NAORRR Annual Convention
We are very excited to see all of you in Atlanta for the convention!
“Do not say: I will learn when I have leisure; you may never have it.”
– Pirke Avot 2:5
SPEAKERS 2026
Meet Our Scholars
Dr. Rachel Korazim
Dr. Korazim is a Jewish education consultant in curriculum development for Israel and
Holocaust education. Rachel opens for her audiences a window to Israeli society through literature. Through stories, poems and songs of the best of Israel’s writers, she invites listeners to engage with Israel in an innovative way. Since the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic, Rachel created a global community of hundreds of learners who regularly meet to study Israeli poetry online. Recently, Rachel collected, edited and published a bilingual anthology of Israeli poetry written in the wake of October 7th titled Shiva העבש. Rachel teaches at Israel’s well known learning centers such as Pardes and the Shalom Hartman Institutes as well as numerous world Jewish communities. In her free time, Rachel enjoys scuba diving in the cenotes of Playa del Carmen in Mexico and the amazing coral sites of the Red Sea. Rachel is also a very active grandmother of eight grandchildren who all live in Israel.
Michael A. Meyer
Michael A. Meyer was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in Los Angeles, where he graduated from UCLA with highest honors. His doctorate in Jewish history is from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, where he served as Professor of Jewish History for fifty years and is currently emeritus. He has also been a guest professor at three Israeli universities and served as president of the Association for Jewish Studies and international president of the Leo Baeck Institute. He is the recipient of three Jewish Book Awards and has published more than 200 scholarly articles and longer reviews. His books include The Origins of the Modern Jew, Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism, Rabbi Leo Baeck: Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times, and Above All We Are Jews: A Biography of Rabbi Alexander Schindler. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Hebrew University, the recipient of an honorary degree from the Jewish Theological seminary and has been honored with a Cross of Merit by the German Federal Republic.
Online Convention Registration is Open.
Early Bird $175
On or before 11/15
Standard Registration $225
After 11/15