CCAR Board of Trustees Meeting
Jefferson RoomTiyulim
The following require pre-registration. The price includes admission and round trip transportation. All trips will depart promptly at 9:30 AM.
Sports Boston
The Hall at Patriot Place 2 Patriot Pl, Foxborough, MA, United StatesFenway Park, Gillette Stadium and the Hall at Patriot Place This is a program for sports fans of all ages. It will begin with a tour of historic Fenway Park, home of the 2004 and 2007 Major League Baseball champion Boston Red Sox. Fenway is celebrating its centennial this year. Participants will then travel to […]
WRN Yom Limmud
Mayyim Hayyim For CCAR women rabbis Join your colleagues for an exciting and invigorating day at Mayyim Hayyim, a mikveh designed by and for the larger Jewish community of Greater Boston. Mayyim Hayyim offers more than 1400 Jews annually the opportunity to observe ancient ritual within the post-modern world. Our day will be comprised of […]
Lunch
Try some of the great area restaurants.
Defanging the Birkat HaMinim (Part II)
Dalton RoomDr. Ruth Langer A continuation of the morning session. The infamous twelfth benediction of the weekday amidah apparently cursed Christians explicitly in its early medieval forms and implicitly in its high European medieval forms. Christians were aware of this and censored the text, most formally and widely from the 1550s on. This all day Beit […]
Israel in Context: What Zionist Thinkers Say to Us Today
Hampton RoomDr. Aaron Panken Zionism faces numerous challenges in the contemporary American Reform context. Recent articles even claim that American rabbinical students are beginning to exhibit less connection to the Jewish State, let alone our lay leaders. Dual loyalties, dual states and dueling theologies are just a few of the many complications that confront those who […]
What We Can Learn From Hasidic Religious Practice: Hasidic Niggun and Spirituality
Clarendon RoomDr. Nehemiah Polen The world of Hasidism is famous for its musically creative and emotionally powerful niggunim. This session will explore how this rich legacy of niggun assists in the formation of one’s inner self and the cultivation of one’s spiritual development. We will listen to and learn from niggunim and also study Hasidic texts […]
Welcome to the 123rd Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Republic BallroomWelcome to the 123rd Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis from the Convention Committee
Revolutionary Lessons from Boston
Republic BallroomRevolutionary Lessons from Boston Dr. Jonathan Sarna & Barry Shrage We will begin the conference with a dialogue between Dr. Jonathan Sarna, a leading scholar of American Jewish history, and Barry Shrage, the innovative President of Combined Jewish Philanthropies (Boston’s Jewish Federation). We will explore what has transformed the Boston Jewish community and how that […]
Tekes Peticha
Republic BallroomEllen Nemhauser, Andrew Paley
Opening Reception
Grand Ballroom PrefunctionOpening Reception 6:30 PM–7:30 PM sponsored by ARZA World/Da'at Educational Expeditions
Opening Dinner
Grand BallroomOpening Dinner 7:30 PM–9:30 PM Motzi Boston Area Rabbis Birkat HaMazon Atid Society
CCAR Regional Presidents’ Meeting
Closed Meeting
Boston Convention Committee Meeting
Closed Meeting
Friends of Bill W.
Beacon A RoomSeeking God: Theological Diversity in the Machzor
Independence BallroomAn exploration of prayer and study texts from drafts of the new CCAR machzor that express a diversity of approaches to God. Keter Torah: 1 hour
Shacharit T’filah Convention Service
Grand BallroomShacharit T'filah Convention Service 9:00 AM–11:00 AM James Gibson and Esther Lederman Our time honored Convention T’filah includes honoring of 50th Year Rabbis, honoring of the 40th Anniversary of Women in the Rabbinate, as well as the Azkarah. Follow along in iT'filah. Hakafah: Richard Block and Paul Kipnes Torah Readers: Sara Rich; David Kline; Sally […]
Theology as Personal Story: A Rabbi’s Reflections
Grand BallroomDr. Arthur Green Judaism since its beginning has been a narrative tradition. We love to tell stories. The most native form of Jewish theologizing is narrative: re-telling the old story in some new and expansive way. But theology is also a highly personal undertaking. At its most honest, it is an account of one’s own […]
Lunch
2013 Convention Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting) SWARR Regional Lunch (Closed Meeting)
SWARR Regional Lunch
Closed Meeting
2013 Convention Committee Meeting
Closed Meeting
CCAR of Today
Grand BallroomActive Component Military Service Award, Rabbi Seth Phillips CCAR Atid Legacy Society Ethics: Proposed changes to Ethics code Ethics: Appointments to Ethics Committee Financial reports Other Business
Leading Into the Future: Transforming Threats to the Integrity of Your Rabbinate Into Kvod HaRav
Grand BallroomLeading Into the Future: Transforming Threats to the Integrity of Your Rabbinate Into Kvod HaRav 3:15 PM–4:30 PM Chief Executive Steven A. Fox Join in an interactive session with Steve Fox that moves beyond the traditional "State of the CCAR" report. Talk with Steve and other colleagues about transforming threats to the integrity of your […]
Welcome from the Governor and Reception
Independence BallroomWelcome from the Governor and Reception 4:30 PM–6:30 PM Reception in Honor of 40 Years of Women in the Rabbinate in Honor of Governor Deval Patrick, who will address the CCAR. Independence and Grand Ballrooms
WRN Dinner
Commonwealth RoomFor CCAR women rabbis, by reservation only.
Dinner with Friends
Why dine alone? Come to the concierge desk at 6:00 pm and meet new friends for dinner.
Mikveh Monologues
Republic BallroomMikveh Monologues 8:30 PM–10:30 PM The Mikveh Monologues shares touching stories of immersion experiences, teaches about the meaning of the ritual, and engages audiences in a conversation about the power of ritual in contemporary Jewish life. As a work for the stage, these ideas become immediate, accessible, and moving; outreach in the broadest sense. About […]
Maariv
Alysa Mendelson Graf and Elaine Zecher