Room 13
In the Jewish community, attitudes vary towards people with disabilities. As a Jewish person with an invisible disability, Leonora is a member of a minority within a minority. In this session we hope to share stories of good and bad experiences and to talk about ways to navigate being doubly exceptional.
doubly-exceptional.pdf
inclusionLeonoraSamuel.pdf
Room 11
Lesley will consider the prominent Labour Party politician Herbert Morrison’s attitude to Jews between 1936 and 1945. Morrison was Home Secretary from 1940 to 1945 and was responsible for implementing government policy on internment, on the admission of Jewish refugees and responding to fascist antisemitic activities.
Room 15
The talk will describe the rise and decline of the Jewish holiday trade in Bournemouth, set within the context of Anglo-Jewish history and the development of the town as a premier resort. It will explore various aspects of hotel life and the people who ran them, before sharing some of the wonderful anecdotes and memories included in Pam's book.
Limmud Social Programming Sassy
Room 14
Come and join us for the annual Limmud Festival Pub Quiz. Suitable for all ages - just bring your thinking caps!
Room 12
A group of writers in the Warsaw Ghetto, known as the Oyneg Shabbes collective, buried thousands of documents in resistance to Nazi oppression. Included was a manuscript of sermons delivered in the Ghetto by Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapira, a rare testament to one human being’s theological struggle with the incomprehensible evil of the Holocaust.
Room 16
The 'Comic Bard of Anglo-Jewry' is back with more unique award-winning Jewish stories-in-song. All the human condition is here, lovingly and intelligently depicted: smart, warm, funny, profound, brilliant rhyming, wordplay, musicianship and haunting tunes you won't forget. Still the most fun you will have had with your pyjamas on or off... ever.
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