Calendar of Events

Mar 20

I Can Ask For That? Rabbinic Contract Negotiations Deconstructed

Michael Gan, Martha Hausman, and Abby Kelman

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

Moses & Hasidism: Reflections on Leadership

Or Rose

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

Learning to See an Invisible God

Harold Kushner

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

You’re Not Really That Bad, Or Are You: Sin, Wrongdoing and Missing the Mark in High Holy Day Liturgy

Peter Berg, Eddie Goldberg, Janet Marder, Shelly Marder, Leon Morris, Elaine Zecher

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

Tea at Three

Start: Mar 20 3:00 pm
End: Mar 20 3:30 pm
Venue: Constitution Ballroom

Herding Cats and Other Leadership Challenges

Herding Cats and Other Leadership Challenges

Dr. Martha Minow
sponsored by the Rabbi Balfour Brickner Rabbinic Training Program of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Keter Torah: 2 hours
Start: Mar 20 1:30 pm
End: Mar 20 3:00 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Communities of Practice Lunch

Meet with your Community of Practice, or come to join one.  Create a CoP, or learn about them.

Bring your own lunch.

Start: Mar 20 12:15 pm
End: Mar 20 1:30 pm
Venue: Commonwealth Room

Lunch

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Start: Mar 20 12:00 pm
End: Mar 20 1:30 pm

Canadian Rabbis Lunch and Study

Start: Mar 20 12:00 pm
End: Mar 20 1:30 pm
Venue: Independence Ballroom

Resilience in Rabbinic Work

Steven A. Fox and Deborah Prinz

For CCAR Coaches and Consultants Working with Rabbis

Closed Meeting

Start: Mar 20 10:30 am
End: Mar 20 1:15 pm

Social/Digital Media in Jewish Life

Jordyne Wu
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Start: Mar 20 10:30 am
End: Mar 20 11:45 am
Venue: Exeter Room

On-Camera Media Training for Rabbis: What to Do When a Reporter Calls

Dennis Ross and Sarah Standiford

This session requires pre-registration.

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Start: Mar 20 10:30 am
End: Mar 20 11:45 am
Venue: Board Room

Liturgical Uses of Poetry: Sometimes It Works, Sometimes It Doesn’t

Shelly Marder and Janet Marder with Peter Berg, Eddie Goldberg, Leon Morris, and Elaine Zecher

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Start: Mar 20 10:30 am
End: Mar 20 11:45 am
Venue: Hampton Room

Divorce and Get: Current Legal and Religious Possibilities to Reduce Pain and Provide Support

Rachel Goldman, Amy Scheinerman

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Start: Mar 20 10:30 am
End: Mar 20 11:45 am
Venue: Jefferson Room

Making the Most of the “Wet Hair Moment:” Orchestrating a Meaningful Immersion Experience For Your Conversion Candidate

Lisa Berman

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Start: Mar 20 10:30 am
End: Mar 20 11:45 am
Venue: Berkeley Room

Transforming Reality – The Potential of Leadership Guided by Love

Ebn Leader

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Start: Mar 20 10:30 am
End: Mar 20 11:45 am
Venue: Clarendon Room

Spirituality and Social Justice: Striving for Integration

Or Rose

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Start: Mar 20 10:30 am
End: Mar 20 11:45 am
Venue: Dalton Room

Touchstone Texts on Leadership

Rick Jacobs

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Start: Mar 20 10:30 am
End: Mar 20 11:45 am
Venue: Fairfax Room

How Did Moshe Manage to be Rabbenu to 600,000 Unappreciative Congregants?

Harold Kushner

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Start: Mar 20 10:30 am
End: Mar 20 11:45 am
Venue: Gardner Room

Shacharit

Arnie Gluck and representatives of MARAM

Start: Mar 20 9:45 am
End: Mar 20 10:15 am
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Building an Inclusive, Democratic Israeli Society

Building an Inclusive, Democratic, Israeli Society

Dr. Manuel Trajtenberg
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Start: Mar 20 8:30 am
End: Mar 20 9:30 am
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Breakfast

Breakfast (A Morning for Israel)

7:45 AM–8:30 AM

sponsored by ARZA

Start: Mar 20 7:45 am
End: Mar 20 8:30 am
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Yoga Shalom: The Embodiment of Prayer

What’s Jewish about yoga? (more…)
Start: Mar 20 7:00 am
End: Mar 20 7:30 am
Venue: Fairfax Room

Mar 19

Friends of Bill W.

