Limmud Festival 2022

Limmud Festival 2022 – Friday 14:00

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'In common with the other citizens of the country', the response of South African Jews to apartheid

Joshua Alston 

Red 1

This session will look at the various Jewish political responses to being white in South Africa, how they shaped their political engagements with the state, and their responses to the South African government's programmes of racial segregation and political oppression known as apartheid.

A Jewish view of extra-terrestrial life

Mark Creeger 

Red 4

Could we really be the only life in the created universe? Just a single planet? Before sci-fi and Hollywood, we find the Tanakh (Bible), the Talmud and rabbinic thought all had views on extra-terrestrial life. Who, what, where and why might 'other life' be? Join this workshop exploring Jews in science fiction and Jewish views of life on other planets.

Beyond 'Fiddler' – Jewish characters in Broadway musicals

Stuart Lewis 

Yellow 22

While it is common knowledge that Jewish lyricists and composers have been prominent in the writing of Broadway musicals, less attention has been paid to the way that Jewish characters are portrayed on stage. In this session we will listen to some excerpts in order to examine how these writers handle Jewish characters and themes.

Can we revive the internal temple?

Igal Harmelin 

Orange 11

Prayer, we are told by our sages, was instituted to parallel the temple sacrifices. Are there other ways in which we can make our lives today 'temple-based' - without a physical temple? And could there be a fractal relationship between the structure of the universe, the structure of the temple and our own lives?

Human rights for the digital age

Yuval Shany 

Orange 12

The lecture will describe and analyse the developments of human rights in cyberspace, chronicling three 'generations' of rights: reinterpretation of existing rights (privacy, speech), introduction of new rights (right to be forgotten, internet access) and the emergence of new right holders and duty holders (virtual persons and online platforms).

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