Tuesday 20 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

6:00 AM

The Walking/Running Rabbis

1 hour, 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meeting

7:15 AM

Breakfast Hosted by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Including Class Roll Call

1 hour, 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM

Hotel Irvine - Pavilion

Meal

8:30 AM

Introspective Shacharit Service

30 minutes, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill

Worship

Rex Perlmeter, CCAR (Participant)

Energetic Shacharit Service

30 minutes, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek

Worship

Heidi Cohen, Temple Beth Sholom (Participant)

David Reinwald, Temple Beth Sholom (Participant)

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

30 minutes, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Workshop

Susan Samueli (Participant)

10:00 AM

Integrative Cancer Therapy: Focus on Prevention and Natural Therapies

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Theater

Workshop

Marcela Dominguez (Participant)

This session will identify cancer risk factors and suggest health strategies to reduce the likelihood of developing cancer. It will also include ...

For I YHWH Am Your Healer: Divine and Human Healing in the Bible

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill

Workshop

Andrea Weiss, HUC-JIR (Participant)

What is the role of God versus humans when it comes to illness and healing in the Bible? We will explore a range of biblical texts that answer that...

Heschel and Health

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill

Workshop

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

In 1964 Abraham Joshua Heschel presented a paper to the American Medical Association. Over 50 years later we will read from this lecture and see wh...

Mitzvot and Medicine: Values That Inform a Jewish Position on Healthcare

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge

Workshop

Aaron Panken, Herew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)

Mind-Body Medicine: Mindfulness in Healthcare and Well-being

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D

Workshop

Don Maurer (Participant)

The practice of mindfulness has been shown to relieve suffering which shows benefits in a variety of illnesses, as well as enhancing well-being an...

Supporting Integrative Healthcare for the Underserved

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon A

Workshop

David Kilgore (Participant)

This session will discuss the efforts of the University of California, Irvine and the Samueli Foundation to expand integrative healthcare to Orange...

11:15 AM

National Health Reform: Where We Are, Where We Are Going

1 hour, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Workshop

John E. McDonough, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (Participant)

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 ...

12:15 PM

Lunch with Colleagues - Food Trucks Onsite: Indian Food & Falasophy

1 hour 30 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

2:00 PM

Jewish Values and Ethics in Contemporary Health Care

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Workshop

Elliot Dorff, American Jewish University (Participant)

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 ...

3:15 PM

T’Shuvah- Judaism’s Response to Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback BC

Workshop

Mark Borovitz, Beit T'Shuvah (Participant)

Andrea Cosnowsky, Congregation Etz Chayim (Participant)

Part of Death’s Journey: The Rabbi’s Role

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A & B

Workshop

Michele Prince, OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center (Participant)

Shoshana Conover (Participant)

Getting Good at Getting Older: Boomers Changing the Paradigm of Aging

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Theater

Workshop

Laura Geller, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills (Participant)

Helen Dennis, Helen Dennis & Associates (Participant)

"Boomers" (people born between 1946 and 1964) are the first generation in human history … to reasonably anticipate living … into their 80’s a...

New Beginnings: The Triumphs of 120 Cancer Survivors

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill

Workshop

Lindsey Danizger, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (Participant)

Bill Aron Ph.D., Bill Aron Photographer (Participant)

There are four phases of cancer: the diagnosis; the treatment; the silent, or post-treatment phase; and the acceptance that there will be a new beg...

Pastoring at the Bedside

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill

Workshop

Sandra Katz, NAJC (Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains) (Participant)

This session explores relationships between congregational leaders and those who serve in health care environments. Where do the roles overlap? How...

Responding to Teenage Mental Health Challenges

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge

Workshop

Heather Huszti, CHOC Children's Hospital (Participant)

The Doctor and the Rabbi: Bringing God into the Sick Room

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek

Workshop

William Cutter (Participant)

Ron Andiman (Participant)

Ronald Andiman, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and Bill Cutter will be in dialogue based on the work they have accomplished re: speech, silence and theolo...

Engaging Your Community in Health Care Reform

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D

Workshop

John E. McDonough, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (Participant)

We will consider the opportunities to engage in education and a...

Is Affordable, Equitable, High Quality Health Insurance Possible in Our Congregations and in Our Country?

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon B

Workshop

Sheldon Greenfield (Participant)

Erica Asch (Participant)

Rabbis Supporting Rabbis in the Face of the Unexpected

1 hour 15 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon A

Workshop

Rex Perlmeter, CCAR (Participant)

Stephanie Kramer, Congregation Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa, CA (Participant)

George Gittleman (Participant)

Emily Rosenzweig (Participant)

Compassion of rabbis for other rabbis runs deep. At times of crisis – flood, fire, gun violence – we want to reach out. What are the most effecti...

4:45 PM

Nechemta: A Healing Service of the Heart

30 minutes, 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Workshop

Pearl BarLev (Participant)

We come together to share the healing torah of our day, our lives, our rabbinates, our traditi...

5:30 PM

Reception Hosted by URJ

1 hour, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Pavilion

Reception

6:30 PM

WRN Dinner: All CCAR Women Rabbis Are Welcome (By reservation only)

1 hour 30 minutes, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E

Meal

Dinner with Board Members (sign up in advance, meet in lobby)

1 hour 30 minutes, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

Enjoy dinner at one of the nearby restaurants with one or more members of the CCAR board of Trustees. The s...

Dinner with Colleagues

1 hour 30 minutes, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

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.

1 hour 30 minutes, 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

General Session

Mike Feuer (Participant)

Joel Mosbacher, Temple Shaaray Tefila, New York, NY (Moderator)

Sally Weber (Participant)

Adam Friedman (Participant)

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 ...

10:30 PM

Friends of Bill W.

1 hour, 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A

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