Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Sessions

Sunday 18 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Opening Program - DAHLIA LITHWICK: The Battle for the Future of America at the Supreme Court
1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

General Session

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate (Participant)

The Jacob Radar Marcus Memorial Lecture sponsored ...

Monday 19 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
Shacharit Convention Service - President's Sermon And Honoring 50 Year Rabbis
1 hour 45 minutes, 8:30 AM - 10:15 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
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
1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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)

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
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 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)

8:30 PM
8:30 PM
Celebrate Israel’s 70th Anniversary! Dor chadash: Engaging with the Next Generation of Israeli Rabbinic Leadership
1 hour 30 minutes, 8:30 PM - 10:00 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...

Tuesday 20 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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
30 minutes, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

Workshop

Susan Samueli (Participant)

11:15 AM
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 ...
2:00 PM
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 ...
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...
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.
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 ...

Wednesday 21 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
8:15 AM
8:15 AM
Celebrate and Thank Rabbinic Leaders of the RAC, CSA, RoR, and Justice & Peace Committee
30 minutes, 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Sister Simone Campbell — The Nun on the Bus: A Prophetic Voice for Justice
1 hour 15 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

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...
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Special Session: CCAR Today and Tomorrow - Continuing Rabbinic Education proposal - Food sponsored by Da’at/ARZA World
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Hotel Irvine - Grand Ballroom - Salon C

General Session

Steve Fox, CCAR (Participant)