Limmud Festival 2023
Saturday 23 December 2023

08:45
Shabbat Morning - Orthodox Service Red 1
Shabbat Morning - Sephardi Service Red 8
Shabbat Morning - Egalitarian Service Orange 12
Shabbat Morning - Progressive Service Yellow 24
09:00
The future of memory: green commemorations Aleksander Schwarz  Aleksandra Janus  Red 2
Tikkun olam: genuinely Jewish or preposterous poppycock? Elliot Glassenberg  Red 3
09:00
What on earth is Jewish meditation? Zac Newman  Red 7 - Brightsmith
10:10
Gam Ki Elech – music for the moment Miriam-Simma Walfish  Red 3
After the Flood: a novel interpretation of early Genesis Greg Davidson  Red 5
Introducing QiGong: the art of balancing mind and body Irene Fröhlich-Wiener  Orange 10
Shabbat Morning - Families Service Blue 32 - Families Lounge
11:00
Shabbat Communal Kiddush Orange 15
11:30
Changing beliefs: wartime reflection meets traditional and contemporary texts and songs Abi Dauber Sterne  Red 1
Accessible chair yoga Gabi Parkham  Orange 15
Lost artisans of the Holocaust: Max and Norbert Neiger Annette Margolis  Red 2
Honoring the sabbath day, a love story Merri Ukraincik  Red 3
Medicine and Halacha: Birth control and fertility treatments in Halacha (1 of 2) Samuel Millunchick  Red 4
What Joseph is doing in the Yom Kippur service, or the real reason we don't wear (leather) shoes that day Irwin Oppenheim  Red 5
We have to leave right after Shabbat - can we start packing? Daniel Goldfarb  Orange 10
How to create a Jewish sexual ethic Nechama Goldman Barash  Orange 11
Interfaith engagement on university campuses: a university-led approach (1 of 2) Alavari Jeevathol  Orange 12
Building bridges: intersecting Jewish and technological worlds Rina Barbut  Orange 13
Fate and destiny - Soloveitchik's surprising, radical and surprisingly radical response to the Shoah and the State of Israel (1 of 2) Robin Moss  Orange 14
Shabbat morning delight Caroline Hagard  Yellow 21
Five-a-side football Limmud Shabbat  Yellow 24
11:30
Family Shabbat Lunch Purple 29 - Families Dining
12:30
Shabbat Lunch Purple 30 - Monarch
14:00
Medicine and Halacha: Jewish approaches to end-of-life care. (2 of 2) Samuel Millunchick  Red 3
Into the depths of Jewish meditation Zac Newman  Red 7 - Brightsmith
Shabbat board games Miriam Hoffman  Orange 10
Walk and talk! Blue 34
Family Shabbat Walk Limmud Social Programming  Hotel Lobby
14:00
YTL Kids Club Limmud Shabbat  Yellow 22 - YTL
14:00
Shabbat Mincha - Orthodox Service Red 1
How to indoctrinate children for Humanism via Hebrew songs: a crash course Elliot Glassenberg  Red 4
Shabbat Mincha - Sephardi Service Red 8
Shabbat Mincha - Egalitarian Service Orange 12
Shabbat Mincha - Progressive Service Yellow 24
15:00
Uncomfortable brotherhood: Jewish views on Islam Elhanan Miller  Red 1
Peace in the Holy Land - not what you thought (1 of 2) Yehuda Stolov  Red 2
Unpacking hyper-consumerist Judaism Amos Schonfield  Red 4
Chalk, cabbages and cheese: reviewing the latest Bible translations Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz  Red 5
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Breakdown: what do our autistic/ADHD young people need? Holly Gibson  Natalie Grazin  Blu Cohen-Grazin  Red 8
Reform responsa - method or madness? (1 of 3) Joan Friedman  Orange 11
The soul spa: unveiling the mysteries of mikvah Hadassah Fromson  Orange 12
Stop Uyghur genocide Sheldon Stone  Rahima Mahmut  Orange 13
Interfaith engagement on university campuses: a student-led approach (2 of 2) Alavari Jeevathol  Orange 14
16:00
Seudah Shlishit Orange 15
17:00
