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Monday 19 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
The Walking/Running Rabbis
1 hour, 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meeting

8:30 AM
8:30 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
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served)
45 minutes, 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer

Break

11:00 AM
11:00 AM

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)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

Lunch with Rabbinic Cohort Meetings
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Pavilion

Meal

Bring your own lunchGroup Meetings:
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
Prayer as ‘Deepest Desire’: A Spiritual Chevruta
1 hour 15 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A

Workshop

Alden Solovy, To Bend Light (Participant)

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...
Judaism Meets the Science of Happiness
1 hour 15 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A

Workshop

Darren Levine, Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue in New York City and Positive-Judaism.org (Participant)

Evan Moffic, Congregation Solel in Highland Park, IL (Participant)

A new way to bring meaning and wisdom to our communities. With Darren Levine, Founding Rabbi of Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue in...

Hotel Irvine - Theater

Workshop

Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)

Walter Jacob, Freehof Institute for Progressive Halakhah (Participant)

Mark Washofsky, HUC-JIR (Participant)

The sharp political divisions do not yet threaten the strong Christian-Jewish relationship, which our Reform Jewish community has built for more th...

Hotel Irvine - Think Tank

Meeting

Rex Perlmeter, CCAR (Participant)

Ellen Lewis, Professional Supervision for Clergy (Participant)

Many of us feel torn between the needs of family and the demands of the community we serve. We strive...

Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill

Workshop

Imam Mohamad Jamal Doudi, American Muslim Institute (Participant)

Deana Sussman Berezin, Temple Israel (Participant)

Aryeh Azriel, Temple Israel (Participant)

Rev. Eric Elnes, Countryside Community Church (Participant)

Talking politics can be tricky in any relationship, but when it comes to navigating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Muslim and Christian i...

Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge

Workshop

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

Liya Rechtman (Participant)

Janet Liss, North Country Reform Temple (Participant)

Eric Rosenstein, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)

Engage with leading voices in the conversations about Israel bridging generational and ideological gaps. This session is a conversation starter, me...

Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek

Workshop

Beth Nichols, Temple Israel of New Rochelle (Participant)

Julia Weisz, Or Ami, Calabasas, CA (Participant)

Liz Wood-Zeller, NFTY (Participant)

Avram Mandell, Tzedek America (Participant)

Learn from inspiring educators who have changed the way of engaging teens. What motivated them? What supported and limited them in their endeavor t...
Gender Justice: Then, Now, Next
1 hour 15 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E

Workshop

Laura Geller, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills (Participant)

Shira Brown, California State University, Northridge (Participant)

Sophie Sartain, Katahdin Productions (Participant)

Maya Paley, National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles (Participant)

Laura Geller will moderate a conversation reflecting on the evolution of second-wave feminism to today's current work around gender justice. Our p...
Study the Equal Pay T'shuvah
1 hour 15 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D

Workshop

Mary Zamore, Women's Rabbinic Network (Participant)

Jonathan Cohen, The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Beachwood, OH (Participant)

In this session we will examine rabbinic sources relating to remuneration, work, and gender with a view to engaging in an informed discussion relat...

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...

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon A

Workshop

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

We think of the prioritizing of ethics over ritual as one of the distinguishing credits of liberal Judaism and modernity, but it turns o...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer

Break

3:15 PM
3:15 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
5:00 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...

Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A

Workshop

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

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 ...

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback B

Workshop

Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)

Benjamin David, Adath Emanu-El (Participant)

Shoshana Conover (Participant)

Karen Deitsch (Participant)

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...

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A

Workshop

Nicki Greninger, Temple Isaiah (Participant)

Stacy Schlein (Participant)

David Lewis (Participant)

Come and learn about new and innovative approaches to Hebrew education from leaders using research-based methodology in supplementary religious sch...

Hotel Irvine - Theater

Workshop

Aryeh Azriel, Temple Israel (Participant)

Rev. Eric Elnes, Countryside Community Church (Participant)

Imam Mohamad Jamal Doudi, American Muslim Institute (Participant)

Deana Sussman Berezin, Temple Israel (Participant)

The Tanach, the New Testament, and the Qur’an are replete with unsettling passages that, over the course of history, have sometimes led t...

Hotel Irvine - Think Tank

Meeting

Rex Perlmeter, CCAR (Participant)

Ellen Lewis, Professional Supervision for Clergy (Participant)

Is it possible to develop meaningful relationships with members of your community while maintaining appropriate boundaries? Am I always the rab...

Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill

Workshop

Evan Moffic, Congregation Solel in Highland Park, IL (Participant)

Darren Levine, Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue in New York City and Positive-Judaism.org (Participant)

Positive Judaism is a new vision for Jewish Life in the 21st century that places Personal Happiness, Individual Thriving, and Communal Well-bein...

Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill

Workshop

Marla Eglash Abraham, American Jewish Committee-Los Angeles (Participant)

Kenneth Chasen, Leo Baeck Temple (Participant)

Yoshi Zweiback, Stephen Wise Temple (Participant)

The rabbi's task and opportunity is to create, nurture, and sustain cultures of generosity in the congregations and organizations we serve. Join Dr...

Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge

Workshop

David Altshuler PhD, David Altshuler Company Inc. (Participant)

Cookie Lea Olshein, Temple Israel of West Palm Beach (Participant)

The rabbi's task and opportunity is to create, nurture, and sustain cultures of generosity in the congregations and organizations we serve. Join Da...

Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek

Workshop

Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi Ph.D. (Participant)

Lisa Armony, Jewish Federation & Family Services (Participant)

Evan Goodman, Santa Barbara Hillel (Participant)

The battle for Israel on college campuses is threatening the covenantal relationship the next generation has with Israel. Learn with leading thi...
The Newest Data on Reform Pay Equity
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E

Workshop

Mary Zamore, Women's Rabbinic Network (Moderator)

Michael Gan, Peer, Gan & Gisler LLP (Participant)

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...

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D

Workshop

Rev Zachary Hoover, LA Voice (Participant)

Mona Alfi (Participant)

Yunuen Trujillo, LA Voice PICO (Participant)

Pablo Alvarado (Participant)

Reverend Zachary Hoover, Executive Director of LA Voice, will moderate a panel conversation among immigrants and immigration activists, who will re...

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon A

Workshop

Rabbi Heather Miller, Keeping It Sacred (Moderator)

Melina Abdullah (Participant)

Kim McGill (Participant)

Pastor Cue Jn-Marie (Participant)

Hamid Khan (Participant)

Jonathan Klein (Participant)

Heather Miller will moderate a panel conversation among criminal justice activists, who will reflect on their experiences of systemic injustice,...
Past Presidents' Meeting (By Invitation)
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - TBD

Meeting

6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Pop-up DIY Maariv
1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A

Worship

Hotel Irvine - The Backyard

Reception

6:45 PM
6:45 PM
Dinner with Colleagues
1 hour 45 minutes, 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

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...

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

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...
8:30 PM
8:30 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...
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
Friends of Bill W.
1 hour, 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A

Meeting

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