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Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi Ph.D.

Scholar, Author, Public Speaker, Leadership Consultant
Participates in 1 Session
Rabbi Sabath is a scholar, author, spiritual leader, strategic innovator and sought-after public speaker. Most recently Rabbi Sabath led a four-campus team to achieve the goals of a five-year strategic plan as the National Director of Recruitment and Admissions at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC). In 2013 she was also appointed President's Scholar and most recently was also appointed Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics. Rabbi Sabath has taught courses on liturgy, modern Jewish thought, gender, and theology as an adjunct member of the faculty at HUC for over 16 years. Prior to her recent national role at HUC-JIR, Rabbi Sabath served as Vice President of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and for over a decade as a member of the Institute's faculty, while directing the Hartman Lay leadership, Rabbinic leadership, and Christian leadership programs for North American leaders as well as programs in pluralism and Jewish identity for officers of the IDF. Ordained in New York in 1995, Rabbi Sabath also earned a Ph.D. in Jewish philosophy from the Jewish Theological Seminary. For several years, Rabbi Sabath wrote a monthly column in the Jerusalem Post and has written regularly for The Times of Israel, The Huffington Post and other publications. Rachel co-authored two books and published numerous scholarly articles as well as pieces in key Jewish thought publications including “Radically Free and Radically Claimed” in Jewish Theology in Our Time. Rabbi Sabath teaches and mentors Jewish leaders of several generations and is a sought-after speaker throughout North America and Israel on leadership, Israel, gender, and theology. Rabbi Sabath serves on the editorial board of the CCAR Journal of Reform Judaism and as a consulting editor for the new multi-denominational journal, Zeramim: An Online Journal of Applied Jewish Thought. Rabbi Sabath is an alumna of the prestigious Wexner Foundation Graduate Fellowship and was selected to join the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She has served on the faculties of the Wexner Foundation, CLAL, and the Skirball Center. For more than a decade she also served seasonally as the rabbi of Congregation Shirat HaYam on Nantucket Island. Rabbi Sabath lived in Israel for nearly 15 years and currently lives in Cincinnati with her husband, Rabbi Ofer Sabath Beit-Halachmi, and their three children.

Sessions in which Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi Ph.D. participates

Wednesday 3 April, 2019

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Sessions in which Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi Ph.D. attends

Monday 1 April, 2019

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11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour
CCLive Stream

Let's talk reality. We want to innovate, but there's no time, there's no money, and no buy in from key stake holders! What if we fail? Art Markman addresses it all—we must begin by defining the key problems, engage in productive conversation and create concrete plans for change.Join us for this inspiring keynote!Art Markman is the Anabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas and Director of the IC2 (Innovation-Creativity-Capital) I...

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

Want to talk with members of the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate? Join us and bring your own lunch.

4:00 PM
4:15 PM
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
CCLive Stream

Topics will include:·Steven Fox’s Final Report·Governance: Distance Voting·Ethics Code Changes Closed Captioning available: ccar.co/cc19

8:30 PM
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
CCLive Stream

Roberta Kaplan and Amy Spitalnick represent the Charlottesville residents injured at the August 2017 white nationalist rally and will speak about their groundbreaking lawsuit against white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and affiliated hate groups. They will present on their new method of combatting violence based on racism, sexism, and antisemitism.Closed Captioning available: ccar.co/cc19

Tuesday 2 April, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 2 hours
CCLive Stream

Starting with a creative presentation based on stories shared by colleagues, the Task Force will lead an exploration of the experience of women in the rabbinate, and the work that remains ahead of us.Closed Captioning available: ccar.co/cc19

8:30 PM
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
CCLive Stream

Bryan Stevenson is a public-interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. The Equal Justice Initiative is an Alabama-based group that has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent prisoners on death row, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults. Closed Captioning

Wednesday 3 April, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | 1 hour
CCLive Stream

Closed Captioning available: ccar.co/cc19

9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | 1 hour 15 minutes
CCLive Stream

Sponsored by friends of Hara Person from Brooklyn Heights SynagogueClosed Captioning available: ccar.co/cc19

11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes