Red 2
If (like Lizzo) you've taken a DNA test recently, it's time to celebrate the amazing women in our Jewish family that have led the Hebrews to greatness. Come along to toast the kosher goddesses that bring their attitude to stage and shul, and prepare your juicy self to schlep some serious lady nachas.
Yellow 22
Vampires have become a media mainstay, but is bloodsucking an antisemitic trope? This session looks at past and present literary and media portrayals of vampires to see whether or not they reflect prevailing attitudes to Jews. And we’ll also discuss whether vampire theory is compatible with Jewish theology of blood. No experience required.
Blood and vampires - the peshat of Dracula.pdf
Red 5
One of many great Yiddish writers after 1945, Blume Lempel addressed the loss of the world of Eastern European Jewry among its survivors in America. The session will explore a couple of Lempel’s short stories recently translated into English.
Purple 31 (Bar)
Join repressed Brit Hayden Cohen as he travels to America to become a camp counsellor. A warm-hearted coming of age story full of romance, comedy, friendship and passive aggressive camp management. This is a rehearsed reading of his new show and novel. With some strong language and extracts unsuitable for children.
Red 4
Special focus on contemporary Jewish issues including: sexual abuse, transgenders and Orthodoxy, chassidic group tensions, OTD Orthodox Jews leaving the fold, children of Nazis and former terrorist converts to Judaism, the disappearance of women’s faces from Ultra-Orthodox media and the wall between Jews for and against President Trump.
Turquoise 16
How do we begin on a new creative project? Creativity specialist and 6-time author Marvin Shaw shows us how - by explaining the secret of his creative process. Firstly he offers a special rendition of his novella 'Bed of Daisies' and reveals how it came to be written. Marvin then shows us how to conceive and plan a creative project of our very own!
Green 25
What do we mean when we read in the Torah, over and over: “God spoke”? How does God speak? Does God speak today like the Torah describes? How would we know? We will explore some models of what this might look like in the Bible and in our lives today.
LIM2019TabickListeningtoGod.pdf
Maurice Stone Aviva Schneider Natalie Assa
Red 1
Maurice heads the Israeli Dance Institute (IDI) and works for UJIA, the UK’s leading Israel charity. He has been teaching dance for many years at Limmud in the UK, Russia and Ukraine. Since Israeli dance is a fundamental educational tool promoting Jewish identity and a connection with Israel, let’s dance!
Orange 11
This session is about a trip Ittay led with 12 Israelis and Palestinians from Kids4Peace Jerusalem to Northern Ireland for a week of encounters with activists, former fighters, peace makers and bereaved parents. It will explore the similarities and differences between the Oslo Accords and the Good Friday Agreement.
Red 3
This series explores excerpts from Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapira, the Piaseczna Rebbe (d.1943). The Piaseczna’s inspiring & redemptive ideas address our inherent spiritual nature and how we awaken to the Divine presence within us. This session discusses cultivating behavior that helps our soul manifest herself: acting simply and wholeheartedly.
Jewish Living as the Cultivation of a Spiritual Practice 3_3.pdf
Joe Hyman David Hochhauser Rachel Winton
Blue 32
Join me and my fellow facilitators for a journey from the cerebral to the creative and make some art in response to some Jewish text. We will be exploring a text about the human response to things getting a bit darker (outside or in our own lives). No art experience is necessary and we will create a judgement-free zone.
Orange 10
Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg has asserted that we are living on the cusp of the Third Era of Judaism. First there was the Biblical Era, and then the Rabbinic Era. Are we really working on the Third Era, or is what we call “innovation” mostly an attempt to salvage Rabbinic Judaism. What would a truly radical process of Jewish innovation look like?
Yellow 24
Following the success of her latest album, "Why do you stand afar", singer, poet and composer, Maureen Nehedar is now embarking on a festive concert tour throughout Israel and worldwide, with songs from her new album. Her concert will include songs from the albums "Asleep In the bosom of childhood" and "Gole Gandom", with more surprises.
Red 6
‘Ontological loneliness’ is the term Rav Soloveitchik ascribes to the Torah’s second conception of man, Adam II. ‘Ontological security’ is what psychiatrist R.D. Laing describes as necessary for an intact sense of self. Here, we explore how Biblical & Talmudic personalities relate to existence, and what this says about faith & identity.
Green 26
If you have enjoyed your time at The Hearth, please come along to help us fold and pack away our drapes and cushions, whilst we sing and share together. When we are done, we will end with a simple end-of-Limmud ritual, to help us make an easy transition, back out into the World.
Green 27
Charlie is an ex-haredi visual artist and musician who escaped her arranged marriage and the stifling confines of a cult-like community. Join her as she tells her story of struggles and triumphs through her powerfully illustrated artwork.
Blue 33
What happens when Israelis and Syrians finally have the chance to meet, cooperate, and create? Molly Bernstein, former IsraAID head of mission in Greece, will discuss her experiences working with her 'enemies' toward education and integration, building hope in the shadow of the refugee crisis.
Adam Overlander-Kaye Raymond Simonson
Orange 12
Many Jews live Jewish lives differently from their upbringing. But how and why does this occur? What happens when someone changes from being a proud orthodox Jew to a passionately progressive one? Join two friends and colleagues for an intimate conversation about the joys and challenges of navigating blurred lines of Jewish beliefs and practices.
Yellow 21
The Tanakh is filled with stories of our shepherd ancestors, including battles for pasture and water. Some things never change. Attempts by settlers and soldiers to deny Palestinian shepherds access to pasture lands can lead them to sell their flocks and suffer displacement. Arik will share spiritual lessons learned from protecting shepherds.
Turquoise 20
Your life story isn’t about genealogy (though it won’t hurt if you’ve done some!). It’s about a passionate wish to hand on your stories and feelings - to tell about the way you lived and the way life was to people you love. The comedies, the tragedies, successes and the blibs. They will thank you a thousand times. Don’t leave it too late!
Joanne Greenaway Brett Wigdortz
Blue 34
Your chance to meet Brett Wigdortz, founder of Teach First and advisor to the new Jewish school based Teach to Lead programme. Come and discuss your first/next career steps.
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