
Since her ordination in 1980, Ellen Lewis has enjoyed a bi-vocational career as both a rabbi and a psychotherapist. She spent 35 years serving synagogues in Dallas, Texas; Summit, NJ (named Rabbi Honorata); and Washington, NJ (named Rabbi Emerita). She was a founder and co-chair of the Women’s Rabbinic Network. She is an active member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and currently serves on the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate. She is also a certified pastoral counselor and is a member of the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education.
While serving as a congregational rabbi, Ellen Lewis became increasingly interested in why people do what they do, leading her to train at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies and become a licensed psychoanalyst. That training in emotional education led to her focusing on helping rabbis and cantors manage the challenges of the professional arena, including collegial conflict, work-life balance, gender issues, and personal and professional transformations, with the overall aim of an increased capacity for self-care, reflection and contentment. She is in private practice in Bernardsville, NJ, and New York City.
Ellen Lewis’ writings and teachings have focused on the intersection of psychoanalytic thinking and Judaism with a concentration on the rabbinate and Jewish communal life. Her essay “Changing Your Past: Reflections on Forgiveness,” appears in the new Mishkan HaNefesh: Machzor for the Days of Awe. She has contributed chapters to The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate (“Funny, You Don’t Look Like a Rabbi”) and to Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook (“Preparing for the Chupah: Premarital Counseling”). She has also written in the area of sexual abuse, including the unfortunately timely “Preventing Clergy Sexual Abuse” in Keeping Faith in Rabbis: A Community Conversation about Rabbinic Education.
Sessions auxquelles Ellen Lewis participe
- Coaches Meeting and Lunch (Closed meeting) Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ardmore
- 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 2 heures 30 minutes
- Meeting
Sessions auxquelles Ellen Lewis assiste
- OPENING PROGRAM WITH DANA BASH: Welcome to the 128th Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 2 heures
- General Session
- Opening Night Reception: Welcome to Atlanta Loews Atlanta Hotel - Overlook
- 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | 1 heure 15 minutes
- Reception
- Opening Night Dinner Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD
- 7:15 PM - 8:45 PM | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Meal
- COFFEE AND CONVERSATION WITH DEBORAH LIPSTADT: The Art of Denial - Contemporary Reflections Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD
- 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | 1 heure
- Meal
- Shacharit Convention Service Installation of New Officers and Board Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 2 heures
- Worship
- MAYOR KASIM REED, REVEREND RAPHAEL WARNOCK, REVEREND NATOSHA REID RICE: Do Not Be Afraid: Stand Firm and Witness Deliverance Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 heure
- Panel
- The Inner Experience of Being a Rabbi in Turbulent Times Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 heure
- Meeting
- Buses Depart to The Center for Civil and Human Rights Loews Atlanta Hotel - Hotel Lobby
- 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | 45 minutes
- Off-site Trip
- Program at The Center for Civil and Human Rights Atlanta - Museum
- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 2 heures
- Off-site Trip
- Buses Depart to The Temple Atlanta - The Center Lobby
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 heure
- Off-site Trip
- Reception Hosted by URJ: Conversation with Rick Jacobs Atlanta - The Temple
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 heure
- Reception
- Dinner at The Temple Atlanta - The Temple
- 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM | 1 heure
- Meal
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- Special Presentation of The Temple Bombing Atlanta - The Temple
- 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 3 heures
- Off-site Trip
- Breakfast Hosted by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Including Class Roll Call Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF
- 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | 1 heure
- Meal
- Shacharit: Praying Isaiah's Vision (Making Worship Accessible) Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Worship
- ETHICS IS NOT WHAT WE THINK IT IS: Six Misunderstood Insights into Ethics with Keynote by Paul Root Wolpe Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 3 heures
- Talk
- CCAR Press Book Launch Celebration Loews Atlanta Hotel - Overlook
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Meeting
- CCAR BUSINESS and Special Session, including Ethics (with coffee and sweets) Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Talk
- Reception Honoring Alan Henkin, Thanking Volunteers and Sponsors Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom and The Terrace
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 heure
- Reception
- Pop-up DIY Maariv Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 heure
- Worship
- JOSEPH J. LEVIN JR. CO-FOUNDER OF THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: Hate and Extremism in the United States Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 heure
- General Session
- Concert by Choirs of Ebenezer Baptist Church and The Temple Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 heure
- General Session
- Ayelet's I.C.E. BREAKFAST (Israel, Cuba, Europe...and beyond!) Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF
- 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | 1 heure
- Meal
- Shacharit with MARAM Rabbis Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Worship
- ISRAEL PROGRAM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Journey Towards the Other Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | 1 heure 15 minutes
- Workshop