Limmud Festival 2021

Limmud Festival 2021 – Tuesday 10:00

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Freeing up your shoulders: A Feldenkrais session on self care

Emma Alter 

Room 11

Once more at Limmud, Emma offers a seated lesson suitable for all: to find more comfort and ease in your shoulders. Through exploration and experimentation, some of our 'organic learning' strategies, Emma will guide you using easy, gentle movements to find reduction of discomfort, greater ease of movement, and more freedom in your shoulders.

 Limmud2-21-EmmaAlter.pdf

Jewish-Arab shared learning in Israel: The Abraham Initiatives' ground-breaking initiative

Rania Laham-Graveb  Yael Maayan 

Room 15

Almost without exception, Jewish and Arab children in Israel attend separate schools and have no meaningful contact with each other. The Abraham Initiatives' Shared Learning Initiative pairs Arab and Jewish classes to learn English together. This initiative has been so successful that the Israeli Government is now considering adopting it.

Passing down testimony from generation to generation

Lesley Urbach  Helen Stone 

Room 13

Elie Wiesel famously said: "Whoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness." Generation 2 Generation presents its uniquely personal film "Memories of the November Pogrom" in which we use testimony from five of our speakers and their parents about the events surrounding those horrendous days. Join us to view our film and for a discussion.

Sanctuary: A virtual visit to the Second Temple in Jerusalem

Michael Even David 

Room 12

Using art and archaeology, we make a virtual visit to the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and see what an average day looked like for the priests who worked there.

What might an accessible and inclusive community look like?

Owen Power  Lauren Keiles  Elli Sarah  Sarita Robinson  Amy Montague  Savannah Dable  Jack Lubner  Efraim Hazzan  Ross Milnes 

Room 16

Owen Power will lead a relaxed panel conversation over coffee. Owen's guests include Elli Sarah, Robyn Ashworth-Steen, Savannah Dable, Amy Montague and Lauren Keiles. Comments and ideas will be welcomed and can be submitted in the chat box.

 Deaf_Awareness_Limmud.docx  Limmud 2021.pdf

Why the West End's 'Prince of Egypt' is so un-Jewish, it's basically antisemitic

Ezra Margulies 

Room 14

A West End adaptation of the classic Dreamworks motion picture - what could possibly go wrong? Turns out... quite a lot! We'll compare excerpts from the biblical text, the film and the musical. Alert: there will be spoilers, and maybe some singing-along as well.

The Russians are coming! (again)

Cnaan Liphshiz 

Room 17

Since 2015, about 55,000 Russians have immigrated to Israel - nearly double the number in the decade prior to that year. In this session, we will understand why are they leaving, why now, how they're different to the wave of aliyah that preceded them and what new benefits and complications they are bringing to the Jewish state.

In Conversation with Nachman Shai, Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs

Lauren Keiles  Michael Wegier  Nachman Shai 

Room 10

Michael Wegier, the Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, will be in conversation with Nachman Shai, Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs. The session will be exploring challenges and opportunities for Israel-Diaspora relations.

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