Limmud Conference 2016
Wednesday 28 December 2016

08:00
Birkot ha'shachar: cultivating gratitude with our morning blessings Danny Newman  Red 6
Interfaith tour in Birmingham: discover the stories of four diaspora communities Ruth Jacobs  Khalid Mahmood  Lobby
V’yarutz v’yomer: he ran and he talked, or "run and chat (3 of 4) Limmud Social Programming Team  Lobby
09:10
Limmud Chavruta Project - Tzedakah (4 of 4) Limmud Chavruta Project  Red 7
09:15
As clay in the hands of the potter Maureen Kendler  Abigail Morris  Red 1
The Last Goodbye - Chevra Kadisha and the Tahara mitzvah David Soetendorp  Ruth Soetendorp  Red 2
The imagery of Jerusalem in early Israeli films Oshra Schwartz Reim  Red 3
Rescuers and the righteous - the courage and choices of the glorious few Antony Lishak  Red 4
Lights, Chutzpah, Action! Jews in British Cinema UK Jewish Film  Rachel Kolsky  Red 5
Trends and challenges in Israel-Diaspora relations Michael Wegier  Elan Ezrachi  Red 6
Jewish journeys: Sicily Chaim Weiner  Red 8 (Boulevard Back)
‘The world was created for my sake’ Margaret Jacobi  Red 9 (Boulevard Front)
What can you do for the future of Israel/Palestine? Wejdan Abd  Raghad Bahar  Rutie Atsmon  Orange 10
Israel and Pakistan: where do they stand today? Sohail Raza  Orange 11
Jewish life in Greece today Maria Kavala  Orange 12
Saving Religious Liberty in America: the Jewish Angle Aylana Meisel  Orange 13
Does the New York Times hate Israel? (No.) Jodi Rudoren  Orange 14
Re-discovering a Hasidic Master: a Shi'ur in the Me'or 'Eynayim Arthur Green  Orange 15
Beer Sheva - a microcosm of Israel society Dagan Livny  Yellow 21
Bestiary of fears Jacqueline Nicholls  Yellow 22
Will our community exist 20 years from now? Jonathan Arkush  Yellow 23
Infiltrating Europe: how Jihadists exploited the migrant crisis Annika Hernroth-Rothstein  Tom Wilson  Yellow 24
A Jewish view of extra-terrestrial life Mark Creeger  Green 25
Forgotten or Sidelined? Historical female leadership in Orthodoxy 1500-1900 Arthur Weiss  Green 26
Sex, food and the Lush Garden of Sepharad: religious piety confronts sensual pleasure Benjamin Gampel  Green 27
Governments NGOs and the BDS wars: public opposition, private support? Shaun Sacks  Purple 31
Solomon's proverbs: the sexiest piece of the Bible you've never read Naftali Moses  Blue 32 (Millers)
Cultural policy and the Israeli art world Diti Ronen  Blue 33
Nepal earthquake aftermath: Jewish approach to disaster response Eliran Douenias  Blue 34
Chair yoga Maxine Levy  Marquee 1
Zionism in the Diaspora Joshua Weinberg  Marquee 3
Healthcare - spiritual needs and spiritual distress Jason Demant  Marquee 2
10:30
Charedi schools and children's rights Naomi Webber  Red 1
Great openings to Talmudic tractates: Ta'anit: rethinking Jewish environmentalism (2 of 2) Julian Sinclair  Red 2
Peeking Beyond the Wall: Screening and Q&A David Newman  Red 3
Does my tuchus look big in this? Jews and the fashion industry Dave Shaw  Lara Smallman  Red 4
Out of the shadows: the return of the Bnei Anousim ("Marranos") Michael Freund  Red 5
Islamic and Greek philosophy in the Guide for the Perplexed Barry Kleinberg  Red 6
Sephardi Voices: stories from our archive Elliot Jebreel  Red 7
Beit Midrash Group A: Modern Halachic Perspective (3 of 4) Limmud Beit Midrash Group A  Michael Pollak  Red 8 (Boulevard Back)
Beit Midrash Group C: the pursuer (3 of 3) Limmud Beit Midrash Group C  Shlomo Zuckier  Red 8 (Boulevard Back)
Beit Midrash group B: be killed rather than transgress (3 of 4) Limmud Beit Midrash Group B  Joel Levy  Red 8 (Boulevard Back)
Subversive texts in the Torah: legalised rape and enslaved wives Ariel Abel  Shira Solomons  Orange 10
Commanding voices – Talmud in a new light (3 of 3) Neil Janes  Orange 11
