Red 4
The existence of Israel's United Monarchy under David and Solomon is, for the last 20 years, one the most heated debates in Biblical archaeology. The session will summarise the current controversy, will review the relevant archaeological and historical information, and will offer a new reconstruction of this formative period.
Red 1
Our world is changing in a rapid pace. Technological developments as well as social transformations are challenging many values and practices of Judaism and halacha. How does the era of knowledge revolution, social media and post-modernism affect Judaism? How can we maintain the relevance of halacha?
Red 3
Discussing the different sources of Herzl’s inspiration to risk the peak of his career as editor of a Europe leading newspaper and embark on his Zionist journey, endangering his standing among Jews and non-Jews alike.
Orange 12
The prophets often spoke of the people of Israel, using the metaphor of a woman. The Talmud opposes the masculinity of the Nations and the femininity of Israel. What kind of relation to the world does it imply? How does it speak of our national identity?
Red 2
Tel Aviv is known as a haven of secular Jewish culture with antipathy to religious life. In fact, religion has found expression in Tel Aviv since its founding, but religious life in the city is undergoing change. We will discuss recent developments in the character of the city and their implication for religious life in Israel more broadly.
Red 6
How the New York Times is reinventing itself for the digital age. A look at new digital storytelling techniques, the changing definitions of news, the collapse of the newspaper business model (and the search for a new one) and other challenges for the fourth estate.
Karen Radkowsky Sara Averick Limmud Development and Connection Team
Yellow 21
Marketing and PR are critical to the success of your event. In this practical session, you will learn to create imagery and craft messaging that will attract your target audiences, and reach them via traditional and social media.
Orange 10
Since Victorian times, British election law has made it illegal for candidates to threaten voters with spiritual injury: “vote for me or go to Hell”. Catholic and Muslim clerics have fallen foul of it. But what is the place of religious leaders in electoral debate? Does politics belong in the pulpit, and should the law be changed?
Limmud Social Programming Team
Marquee 3
Wear your comfy clothes and be ready to move. This is a free-movement dance session where each person is encouraged to move freely to the music. No dance experience is required. We will unlock the energy within through awakening the movement in our bodies.
Orange 13
Many non-Jews visited Creechurch Lane, the first place Jewish services took place after Jews returned to England in the 16th Century, and some wrote down their impressions. We will look at Samuel Pepys' diary and Greenhalgh's letter to see how much they understood what they saw and heard.
Orange 14
Things are seldom exactly what they seem. So why should we think — looking at images of “typical” families at a “typical” seder, or a “typical” Jewish wedding or synagogue scene in art made by or for Jews — that we are seeing something straightforward? How much of Jewish art is a stage set constructed for a particular purpose, and how can we tell?
Orange 11
When a sibling changes gender, the family is in an uproar and this deeply effects the identity of their siblings. Siblings are often bewildered and have many questions. This session is an opportunity for siblings to speak openly and candidly about their conflicts.
Red 7
Jewish women in war films are often conspicuously sexualised and amoral, and often suffer what looks suspiciously like 'punishment'. Ben believes he has watched every relevant war movie, and is evangelical about the deeply sinister messages on Jewish womanhood hiding in plain sight within them.
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