2023 Online Conference
Kol Koreh Bamidbar: Hearing the Call
קול קורא במדבר
Midbar is both a wilderness and an oasis. Unexpected obstacles such as war, illness and loss can overwhelm even the most stalwart traveler. We wander through this fragile time and place, supported by the grace of friends. How do we meet the moment and answer the call?
Kol Koreh Bamidbar: Hearing the Call
קול קורא במדבר
Midbar is both a wilderness and an oasis. Unexpected obstacles such as war, illness and loss can overwhelm even the most stalwart traveler. We wander through this fragile time and place, supported by the grace of friends. How do we meet the moment and answer the call?
The OHALAH Board is excited to announce a partial live Online Conference registration! We are aware that not everyone is able to attend the in-person conference this year AND because of this is making a partial live Online Conference available to OHALAH members, clergy and hashpa'ah students and mashpiot.* Online sessions will also be recorded and available for all registrants to view after the conference is over. The online conference package includes the hashpa'ah graduation and smicha ceremonies, six plenaries, Monday morning davvening and moderated spaces for online attendees to socialize, schmooze and exchange ideas. Financial aid is not available for the online conference. Last day to register is Monday, January 2nd.
The Online Conference will include the following plenaries**:
*Ordained clergy who are not OHALAH members are welcome to attend the conference one time without membership.
**Online participation will be made available during the plenaries when possible.
The Online Conference will include the following plenaries**:
- Saturday, January 7th, TBD MT- Hashpa'ah Graduation Ceremony
- Sunday, January 8th, 3-4:45pm MT- Smicha ceremony – Ordination of ALEPH rabbis, cantors and rabbinic pastors
- Monday, January 9th, 8:30am-9:45am MT- Shacharit - 2021 Musmachimot: Rabbinic Pastor Chaya Lerner, Rabbi Charna Rosenholtz, Rabbi Irwin Keller, Rabbi Lex Rofeberg, Hazzan Sharon McCord, Rabbi Sharona Grinsteiner, Hazzan Stephanie Weishaar, Hazzan Steve Margolin
- Monday, January 9th, 10am-12pm MT- Keynote Plenary, "Sacred Shrine, Sacred Wild: Wilderness as the Twin of Sanctuary" by Rabbi Jill Hammer.
- Monday, January 9th, 8pm-9:30pm MT- Musician-in-Residence Plenary with Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz
- Tuesday, January 10th, 10am-11:45am MT- Integral Halakhah Panel: "Hevu metunim ba-din… Let Us Be Balanced, Considerate, Temperate, Careful, Patient, (and, yes,) Loving in our Judging" Facilitated by Rabbi Simcha Daniel Burstyn & Rabbi SaraLeya Schley. Presenters include: Rabbi Deni Marshall, Rabbi Alan Levin, Rabbi Cat Zavis
- Tuesday, January 10th, 2pm-3:15pm MT- OHALAH/RPA Annual Meeting (OHALAH/RPA members only)
- Tuesday, January 10th, 7:30pm-8:45pm- "Completing the Circuit: Bringing the Shefa down to Assiyah; Rededicating ourselves to Tikkun Olam". Plenary hosted by the Tikkun Olam Committee, facilitated by Rabbi Jeremy Sher and Rabbi Fern Feldman. Panelists include Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Rabbi Deb Kolodny, and Rabbi David Seidenberg.
*Ordained clergy who are not OHALAH members are welcome to attend the conference one time without membership.
**Online participation will be made available during the plenaries when possible.