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
- We are thrilled to have cantors partnering with rabbis this year for some exciting and musical T’filah experiences. For an extra special tre...
- 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
- Sister Simone Campbell is a leading social justice activist and religious leader. In 2012, she rallied&nbs...
- 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
- Many rabbis supervise other clergy, educators, and administrative employees. You know you are suppose to have these meetings on your calendar, but ...
- 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
- This session will focus on utilizing what we know about the spiritual longings in today's dynamic world to better construct creative and novel moda...
- 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
- What are the common problems that Jewish organizations face in creating an environment of healthy discourse and dialogue? How does my organization ...
- 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
- With profound gratitiude, the CCAR thanks Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP for
- Workshop
- Small Group Conversations - Navigating Our Diverse Rabbinic Journeys Hotel Irvine - Think Tank
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rabbis are providing leadership in an increasing diverse array of settings. Our rabbinic journeys are not a straight line and the nature of our ra...
- Meeting
- Six-Word Siddur: Finding Essential Prayers Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In this hands-on session, we’ll look at core prayers in Mishkan T’filah and attempt to boil them down to their essential six words...
- 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
- As early as the 1960s, Abraham Joshua Heschel examined the suburban synagogue and made his diagnosis: “The modern synagogue is sick with a terrible...
- Workshop
- Talmud & Justice Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Many of us are actively engaged in tikkun olam, social justice aimed at “repairing the world.” Where did tikkun olam come from? ...
- 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
- What are the tools we can use to counter comments that are inappropriate, offensive, or hurtful? We will explore techniques for responding to comme...
- 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
- Rabbis often feel that we carry the weight and responsibility for the Jewish future on our shoulders. To be a moral compass in turbulent times ...
- Meeting
- Am HaMa'avar - A People of Transition Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | 45 minutes
- Unfortunately Richard Levy is unable to be with us. Please join us for a&n...
- 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
- The groundbreaking volume, The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, debuted ten years ag...
- Workshop
- In Every Generation: Aggadot and the Exodus (Session 1) Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | 45 minutes
- We will be studying aggadot on the experience of "ordinary" Israelites and Egyptians during slavery, the plagues and the Exodus from Egypt. Our foc...
- 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
- The groundbreaking volume, The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, debuted ten years ago, originally published by URJ Press and Women of...
- Workshop
- In Every Generation: Aggadot and the Exodus (Session 2) Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM | 45 minutes
- We will be studying aggadot on the experience of "ordinary" Israelites and Egyptians during slavery, the plagues and the Exodus from Egypt. Our foc...
- 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
- The CCAR Press would like to take a moment to acknowledge the hard work and dedication that made each of our recently published books possible.
5:45 PM
5:45 PM
- Dinner with Board Members (sign up in advance, meet in lobby) Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 5:45 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours 15 minutes
- Enjoy dinner at one of the nearby restaurants with one or more members of the CCAR Board of Trustees. Please sign up below.
- Meal
- Dinner with Colleagues 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
- Mark Hetfield is an international expert in refugee and immigration law, policy and
- Keynote
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Friends of Bill W. Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting