Convention 2017

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 (2^nd floor)

Rabbi David Golinkin – BALTIMORE ROOM (2^nd floor)

Rabbi Judith Hauptman – CHESAPEAKE A (3^rd 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)