Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism - Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism

MOBILIZING FOR A NEW AGE OF PEOPLEHOOD…

Your voice is needed in Manhattan: May 27–28, 2026. Let’s shape the Jewish future together by: 

Energizing covenantal commitments to Zionism, Israel and Jewish peoplehood.
Invigorating spirituality, liturgy, music and theology, and infusing Hebrew into all that we do.
Cultivating a Jewishly literate and engaged community through innovative educational models.
Envisioning new structures of communal leadership.

We need you to join in this conversation. All Reform Jewish professionals, lay leaders, members and alumni are invited and encouraged to participate.

Together, we will Re-CHARGE Reform Judaism.

Leaders You'll Hear From at the Conference

Rabbi Jamie Aklepi

Temple Beth Am

Mark S. Anshan

Rabbi Meir Azari

Beit Daniel Centers for Progressive Judaism

David Barish

Pamela Barkley

Moving Traditions

David Bernstein

Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism

David L. Bernstein

North American Values Institute

Rabbi Joe Black

Rabbi Ashira Boxman

Temple Beth El

Rabbi Daniel Brenner

Moving Traditions

Michael Bresler

Broadheights

Cantor Olivia Brodsky

East End Temple

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

Central Synagogue

Honorable Peter Buchsbaum

Lanza and Lanza LLP

Lily Buyer

Michal Slawney Cababia

World Zionist Organization

Cantor Galit Dadoun-Cohen

Temple B'nai Or

Rabbi Sydney Danziger

MASA Seattle

Ilana Drake

Rabbi Denise Eger

Yehudah Friedman

Friends of the IDF

Rabbi Maya Glasser

Congregation Ahavath Chesed

Sarah Gordon

Unpacked for Educators

Rabbi Tori Greene

Yaakov Hagoel

World Zionist Organization

Roya Hakakian

Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss

Shma Koleinu

Scott Hertz

Congregation Rodeph Sholom

President Isaac Herzog

State of Israel

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch

Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

Dara Horn

The Tell Instittue

Rabbi David Ingber

Romemu

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

Union for Reform Judaism

Julia Jassey

Jewish on Campus

Dr. Kara Jesella

Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz

Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

Anna Kislanski

Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism

Rabbi Kevin Kleinman

Main Line Reform Temple-Beth Elohim

Lance Leener

Amb. Yechiel (Michael) Leiter

Naomi Less

Jessica Levin

The Tell Institute

Judah Lindemann

Jewish National Fund-USA

Rabbi Greg Litcofsky

Alexander Muss High School

Rabbi Alan Litwak

Temple Sinai

Adam Louis-Klein

Movement Against Antizionism

Rabbi Bennett Miller

Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple

Rabbi Orli Moss

URJ Heller High

Cantor Daniel Mutlu

Central Synagogue

Rabbi Geri Newburge

Main Line Reform Temple-Beth Elohim

Rabbi Allison Peiser

Congregation Beth Shalom

Rabbi Jonah Pesner

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Rabbi Shmuel Polin

Congregation Etz Chaim - Monroe Township Jewish Center

Rabbi Lester Polonsky

Dr. Andrew Rehfeld

Hebrew Union College

Karen Rivo

Russell Robinson

Jewish National Fund-USA

Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin

Wisdom Without Walls

Rabbi Dalia Samansky

Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

Stephanie Schwartz

Temple Israel

Rabbi Cantor Inna Serebro-Litvak

Temple Shalom

Rabbi Dean Shapiro

Beth Shalom

Cantor Inbal Sharett-Singer

Temple Beth Ami

Yaron Shavit

Jewish Agency for Israel

Rabbi Melissa Simon

Hillel International

Cantor Daniel Singer

Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

Hazzan Shimon Smith

Romemu

Rabbi Eric Stark

Jewish National Fund-USA

Rabbi Sam Stern

Temple Beth Sholom

Jared Stone

Dr. Betsy Stone

David Strickland

Central Synagogue

Dr. Noam Weissman

OpenDor Media

Talia Werber

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Dr. Steven Windmueller

Hebrew Union College

Michael Witman

Temple Emanu-El

Eva Wyner Rosen

New York State Executive Chamber

Rabbi Hanna Yerushalmi

Rabbi Eric Yoffie

Rabbi Rebeccah Yussman

Temple Menorah

Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback

Stephen Wise Temple

Wednesday, May 27

7:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m.
REGISTRATION (front lobby)
LIGHT BREAKFAST (social hall)

8:00 a.m.–8:45 a.m.
T’FILAH (Adult Library)

9:00 a.m.–9:10 a.m.
OPENING PROGRAM (Sanctuary)
Mark S. Anshan
Virtual Greetings from President Isaac Herzog

9:10 a.m.–9:50 a.m.
KEYNOTE
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch

9:50 a.m.–11:05 a.m.
PLENARY I
The Next Chapter: Zionism, Jewish Peoplehood, and Jewish Leadership
Adam Louis Klein, Rabbi Ashira Boxman, Julia Jassey

