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