Motzei Shabbat Maariv - Orthodox Service Red 1
Motzei Shabbat Maariv - Sephardi Service Red 8
Motzei Shabbat Maariv - Egalitarian Service Orange 12
Motzei Shabbat Maariv - Progressive Service Yellow 24
18:00
Havdalah Orange 15
19:10
To whom do these bones (and books) belong? Or who owns the Jewish past? Benjamin Gampel  Red 1
To believe or not to believe? That is the question: the mystery of Shakespeare, and a Jewish connection Hannah Hutchinson  Red 2
Jews in search of Jewishness Eva de Haan  Red 3
'Reading' a magic carpet Alison Dollow  Red 4
Judaism and global social justice - involving youth internationally Rosa Mutchnick  Red 5
AI and the future of work, industry and business Jake Welford  Red 7 - Brightsmith
Has Zionism become a dirty word? A discussion on rising antisemitism and anti-Zionism in academia Christina Jones  Red 8
The possession! How An-Sky’s 'Dybbuk' captured Yiddish stage and screen Stephen Ogin  Orange 12
Heritage policy and state-building: a possible future for Palestinian liberation? Joel Stokes  Orange 13
What’s happening in the West Bank while the world’s eyes are on the Gaza Strip? Tal Sagi  Orange 14
Mi-makom acher – from another place: finding God hidden in the megillah Marc Michaels  Yellow 22 - YTL
Blood on the Clocktower Miriam Hoffman  Yellow 24
20:20
Why are Polish Jews baptised? Anna Ciszewska (Betty Q)  Red 1
'Jewface: making sense of the ethnic casting controversy Rich Brownstein  Orange 15
Where humanism and Judaism meet Alavari Jeevathol  Red 2
The Torah’s idea of living a good life: “For there is no righteous person on Earth that won’t sin”. (2 of 2) Samuel Millunchick  Red 3
Everything you always wanted to know about converting to Judaism, but were afraid to ask Marques Hollie  Red 4
Jewish Jesus in British art Clive Kennard  Red 5
Jewish women and music in Vienna from the 18th to 20th century Judith Valerie Engel  Red 7 - Brightsmith
Limmud Europe schmooze: cocktails, connections and conversations Jekaterina Erlich-Koren  Marika Guralik  Tamas Buchler  Mihails Beškins  Red 9 - The Arbour
There must be a better world somewhere Mark Creeger  Orange 10
What the Kaddish really means, or how Jewish prayer is structured Irwin Oppenheim  Orange 11
The Narrow Bridge UK Jewish Film Festival  Orange 13
Football and the Jewish community Zeev Portner  Orange 14
Was the first mention of genetic counselling in the Talmud? Alan Silman  Yellow 21
21:30
Limmud takes on 'Taskmaster' Rachel Creeger  Red 1
Showtunes Karaoke Rachael Shomer  Orange 15
Leyenkrayz- Yiddish reading circle (2 of 3) Ilan Pillemer  Red 2
An honest overview of the Charedi community (1 of 3) Asher Lovy  Red 3
Higher authorities: towards a Jewish philosophy of drug use in the 21st century David Zvi Kalman  Red 4
Hollywood goes to Hendon – what’s to love and hate about Disobedience Blu Cohen-Grazin  Red 5
Beyond contradictions: archeology and halachah Aleksander Schwarz  Aleksandra Janus  Red 8
Chat-GPA: where AI meets education Batsheva Haber  Orange 10
Rape, prostitution and revenge: three interlinked stories (1 of 3) Margaret Jacobi  Orange 11
Panel with Pardes alumni Rachel Harris  Sarah Biskowitz  Orange 12
Nature Israel - 70 years of protecting nature Amanda Lind  Orange 13
L'chaim for the disillusioned: reclaiming Friday night dinner Moses Seitler  Orange 14
22:30
The Midnight Specials @ Limmud Midnight Specials  Red 7 - Brightsmith
How to turbocharge your organisation's growth Jake Welford  Orange 10
Jewish jest fest: open-mic mitzvah corner Sonti R Ramirez  Orange 14
Tayelet Slavyan Kanovski  Yellow 24