• Home
  • About
    • About
    • Policies
  • Submissions
    • Op-eds
    • News / Announcements
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

eJewish Philanthropy

Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource

  • News Bits
  • Jewish Education
  • Readers Forum
  • Research
  • Show Search
Hide Search
You are here: Home / Announcements / Conservative Judaism Questions Assumptions and Explores New Paradigms at USCJ Convention

Conservative Judaism Questions Assumptions and Explores New Paradigms at USCJ Convention

December 3, 2017 By eJP

Leading Jewish thinkers and doers are convening in Atlanta, GA, for the 2017 USCJ Convention. The convention will address critical issues in the Jewish community, inspiring participants to innovate and advance Conservative Judaism’s role in North America, Israel, and around the world.

“The issues facing Conservative Jews are clear. We’ve had, and will continue to have, debates about them, but it’s our duty to do more than just discuss the state of the union,” said Rabbi Steven Wernick, USCJ CEO. “It’s time to start laying the foundation for our future and offer ideas that will help congregations navigate the new paradigms of a rapidly changing world.”

The convention will provide ideas and tools for how congregations can embrace change, engage key demographics such as teens and empty nesters in their Jewish journeys, and renew passion for pillars of Jewish life prayer, social justice, and Israel.

Speakers include recognized thought leaders and innovators such as Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor and Chief of The Atlantic; Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America; Yael Cohen Paran, Member of Israeli Knesset and Co-Chair of the Green Movement; Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League; Reverend Natosha Reid Rice of the Ebenezer Baptist Church; Rabbi Noa Kushner, founder of The Kitchen; Rabbi Ed Feinstein, Senior Rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, CA; Rabbi Mike Uram, author of Next Generation Judaism; and Archie Gottesman, the brand guru behind Manhattan Mini-Storage.

Attendees can also take advantage of USCJ and lay leadership experts with “brain dates,” one-on-one and small group discussions about the current issues facing congregations including member recruitment and retention, financial sustainability, and more.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: Announcements, The American Jewish Scene Tagged With: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism / USCJ

Click here to Email This Post Email This Post to friends or colleagues!

Primary Sidebar

Join The Conversation

What's the best way to follow important issues affecting the Jewish philanthropic world? Our Daily Update keeps you on top of the latest news, trends and opinions shaping the landscape, providing an invaluable source for inspiration and learning.
Sign Up Now
For Email Marketing you can trust.

Continue The Conversation

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Recent Comments

  • Bruce Powell on An Invitation To Transparency: Reflections on an Open Salary Spreadsheet
  • Sara Rigler on Announcement: Catherine Reed named CEO of American Friends of Magen David Adom
  • Donna Burkat on The Blessings in 2020’s Losses
  • swindmueller on Where Do We Go From Here?
    Reflections On 2021
    A Jewish Response to These Uncertain Times
  • Alan Henkin on Where Do We Go From Here?
    Reflections On 2021
    A Jewish Response to These Uncertain Times

Most Read Recent Posts

  • Jewish Agency Accuses Evangelical Contractors of “Numerous Violations” but Denies They Evangelized New Immigrants
  • Breaking: Birthright Israel & Onward Israel Seek to Join Forces to Strengthen Jewish Diaspora Ties with Israel
  • An Invitation To Transparency: Reflections on an Open Salary Spreadsheet
  • Why One Zoom Class Has Generated a Following
  • The Blessings in 2020’s Losses

Categories

The Way Back Machine

Footer

What We Do

eJewish Philanthropy highlights news, resources and thought pieces on issues facing our Jewish philanthropic world in order to create dialogue and advance the conversation. Learn more.

Top 40 Philanthropy Blogs, Websites & Influencers in 2020

Copyright © 2021 · eJewish Philanthropy · All Rights Reserved