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Preconvention
programs are designed for personal and communal Jewish
growth. Each one begins at 2 P.M. on Tuesday, December
4, and concludes at noon on Wednesday, December 5. The
$85 registration fee includes Tuesday evening dinner and
all materials. Preregistration is required for all programs
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PC01
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Learn
to Read Hebrew: An Intensive Beginning Course
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| PC02 |
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Deepening
Your Beginning Hebrew Knowledge |
| PC03 |
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Peace
in Israel: Can a Great Miracle Happen There? Gain
a deeper understanding of the key obstacles to peace
between Israel and her neighbors while exploring with
the experts how to break the impasse. |
| PC04
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Jewish
Mysticism with Rabbi Lawrence S. Kushner, Rabbi-in-Residence,
HUC-JIR, New York |
| PC05
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CANCELLED |
| PC06 |
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Our
Heritage of Jewish Music: An interactive exploration
of Jewish music throughout the generations, presented
by members of the American Conference of Cantors |
| PC07 |
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Kehillat
Chesed: Transforming Our Congregations into Caring
Communities. Experience the transforming power
of a synagogue community as you learn how to create
caring networks and bereavement and crisis support
groups. Study ways to include in congregational life
alternative families and those with special needs
and mental illness from a skilled team of clergy,
lay leaders, and mental health, education, and social
work professionals. |
| PC08 |
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From
Here
to There: Creating a Social Action Congregation:
An in-depth look at ways to involve more congregants
in social justice programming while integrating social
justice into all areas of congregational life, with
Al Vorspan, Director Emeritus of the Commission on
Social Action, and Rabbi Marc Israel, Director of
Congregational Relations at the Religious Action Center
of Reform Judaism. |
| PC09
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Shaarei
Kashrut: Contemporary Applications of Jewish
Values through Dietary Laws, Ethics, and Reform Practice:
Personal and synagogue approaches to issues of dietary
laws will be addressed through a wide spectrum of
choices, philosophies, and challenges. This program
is cosponsored by the CCAR Task Force on Kashrut and
HUC-JIR. |
| PC10 |
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Synagogue
2000 Team Check-In: For members of current UAHC/S2K
teams only. Continued skill building and problem solving
for congregational teams currently working on the
S2K curriculum. |
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