Professional Development
Social/Digital Media in Jewish Life
Exeter RoomJordyne Wu Your congregants are online -- are you? Learn how to use internet marketing and social media to reach out to new members ...
On-Camera Media Training for Rabbis: What to Do When a Reporter Calls
Board RoomDennis Ross and Sarah Standiford This session requires pre-registration. “Should I take this interview? How do I craft my message and avoid tricky questions? ...
Liturgical Uses of Poetry: Sometimes It Works, Sometimes It Doesn’t
Hampton RoomShelly Marder and Janet Marder with Peter Berg, Eddie Goldberg, Leon Morris, and Elaine Zecher Many of us use poetry in our services. Poetry ...
Divorce and Get: Current Legal and Religious Possibilities to Reduce Pain and Provide Support
Jefferson RoomRachel Goldman, Amy Scheinerman This informative workshop will combine many elements designed to be useful in your rabbinate, including both legal and religious information ...
Making the Most of the “Wet Hair Moment:” Orchestrating a Meaningful Immersion Experience For Your Conversion Candidate
Berkeley RoomLisa Berman This workshop will explore a variety of questions about the conversion immersion experience. How do conversion candidates prepare for the actual immersion? ...
Pre-Marital Counseling
Clarendon RoomDr. Paula Brody Most couples will seek out a clergy connection before their marriage. For interfaith couples, this interaction is often pivotal. How can ...
The Foundations of Social Media for Rabbis
Exeter RoomLisa Colton Social media is powerfully influencing the way individuals engage and organizations operate. This democratization of access to information, support for relationships and ...
On-Camera Media Training for Rabbis (I)
Board RoomDennis Ross and Sarah Standiford This session requires pre-registration. Session is capped at 8 participants. “Should I take this interview? How do I craft ...
Successfully Navigating the Senior-Second Rabbi Dynamic
Jefferson RoomAndrea Goldstein, Ronne Friedman, Shelly Zimmerman Many of us spend much of our careers in working relationships with other rabbis. Come learn with some ...
I Can Ask For That? Rabbinic Contract Negotiations Deconstructed
Berkeley RoomMichael Gan, Martha Hausman, and Abby Kelman Contract negotiations can be awkward, confusing and tense but they don’t have to be. You will learn ...
Enhancing Prayer with Technology
Exeter RoomPeter Levi, Dan Medwin, Ron Segal From stone tablets, to parchment, to bound and printed books, Jews have been regular adopters of new technology ...
On-Camera Media Training for Rabbis (II)
Board RoomDennis Ross and Sarah Standiford This session requires pre-registration. Session is capped at 8 participants. “Should I take this interview? How do I craft ...
Leading With, and Not Alone: Community Organizing and “Relational Power”
Gardner RoomLila Foldes, Stephanie Kolin Transforming the culture of our communities, leading effectively in social justice, engaging our youth successfully, and other sacred rabbinic work ...
Opening the Gates to Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Jefferson RoomArlene Remz For the past eight years, Gateways: Access to Jewish Education, Boston’s central address for Jewish special education, has prepared dozens of youngsters ...
B’nai Mitzvah: The Tail That (Sometimes) Wags The Dog
Clarendon RoomLila Foldes, Jonathan Stein Join with colleagues to discuss how they are rethinking their own b'nai mitzvah work with an emphasis on shifting culture ...
Preaching
Board RoomKirk Jones
Legal Issues for Rabbis and Congregations: An Examination of An Array of Changing Legal Issues Affecting Rabbis
Fairfax RoomDavid Saperstein Among these are the implications of the recent Supreme Court “Ministerial Exception” case; recent lawsuits on parsonage; “Do’s and Don’t’s” in the ...
The Best Practice of Mentors and Mentees
Beacon D RoomSam Joseph There are mainly four types of mentors: Career Guide — promotes development through career guidance, counseling and visibility; Information Source — provides information about ...
Teaching Hebrew: Raising the Bar
Liberty A , United StatesDr. Vardit Ringvald The impact of the Hebrew language on our children's sense of self is increasingly in the spotlight. What a different picture ...
Holy in the Whole
Exeter RoomJosh Nelson Exploring the spirituality of secular music and its place in worship: a conversation with Josh Nelson.
Bringing Shavat Vayinafash into the Everyday
Berkeley RoomLarry Dressler One of the paradoxes of the rabbinate is that we who are most devoted to repairing the world often find ourselves in ...
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Dalton RoomRuss Sabia For all the talk about the importance of teamwork by leaders, it is largely untapped and unrealized in most organizations. Many organizations ...
Prepping for Placement: What to do Before You Go into Placement
Jefferson RoomAlan Henkin In this informal session we will talk about the preparatory steps rabbis can take before they enter placement. We will take up ...
Consensus Decision-Making: Pursuing Peace in Our Leadership & Governance
Berkeley RoomLarry Dressler and Sam Joseph As leaders, tired of the meeting after the meeting in the parking lot? Frustrated by the ‘after-meeting’ in the ...
Rabbinic Fundraising Success: Strategies, Tactics and Practice
Beacon D RoomDavid Altshuler and Steven Fox Setting goals and timetables, understanding philanthropic pyramids, making the case for support, prospect research, choreographing engagement and teamwork--a discussion ...
The Yom Kippur Afternoon Experience: More Than Waiting to Eat
Hampton RoomLeon Morris and Eddie Goldberg with Janet Marder, Shelly Marder, Elaine Zecher and Peter Berg Through the years, many congregations have taken the opportunity ...
Inside the Rabbis’ Study: Insights and Advice From Colleagues Serving As Solo Congregational Rabbis
Exeter RoomStephanie Alexander, Joseph Meszler This is an exciting opportunity for us to hear from three colleagues serving in solo pulpits. Come hear their stories ...