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URJ-MAC is sending a check in the amount of $864.36 to MAZON. That 3% donation represents 3% of the food bill spent at the Regional Biennial and the Fall 2008 Regional Council Meeting.
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YOUR IDEAS for 2010 Learnshops or Presenters would be very welcome!
Please send your ideas to the MAC Biennial Planning Committee
attn: Lisa Helfman, URJ-MAC Assistant Regional Director
Email her at lhelfman@urj.org or call 202.232.4242.
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2009 November 4 – 8, URJ North American Biennial Toronto Ontario Canada
2010 October 29 – 31, URJ Mid-Atlantic Council Regional Biennial
– Location TBD in North Carolina
2011 December 14 – 18, URJ North American Biennial Washington DC
2012 October 26 - 28, URJ Mid-Atlantic Council Regional Biennial - Location TBD
2014 October 24 - 26, URJ Mid-Atlantic Council Regional Biennial - Location TBD
2016 October 28 - 30, URJ Mid-Atlantic Council Regional Biennial - Location TBD
2018 October 26 - 28, URJ Mid-Atlantic Council Regional Biennial - Location TBD
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Mid-Atlantic Council (MAC) Regional Biennials:
are held on the LAST FULL weekend of October in even years. If you are calendar planning and find that the High Holy Days include the last full weekend of October, then the MAC Regional Biennial will be held the Shabbat after Simchat Torah.
If you have suggestions for hotels or resorts that can handle at least 125 people and 5 breakout groups that we should consider for 2010 or any future MAC Regional Biennials, please e-mail as much information as you have about the facility (location name, city and state are a minimum) to Lisa Helfman, URJ MAC Assistant Regional Director at lhelfman@urj.org
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View and print the
MAC Regional Biennial SCHEDULE
Word.doc or .pdf
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The Mid-Atlantic Council (MAC) is pleased to announce that  during the 2008 MAC Regional Biennial. Mr. Cicelsky will be available for one-on-one consultation for information about Kibbutz Lotan as well as co-presenting with Kevin Kleinman at the “Key Environmental Issues in Israel” learnshop on Saturday October 25 at 7:45pm.
Alex Cicelsky
Alex Cicelsky grew up in New York State. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University Faculty of Agriculture with a degree in Soil and Water Sciences and Environmental Quality in Agriculture. Currently, Mr. Cicelsky is working on a MS at Ben Gurion University on Energy Efficient Design of Buildings in the Arava Desert.
Alex is a founding member of Kibbutz Lotan and wore many hats including that of a tractor mechanic and dairy farmer. For ten years, he has worked extensively on researching and developing facilities and educational programs for the Kibbutz’s Center for Creative Ecology. Creating Jewish art, music and spiritual moments with community is an integral part his life.
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HUC Scholar-In-Residence - Dr. Carol Ochs
 Director of the Graduate School and Adjunct Full Professor of Jewish Religious Thought at HUC-JIR, New York
Dr Ochs' research, writing, and teaching fall into three categories: (1) Jewish spirituality, (2) comparative religion, and (3) Jewish feminism. In addition to teaching spiritual guidance, she serves as spiritual guide to Rabbinic, cantorial, and Doctor of Ministry students.
BOOKS
Reaching Godward: Voices From Jewish Spiritual Guidance, URJ Press, 2003.
Our Lives as Torah: Finding God in Our Own Stories,with Lawrence Kushner, Wiley/Jossey-Bass, 2001
Jewish Spiritual Guidance: Finding Our Way to God,with Kerry M. Olitzky, Wiley/Jossey-Bass, 1997
Women and Spirituality,2nd ed., rev. & enl., Rowman & Littlefield, 1997
Paths of Faithfulness,coedited with Kerry M. Olitzky and Joshua Saltzman, Ktav, 1997
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The Union for Reform Judaism Mid-Atlantic Council would like to thank the following organizations for supporting our 2008 MAC Regional Biennial:
Artcraft Management, Inc.
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