Limmud Festival 2017
Saturday 23 December 2017

08:30
Partnership Minyan Shacharit		Orange 14
Orthodox Shacharit		Purple 31
Progressive Shacharit		Red 3
Masorti Shacharit		Yellow 21

10:00
Shabbat Morning Family Service	Caroline Hagard	Green 27
Shabbat stroll	Limmud Shabbat Team	Hilton Lobby

11:30
The origin of complex life on earth: how did it happen, and what can it teach us about encouraging social harmony?	Joel Peck	Blue 33
Once upon a Shabbat	Caroline Hagard	Green 27
"Get to know you" walk	Social Programming Team	Hilton Lobby
Ben Pekuah - Kosher meat from animals that don't need shechita (ritual slaughter)	Harold Zwier	Orange 10
Stories of influence	Cnaan Lipshiz Sarah Klegman Andrea Kamens Aviva Dautch	Orange 13
Confessions of a Jewish journalist	Gary Rosenblatt	Red 2
Mindfulness and the Jewish year	Sheila Weinberg	Red 4
Israel is a Jewish democratic state?	Zehorit Sorek	Yellow 21
Exploring prayer on Shabbat - Chavruta	Limmud Shabbat Team	Yellow 22

14:20
Partnership Minyan Mincha		Orange 14
Orthodox Mincha		Purple 31
Progressive Mincha		Red 3
Masorti Mincha		Yellow 21

15:00
So you fell asleep during services - do you still count for a minyan?	Danny Siegel	Blue 33
A Black or White issue? Race in Jewish text	Zvi Solomons	Blue 34
Judah and Joseph: sibling rivalry is as old as the Bible	Yaffa Epstein	Orange 11
The community in Jewish liturgy	Daniel Goldfarb	Red 2
“As a sign upon your hand”: taking Torah seriously, not literally	Jeremy Tabick	Red 4
Finding our souls in the rhythm of life	Ilan Glazer	Red 5
Rehearsing real life: pursuing social justice through performance and play	Andrea Jacobs	Red 7
From welfare to rights in the Jewish tradition	Melinda Jones	Yellow 21

16:15
Families Seudah Shlishit	Shira Solomons	Green 27
Speed dating seudah	Limmud Shabbat Team	Orange 13
Stories and songs Seudah Shlishit	Limmud Shabbat Team	Purple 29
UNO - the number one game	Simon Rosenstone	Red 2

17:30
Partnership Minyan Maariv		Orange 14
Orthodox Maariv		Purple 31
Progressive Maariv		Red 3
Masorti Maariv		Yellow 21

18:00
Havdallah	Limmud Shabbat Team	Yellow 24

20:30
My Ethiopian experience	Offer David	Blue 33
Introduction to Karaite Judaism	Norman Green	Blue 34
Biblical law and tanachitic law in the Koran and in the Islamic Tradition	Gideon Libson	Orange 10
Mar'it Ayin: what's the religious value of keeping up appearances?	Dena Weiss	Orange 11
Darwin and Genesis: Eve, Adam and the origin of language	Richard Landes	Orange 12
The brilliance of ‘Cabaret’... followed by screening!	Irene Wise	Orange 13
Are we better together?	Tirtsa Posklinsky Shehory Clive Lawton Daniel Goldman Sarah Charak	Orange 14
Come and join the Limmud bag packing party!	Limmud Volunteers Team	Red 1
The state of liberal Judaism in America: new challenges, emerging opportunities	Steven Windmueller	Red 2
Stolpersteine (stumble stones): personal Holocaust memorials	Rachel Green	Red 4
Limmudniks sing Schubert	Debbie Lee	Red 6
Cultivating a creative practice	Max Jared Einsohn Shannyn Gelbart	Yellow 21

21:45
Stories of Spadina: Toronto's Jewish community	Sharoni Sibony	Blue 34
"Be strong, be manly" to be a Jewish man from Tanach to today	David Cassuto	Green 26
Jihad comes to Europe	Benjamin Weinthal	Orange 10
Jewish China - past and present situation	Yael Farjun	Orange 11
Oh brother! Conflicts and resolution in Bereshit	Natan Abenaim	Orange 12
Jewish Broadway in 2018 - learn and sing along	David Benkof	Red 6
Taharah - a journey of body and soul	Holly Blue Hawkins	Yellow 21

23:00
Saturday night is Quiz night	Limmud Shabbat Team	Orange 12
Shavua tov DIY dance party	Limmud Shabbat Team	Red 7