
Rabbi Hara Person is the Chief Executive of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Rabbi Person is also the author of Stories of Heaven and Earth: Bible Heroes in Contemporary Children's Literature, That You May Live Long: Caring for Your Aging Parents, Caring for Yourself (co-editor) , and The Mitzvah of Healing (editor). Her essays and poems have been published in various anthologies and journals, including Bridges, upstreet, Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture, Women and Judaism, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature,and The Women’s Haftarah Commentary .
Since 1998, Rabbi Person has been the High Holy Day rabbi of Congregation B'nai Olam, Fire Island Pines, NY, and she has been named adjunct rabbi at the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, where she teaches adult education classes.
Sessions in which Hara Person participates
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Wising Up: Advancing the Work of the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Hall of Mirrors
- 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 2 hours
- Starting with a creative presentation based on stories shared by colleagues, the Task Force will lead an exploration of the experience of women in ...
- General Session

9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- The CCAR from 1889-2050: Building on the Past, Working toward the Future. A Conversation Led by Hara Person. Sponsored by friends of Hara Person from Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - Hall of Mirrors
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- General Session
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