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3^RD ANNUAL ALLIANCE FOR CONTINUING

RABBINIC EDUCATION (ACRE) CONFERENCE

CRE: A FORCE FOR TRANSFORMATION

(IN A CONSTANTLY CHANGING WORLD)

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

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, The 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

Rabbi Joy Levitt, Executive Director, Jewish Community Center in Manhattan

Rabbi Moishe Steigmann, Associate Rabbi, Westchester Jewish Center

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 Dov Linzer - Rosh HaYeshiva and Dean, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah

Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum, Rabbi, The Kavana Cooperative

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

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