Calendar of Events

Mar 21

Friends of Bill W.

Start: Mar 21 11:00 pm
End: Mar 21 11:55 pm
Venue: Beacon D Room

Closing Reception

Closing Reception

10:00 PM–11:00 PM

sponsored by Ayelet Tours, Ltd.

Start: Mar 21 10:00 pm
End: Mar 21 11:00 pm
Venue: Independence Ballroom

Maariv

Heidi Cohen, Howard Jaffe

Start: Mar 21 9:30 pm
End: Mar 21 10:00 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom

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

Start: Mar 21 8:00 pm
End: Mar 21 10:00 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Dinner with Friends

Why dine alone? Come to the concierge desk at 6:00 PM and meet new friends for dinner.

Start: Mar 21 6:00 pm
End: Mar 21 8:00 pm

Think Tank for Reform Judaism

Closed Meeting

Start: Mar 21 6:00 pm
End: Mar 21 8:00 pm

From Boston to Southern California: Journey Towards Our Future

From Boston to Southern California: Journey Towards Our Future

2013 Convention Committee

Reception
sponsored by IsramWorld

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Start: Mar 21 3:30 pm
End: Mar 21 6:00 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Russ Sabia

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Start: Mar 21 2:00 pm
End: Mar 21 3:15 pm
Venue: Dalton Room

Prepping for Placement: What to do Before You Go into Placement

Alan Henkin

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Start: Mar 21 2:00 pm
End: Mar 21 3:15 pm
Venue: Jefferson Room

Consensus Decision-Making: Pursuing Peace in Our Leadership & Governance

Larry Dressler and Sam Joseph

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Start: Mar 21 2:00 pm
End: Mar 21 3:15 pm
Venue: Berkeley Room

Rabbinic Fundraising Success: Strategies, Tactics and Practice

David Altshuler and Steven Fox
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Start: Mar 21 2:00 pm
End: Mar 21 3:15 pm
Venue: Beacon D Room

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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Start: Mar 21 2:00 pm
End: Mar 21 3:15 pm
Venue: Hampton Room

Inside the Rabbis’ Study: Insights and Advice From Colleagues Serving As Solo Congregational Rabbis

Stephanie Alexander, Joseph Meszler
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Start: Mar 21 2:00 pm
End: Mar 21 3:15 pm
Venue: Exeter Room

Ahad Ha’Am and the Reform Movement: On the Prospects for Modern Judaism (Taught in Hebrew)

Michael Marmur
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Start: Mar 21 2:00 pm
End: Mar 21 3:15 pm
Venue: Gardner Room

Beyond Laughter Through Tears: The Spiritual Power of Jewish Humor

Moshe Waldoks
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Start: Mar 21 2:00 pm
End: Mar 21 3:15 pm
Venue: Fairfax Room

Judaism Confronting Science

Dr. Phil Cohen. Dr. Jonathan Crane, Geoffery Mitelman
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Start: Mar 21 2:00 pm
End: Mar 21 3:15 pm
Venue: Clarendon Room

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

Start: Mar 21 12:45 pm
End: Mar 21 1:45 pm
Venue: Republic Ballroom

A Visit to Mayyim Hayyim

Pre-registration is required. Session is capped at 35 participants.  There is no cost to this trip. (more…)

Start: Mar 21 12:15 pm
End: Mar 21 3:30 pm
Venue: Mayyim Hayyim
Phone: 617-244-1836
Address:
1838 Washington Street, Newton, MA, 02466, United States
Cost: Free

Open Committee Lunch Meetings

Start: Mar 21 12:00 pm
End: Mar 21 12:45 pm

Lunch

12:00 PM-12:45 PM

12:45 PM-1:00PM

Start: Mar 21 11:45 am
End: Mar 21 2:00 pm

B’nai Mitzvah: The Tail That (Sometimes) Wags The Dog

Lila Foldes, Jonathan Stein

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 am
Venue: Clarendon Room

Bringing Shavat Vayinafash into the Everyday

Larry Dressler

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 pm
Venue: Berkeley Room

Preaching

Kirk Jones

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 am
Venue: Board Room

Legal Issues for Rabbis and Congregations: An Examination of An Array of Changing Legal Issues Affecting Rabbis

David Saperstein

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 am
Venue: Fairfax Room

The Best Practice of Mentors and Mentees

Sam Joseph

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 am
Venue: Beacon D Room

Revisioning Jewishness: Cosmopolitan Creativity and Jewish Peoplehood

Dr. Sylvia Barack Fishman

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 am
Venue: Jefferson Room

Sea Sick on the Love Boat: Liquid Modernity, Fluid Identity and Nautical Metaphors

Michael Marmur

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 am
Venue: Gardner Room

The Child in the Halakhah (Freehof Institute for Progressive Halakhah)

Walter Jacobs, Ruth Langer, Brian Stoller

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 am
Venue: Hampton Room

Music and the Interiority Complex

Josh Jacobson

Pre-registration is required. Session is capped at 40 participants.

