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Sunday 18 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback ABC

Meeting

Gary Zola, American Jewish Archives (Participant)

10:00 AM
10:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A & B

Workshop

Gary Zola, American Jewish Archives (Participant)

For generations, Jews have left their moral legacies in written form often called an ethical will. From their earliest days on this continent, Ame...
Synagogue Security in a Dangerous World
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Hotel Irvine - Theater

Workshop

Jeff Cugno (Participant)

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 ...
1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill

Workshop

Andrea Weiss, HUC-JIR (Participant)

This session will explore how rabbis can utilize the “American Values Religious Voices: 100 Days. 100 Letters." campaign as a resource for teaching...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Exhibitor Opening – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served)
5 hours 30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer

Meeting

2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Small Congregations Meeting
1 hour, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek

4:00 PM
4:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

General Session

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate (Participant)

The Jacob Radar Marcus Memorial Lecture sponsored ...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - The Backyard

Reception

7:15 PM
7:15 PM
Opening Night Dinner
1 hour 30 minutes, 7:15 PM - 8:45 PM

Hotel Irvine - Pavilion

Meal

Welcome: HaMotzi: Birkat HaMazon: Our opening dinner provide...
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
First Timers' Reception
1 hour, 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Presidential Suite 1304

Reception

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

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A

Meeting

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

Tuesday 20 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

7:15 AM
7:15 AM
8:30 AM
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
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 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 ...

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...

Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge

Workshop

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

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...

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
11:15 AM

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
12:15 PM

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

2:00 PM
2:00 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
3:15 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)

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...

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
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
5:30 PM
Reception Hosted by URJ
1 hour, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Pavilion

Reception

6:30 PM
6:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E

Meal

Dinner with Colleagues
1 hour 30 minutes, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

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

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A

Meeting

Wednesday 21 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

7:30 AM
7:30 AM
Meditative Musical Shacharit
30 minutes, 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill

Worship

Lizzie Weiss, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills (Participant)

Scott Hausman-Weiss, Congregation Shma Koleinu (Participant)

We are thrilled to have cantors partnering with rabbis this year for some exciting and musical T’filah experiences. For an extra special tre...
Shacharit: Shvitz: A Sweat Minyan
30 minutes, 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek

Worship

Alyson Solomon, Beth Israel of San Diego (Participant)

8:15 AM
8:15 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Exhibitor Hall Open
8 hours, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Keynote

Sister Simone Campbell, Network (Participant)

Sister Simone Campbell is a leading social justice activist and religious leader. In 2012, she rallied&nbs...
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee served)
15 minutes, 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer

Break

10:30 AM
10:30 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

General Session

Steve Fox, CCAR (Participant)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Ethics Committee (closed meeting)
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Presidential Suite 1304

Meeting

Ethics Process Review Committee (closed meeting)
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback B

Meeting

Worship and Practices Committee (closed meeting)
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A

Meeting

Justice, Peace and Civil Liberties Committee (Open Meeting)
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill

Meeting

Israel Committee Meeting
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge

Meeting

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

1:45 PM
1:45 PM

Hotel Irvine - Trabuco A & B

Workshop

Larry Dressler, Blue Wing Consulting (Participant)

Many rabbis supervise other clergy, educators, and administrative employees. You know you are suppose to have these meetings on your calendar, but ...

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback B

Workshop

Laura Baum, CJP (Participant)

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...

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A

Workshop

Sivan Zakai, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)

What are the common problems that Jewish organizations face in creating an environment of healthy discourse and dialogue? How does my organization ...

Hotel Irvine - Theater

Workshop

Karen L Fox (Participant)

Lewis Barth, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)

Dena Feingold (Participant)

With profound gratitiude, the CCAR thanks Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP for 

Hotel Irvine - Think Tank

Meeting

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

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...
Six-Word Siddur: Finding Essential Prayers
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Hotel Irvine - Quail Hill

Workshop

Alden Solovy, To Bend Light (Participant)

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...

Hotel Irvine - Oak Creek

Workshop

Nicole Auerbach, Central Synagogue (Participant)

Lydia Medwin, The Temple (Participant)

Benjamin Ross, Leo Baeck Temple (Participant)

Esther Lederman, Union for Reform Judaism (Participant)

As early as the 1960s, Abraham Joshua Heschel examined the suburban synagogue and made his diagnosis: “The modern synagogue is sick with a terrible...
Talmud & Justice
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E

Workshop

Dvora Weisberg, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles Campus) (Participant)

Many of us are actively engaged in tikkun olam, social justice aimed at “repairing the world.” Where did tikkun olam come from? ...

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon B

Workshop

Hara Person, CCAR (Participant)

Diana L. Ho, Management Arts, Inc. (Participant)

Ellen Lewis, Professional Supervision for Clergy (Participant)

What are the tools we can use to counter comments that are inappropriate, offensive, or hurtful? We will explore techniques for responding to comme...
3:30 PM
3:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Think Tank

Meeting

Ellen Lewis, Professional Supervision for Clergy (Participant)

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 ...
Am HaMa'avar - A People of Transition
45 minutes, 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Hotel Irvine - Woodbridge

Workshop

Alan Henkin, CCAR (Participant)

Unfortunately Richard Levy is unable to be with us. Please join us for a&n...

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E

Workshop

Tamara Eskenazi, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)

Hara Person, CCAR (Participant)

Andrea Weiss, HUC-JIR (Participant)

The groundbreaking volume, The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, debuted ten years ag...

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D

Workshop

Dvora Weisberg, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles Campus) (Participant)

We will be studying aggadot on the experience of "ordinary" Israelites and Egyptians during slavery, the plagues and the Exodus from Egypt. Our foc...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon E

Workshop

Tamara Eskenazi, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)

Hara Person, CCAR (Participant)

Andrea Weiss, HUC-JIR (Participant)

The groundbreaking volume, The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, debuted ten years ago, originally published by URJ Press and Women of...

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon D

Workshop

Dvora Weisberg, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles Campus) (Participant)

We will be studying aggadot on the experience of "ordinary" Israelites and Egyptians during slavery, the plagues and the Exodus from Egypt. Our foc...
5:15 PM
5:15 PM
Hafsakah: CCAR Press Book Toast
1 hour, 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom Foyer

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
2 hours 15 minutes, 5:45 PM - 8:00 PM

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

Irvine, CA - Offsite

Meal

Enjoy dinner at one of the nearby restaurants with one or more members of the CCAR Board of Trustees. Please sign up below.
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Pop-up DIY Maariv
1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Saddleback A

Worship

8:30 PM
8:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Keynote

Mark Hetfield, HIAS (Participant)

Judy Schindler (Moderator)

Mark Hetfield is an international expert in refugee and immigration law, policy and 
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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