Green 27
A look at the anti-Israel Hassidic Group, Neturei Karta, who work with Hamas, Hezbollah and other terror groups to undermine Israel. The session will include the presenter's personal interactions with the group and how he converted one of the leaders who brought the NK to Iran's Holocaust denial conference to become a Zionist.
Red 8
In 1938, Fania Lewando, the proprietor of a popular vegetarian restaurant in Vilna published a Yiddish vegetarian cookbook unlike any that had come before. Innovative for its time, we will explore the impact of Lewando’s book, and use it as a conversation piece to explore the role of food in Jewish tradition, and resistance during political change.
Orange 10
Nidche Israel is a stunning synagogue, built in the style of an old Lithuanian synagogue in Historic Mexico City. After the Ashkenazim left this area of the city, the place was abandoned and began deteriorating. Today, it has been restored and is a vibrant cultural space open to the general public. How was that transformation achieved, and what happens there today?
Green 25
The unconditional right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is a foundational belief for many Jews. But is that what the Torah itself claims? In this session we will learn how God justified giving the land to the Jewish people and to what degree that gift is bound up with a commitment to moral behaviour on the part of the Jewish people.
Green 26
The molecules that are you come from and return to the earth, travelling from the past and the far reaches of space. Together we will meditate on a teaching of Rabbi Simcha Bunem of Pershyscha and explore our treasured uniqueness, remembering that our lives are both short and precious.
Meditation 1 Keep your Feet on the Ground 2019.docx
Magda Koralewska Michael Rubenfeld Natalia Czarkowska
Red 5
FestivALT is a critical Jewish art collective that challenges the status quo of representation and understanding of Jewish culture in Poland. Come to this session to learn about how an international group of Jews are shining a spotlight on some of the complications of Jewish Poland.
Red 4
In the USA, 57% of Jews who marry do so to a person who isn't Jewish. In the UK, the rate is lower: 26%. Still, 1 in 4 British Jews are in love with somebody who isn't Jewish. In this session, led by a rabbinical student who is in an interfaith relationship, we will envision a world where members of that 1 in 4 are fully empowered in Jewish spaces.
Blue 34
As a journalist who has covered both the Tree of Life Shooting in Pittsburgh and the Chabad of Poway shooting in San Diego, I'll discuss how American Jews are trying to keep their communities safe and how the uptick in antisemitic incidents under the current administration has fed into how the Jewish community expresses its support for Israel.
Red 2
For generations many saw gender in Judaism as black and white, male and female, with no place for fluidity. Until today, some ignore the existence of gender diversity in our tradition. This session will explore different approaches within primary Jewish texts, from the creation story, the 6+ genders of the Talmud, to gender theory within Kabbalah.
The Intersectionality of Jewish and Gender Identity - Abby Stein Limmud 19.pdf
Deborah Eliezer Kedar Lawrence
Blue 33
Join US-based artists writer/performer Debórah Eliezer and Video Designer Kedar Lawrence in conversation about their process of creating (dis)Place[d], based on the true-life events of Eliezer's father and the history of Iraqi Jews. Discover the inside process of how design choices were crafted and the story was developed.
(dis)Place[d] Accolades_quotes._8_19pdf.pdf
Hilton Lobby
If you want to learn how to skim a stone, or already know, or just want to connect to Mother Nature, then this is the session for you. In this session we will be trying techniques and then we will practise skimming stones.
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