Red 4
Since 2020 I've been researching the history and development of Limmud, and so far have interviewed 138 Limmudniks! Come and hear what I've discovered - from Limmud's origins and transformation from an educators' get-together, to its impact on British Muslims and its ambiguous relationship with Christmas - and how many marriages started in the bar!
Blue 34
We may all be aware of the vast canon of English and American literature, even meaning to read them one day. But are we aware of the existence of Jewish characters in some of them and the roles they play? In this session Martin will bring to life some of these Jewish characters, their significance and why some are even venerated to this day.
Rachel Creeger Limmud Social Programming
Purple 31
Welcome to the Garden of Eden of Jewish dating. Limmud is not only Jewish paradise, but we’ve been finding our partners here since the 1980s! Make your parents happy and bring home a lovely Adam or Eve. There’ll be quick-fire rounds to meet more Jews than you can swipe on a Saturday night. This will be opposite-gender speed dating.
Yellow 21
What if everything you ever heard about intermarriage was wrong? Come hear stories and strategies about how intermarriage is good for helping to build Jewish families, homes and communities.
Orange 10
The haredi population is by far the most rapidly growing sector of the Jewish population worldwide - especially in Israel, North America and the UK. The society faces major economic, social and demographic challenges as it confronts modernity. Where will Israel's haredi population be in 20 years from now and how will it face the internal tensions of maintaining its closed society while, at one and the same time, being part of the power elites?
Red 8
An obscure talmudic precedent about a sheep's split lip provokes a leadership crisis, the fall of a great house, a debate about the nature of divine and human justice, prophetic and rabbinic authority, a look inside the home lives of the sages, and perhaps a lesson or two for us all. Sources will be in Hebrew and English - no prior knowledge is required.
Blue 33
Much of our suffering comes from our relationship with our own minds. The term 'mahshavot zarot' (foreign thoughts) describes how our minds proliferate worries, distractions and desires. What can we do with these unwelcome thoughts? We will explore a few Jewish answers to this question and apply them to our actual experience in guided meditation.
Red 5
Leaders have a duty to protect their citizens. But to whom and how should that protection be extended? What is the appropriate leadership response when some citizens threaten the safety of others? We will explore opposing viewpoints in Jewish texts and consider how these competing positions are reflected in explosive contemporary debates.
Punishment or Prevention, source sheet, Limmud UK 2022 .pdf
Yellow 22
From Congress to Congress there was increasing pressure on Theodore Herzl to deal with cultural matters. At the Fifth Congress, tension reached its peak. Another issue at this Congress was the founding of the Jewish National Fund (JNF), a proposal that was rejected at first. How were the issues of culture and the founding of the JNF managed?
Red 3
In this session, we will explore some of the misconceptions about, and prejudices against, Jewish dietary laws in 18th-century England. We'll ask why pork became such an important symbol in anti-Jewish propaganda, and we'll view some of the many cartoons depicting Jewish immigrants as either figures of self-denial or secret binge eaters.
Orange 12
We will share a complex tapestry of voices of memories previously underrepresented, ignored and denied. My book sums up 35 years of research and exposes how the narrative of the survivors was manipulated and hijacked by Bulgarian politics.
Orange 15
From Maimonides to Ovadia Yosef, Sephardic Jewry has had a proud, robust and vibrant intellectual heritage. Yet today, few in the Jewish world know about the Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) speaking Sephardim of the former Ottoman Empire. Join us as we explore some of the unique perspectives of this community's scholars, language and cultural practices.
Red 1
In this session, Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth since 2013, will offer a Jewish approach to finding comfort in difficult times.
Ezra Margulies Miryam Brand Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Red 2
A light-hearted conversation featuring two leading scholars of ancient Jewish history, Miryam Brand and Ishay Rosen-Zvi. We will shed light on our favourite recent books and breakthroughs in the field, contemporary debates and what makes the study of Jews in the biblical and Second Temple period so interesting!
Orange 11
In Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, our only cameo appearance comes when Miss Ophelia demands that Mr. St. Claire sign over Topsy to her right away. 'Why do you come at me like a Jew?' he asks her. When the reunited characters at the end of Voltaire's Candide are in need of cash, 'a Jew was quickly found...' - and so on, across the length and breadth of Western literature. What gives? Ta Shma [come and hear]...
Red 7
Ever wanted to learn how to DJ? Join DJ Tamboi for a workshop aimed for women, trans, and non-binary people at Festival. The workshop will be a great introduction to DJing for those wanting to give it a go. Come learn how to use the decks and create new sounds with music that you love!
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