Should Jewish schools be forced to be inclusive? Rachel Cohen  Helena Miller  Clive Lawton  Neil Levitan  Orange 12
Defiant Requiem: Screening and Q&A (120 minutes) Deborah Lipstadt  Murry Sidlin  Orange 13
Applied Halakhah: Category Shifts in Jewish Law (3 of 3) Ethan Tucker  Orange 14
The creation of the Palestinian refugee problem, 1948 Benny Morris  Orange 15
Rescue in the Philippines: an open door policy Hannah Gaventa  Karina Veal  Yellow 21
Jewish teachings and experiences of the criminal justice system: trial and error (2 of 3) Danny Rich  Rob Prager  Yellow 22
Should Jews be living in Hebron? Ethan Schwartz  Lisa Saffron  Abraham Bell  Gilad Halpern  Yishai Fleisher  Yellow 23
The Syrian chaos: What happened, and what are the options for the future? Miri Eisin  Yellow 24
Shmattes: an intimate history of Jewish origins in the modern rag trade Adam Mendelsohn  Green 25
A world of Jewish Philanthropy Tamar Remz  Green 26
Collecting life stories - everyone has a story to tell! Eve Cowan  Green 27
Mind the connection gap Nora Ghodsian  Purple 29 (Monarch Overflow)
Paper midrash: Text study with knives Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik  Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik  Purple 31
Community festival organisation and management Nathan Finkel  Blue 32 (Millers)
Impact investing as a mitzvah and new paradigm Mark Goldsmith  Yosef Abramowitz  Blue 33
Your own triptych: three questions that map the journey to your soul Shep Rosenman  Blue 34
Dynamic yoga: it’s all in the breath. Movement as a meditation Maxine Levy  Marquee 3
Crimes, misdemeanours and other infractions by biblical leaders: The Lion King: leader or predator? (3 of 3) Judy Klitsner  Marquee 2
12:00
Strategic threats to Israel - what does the future hold? Peter Lerner  Red 1
The Zionist rise to power: the Jewish community of Bulgaria before Second World War Angel Chorapchiev  Red 2
Transgender Jewish Voices Shaan Knan  Isabella Segal  Neil Levitan  Red 3
The Holocaust from a Jewish feminist theological perspective Melissa Raphael  Red 4
Welcome to Yesod: professional development and Jewish learning initiatives for Jewish communal professionals, educators and activists in Europe Dani Serlin  Red 5
Songleading within worship Noah Aronson  Red 6
Limmud choir: The choral hits of Stephen Glass (3 of 3) Cantor Jason Green  Red 7
Mutasim Ali: Sudanese refugee and social justice leader in Israel Mutasim Ali  Orange 10
Positive policy reform vs. negative public opinion: analysis of Arab-Jewish relations in Israel Alex Brummer  Thabet Abu Ras  Amnon Be'eri-Sulitzeanu  Orange 11
'Let me see that good land.' The story of a human life Avivah Zornberg  Orange 12
Seeding controversy: did Israel "invent" the cherry tomato? Anna Wexler  Orange 14
The frontline against anti-Semitism Luciana Berger  Orange 15
No swimming on Shabbes! Roni Tabick  Yellow 21
Justice and mercy – Hindu and Jewish parallels Robert Stone  Yellow 22
In conversation with Shyam Bhatia, diplomatic journalist Richard Verber  Shyam Bhatia  Yellow 23
Tell Me Texts: The weird and the wonderful Oliver Joseph  Yehoshua Engelman  Zev Farber  Maureen Kendler  Yellow 24
Holocaust looted art: Egon Schiele's Jewish portraits and patrons Ian Vellins  Green 25
Mental health in Jewish scripture and history Daniel Heller  Green 26
The Babylonian Exile: Is That Why the Prophets "Won"? Robert Goldenberg  Green 27
The prophet margin: translator’s notes on the Book of Isaiah. Jessica Sacks  Green 28
Holocaust and humor in Israeli theatre Eran Kraus  Gur Koren  Purple 31
FEAST! Hannah Style  Blue 32 (Millers)
Breaking the ice: addressing tough questions about Israel Michael Freeman  Blue 33
Pluralism, diversity & Jewish evolution Zohar Raviv  Blue 34
A meeting of styles: Zoe Jacobs with Shir in concert Ronen Kozokaro  Piotr Jordan  Maurice Chernick  Zöe Jacobs  Ivor Goldberg  Marquee 3
