Limmud Festival 2024 - Presenters

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Jacqueline Tabick

Jackie Tabick, the first woman rabbi in the United Kingdom, ran Reform and Liberal synagogues, as well as being the first woman globally to head a Beit Din. Now retired, she runs a chavura, teaches, and leads services.

Sunday 19:45
Sunday 19:45 A Job for a Nice Jewish Girl? 50 years as the First Female Rabbi in the UK
 
Monday 09:15
Monday 09:15 Jewish Textual Perspectives on the Challenges Posed by Mental and Physical Disabilities
 
Monday 14:00
Monday 14:00 50 Years On: Where are We?
 

Larry Tabick

Larry Tabick is a retired Reform rabbi, author of The Aura of Torah (JPSA 2014) on the parshiyot; A Higher Light (Kulmus 2020) on the festivals; and To Make the Letters Soar (Kulmus 2022) on prayer; all featuring texts from Kabbalah & Hasidism. He denies all knowledge of anyone named Tabick, despite being related to them all.

Monday 18:35
Monday 18:35 Kids, eh? Nachas or Tzores?
 

Roni Tabick

Roni Tabick was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He has been living in East London and working as the rabbi of New Stoke Newington Shul for nearly 10 years and has enjoyed watching the community flourish in that time. Roni is passionate about monsters and mysticism, Halacha and Talmud, community building and refugees.

Sunday 12:50
Sunday 12:50 Miracle Worker for Hire - the Baal Shem of London
 
Sunday 19:45
Sunday 19:45 A Job for a Nice Jewish Girl? 50 years as the First Female Rabbi in the UK
 
Tuesday 18:35
Tuesday 18:35 Kaddish, Beyond Mourning
 
Tuesday 20:55
Tuesday 20:55 Out of the Ashes: The Jewish Phoenix
 

Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

Lindsey, a Limmudnik since 1998, has lectured at Cambridge, Oxford, and KCL, plus at London School of Jewish Studies since 2005. Now writing a book on Limmud, based on 151 interviews. In 2021, she received semichah from Yeshivat Maharat and in the same year published her first book, 'Challenge and Conformity: The Religious Lives of Orthodox Jewish Women'.

Saturday 11:30
Saturday 11:30 Ezekiel and the Chariot: The Haftorah That Was Almost Banned
 
Saturday 19:05
Saturday 19:05 Discovering Limmud: A Journey through the Archive
 
Monday 11:35
Monday 11:35 Is Limmud a ‘Taste of the World to Come’?
 
Monday 14:00
Monday 14:00 50 Years On: Where are We?
 
Monday 16:15
Monday 16:15 The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: Book Talk
 
Monday 20:55
Monday 20:55 The Four Pioneers: The First Female Orthodox Rabbis
 
Wednesday 09:15
Wednesday 09:15 Body and Soul: Together Forever?
 

Family Team

We are the Limmud Family Team, providing engaging entertainment for kids outside creche and YTL hours. Our offerings include fun spaces like the inflatables room and family lounge. We also run sessions for kids and their families to enjoy together.

Friday 13:20
Friday 13:20 Welcome to the Family Lounge!
 
Friday 14:00
Friday 14:00 Inflatable Room Adventure
 
Friday 15:40
Friday 15:40 Families Kabbalat Shabbat
 
Saturday 08:45
Saturday 08:45 Families Shabbat Morning Service
 
Saturday 15:45
Saturday 15:45 Seudah shlishit for all ages!
 
Saturday 19:05
Saturday 19:05 Inflatable Room Adventure
 
Sunday 16:15
Sunday 16:15 Singing Chanukah Extravaganza!!!
 
Sunday 17:25
Sunday 17:25 Kids story time
 
Sunday 17:25
Sunday 17:25 Inflatables Time! - Exclusively for aged 8 and under!
 
Sunday 18:35
Sunday 18:35 Inflatable Room Adventure
 
Monday 16:15
Monday 16:15 Crafternoon (1 of 2)
 
Monday 17:25
Monday 17:25 Inflatables Time! - Exclusively for aged 8 and under!
 
Monday 18:35
Monday 18:35 Inflatable Room Adventure
 
Tuesday 17:25
Tuesday 17:25 Crafternoon
 
Tuesday 17:25
Tuesday 17:25 Inflatables Time! - Exclusively for aged 8 and under!
 
Tuesday 18:35
Tuesday 18:35 Inflatable Room Adventure
 

Limmud Programming Team

Tuesday 19:45
Tuesday 19:45 GALA
 

Shabbat Team

Welcome to Limmud Shabbat! The Shabbat team is here to support you with whatever you need to make your Shabbat relaxing and meaningful. We also organise special Shabbat sessions for the whole Limmud community.

