SPEAKERS
• KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Rabbi Avi Weiss – The Rabbi as a Modern Voice of Reason
• Consul General of Israel Shlomi Kofman – The Sacred Partnership between Israel and Northern California Rabbis
• Danny Grossman, CEO, Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund – The Importance of the Rabbinate in Jewish Communal Service
• Tye Gregory, Hallie Baren, Karen Stiller, Jessica Trubowitch, Jewish Community Relations Council– The Amazing Projects On Which We Partner
• Sam Salkin, Executive Director Sinai Memorial Chapel Chevra Kadisha – Working Together with All Rabbis
• Rabbi Marv Goodman, – View from the Dugout
• Rabbi Jacob Traub – Honoring Rabbi Malcolm Sparer z”l who led the Board of Rabbis for eighteen years
• Rabbi Pam Frydman – Honor Roll
HONOREES
- Rabbi Joseph Asher, z”l – past President; Senior Rabbi, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco.
- Rabbi Allen Bennett – past President & former Director; former Rabbi, Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco; Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Israel of Alameda.
- Rabbi Elliot Burstein, z”l – past President; Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel, San Francisco.
- Rabbi Lavey Derby – past President; former Senior Rabbi, Congregation Kol Shofar, San Rafael; Director of Jewish Life, Peninsula Jewish Community Center, Foster City.
- Rabbi Serena Eisenberg – past President; Northern California Regional Director, American Jewish Committee.
- Rabbi Pam Frydman – past President; Rabbi, Or Shalom Jewish Community, Congregation P’nai Tikvah, Las Vegas & Congregation B’nai Emunah, San Francisco; chaplain resident, Stanford Hospital.
- Rabbi Marvin Goodman – former Director; former Rabbi-in-Residence of San Francisco based Jewish Community Federation; Rabbi Emeritus, Peninsula Sinai Congregation. Foster City.
- Rabbi Morton Hoffman, z”l – past President; Rabbi, Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael; U.S. Army chaplain; Rabbi in Haifa, Israel & Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Michigan.
- Rabbi Samantha Kahn – past President; former Rabbi, 18 Doors – InterfaithFamily; Senior Rabbi, Temple Sinai, Sarasota, Florida.
- Rabbi Chai Levy – past President; former Associate Rabbi, Congregation Kol Shofar; Senior Rabbi, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley.
- Rabbi Alan Lew, z”l – past President; Senior Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Beth Sholom, San Francisco.
- Rabbi Brian Lurie – former leader of the Board of Rabbis; retired Director, San Francisco based Jewish Community Federation.
- Rabbi Harry Manhoff, PhD – past President; Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Beth Sholom, San Leandro.
- Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce, DD, PhD – past President; Senior Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco.
- Rabbi Malcolm Sparer, z”l – past President & former Director; Rabbi, Congregation Chevra Thilim, San Francisco; Chaplain VA hospital & San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living.
- Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum – past President and former Director; Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Beth Jacob, Redwood City; military chaplain.
- Rabbi Jacob Traub – past President; former Rabbi, Congregation Adath Israel, San Francisco.
- Rabbi Eric Weiss – past President; President & CEO, Bay Area Jewish Healing Center.
- Rabbi Saul White, z”l – past President; Rabbi, Congregation Beth Sholom, San Francisco; founder, The Brandeis School, San Francisco; honored of The Rabbi Saul E. White Professorial Chair, American Jewish University of Judaism, Los Angeles.
- Rabbi John H. Zucker, PhD, z”l – past President; Rabbi, Temple Beth Sholom, San Leandro & Temple Sinai, Reno, Nevada.