Start: Mar 19 11:00 pm
End: Mar 19 11:45 pm
Venue: Beacon A Room

Maariv

Alysa Mendelson Graf and Elaine Zecher

Start: Mar 19 10:00 pm
End: Mar 19 10:30 pm

Mikveh Monologues

Mikveh 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. (more…)

Start: Mar 19 8:30 pm
End: Mar 19 10:30 pm
Venue: Republic Ballroom

WRN Dinner

For CCAR women rabbis, by reservation only.

Start: Mar 19 6:30 pm
End: Mar 19 8:30 pm
Venue: Commonwealth Room

Dinner with Friends

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

Start: Mar 19 6:30 pm
End: Mar 19 8:30 pm

Welcome from the Governor and Reception

Welcome 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

Start: Mar 19 4:30 pm
End: Mar 19 6:30 pm
Venue: Independence Ballroom

Leading Into the Future: Transforming Threats to the Integrity of Your Rabbinate Into Kvod HaRav

Leading 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

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Start: Mar 19 3:15 pm
End: Mar 19 4:30 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom

CCAR of Today

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Start: Mar 19 2:30 pm
End: Mar 19 3:15 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Lunch

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Start: Mar 19 12:30 pm
End: Mar 19 2:15 pm

SWARR Regional Lunch

Closed Meeting

Start: Mar 19 12:30 pm
End: Mar 19 2:15 pm

2013 Convention Committee Meeting

Closed Meeting

Start: Mar 19 12:30 pm
End: Mar 19 2:15 pm

Theology as Personal Story: A Rabbi’s Reflections

Dr. Arthur Green
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Start: Mar 19 11:00 am
End: Mar 19 12:30 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Shacharit T’filah Convention Service

Shacharit T’filah Convention Service

9:00 AM–11:00 AM

James Gibson and Esther Lederman
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Start: Mar 19 9:00 am
End: Mar 19 11:00 am
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Seeking God: Theological Diversity in the Machzor

An 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

Start: Mar 19 7:30 am
End: Mar 19 8:45 am
Venue: Independence Ballroom

Mar 18

Friends of Bill W.

Start: Mar 18 11:00 pm
End: Mar 18 11:50 pm
Venue: Beacon A Room

Boston Convention Committee Meeting

Closed Meeting

Start: Mar 18 10:30 pm
End: Mar 18 11:30 pm

CCAR Regional Presidents’ Meeting

Closed Meeting

Start: Mar 18 9:30 pm
End: Mar 18 10:30 pm

Opening Dinner

Opening Dinner

7:30 PM–9:30 PM

Motzi

Boston Area Rabbis

Birkat HaMazon

Atid Society

Start: Mar 18 7:30 pm
End: Mar 18 9:30 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom

Opening Reception

Opening Reception

6:30 PM–7:30 PM

sponsored by ARZA World/Da’at Educational Expeditions

Start: Mar 18 6:30 pm
End: Mar 18 7:30 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Tekes Peticha

Ellen Nemhauser, Andrew Paley

Start: Mar 18 6:00 pm
End: Mar 18 6:30 pm
Venue: Republic Ballroom

Revolutionary Lessons from Boston

Revolutionary Lessons from Boston

Dr. Jonathan Sarna & Barry Shrage
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Start: Mar 18 5:00 pm
End: Mar 18 6:00 pm
Venue: Republic Ballroom

Welcome to the 123rd Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Welcome to the 123rd Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis

from the Convention Committee
Start: Mar 18 4:30 pm
End: Mar 18 5:00 pm
Venue: Republic Ballroom

Defanging the Birkat HaMinim (Part II)

Dr. Ruth Langer
A continuation of the morning session.
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Start: Mar 18 1:00 pm
End: Mar 18 3:30 pm
Venue: Dalton Room

Israel in Context: What Zionist Thinkers Say to Us Today

Dr. Aaron Panken

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Start: Mar 18 1:00 pm
End: Mar 18 3:30 pm
Venue: Hampton Room

What We Can Learn From Hasidic Religious Practice: Hasidic Niggun and Spirituality

Dr. Nehemiah Polen (more…)

Start: Mar 18 1:00 pm
End: Mar 18 3:30 pm
Venue: Clarendon Room

Lunch

Try some of the great area restaurants.

Start: Mar 18 11:30 am
End: Mar 18 1:00 pm

WRN Yom Limmud

Mayyim Hayyim
For CCAR women rabbis

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Start: Mar 18 11:00 am
End: Mar 18 3:30 pm
Cost: $36
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