Calendar of Events
Closing Reception
Closing Reception
10:00 PM–11:00 PM
sponsored by Ayelet Tours, Ltd.
Maariv
Heidi Cohen, Howard Jaffe
The Jacob Rader Marcus Memorial Lecture on American Jewish History
The Jacob Rader Marcus Memorial Lecture on American Jewish History
sponsored by the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
8:00 PM— 10:00 PM
How Religion Divides and Unites Americans… And Why It’s Basically Good For the Jews
Dr. Robert Putnam
Dinner with Friends
Why dine alone? Come to the concierge desk at 6:00 PM and meet new friends for dinner.
Think Tank for Reform Judaism
Closed Meeting
From Boston to Southern California: Journey Towards Our Future
From Boston to Southern California: Journey Towards Our Future
2013 Convention Committee
Consensus Decision-Making: Pursuing Peace in Our Leadership & Governance
Larry Dressler and Sam Joseph
Rabbinic Fundraising Success: Strategies, Tactics and Practice
David Altshuler and Steven Fox
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The Yom Kippur Afternoon Experience: More Than Waiting to Eat
Leon Morris and Eddie Goldberg with Janet Marder, Shelly Marder, Elaine Zecher and Peter Berg
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Inside the Rabbis’ Study: Insights and Advice From Colleagues Serving As Solo Congregational Rabbis
Stephanie Alexander, Joseph Meszler
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Ahad Ha’Am and the Reform Movement: On the Prospects for Modern Judaism (Taught in Hebrew)
Michael Marmur
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Judaism Confronting Science
Dr. Phil Cohen. Dr. Jonathan Crane, Geoffery Mitelman
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Meeting with Rick Jacobs
Join with our colleague Rick Jacobs to talk about the URJ and engaging Jews in the 21st Century. Dessert will be served.
Sponsored by URJ Camp and Israel Programs
A Visit to Mayyim Hayyim
Pre-registration is required. Session is capped at 35 participants. There is no cost to this trip. (more…)
Open Committee Lunch Meetings
- Atid Legacy Society
Liberty C - Committee on Disability Awareness and Inclusion
Jefferson Room - Board of Appeals
(Closed Meeting) - Ethics Process Review
Hampton Room - Israel and MARAM Rabbis
Gardner Room - Committee on Justice, Peace, and Religious Liberties
Berkeley Room - Committee on Revenue Enhancement
Clarendon Room - Committee on Worship and Practices
Dalton Room
B’nai Mitzvah: The Tail That (Sometimes) Wags The Dog
Lila Foldes, Jonathan Stein
Bringing Shavat Vayinafash into the Everyday
Larry Dressler
Legal Issues for Rabbis and Congregations: An Examination of An Array of Changing Legal Issues Affecting Rabbis
David Saperstein
The Best Practice of Mentors and Mentees
Sam Joseph
Revisioning Jewishness: Cosmopolitan Creativity and Jewish Peoplehood
Dr. Sylvia Barack Fishman
The Child in the Halakhah (Freehof Institute for Progressive Halakhah)
Walter Jacobs, Ruth Langer, Brian Stoller
Music and the Interiority Complex
Josh Jacobson
Pre-registration is required. Session is capped at 40 participants.
Teaching Hebrew: Raising the Bar
Dr. Vardit Ringvald
Holy in the Whole
Josh Nelson
Community Organizing
Community Organizing
9:15 AM—10:15 AM
Dr. Marshall Ganz
Keter Torah: 1 hour
Keter Torah: 1 hour
Shacharit
Randi Musnitsky, Josh Whinston
HUC-JIR Breakfast
HUC-JIR Breakfast
7:30 AM–8:30 AM
sponsored by HUC-JIR
including Class Roll Call
2013 Convention Committee Meeting
Closed Meeting
A Maariv Musical Experience
Josh Nelson and Josh Zweiback
HUC-JIR Alumni Dinners
Celebrate 1, 5, 10, 18, 25, 30 or 50 years in the rabbinate with your classmates at dinner!
Dinner with Friends
Why dine alone? Come to the concierge desk at 7:30 PM and meet new friends for dinner.
Reception for All Sponsors and Donors
Reception for All Sponsors and Donors
6:30 PM–7:30 PM
All rabbis who helped underwrite the costs of our Convention programs or donated to the Annual Giving Campaign, and their spouses/partners, are invited.
Enhancing Prayer with Technology
Peter Levi, Dan Medwin, Ron Segal
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On-Camera Media Training for Rabbis (II)
Dennis Ross and Sarah Standiford
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Leading With, and Not Alone: Community Organizing and “Relational Power”
Lila Foldes, Stephanie Kolin
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Opening the Gates to Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Arlene Remz
The Three Themes of the Shofar Service and Their Reverberations Throughout the Days of Awe
Peter Berg, Eddie Goldberg, Janet Marder, Shelly Marder, Leon Morris, Elaine Zecher
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Finding Our Way to the God of Torah
Rachel Timoner
Pre-Marital Counseling
Dr. Paula Brody
The Foundations of Social Media for Rabbis
Lisa Colton
On-Camera Media Training for Rabbis (I)
Dennis Ross and Sarah Standiford
This session requires pre-registration. Session is capped at 8 participants.
Successfully Navigating the Senior-Second Rabbi Dynamic
Andrea Goldstein, Ronne Friedman, Shelly Zimmerman