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
- Convention Service Sh’lichei TziburMari Chernow, Jeffrey SaxeTorah Service
- 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
- Bring your own lunchGroup Meetings:
- 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
- What do we do when prayer feels vacant, empty, hollow? A life of prayer has its own rhythm, and sometimes that rhythm falls flat. In this session w...
- Workshop
- Judaism Meets the Science of Happiness Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- A new way to bring meaning and wisdom to our communities. With Darren Levine, Founding Rabbi of Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue in...
- 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
- The sharp political divisions do not yet threaten the strong Christian-Jewish relationship, which our Reform Jewish community has built for more th...
- 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
- Many of us feel torn between the needs of family and the demands of the community we serve. We strive...
- Meeting
- Navigating Politics & Israel in Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Talking politics can be tricky in any relationship, but when it comes to navigating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Muslim and Christian i...
- 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
- Engage with leading voices in the conversations about Israel bridging generational and ideological gaps. This session is a conversation starter, me...
- Workshop
- 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
- Gender Justice: Then, Now, Next Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Laura Geller will moderate a conversation reflecting on the evolution of second-wave feminism to today's current work around gender justice. Our p...
- Workshop
- Study the Equal Pay T'shuvah Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- In this session we will examine rabbinic sources relating to remuneration, work, and gender with a view to engaging in an informed discussion relat...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- We think of the prioritizing of ethics over ritual as one of the distinguishing credits of liberal Judaism and modernity, but it turns o...
- 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
- 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
- Three Metaphors for Jewish Commitment (In Hebrew) Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- For the last few years, I have been collecting Hebrew terms which I believe may form part of a lexicon for Liberal Jews in search of a language of ...
- Workshop
- Insights into the Biblical Story of Creation: "Seven Days, Many Voices" Hotel Irvine - Saddleback B
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Few stories are as compelling as the Creation story in the Book of Genesis. Join our panel of CCAR colleagues who contributed to the recent publica...
- 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
- Problematic Texts & the Religious Other in Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue Hotel Irvine - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- The Tanach, the New Testament, and the Qur’an are replete with unsettling passages that, over the course of history, have sometimes led t...
- Workshop
- Small Group Conversations - “Can the Rabbi Be My Friend”? Hotel Irvine - Think Tank
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Is it possible to develop meaningful relationships with members of your community while maintaining appropriate boundaries? Am I always the rab...
- Meeting
- Positive Judaism: A First Glance for Rabbis and Educators Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Positive Judaism is a new vision for Jewish Life in the 21st century that places Personal Happiness, Individual Thriving, and Communal Well-bein...
- Workshop
- Creating Cultures of Generosity -- Large Congregations Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- The rabbi's task and opportunity is to create, nurture, and sustain cultures of generosity in the congregations and organizations we serve. Join Dr...
- Workshop
- Creating Cultures of Generosity -- Small Congregations Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- The rabbi's task and opportunity is to create, nurture, and sustain cultures of generosity in the congregations and organizations we serve. Join Da...
- Workshop
- Celebrating Israel at 70: What Our Students Are Thinking About Israel Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- The battle for Israel on college campuses is threatening the covenantal relationship the next generation has with Israel. Learn with leading thi...
- Workshop
- The Newest Data on Reform Pay Equity Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Join moderator Mary Zamore, and Michael Gan for an examination of the newest days regarding pay equity in the Reform Jewish world and a conversatio...
- 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
- Reverend Zachary Hoover, Executive Director of LA Voice, will moderate a panel conversation among immigrants and immigration activists, who will re...
- 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
- Heather Miller will moderate a panel conversation among criminal justice activists, who will reflect on their experiences of systemic injustice,...
- 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
- Celebrate 1, 5, 10, 18, 25, 30 or 50 years in the rabbinate with your classmates at dinner on Monday evening! For members of the classes of 2017, 2...
- 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
- Enjoy dinner at one of the nearby restaurants with one or more members of the CCAR board of Trustees. The sign up form can be found with the ev...
- 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
- 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
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Friends of Bill W. Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting