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November 11-12
2007

Two days
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Sponsors and Staff (click here for conference staff)

Lead Sponsor and Host Congregation:

Temple Isaiah

MAJOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY*:Jewish Foundation

ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY:

Denominational Offices and Congregations

  • the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
  • the Bishop’s Peace and Justice Commission (Episcopal)
  • the Office of Justice and Peace, the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  • Bel Air Presbyterian Church
  • the Presbyterian Synod of Southern California and Hawaii
  • California Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church
  • the Southwest California Synod Board for Public Ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  • Brentwood Presbyterian Church
  • Iranian American Muslim Association of North America (IMAN Cultural Center)
  • St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Westwood
  • Immaculate Heart Community
  • Wilshire Boulevard Temple
  • Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica
  • St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Studio City
  • Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center

Inter- and Intra-Faith Organizations

  • American Jewish Committee, Los Angeles Chapter
  • Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations
  • Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health
  • American Friends Service Committee, Los Angeles Office
  • Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries

Clergy Discretionary Funds

  • Rabbi Ken Chasen, Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles
  • Rabbis Don Goor, Dan Moskovitz, Karen Bender, Temple Judea, Tarzana
  • Rabbi Zoë Klein, Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles
  • Rabbi Eli Herscher, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles
  • Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Kehillat Israel, Pacific Palisades
  • Rabbi John Rosove, Temple Israel
  • Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels, Beth Shir Sholom, Santa Monica
  • Rabbi Laura Geller
  • Rabbi Michael Lotker, Temple Ner Ami, Camarillo
  • Rev. Joanne Leslie, Holy Faith Episcopal Church, Inglewood

IN-KIND SUPPORT:

  • Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles
  • Union for Reform Judaism’s Pacific Southwest Council

ENDORSED BY:

Denominational Offices

  • Interreligious Council, Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Concerns of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
  • Islamic Center of Southern California
  • Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  • Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
  • United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s Pacific Southwest Region
  • West Coast Regional Office of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation

Inter- and Intra-Faith Organizations

  • Board of Rabbis of Southern California
  • The Jewish Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
  • California Council of Churches and California Church IMPACT
  • Catholic-Jewish Women’s Conference
  • Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (C.L.U.E.)
  • City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission;
  • Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life of Southern California (CoejlSC) and the Interfaith Environmental Council
  • Fuller Theological Seminary
  • Interreligious Council of Southern California (I.R.C.)
  • Jewish Funds for Justice
  • Jewish Labor Committee
  • Loyola Marymount University Campus Ministry
  • Progressive Christians Uniting (P.C.U.)
  • Progressive Jewish Alliance (P.J.A.)
  • Southern California Ecumenical Council
  • Valley Interfaith Council (VIC)
  • Wilshire Center Interfaith Council
  • St. Joseph Health System, Orange, CA
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles
  • Workmen’s Circle
  • Islamic Shura Council of Southern California

Congregations

  • All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena
  • Bryant Temple A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles
  • Holy Faith Episcopal Church, Inglewood
  • Hollywood United Methodist Church
  • IKAR, Los Angeles
  • Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Synagogue, Pacific Palisades
  • Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles
  • Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills
  • Temple Israel of Hollywood
  • Temple Judea, Tarzana
  • Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles
  • Temple Ner Ami, Camarillo
  • Beth Shir Sholom, Santa Monica
  • Bel Air Presbyterian Church

* Established in 1954, the Jewish Community Foundation is the largest manager of charitable assets and the leader in planned giving solutions for Jewish philanthropists in Greater Los Angeles. The Foundation currently manages assets of nearly $750 million dollars and, according to the National Foundation Center, ranks among the ten largest Los Angeles foundations (based on assets). In 2006, The Foundation and its 1,200-plus donors distributed $63 million in grants to more than 1,500 organizations with programs that span the range of philanthropic giving.

CONFERENCE STAFF
Chair: Rabbi Suzanne Singer

Advocacy Training: Matt Keener, American Lung Association, Los Angeles.

Community Organizing: Rabbi Linda Bertenthal, Union for Reform Judaism’s Pacific Southwest Council; Rev. Paul Hertig, Wilshire Center Interfaith Council. 

Health Care: Rev. Joanne Leslie, Diocesan Commission on Peace and Justice (Episcopal); John Glass, Health Care for All; Eric Gordon, Workmen’s Circle; Michele Prince, Kalsman Institute; Mary Pinkerson; Catherine Gentile, Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Monica.  Moderator: Rev. Joanne Leslie.

Homelessness: Bruce Rosen, Kehillat Israel; Rabbi Leah Lewis, Scott Sale, Leo Baeck Temple; Phil Friedman, Brentwood Presbyterian Church.  Moderator: Ralph Fertig, Leo Baeck Temple

Environment: Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater, Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center; Larry Margo, Steve Fox, Temple Isaiah Green Team; Rev. Al Cohen, Southern California Ecumenical Council; Joel Baker, United Synagogue’s Pacific Southwest Region; Lee Wallach, COEJL.  Moderator: Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater.

Economic Justice: Rabbi Laurie Coskey, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice; Rev. Matt Colwell, Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries; Jaime Rapaport, Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA).  Moderator: Rabbi Laurie Coskey.

Immigration: Rev. Alexia Salvatierra, CLUE; Rev. Jennifer Gutierrez, California Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church.Moderator:Rev. Alexia Salvatierra.

Affordable Housing: Celia Bernstein; Mark Lipschutz, Temple Isaiah.  Moderator: Francesca de la Rosa, SCANPH.

Youth at Risk: Elizabeth Friedman, Temple Isaiah; Myra Morris.  Moderator: Rafael López, Executive Director, Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families.

Youth Track: Cambria Smith, VIC: Rabbi Zoë Klein, Temple Isaiah; Devorah Servi, Reconstructionist Federation; Anthony Marsh, PCU; Pastor Bridey Roberts, CLUE-LA.

Prayer Services: Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord, The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and the Episcopal Church USA.

Musical Performances: Abdul Hamid Royal, Islamic Center of Southern California

Session Co-Chairs: Michael Goldstein, Susan Bartholomew, Temple Isaiah

Logistics: Caroline Altman, Temple Isaiah

Publicity/Press: Michael Plunkett, The 502 Communications Group

Press Materials: Robin Kellogg, Temple Judea.

Lunchtime Affinity Tables: Marsha Novak, Temple Judea and Valley Interfaith Council (VIC)

Registration Form/Bios: Luisa Del Giudice, St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Westwood .

Web Site Producer: Jordan Lund

Conference Logo Design: Katherine Weinstock, Temple Isaiah.

Outreach: Bruce Rosen, Kehillat; Marsha Novak and Cambria Smith, VIC; Judith Samuel, Metivta; Saryl Radwin.

Volunteer Coordinators: Robin Lebowe, Alison Myers, Temple Isaiah.

Registration Desk: Ed and Nancy Singer, Temple Sinai, Palm Desert

 
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