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With gratitude to the YESOD Foundation

for underwriting our first seven conferences,

 We invite

members of OHALAH and the RPA,

colleagues who are rabbis, cantors, rabbinic pastors,

and students of these professions

 to the

 2009 OHALAH Conference

 “Karov L’chol Korav

Drawing Near and Reaching Out

Through Sacred Text and Living Practice”

 Conference: January 11 to 14, 2009

Student-led Shabbaton: January 9 to 10, 2009

Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, Colorado

Meals are kosher vegetarian/dairy/fish

The OHALAH Conference is a Collaborative Project of:
OHALAH: Agudat HaRabbanim L’Hithadshut HaYahadut

(Association of Rabbis for Jewish Renewal)

OHALAH Cantorial Committee

Rabbinic Pastor Association

And

ALEPH Ordination Programs

 Under the Auspices of

ALEPH:  Alliance for Jewish Renewal 

The conference begins at 4:00 pm on Sunday and ends at noon on Wednesday.  If you are flying, try to arrive at Denver airport by 1 pm on Sunday and fly out at 4 pm or later on Wednesday.  Bag lunches will be available on Wednesday to eat at the hotel while schmoozing or to accompany you on your travels.

 In our ongoing quest to deepen ourselves and be both leader and resource to the greater Jewish community, this year’s conference will explore the various dimensions of d’vekut and kiruv through text study, practice, and ritual.

 Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings will include dinner and special programs.  Our Tuesday evening program will be entitled From The Four Corners of the Earth: a Global Vigil.  Monday and Tuesday will feature morning davenen, breakfast and multifaceted conference-wide programming. Lunch and free time will be followed by small groups for study and discussion or study and hands on activities.  

On Wednesday, a secure room will be available for suitcases and belongings from breakfast through 12:30 pm.  The program will engage us in L’chol Korav and will include group davenen and a special guest teacher who will lead us in text study to help us weave together the programmatic threads of d’vekut and being in the world that we have explored throughout the conference.

A special focus at this year’s conference will be Ethical Boundaries of Sacred Trust: How Close Can We Really Come.