Bring on the first full day of the convention!

Our day began at 7am with our Ayelet breakfast and discussion on the next "potential" Machzor. After that program we had our convention service which not only was the shortest one in recent history but more importantly was filled with great Kavanah. The energy in the room with colleagues praying and engaged in worship was as close to the energy of Shabbat services at camp! It was very cool!
Then our Torah Lishmah sessions, focusing on various subjects that have at the core of their learning some element of text study. After my session, I was part of a regional meeting with URJ leadership that was informative and thoughtful. The goal of our session was to give us an update of our region (Northern California) and to exchange some thoughts and ideas. I am currently in the session “CCAR of the future,” which is being held in the large ballroom, but for the record it is not called a Plenary session. We are discussing the CCAR task force on Governance and their proposed changes. Now I better get off the computer and pay attention!