The Hillel sandwich generation: caring for our children, grandchildren and aging parents Naamah Kelman  Marquee 2
Meet the Conference chairs! Abigail Jacobi  Anna Lawton  Bar
13:15
Law vs equity: an examination of Jewish legal ethics Shmuel Klitsner  Red 1
The Palestinian high-tech sector and Israel’s role in it (2 of 3) Jesse Divon  Red 2
Human shields, the laws of war and the Arab-Israeli conflict Abraham Bell  Red 3
Growing Up in Complex Times: Exploring Young Jewish Lives Helena Miller  Red 4
Eli Wiesel: where are my Jews? - an exhibition opening Roman Kogan  Chaim Chesler  Red 5
Dance as food for the soul Samuel Garas  Maurice Stone  Red 6
The house of Julius Jacobs - a play-reading Jonathan Gillis  Red 7
Women's rights issues and discourse in the U.S. and Israel Ariela Migdal  Red 8 (Boulevard Back)
Free choice: when God was over-ruled (3 of 3) Nahum Gordon  Orange 10
Stanley Cavell: the problem of knowledge and the problem of love Robbie Duschinsky  Orange 11
The Jedi, the rabbi and the Dark Side: Elisha ben Abuyah Skywalker a.k.a. Darth Vader Acher Paul Freedman  Orange 12
It Always Rains on Sunday (92 mins) UK Jewish Film  Rachel Kolsky  Nizza Fluss  Orange 13
Looking for God - or why do we pray anyway? Lawrence Hoffman  Orange 14
A new look at the 1948 war Benny Morris  Orange 15
Redeeming the Captives: Multilingualism in Hasidic Music Simon Parizhsky  Alexandra Skvortsova  Yellow 21
From massacre to ministry: the remarkable rise of Levi Yaacov Finn  Yellow 22
The heart and the spring: Religious yearning and a taste of Rav Nahman Chani Smith  Green 25
Abrahamic Interfaith: Perspectives from campus Louise Cohen  James Graham  Green 26
Not a job for a nice Jewish girl Rachel Creeger  Green 27
Kaddish throughout the year Jaclyn Chernett  Purple 31
Inclusive Jewish leadership Dani Serlin  Hannah Brady  Neil Levitan  Blue 32 (Millers)
What have Methodists done for interfaith relations? Rob Thompson  Katharine Crew  Elliot Steinberg  Blue 33
Does your rabbi know you’re here? Anthony Clavane  Blue 34
Modern Jive at Limmud (3 of 3) Jonathan Hunter  Dan Mackenzie  Marquee 3
Animals in the Qur'an and Tanach Halima Krausen  Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz  Marquee 2
Open space Limmud Social Programming Team  Bar
Dreidel making! Limmud Social Programming Team  Bar
14:30
Who run the world? Sarah Waxman  Laura Janner-Klausner  Judy Klitsner  Karina Veal  Ruth Messinger  Red 1
But I intended to commit a sin! Zahavit Shalev  Red 2
From the front line: negotiating with the German government for compensation for Holocaust survivors. Karen Heilig  Red 3
Shame on you Rose Prevezer  Red 4
The trauma of the refugees: A story untold Yotam Politzer  Red 5
Left side of the page: music for the soul Noah Aronson  Red 6
Shir interactive Ronen Kozokaro  Maurice Chernick  Ivor Goldberg  Red 7
British values? Clive Lawton  Patrick Moriarty  Red 8 (Boulevard Back)
It’s a wonderful world: Greece Red 9 (Boulevard Front)
Four questions, four personalities Aaron Henne  Orange 10
Is Brexit good for the Jews? Annika Hernroth-Rothstein  Ruvi Ziegler  Simon Gordon  Peter Mason  Jonathan Neumann  Orange 11
Ask the Rabbi: through the lens of Google analytics. Part 2: Jewish Observance (2 of 2) Chaim Weiner  Orange 12
Art-similation: does Jewish art outside of Israel have a future? Oshra Schwartz Reim  Emma Brand  Elkan Spiller  Mishka (Moshe) Ben-David  Aviva Dautch  Orange 14
The Making of "Denial": Behind the Scenes Joe Oppenheimer  Deborah Lipstadt  Orange 15
Jewish genes: What do they mean? Joey Ziff  Yellow 21
Tikkun olam - encountering the divine sparks we're meant to redeem Lisa Saffron  Yellow 22
The persecution of the Jews in WW2, a wholly European Affair? The Jews of North Africa, 1939-1945 Daniel Lee  Green 25
