3RD ANNUAL ALLIANCE FOR CONTINUING RABBINIC EDUCATION (ACRE) CONFERENCE

5 Cheshvan 5771~ October 13, 2010

"תלמוד גדול שהתלמוד מביא לידי מעשה" מסכת קדושין מ:

“Great is study for study leads to action” Tractate Kiddushin 40b

Conference Program

8:30 - 9:00 Registration

9:00 - 9:05 Greetings: Rabbi Rachel Cowan, Co-Chair, ACRE

9:05 - 9:15 ACRE’s Accomplishments to Date – Dr. Maury Hoberman, Trustee, Lasko Family Foundations

9:15 - 10:05 Adaptive Change Outside and Inside the Rabbinate - Introduction by Rabbi Jerry Weider, Co-Chair, ACRE

Moderated by:

Rabbi Richard Hirsh, Executive Director, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Panelists:

Ms. Jane Eisner, Editor, The Forward - watch her responses about the challenges and successes

Rabbi Joy Levitt, Executive Director, Jewish Community Center in Manhattan - watch her responses about the challenges and successes

Rabbi Moishe Steigmann, Associate Rabbi, Westchester Jewish Center - watch his responses about the challenges and successes

10:05- 10:55 Voices from the Field: Dealing with the Gilgulim of the Rabbinate

Moderated by:

Rabbi Richard Hirsh, Executive Director, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Panelists:

Rabbi Richard Address, Director of Programs, Caring Community and Family Concerns for Union for Reform Judaism Rabbi - watch his responses here and here

Dov Linzer, Rosh HaYeshiva and Dean, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah - watch his responses here and here

Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum, Rabbi, The Kavana Cooperative - watch her responses here and here

10:55 - 11:10 Break

11:10 - 11:20 D’var Torah - Rabbi Marc Wolf, Vice Chancellor and Chief Development Officer, The Jewish Theological Seminary

11:20 - 12:15 World Café Discussion and Reporting on Conversation – Facilitated by Ms. Cyd Weissman, Director, Innovation in Congregational Learning, BJENY-SAJES

12:15 - 12:45 Lunch

12:45 - 1:30 Limmud: Introduction by Rabbi Rebecca Sirbu, Co-Chair, ACRE Advocacy Committee

Facilitated by Mr. Amichai Lau-Lavie, Executive Director, Storahtelling

Interrupting the Bible: Ezra's Five Principles for Successful Transmission of Sacred Legacies in the Modern Marketplace

Thoughts on changing congregational schools, personal and professional change, and the challenge of being a Kohen and Navi.

1:30 - 2:20 How Many Rabbis Does it Take to Change . . .? Reflections on Rabbis and Change

Moderated by:

Rabbi Jerry Weider, Director, Rabbinic Cabinet

Panelists:

Rabbi Hayim Herring, President and CEO, Herring Consulting Network

Rabbi Marc Margolius, Spiritual Leader, West End Synagogue

Dr. Jonathan Woocher, Chief Ideas Officer, Director, Lippman Kanfer Institute, JESNA

2:20 - 3:20 World Café Discussion: Introduction by Rabbi Natan Margalit, Chair, ACRE Research Committee

3:20 - 3:45 Concluding Remarks: Rabbi Hayim Herring and Rabbi Rachel Cowan, Conference Co-Chairs