Continuing Rabbinic Education

Torah study and professional development are pillars of the CCAR Mission to provide excellence in rabbinic leadership and to strengthen the Jewish community. Each CCAR lifelong learning event is grounded in Torah and provides opportunities for meaningful chevruta. 

The CCAR is excited to present the 2023‒2024 Continuing Rabbinic Education, Support, and Wellness program guide to our members. Wherever and however you serve, our program provides diverse and in-depth opportunities to strengthen our rabbinates, our personal lives, and our connections to each other. Our program includes opportunities for studying Torah with leading scholars, responding to urgent social justice issues, connecting with Israel, leading in a time of change, and enhancing our skills in areas such as pastoral care, transition management, supervision, and fundraising.

In recognition of the importance of ongoing learning and growth, the CCAR membership overwhelmingly approved a Continuing Rabbinic Education requirement. In response to some of your questions, we are providing a FAQ to clarify some of the details about this program.

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 2023‒2024 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 via our CCAR Code of Ethics Requirement form.


Highlighted Programs

Nourish Your Soul with Shefa Gold — An Experiential Webinar: Bringing Chant and Meditation into Ritual Practice 
Thursday, December 7, 2023 1:00 PM ET - 2:00 PM ET CCAR Members Log In View Event.
Creating the Right Boundaries: Best Practices for Working with Youth  
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 12:00 PM ET - 1:30 PM ET CCAR Members Log In View Event.
Journeying through the Year of Mourning 
Thursday, December 14, 2023 2:00 PM ET - 3:00 PM ET CCAR Members Log In View Event.

Upcoming Programs

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Dec. 05, 2023
1:00 PM ET - 2:00 PM ET
A Shiviti for Chanukah: Creating Visual Art that Sparks the Soul Emily Meyer
Dec. 07, 2023
1:00 PM ET - 2:00 PM ET
Nourish Your Soul with Shefa Gold — An Experiential Webinar: Bringing Chant and Meditation into Ritual Practice Shefa Gold and Rachel Gurevitz
Dec. 11, 2023
12:30 PM ET - 5:30 PM ET
Training the Intentional Interim Rabbi: Jewish Perspectives and Relational ApproachesDennis Ross and Alan Berlin
Dec. 12, 2023
12:00 PM ET - 1:30 PM ET
Creating the Right Boundaries: Best Practices for Working with Youth   Drew Fidler, Senior Director, BBYO Center for Adolescent Wellness
Dec. 14, 2023
2:00 PM ET - 3:00 PM ET
Journeying through the Year of Mourning Lisa Grant, Lisa B. Segal, and Pearl BarLev
Jan. 08, 2024
7:00 PM ET - 8:15 PM ET
Improv for RabbisRev. Marcy Bain and Lisa Bany, The Second City
Jan. 16, 2024
12:00 PM ET - 2:00 PM ET
Leading from the Middle: Tools for Success  Diana Bloom
Jan. 17, 2024
1:00 PM ET - 2:00 PM ET
It Started in Philadelphia: Women and the Shaping of American Judaism  Karla Goldman
Jan. 22, 2024
12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET
Rooting Down, Rising Up: A Yoga Practice to Honor Tu Bishvat Susie Moskowitz
Jan. 23, 2024
1:00 PM ET - 2:00 PM ET
Renewing and Creating Rituals for Judaism Today Stefano Iacono, Dayle Friedman, and Julianne Karol

Past Programs

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Nov. 30, 2023
12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET
Exploring the Piyut Maoz Tzur: Bringing New Meaning to ChanukahDalia Marx
Nov. 29, 2023
1:30 PM ET - 2:30 PM ET
Antisemitism on Campus Beyond the Headlines: A Front Line Report from Hillel LeadersDebbie Pine, Melissa Simon, Rob Gleisser, and Jessica Kirschner
Nov. 27, 2023
7:30 PM ET - 8:30 PM ET
Lessons from the Ethics Task ForceNicki Greninger, Amy Schwartzman, David Kasakove, Erica Asch, and Hara Person
Nov. 16, 2023
3:00 PM ET - 4:00 PM ET
Family Gatherings In a Time of Trauma: How To Navigate Difficult Conversations Betsy Stone, PhD, and marriage family therapists Carla Fenves and Rick Steinberg
Nov. 09, 2023
12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET
Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil and Workshop Ariel Tovlev
Nov. 02, 2023
12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET
Re-forming Judaism: Learning from Past Disruptions, Leading into the Future Stanley Davids, Leah Hochman, Jason Rodich, and Nora Feinstein
Nov. 01, 2023
3:00 PM ET - 4:00 PM ET
A Book Club for Rabbis – Saving Time: Discovering Life Beyond the Clock by Jenny OdellDusty Klass
Oct. 31, 2023
12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET
Pidyon Shvuyim: A Deep Textual Exploration of “Freeing the Captive”Tamara Shifrin
Oct. 26, 2023
1:00 PM ET - 2:00 PM ET
Understanding the CCAR Ethics CodeAna Bonnheim and David Kasakove
Oct. 26, 2023
2:30 PM ET - 4:00 PM ET
Understanding and Responding to Anti-Jewish ideas: Analysis and Strategy Briefing on the Current SituationZach Schaffer, Co-founder and Vice President of Community Engagement of Project Shema