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Professional Development
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Great cantors never stop learning. There are always more skills to master, more questions to ask, more scholarship to digest, more melodies to sing! The ACC seeks to engage our members in the continual process of improving ourselves and our craft through a comprehensive program of professional development – and that program is centered here.
CLASSES AND SEMINARS
June 3, 2021: 1:00pm
Technology
June 27, 2021 - June 30, 2021
Details and schedules are available here. Visit our secure website for all registration, scholarship, sponsorship, and virtual ad journal contribution information.
January 4, 2022 - January 7, 2022
ACC-CA-GTM Midwinter Retreat
Palm Springs, CA
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The window for primary language acquisition closes by the time we turn five years old. After that, it is possible to internalize a language and even become fluent - but learning it will forever be a life-long journey.
We will study a passage in the Zohar that focuses on the sefirotic and erotic significance of the Shema. The mystical purpose of this central prayer is to stimulate zivvuga qaddisha, the sacred union of the divine couple: Shekhinah and the Holy One, blessed be He.
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Cantor Jason Kaufman is a leader in the Reform movement in the work of civic engagement and social justice. In 2018 he was the national co-chair of the URJ Civic Engagement Campaign and in 2019 created the 2019 Virginia Civic Engagement Campaign with a leadership group at Beth El Hebrew Congregation in Alexandria VA, where he has served since...
Want to create your own virtual choir video? This webinar is for ACC Members who have a relatively new Mac, Final Cut Pro and recording software (Logic Pro X recommended). We will go through the basic steps of creating a virtual choir video with Q&A at the end.
Ma'alot Limmud: Professional Development Recognition
The ACC recognizes its members who engage in continuing study. You will get credit for what you are already doing by simply letting us know!
External Resources
Grow Jewishly
Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Hebrew College – Online Master of Arts in Jewish Studies Program
The Davvenen' Leadership Training Institute
HUC-JIR AlumniLearn (not restricted to alumni of HUC-JIR)
HUC-JIR eLearning
HUC-JIR Symposium
Grow Musically
The North American Jewish Choral Festival
Songleader Boot Camp
Hava Nashira
Westminster Choir College Conducting Institute
Grow Pastorally
The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education
Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC)
Grow Professionally
American Jewish University – Rabbinical Management Institute
Grow Pedagogically
Melton Centre for Jewish Education at Hebrew University – One Year MA in Jewish Education
Boston Hebrew College – Online MA in Jewish Education