Room 14
'Reading the words of the prophets is a strain on the emotions', said Abraham Joshua Heschel. We will toughen up our emotional response to social (in)justice by studying the first chapter of Isaiah, a passionate, raging denunciation of society’s ills that has never been bettered, and has never been more relevant.
2021 A Scream in the Night handout.docx
Room 12
Rachel will share her PhD research on three different groups of women who all administrated for the Nazis. These women supported the army, the SS and the Reich security main office in administrative roles. But who were these women and how much did they know about the Holocaust?
Room 11
More than 18 months after the murder of George Floyd, we look at some of the ongoing issues impacting the black community in the UK. We will look at how the Jewish community has responded, the consequences of inaction and at what the Government, the community and individuals can do to decrease racial inequality in Britain.
Room 13
Haviva will present and read from her new (and third) memoir, which tells of her journey into dreamwork and inter-spirituality (after having been the first woman to publicly receive Orthodox rabbinic ordination a decade before). She will discuss dreamwork and spiritual companionship in a Jewish and spiritual context, and how it changed her life.
Dreamwork quotes for Limmud.pdf
Room 17
This session combines readings from Jennifer's newly publshed poetry collection The Search, with commentary about Jewish refugees from the Nazis and refugees now. The Search is an exploration of the poet’s identity as the daughter of German Jewish refugees. Dialogically engaged with contemporary refugees, she confronts current tensions.
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Michael Wegier Amanda Bowman Lauren Keiles
Room 15
Hear from the Board of Deputies Vice President Amanda Bowman and Chief Executive Michael Wegier on key community public policy issues. This session will discuss the politics of the Northern Ireland Protocol on Jewish life, the internet as the new frontline in the fight against antisemitism and the new Government proscription of Hamas.
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