Limmud Conference 2016
Thursday 29 December 2016

08:30
V’yarutz v’yomer: he ran and he talked, or "run and chat" (4 of 4) Limmud Social Programming Team  Lobby
09:45
Is Israel a state of Hebrew-speaking goyim? Anthony Luder  Red 1
So who wanted to be a Jew? From the Shoah through to the present day? (3 of 3) Jacqueline Tabick  Red 2
Streisand, Singer and song: playing with gender in "Yentl The Yeshiva Boy" (2 of 2) David Bilchitz  Red 3
Worshipping the state (2 of 2) Simon Gordon  Red 5
Tales from a refugee camp Richard Verber  Red 6
The man gathering sticks: portrait of an enigma Ian Gamse  Red 7
Beit Midrash Group C: giving one’s life for God (4 of 4) Shlomo Zuckier  Limmud Beit Midrash Group C  Red 8 (Boulevard Back)
Beit Midrash Group A: The Academic Perspective (4 of 4) Michael Pollak  Limmud Beit Midrash Group A  Red 8 (Boulevard Back)
Beit Midrash Group B: Three loose ends: Queen Esther, Non-Jews and Sexual Harassment (4 of 4) Joel Levy  Limmud Beit Midrash Group B  Red 8 (Boulevard Back)
The Jews of Breslau 1930-42 Henry Cohn  Orange 10
Is this still my America? Ilana Kaufman  Orange 11
Jewish teachings and experiences of the criminal justice system: from the inside looking out (3 of 3) Rob Prager  Danny Rich  Orange 12
Volunteering for Limmud David Hoffman  Eli Ovits  Orange 13
Women of valor and other super heroes Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik  Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik  Orange 14
Is the Commonwealth still really a thing? (2 of 2) Clive Lawton  Orange 15
Creating Eve: rabbinic and contemporary perspectives on the first woman in the Torah Daniella Kolodny  Yellow 21
Tribes collide: who are Israel's 8.5 million citizens? How are we getting on? Mike Prashker  Yellow 22
On the frontline - with the media Peter Lerner  Yellow 23
Living in a bubble: Jews from western countries in the Baka neighbourhood, Jerusalem Hila Zaban  Green 26
Growing up: what is it like at 20, 40, 60? "Ad 120" - 60s (3 of 3) Yoav Landau-Pope  Purple 31
Guess who’s coming to dinner Zahavit Shalev  Blue 33
Disputes within the family: Israel and Israelis abroad Smadar Taff  Blue 34
Restorative yoga for all: relax and unwind (5 of 5) Mark Goldsmith  Maxine Levy  Marquee 3
10:00
Family Packup Packdown Party Limmud Families Team  Family Lounge
11:00
Not Yet Disabled Mark Goldsmith  Red 1
The making of stars Antony Lishak  Red 2
PJ Library and our global Jewish stories: a "text" study through the PJ lens Tamar Remz  Red 3
The students are alright! Ella Rose  David Davidi-Brown  Red 4
Putting the pieces together Deborah Steinmetz  Red 5
Beezlebub begat a behemoth – how to get on with translations Jessica Sacks  Red 6
Damaged beauty: the Jewishness of modern Jewish art Melissa Raphael  Red 7
Can Jews be monarchists? Elliott Karstadt  Orange 10
Circles of obligation Ruth Messinger  Orange 11
The shadow of the Torah: the dangers and darkness of a life of Torah Mimi Feigelson  Orange 12
Is today Chanukah or Christmas/New Years? Daniel Goldfarb  Orange 14
A priest and a prostitute: Jethro and Rahab, unique connections David J. Zucker  Yellow 21
Shrinking halachah: how Torah principles helped me lose weight Alex Goldberg  Yellow 22
May the Lord be with you: A Jewish reading of Star Wars Raphael Zarum  Yellow 23
Intersectionality: Four tips for survival from an Iranian Jewish woman Rachel Sumekh  Green 25
"What do you mean, you don't want children?": a forum for and about Jewish childfree women Sarah Bronzite  Green 26
The state of Palestine vs. Balfour? Noru Tsalic  Purple 31
The Tel Aviv Review podcast: live recording (4 of 4) Gilad Halpern  Nadia Valman  Benny Morris  Daniel Lee  Blue 32 (Millers)
How to send the perfect tweet Adam Wagner  Blue 33
Egalitarianism: a halachic imperative Baruch Velleman  Blue 34
12:30
Community development projects in the former Soviet Union Samuel Behrens  Sophie Teff  Jonathan Clingman  Red 1
What have the Romans ever done for us and other stories Zvi Solomons  Red 2
Companion voices: singing for the end of life, with Judith Silver Judith Silver  Red 3
Yehudi Menuhin – Jewish musician? Malcolm Singer  Red 4
What does being "second and third generation" mean to you? (2 of 2) Barbara Dresner  Leah Burman  Red 5
Beyond Tribes: Towards the Mosaic of Israeli Society Graham Carpenter  Red 6
The Jerusalem Quiz Mikael Wahl  Red 7
Combatting the National Front in France Sacha Reingewirtz  Orange 10
Why aren’t the Books of the Maccabees in the Bible? Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz  Orange 11
The Venice Ghetto: past, present and future Shaul Bassi  Orange 12
If not now, when? Building a plan together for “a global university” (2 of 2) Siv Andersen  Katie Shaw  Yellow 21
Belsen not too bad, said Barton Claire Hilton  Green 26
13:50
The story of the Palestinian internship programme (3 of 3) Jesse Divon  Red 1
Gimpel Tam: A sting in the tale? Maureen Kendler  Red 2
We Were There Too: London Jews in the First World War (2 of 2) Alan Fell  Red 3
L’Dor Vador: a vision of an intergenerational community where pre-schoolers and 3rd agers live, learn and play together – progress so far Judith Ish-Horowicz  Red 4
Dreamidrash: A Jewish dream workshop Mordechai Zeller  Green 26
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