Yellow 21
Following two previous workshops of traditional and rabbinic stories, we will explore four more stories from Jewish tradition that have lessons to teach us. We will listen to the stories and reflect on them in small groups using a structured process.
Yellow 24
Come and show off your skills or just blow off some steam in some friendly five-a-side. Everyone welcome (especially those with a healthy appetite for competition).
Red 4
Our planet is a speck in the Milky Way with our lives informed by larger enigmatic forces. Tradition makes some sense of the mystery via the ingenious workings of the Jewish calendar. This year, 5784, is a leap year; we will study the lunar-solar fundamentals that inform the holiday cycle, acquiring awareness of our place in the cosmic scheme.
Pardes - Limmud - 2023 - Seasons of the Soul - FINAL.pdf
Orange 11
Find out about a new - totally free - digital resource about living Judaism and antisemitism created for teachers in non-Jewish secondary schools by the Board of Deputies.
Red 2
Lilith has become the icon of Jewish feminism. Her back story, however, has nothing to do with feminism and everything to do with the editing of the Bible. We'll see how and why Lilith was created, and look briefly at her biography from night demon to sovereign woman.
Red 1
We conclude the Book of B'Reishit (Genesis) this Shabbat. So let's review the first book of the Torah and identify its themes and characters, primarily as a narrative, using an analysis which occasionally produces some rather unexpected results. Leave your preconceptions behind. The first session will explore the societies which led to the emergence of Abraham.
Blue 32 - Families Lounge
As mothers, especially Jewish mothers, we inhabit unique physical, emotional and spiritual spaces that fill up, change and fill up again over the course of motherhood and our lifetimes. In this guided writing workshop, we will examine our relationship with those spaces and the many ways they shape who we are.
Orange 13
Audio-visual examples will show how the sense of hearing can affect us, far beyond simply 'hearing'. Our moods can be affected by sounds; the flow and rhythm of sounds can become associated with events and memories that may influence our lives. The significance of our nusach (traditional prayer modes) is a part of the story. Are we losing it?
Red 7 - Brightsmith
Learn how robots are going to be an ever-growing part of everyday life, for everyone. See how they can be a force for positive change. Learn more about ways robots are going to revolutionise our lives.
Red 5
In June 2015 Israeli President Ruvi Rivlin delivered his landmark "four tribes" speech. Eight years on, is his diagnosis of Israeli society still valid? We will discuss current trends in Israeli sociology and their impact on our political scene.
Red 3
The only married scribal couple in the world, Marc Michaels/Mordechai Pinchas and Avielah Barclay have fixed many Sifrei Torah (Torah scrolls) over decades, so have seen everything. Join them to learn how to care for your Torah interspersed with visual Midrash (otiyot meshunot) and fun tales of notably challenging Torah repairs and scintillating scribal adventures.
Orange 12
A discussion of Tablet Magazine's top Jewish films: ET, Sunset Boulevard, A Night at the Opera, Annie Hall, The Jazz Singer, To Be or Not to Be, Blazing Saddles, The Graduate, The Apartment, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Miracle on 34th Street, Casablanca, Ghostbusters, The Producers, The Big Lebowski and Meet the Parents.
Orange 14
You may have seen eiruv poles around Jewish areas and cities around the world. But what is an eiruv? What do the poles do? Why is the building of eiruvin in large cities like London so controversial. Can I build an eiruv at a holiday resort? This will be Eiruvin 101.
Limmud 2023 -Eiruvin 101 - Warren Sher.pdf
Orange 10
Interactive text study based on traditional Jewish sources. Translation of the texts will be provided, no Hebrew language skills are required.
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