On September 10, 2008, seventy-eight professional and volunteer leaders from all the rabbinical schools, rabbinical organizations and individual continuing rabbinic education program providers participated in the 1st National Conference on Continuing Rabbinic Education. The Conference, chaired by Rabbi Rachel Cowan and Rabbi Gerald Weider, took place in New York City. The following summary highlights the presentations and discussions that took place during the sessions throughout the day.

2008 CRE Conference Booklet (2.43 MB)

2008 Conference Executive Summary (103.97 kB)

More Conference Downloads:

Welcome (11.61 kB)

Conference Charge (57.14 kB)

Limmud (173.67 kB)

Continuing Education in Other Professions (114.54 kB)

Criteria and Evaluation of Clergy Continuing Education (131.38 kB)

Research Agenda (235.42 kB)

Benchmarks to Define and Measure Program Effectiveness (1.2 MB)

Advocacy for Continuing Rabbinic Education (256 kB)

What Can an Alliance for CRE Accomplish and Look Like? (84.97 kB)

Next Steps (12 kB)

Evaluation Summary (29.8 kB)