PLENARY SESSIONS

CD RA07-001  (2-CDs)
Plenary I: Engaging Our Communities in the Process of Change
Dr. Ron Heifetz

CD RA07-002
Plenary II: Israel–Challenges in the Region and at Home
Gidi Grinstein

CD RA07-003
Plenary III: Leadership Myths: Why So Much Leadership Advice is Just Plain Wrong
Dr. Douglas Reeves

CD RA07-004
Plenary V: The Conservative Rabbi, Commanding Community and the Sovereign Self;
Rabbi Hayim Y. Herring

CD RA07-005
Plenary VII: Religious Leadership in the 21st Century
James Carroll

PLENARY FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION GROUPS

CD RA07-006
Day Schools and Rabbinic Leadership
Rabbi Joshua Elkin

CD RA07-007
Conversations About Religious Schools: Belief, Expectations and Myths
Serene Victor

CD RA07-008
Walking the Walk Together: Rabbis and Educational Leaders Working for Excellence in Congregational Education
Marion Gribetz, Billy Mencow

CD RA07-009
Early Childhood as the Gateway to Jewish Life: The Rabbi’s Role
Maxine Segal Handelman

CD RA07-010
The Ramah Partnership: Seeing Ramah as an Essential Resource for Enhancing Synagogue Commitment
Rabbi Mitchell Cohen, Rabbi Ed Gelb

CD RA07-011
Campus, Community and the Jewish Student: An Update and Discussion of Jewish Life on Campus, Hillel/Koach, The Home Rabbi and Community
Rabbi Allan Lehmann, Rabbi Bruce Bromberg Seltzer

CD RA07-012
Creating the Serious Adult Learner
Richard D. Feczko

SPECIAL SESSIONS

CD RA07-013
Divrei Torah
Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, Rabbi Tzvi Graetz, Rabbi Gesa Ederberg –and– Azkarat Neshamot
Rabbi Perry R. Rank

CD RA07-014
Alan Tichnor Memorial Lecture of Congregation Mishkan Tefila: The Future of Conservative Judaism
Dr. Arnold M. Eisen

CD RA07-015
Re-envisioning American Democracy in a World of Diversity
Dr. Leonard Fein, Professor
Marshall J. Breger

CD RA07-016
Joint Campaign Reception Honoring Rabbi Joshua Elkin
Campaign Chairs–Rabbi Mark J. Bisman, Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin
Tribute–Dr. Arnold M. Eisen
Remarks–Rabbi Joshua Elkin

CD RA07-017
Tikkun Olam Award: The Prophetic Vision of the Rabbi and Social Justice Honoring Ruth W. Messinger
Ruth W. Messinger
Remarks–Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis

CD RA07-018
Honoring 50 Year Colleagues
Remarks on Behalf of the Class–Rabbi Gilbert Rosenthal
Announcement of class gift to RA Endowment Fund–Rabbi Jack Shechter

SHIYUR

CD RA07-019
I: The Meanings of Mitzvah
Dr. Arnold M. Eisen

CD RA07-020
III: When Jewish Law and Contemporary Values Collide–Examples from Revolutionary-Era America
Dr. Jonathan Sarna

CD RA07-021
IV: How Did Moshe Manage to be Rabbenu to Six Hundred Thousand Unappreciative Congregants?
Rabbi Harold S. Kushner

TIKKUN TOPICS -- A Shavuot Smorgasbord

CD RA07-022
Session I: Heavenly or Earthly: Will the Real Jerusalem Please Stand Up?
Rabbi David Golinkin

CD RA07-023
Session II: Matan Torah as Portrayed by the Rabbis;
Rabbi David Golinkin

CD RA07-024
Session III: Legends about The Book of Ruth: Text Study from Ruth Rabbah
Rabbi David Golinkin

HATAMTA BIVSAREINU

CD RA07-025
An Integrated Approach to God, Body, Soul & the World: Session I – The Soul is a Ghost and the Body a Machine: Growing Past Platonic Judaism
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

CD RA07-026
An Integrated Approach to God, Body, Soul & the World: Session II – The God Within and Beyond: An Old/New Theology of Wholeness –Philosophical Text Study
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

PRACTICAL RABBINICS

CD RA07-027
God’s To Do List: Inspiring Congregants to Be God’s Partner on Earth
Dr. Ron Wolfson

CD RA07-029
Water in the Desert: When Children and Families are Facing Terminal Illness
Dr. Maria Sirois

CD RA07-030
Update on the Joint Retirement Board and Retirement Planning Strategies
Mitchell J. Smilowitz

CD RA07-031
From Wissenschaft to Narrative: An Analysis of The Jew Within
Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski

CD RA07-032
A Model for Involving More Congregants in Tifilah;
Rabbi Michelle Robinson

CD RA07-033
The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community
Dr. Ron Wolfson

CD RA07-035
Demographics of Jewish Aging and Creating an Inclusive Community
Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow

CD RA07-036
Clinical Perspectives on Rabbinic Presence in Times of Sickness and Loss
Dr. Aviva Bock

CD RA07-037
Small Schools/Big Results: How Can Small Religious Schools Thrive?
Serene Victor

CD RA07-039
Zionism in the Pews: Strengthening Awareness about Israel in our Communities
Rabbi James M. Lebeau

CD RA07-040
How Rabbis Can Make a Difference–Our Role in Integrating Those with Mental Illness into the Community
Marsha Frankel

CD RA07-041
Shma Yisrael: The Mitzvah of Compassionate Listening
Rabbi Amy Eilberg

LIMUD

CD RA07-043
Who is the True Abraham? The Abraham of Sodom or the Akeidah?
Rabbi Reuven Kimelman

CD RA07-044 (SEE SESSION CD RA07-031)
From Wissenschaft to Narrative: An Analysis of The Jew Within
Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski

CD RA07-045
“Angels in the Outhouse”: New Perspectives on Birkat Asher Yatzar
Rabbi Daniel A. Ornstein

CD RA07-046
The Righteousness of the Faithful Abraham: The Tale of Pasuq (Gen 15:6)
Dr. Jon Levenson

CD RA07-047
When Redemption Grows Out of Transgression: A Study of The Book of Ruth (chapter 3)
Dr. Judith Kates

CD RA07-048
A Jewish View on Torture: Biblical and Rabbinic Texts
Rabbi Edward Feld, Rabbi Melissa Weintraub

CD RA07-049
Widely-Held Misconceptions of the Jewish Experience on the Basis of over 35 Years of Teaching Young Adults
Rabbi Benjamin Ravid

CD RA07-050
How are Christians and Muslims in Covenant with God?
Dr. Phillip Cunningham, Dr. Ruth Langer

CD RA07-051
Midrash, Music and Monks: Learning Psalms with Christians in the Holy Land
Rabbi David Lazar

CD RA07-052
What is the Difference Between Judaism and Christianity in Saying “God Loves You?”
Rabbi Reuven Kimelman

CD RA07-053
Leadership and Crisis: Moses at the Rock
Dr. Bernard Steinberg

CD RA07-054
Quantity vs. Quality: Where Does One Derive Authority in Jewish Law
Rabbi Aaron Alexander

CD RA07-055
The Critical Study of Midrash as a Source for Preaching
Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein