schindler
Moderator
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Friends of Bill W. Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting