Red 5
A hands-on examination of our attitudes and feelings toward retribution. Get ready for some painful honesty...
Samantha Royston 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 quick-fire rounds to meet more Jews than you can swipe on a Saturday night. This will be opposite-gender speed dating.
Nigel Canin Isobel Aptaker Adam Goodman
Orange 11
How can unwanted computers give people a second chance? Hear from the joint founders of 2econd Chance, a not-for-profit computer recycling company providing hands-on training to people furthest away from the job market. All machines donated are refurbished and either sold at affordable prices or donated back to the local community.
Red 2
Volunteering makes you feel good and makes a difference. But there are times when we feel we just have too many commitments. We will show you how to find your perfect volunteering role, whether you have 30 minutes a week, one hour a month, or the opposite - you now have time to give back and want to make it matter. Whatever your situation, we will show you how to find a role.
Blue 34
No, Sarah didn't say it in her tent. No, it's not in the Talmud. In fact, thanks to Rashi and two of his grandchildren, it was only 900 years ago that, after much controversy and debate, lighting the Shabbat lamp came to be defined as a mitzvah (commandment) - one with its own unique blessing, a ritual that Jewish women took upon themselves.
Main Bar
Have you attended a Moishe House event before? Are you a former or current resident/MHWOW (Moishe House Without Walls) host? Join us to see friends old and new from the extended Moishe House community and hear about what's going on with Moishe House in 2022.
Yellow 22
Join Charlie on their escape from the ultra-orthodox Jewish hasidic community of Stamford Hill, London, through visual art and poignant illustrations.
David Newman Stav Salpeter Gershon Baskin
Orange 12
Join Yachad’s panel of expert speakers to unpack the latest round of Israeli elections, discussing the rise of the extremist Religious Zionist party and its implications for the future of the country. What should our response be as British Jews who care about Israel's future?
Blue 33
Jeremiah's instruction that the Jews should 'seek the welfare of the city to which I have exiled you and pray to the Lord in its behalf' (29:7) has reverberated through Pirkei Avot (The Ethics of the Fathers) and rabbinic literature to today's 'Prayer for the Royal Family'. We will study whether, how and why Jews should pray for the governments which persecute and protect them.
Red 3
Have you read the Book of Samuel through Victorian eyes? God is a democratic monarchist of course! This second session in the series will discuss visual art and poetry's radical rendering of monarchy in the ambivalent depictions of King David.
Red 1
New technologies make Jewish texts more accessible, and more Jews than ever are learning Torah. What do these texts have to say about opening the doors of Torah study? Find out - with Sara Wolkenfeld of Sefaria and her long-time havruta (Jewish study partner), Yaffa Epstein of The Jewish Education Project. All levels of experience with Jewish text are welcome.
Talmud For All - Wolkenfeld and Epstein.pdf
Orange 14
We will study together one of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov's great tales, in which a mysterious Hanukah guest kidnaps a simple householder, takes him flying and changes his life forever. Against the backdrop of the collections of hasidic tales in the Scholem Collection at the National Library of Israel.
Yellow 21
We will discuss Israelite Samaritan history and culture, with particular reference to synagogue and home practice. We will look at the schism which divides Israelite Samaritans from Israelite Jews, the contemporary situation in the communities of Holon (south of Tel Aviv), and the Biblical location of Mount Gerizim (Shechem/Nablus).
Orange 15
A solo performance in Hebrew and with English translation portraying Abraham Joshua Heschel shows his fascinating character, his life history and the social struggles in which he took part. The play connects to the struggle for human rights, social activism, the need for Tikkun Olam, the relevance of Jewish tradition, Zionism and Jewish peoplehood to all of us.
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