Red 7 - Brightsmith
Limmud would not be Limmud without Daniel’s Cainer's award-winning musical storytelling. His songs are for anyone who has ever wrestled with their home, heritage and heart. Brilliant rhyming and wordplay, great musicianship and haunting tunes you won't forget. He’ll be playing new, topical material (and at least one of his haimishe hits).
Red 5
It is often debated whether the relationship of David and Jonathan was sexual or platonic. But what does the actual text have to say for itself? Join us for an uncensored reading of the story’s explicit and implicit sexuality. Warning: contains explicit intertextuality, transtextuality, homotextuality and other textual references.
Red 2
Limmud has been around since 1980 and has had a hugely positive impact on the global Jewish community. But how does this happen, and what are the ways it impacts the community? Come and share your opinion with us as we start to create Limmud's theory of change.
How does Limmud change the world.pdf
Orange 14
Jews are wonderfully various about life after death. What's the Day of Judgement? Where does the Mashiach fit in? Most people will talk as if it's a thing, especially when someone dies, but how important a concept is it in Jewish thought? Where does the idea come from? And can we just ignore it till we find out the truth on 'the other side'?
Red 3
The most famous Jewish artist of the 20th century who created his own style of modern art, based on Jewish Eastern European folk culture. What are the meanings behind art? A visual extravaganza.
Red 8
Welcome to Speed dating - with some new fun Limmud twists! 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.
Orange 11
The story of the Tower of Babel is brief but has resonated strongly with people through the ages. In this session we will look closely at the story and discuss what it may have meant to its original audience, what it meant to the Rabbis, and what relevance it could have for us today.
Adam Wagner Jason Braier Naomi Munk
Orange 10
Three barristers discuss some the most interesting recent cases about religion and law. No legal knowledge necessary. Barristers' wigs essential.
Religion and law - Session Powerpoint 2023 v5.pdf
Red 4
Response-Based Practice is an approach to understanding interpersonal violence. Alma's MA thesis was about this, and she will share its key principles and consider how our community might improve our work with victims and perpetrators of abuse and violence. Expect explicit conversations about different forms of violence. Not suitable for children.
Orange 12
When is a school not a school? When it's a yeshiva! Educational establishments that don't teach any secular subjects at all don't meet the definition of the term 'school' - and therefore don't need to register, and aren't subject to regulation. The UK Parliamentary Schools Bill promised to close this loophole, but it has disappeared.
Yellow 21
In the 3rd century CE, the dynamic duo of Rav and Shmuel founded the academies that launched the Babylonian Talmud. Yet the story of how they first met is quite odd - even comical. It might also contain some relevant insights for us today on Israel/Diaspora relations and how Jews as a minority relate to the majorities among which we live.
Ruvi Ziegler Yael Yechieli Tal Sagi
Orange 15
When Hamas invaded Israel on October 7th, it did so in the shadow of the most right-wing government in Israel’s history. Join us to discuss what impact this has had on the response to the war, and what it might mean moving beyond the hostilities of the past few months. Panel TBC- please check the app.
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