CCAR understands Torah study and professional development to be pillars of its Mission to provide excellence in rabbinic leadership and to strengthen the Jewish community. Each CCAR lifelong learning event–-whether in-person seminar or webinar, one hour or multi-day, instrumental skill based or text oriented-–is grounded in Torah or prayer. These programs advance competencies in Leadership, Professional Skills, Organizational Management and Growth, and Communications Systems.
The CCAR is excited to present the 2019-2021 Continuing Rabbinic Education program guide to our members. Our program guide contains robust, diverse, and in-depth educational opportunities for all rabbis no matter what setting you work in. You will find a wide variety of topics that strengthen our rabbinates, our personal lives, and our connections to each other. Our in-person seminars, webinars, leadership travel, and Convention will provide in-depth Torah study, enhance your skills in areas such as supervision and fundraising, help guide your social justice work, and elevate your rabbinate through meaningful ethics education.
We now offer many more interactive opportunities for participants in our webinars in order to create a deeper connection amongst our members. Watch in our Weekly Update and Facebook group as registration information becomes available.
For many years the CCAR has offered a robust, in-depth program of learning for rabbis to enhance rabbinic skills, engage with text and strengthen our leadership. In recognition of the importance of on-going learning and growth, the CCAR membership overwhelmingly approved a Continuing Rabbinic Education requirement at the 2018 CCAR Convention. The CRE requirement will begin on July 1, 2019. In response to some of your questions, we are providing an FAQ to clarify some of the details about this program, which begins on July 1, 2019.
As part of our new Continuing Education Requirement, each member of the CCAR is asked annually to read the CCAR Code of Ethics. You were given the opportunity to indicate that you had read the code when you submitted your 2019-2020 dues form. If you did NOT indicate on your dues form that you have read the code, please take a few minutes to read the Ethics Code and indicate that you have done so here.
Highlighted Programs
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? The Leadership Challenge in Small Congregations
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 1:00 PM CCAR Members Log In View Event.
When Communal Trauma Occurs: How to Prepare for the Unexpected [Part 3 of a Three-Part In-depth Series]
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 1:00 PM CCAR Members Log In View Event.Suicide: Crisis, Grief, and Hope
Thursday, January 30th 2020 1:00 PM CCAR Members Log In View Event.
Shifting Consciousness for Tu Bishvat: More than Trees
Thursday, February 6th 2020 12:00 PM CCAR Members Log In View Event.Upcoming Programs
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| Date | Title | Speakers | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 26, 2020 - Feb. 01, 2020 All day | CCAR Trip to Israel 2020: Art, Culture, and Creativity: A Different Side of Israel | Rabbi Hara Person and Rabbi Carole Balin, PhD | Israel |
| Jan. 29, 2020 1:00 PM | When Communal Trauma Occurs: How to Prepare for the Unexpected [Part 3 of a Three-Part In-depth Series] | Shira Stern, Zahara Davidowitz Farkas, and Seth Bernstein | |
| Jan. 29, 2020 1:00 PM | When Communal Trauma Occurs: How to Navigate the Long-Term Aftermath [Part 3 of a Three-Part In-depth Series] | Shira Stern, Zahara Davidowitz Farkas, and Seth Bernstein | |
| Jan. 30, 2020 1:00 PM | Suicide: Crisis, Grief, and Hope | Fred Greene, Rena Arshinoff, and Dr. Jonathan B. Singer | |
| Feb. 06, 2020 12:00 PM | Shifting Consciousness for Tu Bishvat: More than Trees | Lisa Goldstein | |
| Feb. 11, 2020 1:00 PM | Creative Models of Religious Schools in Small Communities | Lisa Levenberg, Debi M. Rowe, and Sue Bojdak | |
| Feb. 13, 2020 1:00 PM | The Ethics of Money: When Values and Wealth Conflict | Dr. Alyssa M. Gray, Brian Stoller, and others | |
| Feb. 19, 2020 1:00 PM | Navigating the Lines between Personal and Professional Boundaries | Karen Fox and others | |
| Feb. 25, 2020 1:00 PM | How to Be an Ally! | Josh Garroway and the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate | |
| Mar. 22, 2020 - Mar. 25, 2020 All day | CCAR Convention |
Past Programs
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| Date | Title | Speakers | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 26, 2020 - Feb. 01, 2020 All day | CCAR Trip to Israel 2020: Art, Culture, and Creativity: A Different Side of Israel | Rabbi Hara Person and Rabbi Carole Balin, PhD | Israel |
| Jan. 23, 2020 1:00 PM | Where Have All the Leaders Gone? The Leadership Challenge in Small Congregations | Rob Weinberg, Rabbi Leana Moritt, and Debbie Niederman | |
| Jan. 16, 2020 1:00 PM | CCAR Ethics: A Sacred (Not Legal) System | Mark Chopko, Laura S. Lieber, and Andrea Berlin | |
| Jan. 13, 2020 - Jan. 16, 2020 All day | The Intentional Interim Rabbi: Refresh Your Rabbinate | Lynn Carman Bodden and Cindy Enger | |
| Dec. 16, 2019 1:00 PM | Crisis and Leadership: Sources on Rabbinic Ordination from Sixteenth-Century Safed | Joseph Skloot | |
| Dec. 15, 2019 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Gender and Justice in the Jewish Community A Biennial Symposium | ||
| Dec. 09, 2019 1:00 PM | Turning Your Sermon into an Op-Ed | BerlinRosen Strategic Communication Professionals and others | |
| Nov. 25, 2019 1:00 PM | Do You Know Your Bias? | Karen Perolman, Jill Maderer, Ellen Lewis, Amy Schwartzman, and the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate | |
| Nov. 20, 2019 1:00 PM | Freedom, Justice, and Peace: Implications for Israel and North American Jewry | Ruth Calderon, Shmuly Yanklowitz, and John Rosove | |
| Nov. 18, 2019 1:00 PM | When Communal Trauma Occurs: How to Prepare for the Unexpected [Part 2 of a Three-Part In-depth Series] | Shira Stern, Zahara Davidowitz Farkas, and Seth Bernstein |