Limmud Festival 2019

Limmud Festival 2019 – Wednesday 18:40

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A Jewish perspective on covering trauma

Kelly Hartog 

Blue 34

Lessons and insights from a journalist who has survived a suicide bombing while on assignment in Kenya; covered the 2nd Intifada; reported on the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the Tree of Life Shooting in Pittsburgh (among others).

Building resilience in young people

Emma Dorman 

Yellow 21

Resilience seems to be the buzzword in mental health and wellbeing at the moment. We know that it is both learnable and teachable. But what is resilience? And how do we build it? Join Jami to explore key ideas about resilience, how we can help our young people be more resilient and learn a bit more about boosting our wellbeing. For adults.

Do Jews do karma? The journey of the Jewish soul (2 of 2)

Philippa Gamse 

Green 26

In this session, we’ll continue our exploration of “Sha’ar HaGilgulim” - Jewish teachings on reincarnation, the nature of the soul and its evolution. We’ll also look at how these ideas compare with concepts of reincarnation in other mystical traditions and with current research and contemporary thinking around the possibility of multiple lifetimes.

 Limmud Reincarnation.pdf

Esther in the court of Ahasuerus

Deborah Kahn-Harris 

Orange 14

Esther, the eponymous hero of the book of Esther, must overcome her fear to approach the king and save the Jews. But this pivotal moment in the story is told in antiquity in more than one text. Come and study how the text we are accustomed to in the Tanakh is altered by the Greek additions to the Bible and what that might mean for our Esther.

Introduction to bellydance

Lucy Cohen 

Red 1

Join me for a beginners guide to bellydance! You’ll learn how to shake, shimmy and isolate in a step by step class and together we’ll learn a short choreography to a Bollywood hit. All levels welcome.

My cup runneth over: Jews and their drinking habit

Joel Haber 

Red 2

Common wisdom states that Jews don't drink. Riiight. Tell that to everyone in the Lobby Bar last night. From Biblical times, through 9th century Iraq and 18th century Poland, into the modern State of Israel, join Joel for a stumble through the intimate and at times surprising relationship between Jews and booze.

Psychological impact of current political drama - "Why do I take Brexit so personally?"

Yoav Landau-Pope 

Orange 10

Recent political drama, particularly Brexit, seems to effect our mental health and trigger powerful emotional responses. The experience seems so very personal. Is the internal relationship between the political and personal shifting? Does the Brexit drama activate some of our worse demons? We will explore these from a psychological perspective.

What is your dream? Listening to refugees around the globe

Tamar Lazarus  Molly Bernstein 

Orange 15

Messaging around refugees is highly politicised in today's world, but what are we missing when we don't speak directly with refugees? IsraAID works with refugees all over the world - from Greece to Germany, to Kenya, to Colombia - come hear what they have to say.

Where is my beshert? Speed dating for 50-65

_ Limmud Social Programming Team 

Purple 31 (Bar)

You're at Limmud. They're at Limmud. You just have to meet them...You never know, Limmud Festival 2019 might be the year you meet "the one".

Women, peace and security in Israel

Hamutal Gouri 

Red 4

A feminist perspective on peace and security proposes that both are enhanced by a strong focus on inclusion and equality. In the session, we will discuss the critical role that Jewish and Palestinian women can play in transforming the conflict and build bridges towards peace.

Yiddish poetics and prose in the Twenty-First Century

Moriel Rothman-Zecher 

Orange 12

What does it mean to write modern [secular] literature that orbits around Yiddish? How does a writer navigate the dominant currents through which Yiddish is often conjured, i.e., nostalgia and romanticisation, lugubriousness and shmaltz (so to speak)? Come discuss with Israeli-American (Yiddish-learning) author Moriel Rothman-Zecher.

Community connections

Linda White 

Blue 32

We will be using 'Magformers', magnetic construction blocks, in this creativity studio to create something together. Come and experience the joyful collaboration and community connections of working together with other people of all ages and abilities.

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