Three generations of the Kindertransport Ruth Barnett  Green 26
Community-based theatre: Addressing tensions surrounding diversity on campus. Peter Harris  Green 27
Am I my brother's keeper? Levinas on the question of freedom versus responsibility Stephen Innes  Purple 29 (Monarch Overflow)
Chanukah customs from around the world Raya Even David  Purple 31
The Tel Aviv Review podcast - live recording (3 of 4) Gilad Halpern  Simon Parizhsky  Maggie Anton  Robert Goldenberg  Blue 32 (Millers)
Do shul differently Yaacov Finn  Blue 33
Babi Yar: how was the 75th anniversary of the tragedy marked in Ukraine? Igor Shchupak  Blue 34
Humous wars: food at the frontier of conflict Marlena Spieler  Joel Salmon  Marquee 1
Partnership Minyanim: Here to stay? Miriam Lorie  Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz  Shmuel Klitsner  Ben Crowne  Marquee 2
Conversation café Anna Braybrooke  Bar
15:50
The State of the Jewish People: A conversation Avi Mayer  Red 1
The Jews of South America Michael Even David  Red 3
Life of a comedian Candy Markham  Red 6
It’s a wonderful world: Greece! Red 9 (Boulevard Front)
How did a non-Jew end up working as Director of We Believe in Israel and how can we get more non-Jews involved in campaigning for Israel? Luke Akehurst  Orange 11
Chanukah hour: drama games Limmud Social Programming Team  Purple 31
Chanukah nour: nosh and natter about divine intervention Oliver Joseph  Blue 32 (Millers)
Personal Chanukah candle lighting (Weds) Limmud Chanukah Team  Marquee 1
Communal Chanukah candle lighting (Weds) Limmud Chanukah Team  Marquee 3
Board Game Bonanza (Weds) Limmud Chanukah Team  Bar
16:00
Chanukah Candelighting for Kids Siv Andersen  Limmud Families Team  Family Lounge
16:00
Families Crafternoon Mark Greenfield  Family Lounge
16:30
Rockin' Ladino: Ora de Despertar! Sarah Aroeste  Rhythm & Blues
16:40
"Live" shechitah demonstration Gabriel Botnick  Red 1
Jewish values investing Perry Teicher  Red 2
Development banks and NGOs: the architecture of development financing Karina Veal  Red 3
LGBT rights: a global perspective Ruth Messinger  Red 4
When the female golem demanded a soul Melissa Raphael  Red 5
Narrative warfare: the fight for Israel's narrative, from Hadrian to campus Yishai Fleisher  Red 6
Gefilte Fish & Chips: more stories, more songs, some questions, some answers Daniel Cainer  Red 7
Jews don't do football? You must be joking. Anthony Clavane  Orange 10
Rav Shagar and modernity's shattered vessels Julian Sinclair  Orange 11
Stopping the traffic together Ruth Dearnley  Alex Goldberg  Elliot Steinberg  Orange 12
"L'chaim!: To Life!": Screening and Q&A (120 minutes) Elkan Spiller  Orange 13
Responsa Radio Live! Andrew Belinfante  Ethan Tucker  Orange 14
Is too much expected of the Israeli Defense Force? Lynette Nusbacher  Avner Bernheimer  Miri Eisin  Abraham Bell  Joshua Weinberg  Orange 15
Jews of color: Being a black, professional Jew Ilana Kaufman  Yellow 21
A Jewish woman for a Jewish project Clelia Piperno  Yellow 22
Volunteering vs VolunTourism: Jewish volunteering abroad Ethan Herman  Green 26
Zionist leaders' speeches Deborah Steinmetz  Green 27
Arguing in the face of injustice - Hannah and Abraham challenge God (3 of 3) Shoshana Cohen  Purple 29 (Monarch Overflow)
A discussion with the Jews behind the world's largest Arabic book gifting program Tamar Remz  Purple 31
Limmud Book Club: The Marriage of Opposites (4 of 4) Shoshi Ish-Horowicz  Aviva Dautch  Blue 32 (Millers)
When Jews, Armenians and Roma work together Benjamin Fischer  Blue 33
Stuck like an Egyptian Susan Silverman  Blue 34
An embodied mindful movement and dance workshop Nikki Levitan  Marquee 3
Does martyrdom have meaning? Raphael Zarum  Marquee 2
The Ashatones Harry Style  Bar
Scrabble schmabble Simon Rosenstone  Bar
