Yellow 24
Ben Caplan will be offering a solo performance of songs from his critically acclaimed album and theatre performance, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story as well as songs from his previous albums. Caplan will discuss some of the Jewish themes and sources that have influenced his songwriting, but, mostly, he will rock out.
Red 7
How did antisemitism get so strange? Today, we are witnessing the birth of a new kind of antisemitism - what I call in my new book ‘selective anti/semitism’ – in which philosemitic love for ‘good Jews’ combined with antisemitic hate for ‘bad Jews’. Come and learn how to fight back against selective love and hate.
Magda Koralewska Michael Rubenfeld Natalia Czarkowska
Yellow 21
FestivALT is a Jewish art and activist collective based in Krakow, Poland that presents a 10-day Arts festival. In this session, the creators will share a series of their more overtly activist projects, and speak about how and why they use art practice as an activist tool in one of the most controversial Jewish spaces in the world.
Blue 32
Many beloved communal groups are started by founders with passion and dreams. But not always strategy and sustainable vision. What happens when the time for dreaming ends and the time for visioning starts? Can founders and their successors ease this process? Starting with the Book of Joel we will explore Founders Syndrome in the Jewish community.
Red 3
Many young people are diagnosed with ADHD, others are suspected of having it and it is managed by parents providing good boundaries. But what happens when these young people go to university? What help is available? Do drugs work? Danny Allen is a consultant psychiatrist who specialises in ADHD at his clinic in Golders Green.
Purple 31 (Bar)
Drink n Draw brings to mind when Picasso found friends in Matisse, Chagall, Miró, and Braque and would meet with them to exchange ideas in his and their craft... drinking… and drawing together. The House Band will be your muse! Give yourself an Art Kibbutz artist residency experience, whether you are Picasso or just Picasso in your own mind.
Limmud Drink and Draw Slide.pdf
_ European Union of Jewish Students Yoni Stone Esther Offenberg Lauren Keiles
Red 4
The future of the Jewish community is reliant on the meaningful engagement and representation of young people. Join the Board of Deputies Community Engagement Officer, young Deputies and young activists from across Europe to hear their experiences and priorities.
Yellow 22
Are you a 'bad Jew'? Join fellow heretics in search of meaning, guidance and affirmation of our more rebellious intellectual instincts. In this session, we'll mine ancient and modern texts to better understand a Jewish approach to belief, cynicism, and the potent power of holy rebellion.
Heretic Daf.pdf
Green 25
Join me in discussing how art can transform our ways of looking at society, Judaism, and the world. As a Jewish university student studying fine art and art history abroad in Florence and Siena, I would like to share my experience of approaching Christian iconography, and hear about yours! No previous knowledge required.
Blue 33
Judith Kerr, who died this year at 95, was the beloved author and illustrator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Mog and When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. Born in Berlin, she fled to London in 1936 after her father was placed second on Hitler's death list. Etan will share recordings from four interviews he did with her, on everything from refugees to cats.
Red 2
Today, millennials are leaving Judaism in record numbers. One hundred years ago, the mystic Rav Kook faced the same problem as the youth left Judaism for Communism and Socialism. While his peers only saw signs of moral failure, Rav Kook saw a generation of great souls that searched for meaning. We shall explore whether his analysis still holds true today.
Orange 13
Ariela, a twenty something Jewish mural painter in Mexico City falls for charming, non-Jewish Ivan. Struggling with her family’s disapproval of the relationship, Ariela is torn between the man she loves and the community she can’t leave behind. Leona is a tender and moving debut feature about self-discovery and the courage to follow your heart.
Red 6
In this “nuanced, sharp, and beautifully written” (-Michael Chabon) debut novel a young Jewish man prepares to serve in the Israeli army while also trying to reconcile his close relationship to two Palestinian siblings with his deeply ingrained loyalties to family and country. Reading and Question and Answer with author Moriel Rothman-Zecher.
Red 1
Songs, words and bodies are extremely potent tools for change. Together, we will explore songs and texts that have inspired action across the millennia. Learn (and maybe write our own!) powerful songs for motivating and creating positive change in our lives and for the world - in our lifetimes.
Blue 34
The Binding of Isaac is a dramatic, pivotal story. But did Abraham really pass this test? What did God want him to do? This session will explore the role of argument in Tanach, Gemara and Midrashic sources, comparing Moses, Jonah and others. We'll finish by interrogating our relationship with the divine: what's in it for God? Come ready to argue!
The argument sketch - Abraham, Moses and the meaning of life (Michael Kay, Limmud 2019).pdf
Orange 10
Professor AZ Idelsohn wrote the folk song Hava Nagila, recorded the music of remote Jewish communities before they were wiped out in the Shoah, became the world's leading expert on Hebrew liturgy ... and along the way, invented multimedia, 100 years ago. But after he died, controversy erupted. Did he steal the work of a twelve-year-old boy?
Green 27
For the past five years, to mark 100 years since the First World War, Robin has embarked on a series of trips to remember and reflect on this epoch-making war. From Sarajevo in 2014 to Versailles in 2019, he's encountered stories well-known and unknown, perspectives conventional and revisionist and Jews expected and unexpected. Today: 19/2017-19/2019
Orange 12
While Israeli democracy hangs in the balance, NIF supports groups across society and addresses major challenges facing Israel. NIF's associate director Shira will ask: How can civil society provide checks and balances in an atmosphere of shrinking democratic space? Where are opportunities to recapture the spirit of the Declaration of Independence?
Green 26
We will explore the power of evening ritual and reflective inquiry to be living meaningfully and intentionally. This will be explored through meditative song, journaling, and conversation.
Clive Lawton Helena Miller Ben Crowne Tamra Wright Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz Aviva Dautch Rachel Creeger Miriam Camerini Raphael Zarum Joanne Greenaway Daniel Cainer
Orange 15
We only need one amazing teacher to make a difference – to inspire us. Top educators talk about the teachers that made a difference to them. Laugh about, empathise with and applaud our selection of stories.
Red 5
Join dynamic session in which we explore how the concept of "Living Torah" can manifest when we fully embrace our own distinctive identities, narratives, and the reality that we are a multicultural and multi-dimensional Jewish people. Together let's explore the possibility of courageously including our own distinctive, sacred Torah with the world.
Orange 11
Working with the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders heightened Peta's awareness of the difficulties women face in all major religions to rise to positions of leadership. It follows that they are often excluded from dialogue at the highest level. But this has not stopped women from being powerful forces for peace and understanding.
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