Moderated by: Rabbi Eric Yoffie

Poems by Rabbi Hanna Yerushalmi

11:20 a.m.–12:35 p.m.
WORKSHOPS I

12:40 p.m.–1:50 p.m.
LUNCH

1:50 p.m.–3:05 p.m.
WORKSHOPS II

3:25 p.m.–4:40 p.m.
KEYNOTE
How to Tell the Jewish Story in the 21st Century
Dara Horn
Respondent: Roya Hakakian
Moderator: Dr. Noam Weissman

4:40 p.m.–5:05 p.m.
Hebrew Union College President Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D. in conversation with Rabbi Denise Eger on "Liberating Jewish Education"
President Andrew Rehfeld

Rabbi Denise Eger

5:05 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
RESOLUTIONS
Mark S. Anshan

Rabbi Jonah Pesner

5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
RESOLUTIONS BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS (Optional)

6:45 p.m.
EVENING PROGRAMS (Optional)

Thursday, May 28

7:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m.
LIGHT BREAKFAST (Social Hall)

8:00 a.m.–8:45 a.m.
SHACHARIT LED BY CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE CLERGY TEAM (Sanctuary)

9:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
KEYNOTE
Our Spiritual Future: Infusing Awe
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

Visit the Vendors (Sanctuary)

10:30 a.m.–10:35 a.m.
Greetings from the World Zionist Organization
Yaakov Hagoel

10:35 a.m.–11:50 a.m.
PLENARY II
Legacy Institutions and Innovation
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Russell Robinson
Moderated by: Karen Rivo

12:05 p.m.–1:10 p.m.
LUNCH

1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
WORKSHOPS III

2:45 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
RESOLUTIONS (Sanctuary)
Adopting resolutions

Mark S. Anshan

Rabbi Alan Litwak

Cantor Olivia Brodsky

Rabbi Dalia Samansky

Rabbi Jeff Salkin

Rabbi Bennett Miller

3:30 p.m.–3:50 p.m.
Remarks by Rabbi Rick Jacobs

3:50 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
NEXT STEPS and CLOSING SUMMARY
Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz

Mark S. Anshan
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch

Cantor Daniel Singer

Rabbi Richard Address
Rabbi Jaime Aklepi
Cantor Irena Altshul
Mark S. Anshan
Rabbi Jeremy Barras
Rabbi Rosette Barron Haim z”l
Daniel Bennett, RJE
Julia Bennett, RJE
David Bernstein
Rabbi Joe Black
Rabbi Neal Borovitz
Rabbi Ashira Boxman
Rabbi Bradd Boxman
Cantor Olivia Brodsky
Honorable Peter Buchsbaum
Ashley Gaum Cohen
Cantor Galit Dadoun Cohen
Rabbi Yael Dadoun
Rabbi Lindsey R. Danziger
Sandra Divack Moss
Ilana Drake
Rabbi Rebecca Epstein
Rabbi Michael Farbman
Rabbi Daniel Fellman
Rabbi Michael Feshbach
Rabbi Joshua Franklin
Rabbi David Gelfand
Rabbi David Gerber
Rabbi Stuart Gershon, DD
Rabbi Erica Gerson
Rabbi Maya Glasser
Rabbi Gary Glickstein
Rabbi Neal Gold
Rabbi Edwin Goldberg
Rabbi Josh Goldstein
Gabrielle Golenberg
Dr. Alyssa Gray
Tori Greene
Rabbi Laurence Groffman
Eleanor Grosz
Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss
Bill Hess
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch
Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe
Rabbi Samantha O. Kahn
Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz
Elliot Karp
Rabbi Neal Katz
Rabbi Jan Katzew
Andrew Keene
Rabbi Dan Levin
Seymour Lipton
Rabbi Alan Litwak
Rabbi Joanne Loiben
Rabbi Leora Londy
Cantor Andrea Rae Markowicz
Rabbi Bennett Miller
Rabbi Jay Miller
Rabbi Cantor Samantha Natov
Rabbi Geri Newburge
Rabbi Jill Perlman
Rabbi Eric Polokoff
Rabbi Les Polonsky
Cantor Ayelet Porzecanski
Rabbi Alan Rabishaw
Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh
Rabbi Rena Rifkin, RJE
Karen Rivo
Dr. Marc Rivo
Rabbi Jeff Salkin
Rabbi Dalia Samansky
Rabbi Amy Sapowith
Rabbi Cantor Inna Serebro-Litvak
Cantor Daniel Singer
Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Mates
Rabbi Eric Stark
Dr. Alan Steinberg
Rabbi Samuel A. Stern
Dr. Betsy Stone
Rabbi Lance Sussman
Rabbi Paul Swerdlow
Professor Steven Windmueller
Rabbi Stephen Wise
Rabbi Cantor Alison Wissot
Michael Witman
Rabbi Adam M. Wright
Rabbi Ira Youdovin
Rabbi Michael Zedek
Rabbi Or Zohar

Coordinators:
Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz, Ph.D.
Rabbi Samantha O. Kahn
Mark S. Anshan

Staff Assistant:
Kerry Schmon

Media Contact:
David Robbins, DR|PR Consulting