17:00
Families drums 'n tales Janie Grackin  Music Room
17:30
Prophets, pranksters, werewolves and bubbes Gerald Fierst  Rhythm & Blues
18:10
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and the holistic integrity of religious life Shlomo Zuckier  Red 2
Fighting racism and antisemitism on the web Benjamin Fischer  Sacha Reingewirtz  Red 4
Candy Gigi: If I had a rich man Candy Markham  Red 7
Heresy and community: the case of Baruch/Benedictus Spinoza Benjamin Gampel  Orange 10
Doctor, Doctor, we need to work on our mental health services Luciana Berger  Orange 11
20 years of learning at Limmud - celebrating the Chavruta Project Limmud Chavruta Project  Robin Moss  Hannah Skolnick  Steve Miller  Chani Smith  Orange 12
The two Islamic fundamentalist threats Benny Morris  Orange 14
Antisemitism: defining it and identifying it Deborah Lipstadt  Orange 15
Are Christians basically antisemitic? Jane Clements  Turquoise 16
Much Ado About Nothing? Homeopathy in Jewish life Francis Treuherz  Turquoise 20
Cruising around the shules Malcolm Ginsberg  Yellow 21
Books, men and women in medieval Europe (2 of 2) Eva Frojmovic  Yellow 22
Jews in arctic Alaska Jonathan Reisman  Green 26
The Sermon on the Mount and the Ten Commandments Barry Kleinberg  Green 27
JW3 art salon: art and politics Claire Berliner  Alex Davidson  Jacqueline Nicholls  Blue 32 (Millers)
Niddah and finding a spiritual connection with menstruation Sarah Waxman  Blue 34
Love triangles in Genesis: a psychological literary comparison of Genesis 25 and Genesis 30 Shmuel Klitsner  Marquee 2
18:45
Bubbelehs Love to Boogie Raymond Simonson  Limmud Families Team  Music Room
18:50
Brain death and organ donation in halachah Zev Farber  Red 1
Waking the dead Hester Abrams  Alex Goldberg  Red 3
Antisemitism, Jews and the Labour Party David Feldman  Red 5
Comedy beit midrash Eran Kraus  Red 6
The Venice Ghetto, 500 years of life (55 mins) Clelia Piperno  UK Jewish Film  Shaul Bassi  Orange 13
Podcasting: a beginner's guide to a powerful storytelling medium Graham Carpenter  Turquoise 19
So who wanted to be a Jew? From the beginning of modenity up to the Shoah?? (2 of 3) Jacqueline Tabick  Purple 31
#LabelFree David Davidi-Brown  Blue 33
Moving through the middot: Mussar and music Monique Mayer  Judith Silver  Marquee 1
Rikud Chadash (2 of 2) Samuel Garas  Maurice Stone  Marquee 3
Cocktails for home and festivals Limmud Social Programming Team  Bar
20:20
Closing Gala Yellow 24
21:50
Building resilience and bringing hope to the Jews of France Sacha Reingewirtz  Red 1
V is for vagina Hannah Brady  Emily Hilton  Red 2
Shattering the borders: life on the edge Maayan Zweig  Red 3
Sing-along with The Rubens Ian Gold  Ivor Jacobs  Red 6
Acoustic cafe Limmud Social Programming Team  Red 7
Light and dark at Chanukah – tales, teachings and creative responses David Bash  Orange 10
Enemy of the Reich: the Noor Inayat Khan story Sohail Raza  Raheel Raza  Orange 12
My journey from ignorance and indifference about the Holocaust to deep empathy Ruta Vanagaite  Yellow 21
Shir In Concert Ronen Kozokaro  Piotr Jordan  Steve Rose  Maurice Chernick  Ivor Goldberg  Yellow 23
Daf Yomi (4 of 4) Michael Pollak  Purple 31
Pardes bar meetup: alumni and friends Judy Klitsner  Samuel Lebens  Miriam Lorie  Blue 32 (Millers)
Reggae Zion Mark Goldsmith  Blue 34
Klezmer dance! Shtetl dance! With live band! JewSalsa  David el Shatran  Marquee 3
Big Jewish soundtracks at the bar Mark Greenfield  Bar
23:20
Does God have a sense of humour? Danny Bermant  Red 4
2016 in Memoriam; a musical tribute Nathan Finkel  Red 6
Midnight Chavruta - Tzedakah (4 of 4) Limmud Chavruta Project  Red 7
Israeli dance party (4 of 4) Samuel Garas  Maurice Stone  Marquee 1
The rebbetzins’ disco Raymond Simonson  Jacqueline Nicholls  Marquee 3