Monday, October 14

EARLY MORNING PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS
Yoga
Centennial Square: Meet up for early morning walk
SHACHARIT
Musical Service	Cantor Marcia Tilchin & Dale Schatz
Several additional services will be offered. More details to follow
BREAKFAST
Belonging and Becoming: A Discussion Among Jews by Choice	Rabbi Adam Greenwald
Conversion: The Current Standard	Rabbi Elie Spitz
Re-Defining successful prayer	Erica Miller
Creating a Model of Beit T’Shuvah on the East Coast	Ellie Shemtov
New Rabbis at Old Shuls	Rabbi Ben Goldstein
COMMITTEE ON LAW AND JEWISH STANDARDS MEETING
THE INTERFAITH CONVERSATION: How Do We Welcome and Engage Interfaith Families?
Conversation Starter The Common Misunderstandings Christians Have about Judaism, and Jews Have about Christianity	Dr. Amy-Jill Levine
FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION: PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
How to Reach Out to Intermarried Families	Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove (moderator)
Supermarket Scavenger Hunts and Passover in October: Starting the Journey to Judaism	Rabbi Adam Greenwald
Conversation Lab #2: Modeling Ways to Bring the Conversation Home	Deborah Grayson Riegel
Can Interfaith Social Justice Work Be Central to the Life of Your Congregation?	Cantor Jack Chomsky
Engaging Families: It’s Not About Getting Them in the Door Anymore	Jill Allenberg Stepak and Aliza Sperling
Topic TBA	Rabbi Ed Feinstein
Loosening the Bible Belt: When Conservative Judaism Meets Conservative Christianity	Rabbi Abby Jacobson
Where Is Your Place in Our Story? Storytelling as a Tool for Welcoming	Jennifer Rudick Zunikoff
Intermarriage and the Conservative Movement: Responding to the Challenge of Demographics	Rabbi Chuck Simon and Steve Lachter
Wisdom, Ritual, and Meaning in the 21st Century: A Workshop for Busy Parents Raising Jewish Children	Rabbi Rachel Ain
LUNCH WITH PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS (List in formation)
“The Observant Life”	Rabbi Julie Schonfeld
The Future of Synagogues	Rabbi Hayim Herring and Rabbi Sid Schwarz interviewed by Rabbi Michael Siegel
The Future of Congregational Education	Rabbi Jim Rogozen, Jonathan Woocher, David Bryfman
MINCHA
CAMP USCJ FOR AGES 4-12
MID-AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS (List in formation, more to be added soon)
THE COMMUNAL CONVERSATION: How Do We Create Dynamic Sacred Communities for the Future?
Conversation Starter “Relational Judaism: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform the Jewish Community”	Dr. Ron Wolfson
FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION: EARLY AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Mothership and the Satellite Congregation	Rabbi Elie Spitz and Arie Katz
Shul Within a Shul	Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and Rabbi Michael Siegel
Synagogue 3000	Dr. Ron Wolfson and Rabbi Ron Shulman
Finding a Spiritual Home	Rabbi Sid Schwarz
Just Do It! Making the Decision to Thoughtfully and Effectively Brand and Market Your Synagogue	Amy Harris Pollack and Jennifer Stofman
From Vision to Nitty-Gritty: Putting Educational Technology Into Practice	Terry Kaye
Civil Ways to Settle Civil Disputes While Promoting Shalom Bayit	Nancy Shuger and Rabbi Paul Drazen
The Challenge of Magen Tzedek is the Challenge of Conservative Judaism	Rabbis Morris Allen and Michael Siegel
Creating an Effective Board	Robert Leventhal
Conversation Lab #3: Modeling Ways to Bring the Conversation Home	Deborah Grayson Riegel
Aliyah: How to Make the Search for Your Next Rabbi a Strategic Planning Tool	Rabbi Elliot Schoenberg
FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION: EARLY AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Thinking About the Future and Strategic Planning	Rabbi Hayim Herring
What’s In Your Genes? It is our Sacred Work to Prevent the Devastation of Jewish Genetic Diseases	Dr. Adele Schneider
Ensuring the Jewish Future: The Case for Day Schools	Dr. Elaine R S Cohen and Rabbi Moshe Schwartz
Number the Stars: Putting Values into Action	Rabbi Aaron Gaber and Andrea Zakheim Poetsch
Dynamic Institutions: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Dually Affiliated Synagogue	Rabbi K’vod Wieder
Sacred Community and Fiscal Responsibility: Finding a Balance	Fred Passman and Barry Mael
Chevre Kaddishe: Refuat Hanefesh, Refuat Haguf	Hazzan Steve Stoehr
Maximizing the School as an Asset of the Congregation	Susan Wyner
Reimagining Sacred Partnerships: Reflections on the Rabbinic Hiring Process	Vicky Vossen and Barak Richman
The Role of Music in the 21st Century Synagogue	Cantors Nancy Abrahamson and Stephen Stein
Alternative Minyanim: Kehilla Builder or Destroyer?	Harvey Rosen
Congregational Education for the 21st Century: Religious Schools in the Clouds	Steve Kerbel, Wendy Light
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
CELEBRATION DESSERT RECEPTION, SOLOMON SCHECHTER KEHILLA AWARDS, AND GALA – with Cantors Magda Fishman, Alberto Mizrahi, Randy Herman, Mike Stein, and Jen Cohen and Dale Schatz
MA’ARIV
LATE EVENING PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS
The Questions That Won’t Go Away	Rabbi Ed Feinstein
PrayerSong	Amy Robinson
Limmud and Libation	Steve Kerbel
Hip-Hop Hevruta: The Musical Magic of Bible Raps	Eliana Light
The Evolution of Hazzanut – A Personal History	Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi
Volunteer Recognition: An Easy Resource Tool for Kehillot	Linda Sussman

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A Recipe for Reaching Teens: Joy

by Rabbi Dave Levy

So many studies and statements about today’s teens suggest that they are radically different from the teens that came before them. Singing and dancing, though, is a commonality shared by teens of every generation. I have seen teens, from a group of sophomore guys who would typically be too cool, dancing to “Call Me Maybe,” to 800 teens going wild singing and dancing at the opening of our annual International Convention. What they all have in common is one of our most cherished values: simcha.

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