Right now, the Jewish community — and the world — desperately need strong moral leadership. Our national convening will be a key opportunity in building both our individual strengths as rabbis and cantors and our collective power as Jewish clergy leading for human rights and democracy.
Over the course of three transformative days, members of our chaverim network will come together from across the country. Here’s what you can expect:
- Make connections to grow and strengthen your support network
- Learn from top scholars, journalists, and movement leaders
- Deepen your personal commitment to social justice and human rights
- Strategize effective collective action to stop authoritarianism
- Sing, pray, and find spiritual grounding, so we can rise to meet the moment
Our movement is powerful, and we can’t wait to spend this time together.
Schedule
Monday, February 9, 2026
| Time | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | Doors open | |
| 4:30 PM | Welcome | |
| 5:15 PM | Plenary: Fighting Authoritarian Governments | Scot Nakagawa, Director of 22nd Century Initiative Dr. Maria Stephan, Co-Lead and Chief Organizer at Horizons Project |
| 7:00 PM | Close for the day | Dinner on your own |
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
| Time | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Doors open | Coffee and tea, light refreshments |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome | |
| 9:30 AM | Plenary: Collective Noncompliance and Mass Noncooperation | Nadine Bloch, Freedom Trainers |
| 11:15 AM | Content Breakouts | • Jewish Clergy’s Role in the Labor Movement with Stephen Lerner and Marilyn Sneiderman • What Jewish Leaders Need to Know About Christian Nationalism with Maggie Siddiqi • What’s Happening on the Ground Right Now in Israel/Palestine with Adina Vogel-Ayalon, Hadar Suskind, and Margo Hughes-Robinson • When We Say We Want a “Big Tent” Community We Mean… with Claudia Kreiman, TBD |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch | Catered |
| 1:45 PM | Skilled-based Breakouts | • Your Digital Bima: Amplify your Moral Voice on Social Media with Rabbi Seth Goldstein and Shira Danan • Protesting ICE Detention Centers: Rabbis as Effective Organizers in the Movement with Noelle Damico • Training for Trainers: An Antisemitism Training with Rabbi Jonah Winer • Understanding and Responding to the Federal Takeover of Cities with Rev. Scott Bostic and Rabbi Susan Goldberg |
| 3:30 PM | Mincha | Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann |
| 4:15 PM | Plenary: Israel/Palestine Shared Society | Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon |
| 5:45 PM | Close for the day | Dinner on your own |
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
| Time | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Doors open | Coffee and tea, light refreshments |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome | |
| 9:30 AM | Plenary: Torah for the Moment | Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, Rabbi Dev Noily |
| 10:30 AM | Action Prep & Orientation | Rabbi Mira Rivera, Rabbi Doug Alpert, T’ruah Staff |
| 11:30 AM | Lunch & Travel | Bagged lunch provided |
| 1:30 PM | Public Action Against ICE | |
| 3:00 PM | End |