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 am
Venue: Dalton Room

Teaching Hebrew: Raising the Bar

Dr. Vardit Ringvald

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 am
Venue: Liberty A
Address:
United States

Holy in the Whole

Josh Nelson

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Start: Mar 21 10:30 am
End: Mar 21 11:45 am
Venue: Exeter Room

Community Organizing

Community Organizing

9:15 AM—10:15 AM

Dr. Marshall Ganz
Keter Torah: 1 hour
Start: Mar 21 9:15 am
End: Mar 21 10:15 am
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Shacharit

Randi Musnitsky, Josh Whinston

Start: Mar 21 8:45 am
End: Mar 21 9:15 am
Venue: Grand Ballroom

HUC-JIR Breakfast

HUC-JIR Breakfast

7:30 AM–8:30 AM

sponsored by HUC-JIR
including Class Roll Call

Start: Mar 21 7:30 am
End: Mar 21 8:30 am
Venue: Republic Ballroom

Mar 20

Friends of Bill W.

Start: Mar 20 11:00 pm
End: Mar 20 11:55 pm
Venue: Beacon A Room

2013 Convention Committee Meeting

Closed Meeting

Start: Mar 20 10:30 pm
End: Mar 20 11:30 pm

A Maariv Musical Experience

Josh Nelson and Josh Zweiback

Start: Mar 20 9:30 pm
End: Mar 20 10:30 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom

HUC-JIR Alumni Dinners

Celebrate 1, 5, 10, 18, 25, 30 or 50 years in the rabbinate with your classmates at dinner!

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Start: Mar 20 7:30 pm
End: Mar 20 9:30 pm

Dinner with Friends

Why dine alone? Come to the concierge desk at 7:30 PM and meet new friends for dinner.

Start: Mar 20 7:30 pm
End: Mar 20 9:30 pm

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.

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Start: Mar 20 6:30 pm
End: Mar 20 7:30 pm
Venue: Commonwealth Room

Enhancing Prayer with Technology

Peter Levi, Dan Medwin, Ron Segal
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Start: Mar 20 5:00 pm
End: Mar 20 6:15 pm
Venue: Exeter Room

On-Camera Media Training for Rabbis (II)

Dennis Ross and Sarah Standiford

This session requires pre-registration. Session is capped at 8 participants. (more…)

Start: Mar 20 5:00 pm
End: Mar 20 6:15 pm
Venue: Board Room

Leading With, and Not Alone: Community Organizing and “Relational Power”

Lila Foldes, Stephanie Kolin
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Start: Mar 20 5:00 pm
End: Mar 20 6:15 pm
Venue: Gardner Room

Opening the Gates to Bar and Bat Mitzvah

Arlene Remz

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Start: Mar 20 5:00 pm
End: Mar 20 6:15 pm
Venue: Jefferson Room

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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Start: Mar 20 5:00 pm
End: Mar 20 6:15 pm
Venue: Hampton Room

Finding Our Way to the God of Torah

Rachel Timoner

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Start: Mar 20 5:00 pm
End: Mar 20 6:15 pm
Venue: Berkeley Room

Pre-Marital Counseling

Dr. Paula Brody

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Start: Mar 20 3:30 pm
End: Mar 20 4:45 pm
Venue: Clarendon Room

The Foundations of Social Media for Rabbis

Lisa Colton

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Start: Mar 20 3:30 pm
End: Mar 20 4:45 pm
Venue: Exeter Room

On-Camera Media Training for Rabbis (I)

Dennis Ross and Sarah Standiford

This session requires pre-registration. Session is capped at 8 participants.

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Start: Mar 20 3:30 pm
End: Mar 20 4:45 pm
Venue: Board Room

Successfully Navigating the Senior-Second Rabbi Dynamic

Andrea Goldstein, Ronne Friedman, Shelly Zimmerman

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Start: Mar 20 3:30 pm
End: Mar 20 4:45 pm
Venue: Jefferson Room
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