Red 4
In this interactive workshop, you will learn how and when it is appropriate to advocate for Israel on Facebook. We will discuss the role of Facebook in political advocacy today and how to safely and positively engage with strangers online. Please come with your smartphone and an active Facebook account.
Orange 14
To hear some observers of Jewish life, one would think that synagogues are finished — at least for non-Orthodox Jews. This talk will examine why synagogues have a bad reputation among some, and what they have been doing to change perceptions. What, indeed, is happening in synagogues today? Actually, a lot.
Red 1
The critical role of young volunteers (a very large percentage of them Jews) will be explored along with the impact of the unique relationship forged between Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Rev. Martin Luther King in building and executing the agenda of the American civil rights movement. Peter's participation was made possible with generous support from The Covenant Foundation.
Civil Rights background materials for limmud18.pdf
KING photo backgrpound.pdf
Red 3
How would the great feminist thinkers read Jewish texts? What would Kate Millett have thought of Ben Sorer uMoreh (the wild and unruly child)? Join me as we think through some feminist approachs to Jewish texts.
Yellow 24
20 years ago, Dana International graced a stage in Birmingham for Eurovision, and did the unthinkable - she won. 20 years on, Dana returns from Israel to Limmud in Birmingham where she will be with us to talk, sing and celebrate.
Orange 15
Discover the shadow government that most Israelis don’t even know about. And learn how you can have an impact in Israel beyond donations and advocacy. Herzl’s vision for Israel may be different than you think.
Green 27
This year, the Getty museum announced its acquisition of their first illuminated Hebrew manuscript: the Rothschild Pentateuch (dated 1296). This illustrated talk will introduce to this breathtaking work of art, but also retrace some of its difficult history over the last century.
Red 2
My life began 2800 years ago in biblical times. I am a special type of sheep, with horns. I am freckled and have soft white wool with brown or black spots all over me. Come, see and hear my life story and travel experiences.
Blue 34
With financial incentives coming from the city, the new train and the community of Jerusalemites who simply want to work near home, we are seeing a plethora of hubs, incubators and supporting services triggering Startup growth. Mark speaks about the experience of being part of this pioneering wave, opening and maintaining a startup in Jerusalem.
Green 26
An in depth look at the concepts of l'chatchila and bedi'avad in relation to Hilchot Shabbat, with examples. The session will be text based and will overlap with my other session. Numbers will be limited.
L'chatchila and b'diavad.pdf
Additional handout - Fundamental concepts.pdf
Yellow 22
The Israeli society is divided into many groups, which allows great diversity in different services and institutions- banks, health insurance, labor unions and even sports teams- everything used to be party affiliated, going back in history we will try to understand how it affected Israel today.
Red 6
Liven up your Seder with a selection of classic hits that reflect the themes of Pesach. We’ll hear the stories behind the songs, discuss references to Torah, and we get to sing them as well (lyrics are provided). Find out how Queen, Nina Simone and Fatboy Slim can bring new insights and suggest your own songs. No previous rock stardom required!
Orange 11
The workshop will deal with the study of past inner conflict within the Jewish people and various mediation methods we can use in order to build bridges between particularity and universal Judaism, liberalism and conservatism, as part as the new Tisch Center for Jewish Dialogue at the Museum of Jewish people at Beit Hatfutsot, Israel.
Orange 13
A future with no Shoah survivors. How will future generations remember? I was told that as all our family were here by 1900 we were lucky. However online genealogy has found over 100 descendants of siblings of my grandparent's grandparents including hangings in Hamburg, Bielski partisans & Paris children. What about you? Can we all find links?
A Jewish merchant family of Castrop Old Town.docx
Julius Poppert zl Harburg near Hamburg in 1942.docx
Meyer Weinberg_Markt Castrop Store.jpg
Rae & Ted Davis 001.jpg
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Youngsters with Rae Davis 001 (1).jpg
Great Great grandfather Morris Davis.jpg
Morris & Betsy Davis Wedding Certificate.jpg
MozesDawidKRAYKE_b1836_Kalisz_Akt102.jpg
Zvi hirsch nochimowski and Liebe rochel niankowski Novogrodek 1935.jpg
Weinberg-Meyer 1813-1942.pdf
stolpersteineCastrop.jpg
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Jeanine Nochimowski (serge klarsfeld).jpg
Jeannine and Nicole Nochimowski - Klarsfeld.docx
Stolpersteine Wiki.docx
AG genealogy session upload.docx
Green 25
This session retraces the contemporary history of Lebanon’s Jews, the only Jewish community in the Arab world that grew in size after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. We will follow their tumultuous history for three decades during which the community tried unsuccessfully to not being drawn into the Arab-Israeli conflict engulfing the region.
Hannah Rose Dalia Fleming Ella Rose
Orange 10
This session will analayse the challenges of being a young woman in the Jewish community. Constantly battling for their voices to be heard, these women will give an insight into the challenges they face and the future they're building.
Blue 33
With its roots in Classical Greece and propensity to question everything, philosophy seems an uncomfortable fit with religion that encourages obedience to the Law and belief in revealed Truth. What if anything is the role of philosophy within Judaism's religious tradition?
Red 5
The resurrection of the dead is a key tenet of rabbinic Judaism. In this session, we will take a look at some of the Talmudic texts that deal with the question of resurrection, what it actually might involve, and how it might also be understood metaphorically.
Yellow 21
This is the wondrous story of four Jewish nuclear physicists and mathematicians who were born in Budapest between 1898-1908, emigrated first from the Horthy dictatorship in Hungary to Germany, and then, after Hitler’s rise to power, from Germany to the US, where they played key roles in the Manhattan Project that irreversibly changed the world.
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