Live stream of the 2012 Rabbinical Assembly Convention (May 6-9)

Tune in to watch a live stream of the 2012 Rabbinical Assembly Convention in Atlanta, featuring Vice President Joe Biden, Congressman John Lewis, former-Israeli journalist Yair Lapid and Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks.

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Sunday, May 6

4:30-5:30 PM
Text Talks: Torah Worth Spreading (Opening Program)
Opening Greetings: Rabbi Joshua Z. Heller
Speakers: Rabbis David Baum, Menachem Creditor, and Ellen Wolintz-Fields

5:30-6:00 PM
Walking with the Wind: Remarks by an American Hero
Representative John Lewis (D-GA)
Chair: Rabbi Shalom Lewis

6:00-7:00 PM
Talking about Talking about Israel: A New Conversation about and with Israel
Rabbis Gilah Dror & Donniel Hartman
Chair: Rabbi William G. Gershon
Moderator: Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin

8:30-9:45 PM
Joint Campaign Reception Honoring Rabbi Martin S. Cohen and Celebrating The Observant Life
Chair: Rabbi Randall J. Konigsburg
On behalf of The Jewish Theological Seminary, Masorti Israel, The Rabbinical Assembly, The Schechter Institutes of Jewish Studies, Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano, and The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies.

Monday, May 7

7:45-8:00 AM
D’var Torah: History, Theology, and the News
Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen

6:00-7:00 PM
Installation of Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik, the Officers of the RA, and the Executive Council
Welcome: Philip Siegel Chair: Rabbi Jeffrey A. Wohlberg
Installing Officer: Rabbi Joel H. Meyers
Response: Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik
Passing of the Rabbinical Assembly Torah Mantle: Joseph Fox
Minhah: Hazzan Henry Rosenblum

7:00 PM

Ad Me’ah V’hamishim? A Jewish Response to Life Extension Efforts
Dr. Paul Root Wolpe & Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff
Chair: Rabbi Alvin K. Berkun

Tuesday, May 8

7:45-8:00 AM
D’var Torah: Holy People, Holy Time: Blaspheming and Breathing God’s Name
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

10:30-11:30 AM
Address by Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States

2:15-3:15 PM
Israel: Where Are We Going?
Yair Lapid
Chair: Rabbi Mauricio Balter

3:15-3:45 PM
A Celebration in Honor of 50 Year Rabbis
Rabbis Mendel Abrams, Sheldon Elster, Herbert Freed, Seymour Friedman, and Sidney Zimelman

3:45-4:45 PM
Creating Relevance to Your Community and Congregation
Steve Koonin & Jay Kaiman
Chair: Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin

Wednesday, May 8

7:45-8:00 AM
Azkarah
Rabbi Arnold M. Goodman
El Malei Rahamim: Laura Levine
10:30-11:30 AM

How One Family Can Change a Community: The Story of the Atlanta Jewish Gene Screen
Randy Gold Chair: Rabbi William H. Lebeau