2017 Convention Schedule
You will find an updated Convention schedule below (subject to change). We look forward to seeing many of you in Baltimore!
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Rabbinical Assembly Convention
Hyatt Regency Hotel - Schedule At-a-Glance
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26
3:00 PM - REGISTRATION & SNACKS | CONSTELLATION FOYER
4:00 PM - LIMMUD
Rabbi Pamela Barmash – ANNAPOLIS ROOM (2nd floor)
Rabbi David Golinkin – BALTIMORE ROOM (2nd floor)
Rabbi Judith Hauptman – CHESAPEAKE A (3rd floor)
5:30 PM - MINHAH | CHESAPEAKE B (3rd floor)
6:00 PM - DINNER | CONSTELLATION B (MEAL TICKETS REQUIRED)
7:30 PM - BEIT MIDRASH: SHARING OUR FAVORITE TEXTS | CONSTELLATION C/D/E
8:45 PM - MAARIV | CONSTELLATION A
CONCERT & SHARING OF SPIRIT - NETANEL GOLDBERG| CONSTELLATION A
10:30 PM - LATE NIGHT LIMMUD: OUR TORAH CAN ENERGIZE GOD | CONSTELLATION FOYER
Rabbi Brad Artson
10:30 PM - LATE NIGHT SCHMOOZING & SNACKS| MOADON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27
7 - 8 AM COFFEE, TEA & MUFFINS | MOADON
Rabbi’s Run
8 AM - SHAHARIT OPTIONS: MEDITATION with Rabbi K’vod Weider – ANNAPOLIS; MUSICAL SHAHARIT with Netanel Goldberg – BALTIMORE; STANDARD SHAHARIT – CONSTELLATION A
8:45 AM ROSH HODESH TORAH READING & MUSAF | CONSTELLATION A
9:15 AM BREAKFAST | CONSTELLATION B
Social Justice Commission Meeting | Columbia
Breakfast Sponsored by BWD Agency, an NFP Company
Please bring what you need for excursions in Baltimore when you come to breakfast.
10 AM - PLENARY: HADESH YAMEINU: SEEKING RENEWAL, OFFERING HEALING | CONSTELLATION A
Presenter - Rabbi Brad Artson; Chair - Rabbi Harold Kravitz
11 AM - PLENARY: INTRODUCTION TO BALTIMORE with Rabbi Daniel Burg and Spoken Word Artists Brion Gill and Mohamed Tall | CONSTELLATION A
Chair - Rabbi Harold Kravitz
11:45 AM - EXCURSIONS INTO BALTIMORE (MEAL TICKETS REQUIRED FOR BOXED LUNCH)
Minhah will be during the excursions
4 PM - RETURN TO HOTEL - SNACKS & SCHMOOZE | MOADON
4:30 PM - OPTIONS
MEDITATION – Rabbi Elie Spitz | BALTIMORE
MASSAGE | MOADON
Sign up in the Moadon for a 10 minute back or neck massage
TAI CHI | CONSTELLATION C
Limited to 25 participants
6:30 PM DINNER (MEAL TICKETS REQUIRED) | CONSTELLATION B
Israel Bonds Greeting - Rabbi Martin Pasternak
8 PM - MAARIV & AZKARAH - Rabbi Alvin Berkun | CONSTELLATION A
GREETINGS – Rabbi Philip Scheim, RA President
PLENARY: ARE WE WITNESSING THE END OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT? | CONSTELLATION A
Chair - Rabbi Philip Scheim; Moderator - Rabbi Gerry Skolnik
Senator Benjamin Cardin, Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen, Rabbi Mauricio Balter, Rabbi Gesa Ederberg
10:30 PM - LATE NIGHT LIMMUD: TRADITION: CLASSIC TEXTS AND VENERABLE DILEMMAS | CONSTELLATION FOYER
Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen
10:30 PM - LATE NIGHT SHMOOZING | Moadon
10:30 PM - BEERS OF BALTIMORE TOUR | Meet in Constellation Foyer
Rabbi Steven Schwartz
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
7 - 8 AM BEIT MIDRASH (with coffee, tea & muffins) | MOADON
Rabbi David Golinkin - Are Jews Still Commanded to Blot Out Amalek?
Rabbi’s Run
7:45 AM - SHAHARIT – OPTIONS
8:30 AM - BREAKFAST | CONSTELLATION B
BREAKFAST FOR WOMEN RABBIS | CONSTELLATION F
9:15 AM - WHAT’S MY HIDDUSH? Colleagues sharing their latest study or innovative approaches | CONSTELLATION C/D
Facilitator - Rabbi Paul Kerbel
10:30 AM - BUSINESS MEETING | CONSTELLATION A
10:45 AM - PLENARY: OUR APPROACH TO INTERMARRIAGE | CONSTELLATION A
Chair, Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin
Presenters - Dr. Steven M. Cohen & Fern Chertok, MA; Respondents - Rabbi Amichai Lau- Lavie, Rabbi Danny Nevins and Rabbi Marcelo Rittner
(RA MEMBERS ONLY)
1 PM - LUNCH – OPEN SPACE CONVERSATIONS | CONSTELLATION B
Sponsored by Israel Tour Connection & Israel Ministry of Tourism
Special Presentation
2:30 PM - MINHAH | CONSTELLATION C/D
PLENARY: RENEWAL OF OURSELVES, OUR RABBINIC WORK & OUR INSTITUTIONS
Chair - Rabbi Stewart Vogel; Facilitator - Dr. MIchelle Friedman
3:15 PM - RENEWAL WORKSHOP TRACKS
*Renewing Our Pastoral Approach – Dr. Michelle Friedman | BALTIMORE
*What’s the Cure for an Immunity to Change? – Rabbi Joshua Rabin | ANNAPOLIS
*Creating Your Rabbinic Brand – Rabbi Elliot Schoenberg | FREDERICK
*Services of the Heart and Mind – Rabbi Edward Feld & Hazzan Joanna Dulkin | COLUMBIA
*Seeding Change From Within: How the Theory of Disruptive Innovation Can Be Applied to Jewish Organizations – Rabbi Mike Uram | CHESAPEAKE A (3rd floor)
5:15 PM - RECEPTION SPONSORED BY USCJ | MOADON
6 – 8 PM - Optional – SELF-GUIDED TOURS OF THE MAIN BUILDING | AMERICAN VISIONARY ARTS MUSEUM (AVAM) Shuttle bus begins at 5:45 pm at Charles Street entrance
7:30 PM RECEPTION | AVAM/Jim Rouse Visionary Center Main Floor
Shuttle bus begins at 7:00 pm at Charles Street entrance
8:15 PM - DINNER – HONORING OUR 50 YEAR COLLEAGUES | AVAM/Jim Rouse Visionary Center Banquet Room
Chair: Rabbi Phillip Scheim
10 PM - RETURN TO HOTEL/LATE NIGHT SCHMOOZE | MOADON OPEN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
6:45 - 7:45 AM - COFFEE, TEA & MUFFINS | MOADON
7:45 AM - SHAHARIT Options
8:45 AM - BREAKFAST | CONSTELLATION B
JOINT PLACEMENT COMMISSION MEETING | CONSTELLATION C
9:30 AM - PLENARY: MEMBERSHIP AS BRIT: Developing a brit for Our RA that allows us to live into the Bold Statements of Strategic Intent |CONSTELLATION A
Chair - Rabbi Sheryl Katzman; Presenter - Liz Alperin Solms, Insyte Partners
12:15 PM LUNCH; CONVENTION CONCLUDES | CONSTELLATION B
1 – 5 PM - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING | CONWAY ROOM (lobby floor)