“Navigating Triangulation: Understanding and Addressing Its Role in Rabbinic Life,” CCAR Webinar, 4/22/25.
Triangulation is the bugaboo of rabbinic life. Most of us have been taught to avoid it at all costs, yet it is an ineradicable part of human behavior. As with other seemingly simple concepts, triangulation is more complicated than it first appears. How can we understand it? And, more importantly, what do we do about it? (Video available to CCAR members and on request.)
Keynote Speaker, PARR 78th Annual Convention: The Inner Life of the Rabbi, January 5–8, 2025. Topics: “Who am I?” “Whose am I?” “How am I?”
“Boundaries and Ethics,” CCAR Interim Training Webinar, 12/3/24.
“Constructing A Frame for Wellness,” CCAR Webinar, First 100 Days: For Congregational Rabbis, May 2024.
“Navigating Diverse Views on Israel in Our Rabbinic Settings: An Interactive Workshop,” CCAR Annual Convention, 3/13/24.
“Understanding the Role and Challenges of Members on the Ethics Committee,” joint cross-movement meeting of the respective Ethics Committees of the Rabbinical Assembly, the CCAR, and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, 1/9/24.
“Saying Goodbye: A healthy way to leave your position,” CCAR Webinar with Rabbi Cindy Enger, 1/30/19.
“In this transition webinar, we will explore leaving a position and the many aspects of saying goodbye with intention and awareness. Among the topics we will discuss are: monitoring one’s self and the vast array of emotions we may be feeling; how we affect the transfer of information and relationships; assessing what it is that we need to complete or have in process before we leave.”
“The Kavanaugh Hearings: Supporting Each Other at a Moment of National Conflict,” CCAR Webinar moderator, 10/4/18.
“The Senate hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh have raised deep and painful feelings for many of us. In partnership with the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate, and the Women’s Rabbinic Network, we are providing an opportunity to come together in a safe and sacred listening space...”
“What Did You Just Say?” CCAR Webinar with Diana Ho and Rabbi Hara Person, 1/20/18.
“What are the tools we can use to counter comments that are inappropriate, offensive or hurtful? We will explore techniques for responding to comments directed at us and how to be supportive bystanders.”
“Carrying Our Own Grief as We Shepherd Others Through Theirs; Being a Mourner While Leading a Community in Mourning,” CCAR Webinar with Rabbi Rex Perlmeter, 9/5/17.
“As we prepare for the Yamim Noraim, most of us anticipate leading Yizkor and cemetery observances. All of us are likely to encounter the grief of others, but some of us will also be going through the experience of our own painful losses. How do we navigate our own spiritual encounter with death even as we shepherd others through theirs?”
Keynote speaker, “Advancing Your Personal Vision: Developing and Applying a Self-Care Practice” and “When Visions Collide: Practicing Self-Care in the Real World,” UJA-Federation Rabbinic Fellowship for Visionary Leaders, Annual Retreat, 6/4/15.
