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.
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Co-sponsored with theCentral Conference of American Rabbis and the Association of Reform Jewish EducatorsWith Sonja Pilz, Sarah Grabiner, and Vanessa Ehrlich.
Thursday, December 16, 2021
12:00–1:00 PM ETRegistration Link
B’chol L’vavcha by Rabbi Harvey Fields is now in its third edition and clearly has an enduring impact. We...
ACC-CA-GTM Midwinter Retreat in Palm Springs, CA
Join the ACC/CA/GTM for our annual Midwinter Retreat, hosted this year January 3-5 (Monday through Wednesday). Enjoy two-and-a-half days of gathering with a focus on professional development, music-sharing, tefillot, social gatherings & more. We are thrilled that many of us will be reun...
Are you concerned about polarization in your personal or communal life? How do identities and group norms drive polarization? How can we grow in our own abilities to listen to multiple perspectives and work with others across divides? Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin from the One America Movement will teach about the science of polarization and the ways i...
Are you concerned about polarization in your personal or communal life? How do identities and group norms drive polarization? How can we grow in our own abilities to listen to multiple perspectives and work with others across divides? Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin from the One America Movement will teach about the science of polarization and the ways i...
Save the dates for this four-part program
January 25, February 8, February 22, and March 8, 2022
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST
Moral Voices: Enabling white clergy to acknowledge their positional power and use their moral voices to address oppression inside our Jewish communities
For those of us who are white Jews, the deep...
Part 1 – What’s next?? Rosalie will facilitate a conversation about what the next emergent questions are around hybrid worship. How will we define success and what might it look like? Where are the opportunities and pitfalls we can consider with our leadership? What did we learn before and during the Holy Days that can inform our thinking?
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...
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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
The North American Jewish Choral Festival
Songleader Boot Camp
Hava Nashira
Westminster Choir College Conducting Institute
The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education
Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC)
American Jewish University – Rabbinical Management Institute
Melton Centre for Jewish Education at Hebrew University – One Year MA in Jewish Education
Boston Hebrew College – Online MA in Jewish Education