6:00 AM
6:00 AM
- The Walking/Running Rabbis Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Hotel Lobby
- 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
- Registration Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Pavillion Foyer
- 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM | 10 hours
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Begin Walking to Services (Map in Description) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Hotel Lobby
- 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Follow the crowd from the lobby, our use this link:https://goo.gl/maps/qLkrikRv1yM2
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
- Shacharit Convention Service at Isaac M. Wise Temple. Installation of President, Officers, and Board, President’s Sermon, Honoring of 50 Year Rabbis Cincinnati, OH - Offsite
- 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 2 hours
- Sh’lichei Tzibur:ANGELA BUCHDAHL AND KEN CHASENOpening Welcome:LEWIS KAMRASSOpening Prayer:KAREN THOMA...
- Worship
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Hafsakah – Visit Exhibit Area (Coffee Served) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Pavillion/3rd & 4th Floor Foyers
- 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | 45 minutes
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- Catalyzing Change in Our Communities with Art Markman Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Hall of Mirrors
- 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour
- 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 Markm...
- Keynote
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Ethics Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Room 608
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Talk with the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Room 658
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Lunch with Rabbinic Cohorts (Retired Rabbis) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Mayflower 3 (LL)
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Lunch with Rabbinic Cohorts (Community-Based/Organizational/Hillel Rabbis) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Mayflower 1 & 2 (LL)
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Lunch with Rabbinic Cohorts (Chaplains) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Mayflower 1 & 2 (LL)
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Israel Committee Meeting Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Rosewood
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Lunch with Rabbinic Cohorts (Rabbi Educators) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon DE
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Lunch with Rabbinic Cohorts (Assistant and Associate Rabbis/Large Congregations) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon DE
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Lunch with Rabbinic Cohorts (Senior Rabbis of Large Congregations) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon BC
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Lunch with Rabbinic Cohorts (Small Congregations) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Julep
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
- Justice and Peace Committee Meeting Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon HI
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meeting
- Lunch with Colleagues Cincinnati, OH - Offsite
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meal
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- CCAR / Sharp Insight Placement & Employment Survey Project Evaluation Team Meeting (Closed Meeting) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Boardroom 3
- 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours 15 minutes
- Meeting
- SMALL GROUP CONVERSATIONS: For Rabbis Living through the Ongoing Aftermath of Communal Trauma Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Room 758
- 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour
- Small Group ConversationsIn addition to the many speakers, programs and workshops, there will be confidential, facilitated, small...
- Meeting
- Prayer in Fear, Tragedy, and Loss Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Mayflower 1 & 2 (LL)
- 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour
- When fear, tragedy or loss strikes, the urge to "pour out our hearts in prayer" can be blocked by the very emotions that yearn to be expressed. In ...
- Workshop
- Incubating Change: Applying the Principles of Innovation to Real Life Challenges Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Rosewood
- 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours 15 minutes
- Moving from the theoretical to the practical—in this intensive two-hour session we will explore different challenges that we encounter in our...
- Fundraising for Synagogue Sustainability Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon DE
- 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour
- This workshop is for rabbis in small to mid-size congregations who do not have professional development staff to design and implement a fundrais...
- Workshop
- How to Disagree Constructively: The Beit Midrash Way Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon BC
- 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour
- Civil discourse between political divides is turning less and less civil. Indeed, the sheer lack of desire to try to understand those with oppos...
- Workshop
- Moral Imagination and Delivering the Dangerous Sermon Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Julep
- 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour
- Living in an age of divisiveness can cause us to mute our moral voice. However, the moment in history may call on us to speak up and speak out abou...
- Workshop
- Progressive Zionism: Maintaining Our Values and Healing the Rift Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon HI
- 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours 15 minutes
- How do each of us define, and work toward, the goal of being progressive Zionists in a way that both supports Israel and upholds our own values? In...
- Workshop
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- The Calling: "Some True Stories from Under the Bimah & a Berditchever Teaching about the Same." Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Room 658
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- SMALL GROUP CONVERSATIONS: Rabbis Are People Too: Dealing with Physical Illness as a Public Figure Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Mayflower 3 (LL)
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Small Group Conversations: In addition to the many speakers, programs and workshops,...
- Meeting
- Making the Impossible, Possible: Building a Culture of Creative Thinking Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Mayflower 1 & 2 (LL)
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Whether we truly aspire to be “innovators,” we are jaded by the buzzword “innovation,” or the risk of failure is just too great, there are cultural...
- Workshop
- Rabbi as CEO (Chief Engagement Officer) Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Rookwood
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Engagement is an ongoing process through which we build meaningful, authentic, collaborative relationships for the purpose of pursuing a shared Jew...
- Workshop
- Navigating Our Work in a Toxic Political Environment Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon DE
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- This workshop will explore the vital questions of how we engage in meaningful and effective ways with members of our community who have radically d...
- Workshop
- Awakening the Heart, Stimulating the Soul When You are Out There on Your Own Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon BC
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- For the solo or community rabbi who serves small or fiscally modest communities, it may feel at times as if one is out there working diligently ...
- Workshop
- Decliner, Destruction and Delusion: Our Confidence in the Jewish Future Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Julep
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Dr. Steven Windmueller and Rabbi Sarah Bassin will be in conversation with attendees about the trends in Jewish communal and religious life. Off...
- Workshop
- The CCAR Ethics Process from A-Z Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Salon FG
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- The CCAR ethics code upholds the integrity of the rabbinate through a careful and comprehensive process. This workshop will explore the entire proc...
- Workshop
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Hafsakah Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Pavillion/3rd & 4th Floor Foyers
- 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Break
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
- CCAR Business Session including Steven Fox's Final Report Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Hall of Mirrors
- 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- General Session
5:15 PM
5:15 PM
- Program Thanking Steven Fox for His Leadership Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Hall of Mirrors
- 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM | 45 minutes
- General Session
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Join Us for a Celebratory Reception. Sponsored by Da’at Educational Expeditions/ARZA World Travel in Honor of Steven Fox Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Pavillion/Caprice
- 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Reception
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- Dinner with Colleagues Cincinnati, OH - Offsite
- 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 2 hours
- Meal
- Dinner with Board Members (sign up in advance, meet in lobby) Cincinnati, OH - Offsite
- 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 2 hours
- Sign up: https://ccarnet.wufoo.com/forms/qknb0841t1sa38/Enjoy dinner at one...
- Meal
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Pursuing Justice: Using Law to Confront Antisemitism with Roberta Kaplan and Amy Spitalnick Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Hall of Mirrors
- 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Roberta Kaplan and Amy Spitalnick represent the Charlottesville residents injured at the August 2017 white nationalist rally and will speak abou...
- Keynote
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
- Leadership Reception Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Room 608
- 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 1 hour
- Siyum L'Yom - Concluding Our Day with a Brief Moment of Reflection Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Hall of Mirrors
- 10:00 PM - 10:05 PM | 5 minutes
- The Siyum L'Yom leader will conclude our day of learning together with five minutes of mindful prayer, connecting our final moments together...
- Worship
10:15 PM
10:15 PM
- Kaddish Minyan Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Julep
- 10:15 PM - 10:30 PM | 15 minutes
- Worship
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Friends of Bill W. Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Mayflower 3 (LL)
- 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meeting