Welcome to the 2019 OHALAH conference!
Sunday, January 13, 2019 through Wednesday, January 16, 2019 / Pre-conference Shabbaton, January 11 thru 13.
The deadline to submit conference workshop proposals was July 15, 2018.
The theme of the 2019 conference is “Ayeka: How We Show Up In These Times." These turbulent times call upon us to embody and en-spirit an ever widening array of roles: prophet; comforter; activist; troublemaker; organizer; contemplative; chaplain; disturber of the peace and more.
Conference registration is now open. Early bird pricing ends August 31, 2018.
Conference registration is now open. Early bird pricing ends August 31, 2018.
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Our keynote speaker for the 2019 conference is Rabbi Mordechai Liebling. Rabbi Liebling is Director, Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. The Social Justice Organizing (SJO) program at RRC trains rabbis to be Jewish leaders in bringing about a socially just, environmentally sustainable and spiritually fulfilling society. It is the first specialized academic track at a Jewish seminary to focus on justice organizing. You can learn more about the program here, and find additional information about Rabbi Liebling here.
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The 2019 conference will also feature Musician-in-Residence, Joey Weisenberg, Creative Director of Mechon Hadar’s Rising Song Institute. The Rising Song Institute aims to cultivate the grassroots musical-spiritual creativity of the Jewish people. A holistic nexus point of creative musicians, prayer leaders, and raw collective song, this musical Institute hopes to help reinvent the future of music as a communal Jewish spiritual practice. You can learn more here.
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