Sunday, October 13

EARLY MORNING PRE-CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS

Yoga

Centennial Square: Meet up for early morning walk

Beit Midrash: Text Study

BREAKFAST
SHACHARIT

“Shacharit Live”

Josh Warshawsky & Daniel Novick

Several additional services will be offered. More details to follow

SOCIAL ACTION PROJECTS AND TOURS OF JEWISH BALTIMORE (includes special social action program for USY)
CAMP USCJ FOR AGES 4-12
USCJ BOARD MEETING
USCJ GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF KEHILLOT MEETING
WLCJ BOARD MEETING
MID-MORNING PRE-CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS

The Lost Tribes of Israel in China, Japan and India

Rabbi Marvin Tokayer

Harry Potter and the Jewish Menagerie

Dr. Marc Michael Epstein

Film: Ushpizin or The Rabbi’s Cat

Inspired Jewish Leadership: Practical Approaches to Building Strong Communities

Dr. Erica Brown

Jam Stage: Jewish Gospel for Sunday Morning

Mike Stein, Dale Schatz & Amy Robinson
LATE MORNING PRE-CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS

Should we be afraid? An attempt at modern prophecy

Clive Lawton

The Interactions of Morality, Theology, and Custom with Jewish Law,
with Comparisons to American Law (CLE Credit for Attorneys – 3-part series)

Rabbi Elliot Dorff

Film: Ushpizin or The Rabbi’s Cat

Beit Midrash: Text Study

The Remarkable Life – and Afterlife – of the Man Who Created Tevye:
The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem (followed by book signing event)

Dr. Jeremy Dauber

Happier Endings

Dr. Erica Brown

Poetry Workshop

Andrew Lustig and Vanessa Hidary

Jam Stage: Jewish Soul Music

Cantor Magda Fishman
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND LUNCH PROGRAMS
EARLY AFTERNOON PRE-CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS

Beit Midrash: Text Study

Breakout sessions

1 P.M. Sunday - Centennial Conference Begins

WELCOME Centennial Chairs, Margo Dix Gold and Jacob Finkelstein
“LET THE CONVERSATION BEGIN” Rabbi Steven Wernick, Chancellor Arnold Eisen
THE PERSONAL CONVERSATION:
How Do Our Kehillot Give People A Sense of Meaning, Connection, and Sacred Purpose?
Conversation Starter
Give the People What YOU Want, But What Do They Want? – How Do Synagogue Leaders Begin Forecasting Instead of Just Catching Up?
Dr. Erica Brown
CAMP USCJ FOR AGES 4-12 WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING THE OPENING SESSIONS
MINCHA
FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION: EARLY AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS

Conversation Lab #1

Deborah Grayson Riegel

Infinity Through Diapers: Parenting as a Spiritual Practice

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

Friends: The Forgotten Mourners

Rabbi Daniel Greyber

A Memo From Your Future

Rabbi David Levy and USYers

50 Shades of Growth: Engaging the Hearts and Souls of 20s and 30s

Rabbis Jeremy Fine and Aaron Weininger

Jewish Men at the Crossroads

Myles Simpson and Art Spar

Teaching Relationship Building

Rabbi Joshua Rabin
FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION: EARLY AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS

Inside Outside: Re-Newing Jewish Outreach

Rabbi Adam Greenwald, Rabbi Daniel Burg, Debbie Albert

The Broken and the Whole…Finding the Promised Land Here on Earth

Rabbi Chuck Sherman and Rabbi Nogah Marshall

Jam Stage: The Joy of Jewish Music

Kol Rinah Choir

Cultivating Capacities for Connection: The Three C’s of Growing Your Own Outreach Professional

Rabbi Cara Weinstein Rosenthal

Creating Conservative Communities in College

Seffi Kogen

Face to Facebook: Dialogue About Judaism in the Digital Age

Rabbi Dan Ornstein

The Problem Isn’t Services; The Problem Is Prayer

Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger
CENTENNIAL GALA DINNER

Honoring Founding Kehillot (Congregations) and those that are 100+ years-old

Special Honoree, Shoshana Cardin

Keynote: “The Future of Conservative Judaism,” Rabbi Harold Kushner, Recipient of the Centennial Award

Entertainment: Neshama Carlebach and Josh Nelson

MA’ARIV
EVENING PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS

Get More From Your Congregation’s Website in Three Easy Steps

Mark Yaschik

Forging Sacred Pathways: Halakhic Life in the 21st Century Revisited

Rabbis Rachel Ain, Aaron Alexander, Asher Lopatin

Once Upon a Time

Rabbi Ed Feinstein

The Golem Girl

Marc Young

Jam Stage: Late Night Session

Centennial Blog

A Recipe for Reaching Teens: Joy

rabbi dave levy

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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