9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- CCAR Board of Trustees Meeting (Including lunch) Hotel Irvine - Saddleback ABC
- 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | 4 hours
- Meeting
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- “Golden Threads” Linking the Generations: American Jews and Their Ethical Wills Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A & B
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- For generations, Jews have left their moral legacies in written form often called an ethical will. From their earliest days on this continent, Ame...
- Workshop
- Synagogue Security in a Dangerous World Hotel Irvine - Theater
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- As much as we would like our synagogues to be places where only those with peaceful intentions come through our doors, the reality is that today's ...
- Workshop
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Speaking Religious Truth to Political Power: A Rabbinic Guide to Values & Voices Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session will explore how rabbis can utilize the “American Values Religious Voices: 100 Days. 100 Letters." campaign as a resource for teaching...
- Workshop
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Exhibitor Opening – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served) Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer
- 2:00 PM - 7:30 PM | 5 hours 30 minutes
- Meeting
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Small Congregations Meeting Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Opening Program - DAHLIA LITHWICK: The Battle for the Future of America at the Supreme Court Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Jacob Radar Marcus Memorial Lecture sponsored ...
- General Session
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Opening Reception in Honor of Orange County Rabbis & MARAM - Sponsored by Ayelet Tours Hotel Irvine - The Backyard
- 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Reception
7:15 PM
7:15 PM
- Opening Night Dinner Hotel Irvine - Pavilion
- 7:15 PM - 8:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Welcome: HaMotzi: Birkat HaMazon: Our opening dinner provide...
- Meal
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
- First Timers' Reception Hotel Irvine - Presidential Suite 1304
- 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour
- Reception
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Friends of Bill W. Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting
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
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
- The Walking/Running Rabbis Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM | 1 hour
- Meeting
7:15 AM
7:15 AM
- Breakfast Hosted by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Including Class Roll Call Hotel Irvine - Pavilion
- 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM | 1 hour
- Meal
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
- Introspective Shacharit Service Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Worship
- Energetic Shacharit Service Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Worship
9:15 AM
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 Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Workshop
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Integrative Cancer Therapy: Focus on Prevention and Natural Therapies Hotel Irvine - Theater
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- This session will identify cancer risk factors and suggest health strategies to reduce the likelihood of developing cancer. It will also include ...
- Workshop
- For I YHWH Am Your Healer: Divine and Human Healing in the Bible Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Workshop
- Heschel and Health Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Workshop
- Mitzvot and Medicine: Values That Inform a Jewish Position on Healthcare Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Mind-Body Medicine: Mindfulness in Healthcare and Well-being Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Workshop
- Supporting Integrative Healthcare for the Underserved Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon A
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- This session will discuss the efforts of the University of California, Irvine and the Samueli Foundation to expand integrative healthcare to Orange...
- Workshop
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- National Health Reform: Where We Are, Where We Are Going Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour
- 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 ...
- Workshop
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Lunch with Colleagues - Food Trucks Onsite: Indian Food & Falasophy Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Jewish Values and Ethics in Contemporary Health Care Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- 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 ...
- Workshop
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- T’Shuvah- Judaism’s Response to Addiction and the Opioid Crisis Hotel Irvine - Saddleback BC
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Part of Death’s Journey: The Rabbi’s Role Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A & B
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Getting Good at Getting Older: Boomers Changing the Paradigm of Aging Hotel Irvine - Theater
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- "Boomers" (people born between 1946 and 1964) are the first generation in human history … to reasonably anticipate living … into their 80’s a...
- Workshop
- New Beginnings: The Triumphs of 120 Cancer Survivors Hotel Irvine - Pelican Hill
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- 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...
- Workshop
- Pastoring at the Bedside Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- This session explores relationships between congregational leaders and those who serve in health care environments. Where do the roles overlap? How...
- Workshop
- Responding to Teenage Mental Health Challenges Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- The Doctor and the Rabbi: Bringing God into the Sick Room Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Ronald Andiman, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and Bill Cutter will be in dialogue based on the work they have accomplished re: speech, silence and theolo...
- Workshop
- Engaging Your Community in Health Care Reform Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- We will consider the opportunities to engage in education and a...
- Workshop
- Is Affordable, Equitable, High Quality Health Insurance Possible in Our Congregations and in Our Country? Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon B
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Workshop
- Rabbis Supporting Rabbis in the Face of the Unexpected Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon A
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- 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...
- Workshop
4:45 PM
4:45 PM
- Nechemta: A Healing Service of the Heart Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 30 minutes
- We come together to share the healing torah of our day, our lives, our rabbinates, our traditi...
- Workshop
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Reception Hosted by URJ Hotel Irvine - Pavilion
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour
- Reception
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- WRN Dinner: All CCAR Women Rabbis Are Welcome (By reservation only) Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Dinner with Colleagues Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Dinner with Board Members (sign up in advance, meet in lobby) Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Enjoy dinner at one of the nearby restaurants with one or more members of the CCAR board of Trustees. The s...
- Meal
8:30 PM
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. Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C
- 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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 ...
- General Session
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Friends of Bill W. Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A
- 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting
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 Colleagues Irvine, CA - Offsite
- 5:45 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours 15 minutes
- Meal
- 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
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