Friday 15:10
Friday 15:10 Candle Lighting
 
Friday 15:40
Friday 15:40 Sunset Walk
 
Friday 17:10
Friday 17:10 Friday Night Kiddush
 
Friday 21:10
Friday 21:10 Friday Night board games
 
Friday 21:10
Friday 21:10 Oneg (without instruments)
 
Friday 21:10
Friday 21:10 Oneg (with instruments)
 
Saturday 08:45
Saturday 08:45 Shabbat Morning Walk
 
Saturday 11:00
Saturday 11:00 Shabbat Kiddush
 
Saturday 11:30
Saturday 11:30 Accessible Chair Yoga
 
Saturday 14:00
Saturday 14:00 Shabbat Afternoon board games
 
Saturday 15:10
Saturday 15:10 Shabbat Afternoon Walk
 
Saturday 17:20
Saturday 17:20 Havdalah
 

Leah Thorn

Leah Thorn is a poet, activist and facilitator. Her award-winning films have screened internationally at feminist, Jewish and eco- film festivals. An Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of East Anglia ImpACT Research Group, Leah leads writing workshops nationally in mental health facilities, women’s groups, community settings and prisons

Sunday 20:55
Sunday 20:55 Kol Lev: Listening as a Revolutionary Practice
 
Tuesday 18:35
Tuesday 18:35 ‘Schmutter!’: Jewish Women, Fast Fashion and Climate Crisis
 
Wednesday 11:35
Wednesday 11:35 ‘Marinade’: a creative conversation for white Jews
 

Nicki Tiefenbrun

Nicki is a Limmud veteran, having attended her first event in 1995, but this is her first time presenting! Having spent most of her adult life either volunteering for, or working within the Jewish community, she is currently Co-CEO of New North London Masorti Synagogue, one of the UK’s largest communities.

Tuesday 14:00
Tuesday 14:00 More than a Stale Wafer: Community Engagement for the 0-5s
 

Yael Tischler

Yael Tischler is a 4th year rabbinical student at Leo Baeck College. She is also the co-founder of Yelala, a constellation of projects that centres and celebrates the contributions of Jewish women and femmes from Ancient Israel to the present day. She is passionate about the power of ritual, story and song to create community.

Sunday 12:50
Sunday 12:50 A Jew on the Loo: The Asher Yatzar Blessing
 
Monday 19:45
Monday 19:45 Bound Up in the Bundle of Life
 
Tuesday 16:15
Tuesday 16:15 Scripture Exposes Her: Solving the Mystery of Shelomit bat Dibri
 
Tuesday 19:45
Tuesday 19:45 Rabbis vs. Witches: Who Would Win in a Fight?
 

Luz Toff

Luz Toff takes a holistic approach to everything she does, from learning and teaching Torah to healthy living. Having had the opportunity to learn and teach in a variety of Jewish educational settings, Luz is currently a student at Yeshivat Maharat. She is passionate about making Jewish learning and practice meaningful, relevant and accessible.

Saturday 11:30
Saturday 11:30 Life gives us lemons - come and learn some Torah about lemons
 
Saturday 19:05
Saturday 19:05 Blood donation in Jewish text and thought
 

Penelope Toff

Penelope Toff is a doctor who now works mainly as a hypnotherapist and life and careers coach. She is passionate about freeing people from whatever is holding them back from a life and work they love. She is a very long-time Limmudnik and a former Chair of the Limmud Conference UK Arts and Culture programme.

Sunday 10:25
Sunday 10:25 Finding Work You Love at Any Age
 

Richard Townsend

Richard is a retired aerospace executive. A former chair of NWSS and GRS synagogues and served on Reform Judaism's Finance Committee. For over 60 years, his quest has been linking kabbalah directly with the Torah and more widely throughout Tanach. He has delivered papers to his synagogues and published several papers in relevant societies worldwide.

Saturday 19:05
Saturday 19:05 The Kabbalah Enigma (1 of 2)
 
Monday 19:45
Monday 19:45 The Shoham Stones and the Breastplate of Judgement (2 of 2)
 

Lucy Travis

Lucy is the current Operations Director for March of the Living UK. She has recently returned from an 11 year stint in Israel whereby she was project manager for Naamat – The women’s movement of Israel, for the past 3 years. Lucy has spent the last 15 years of her life dealing in all things informal education.

Monday 14:00
Monday 14:00 Survivor - The True Story of One Boy's Journey through the Holocaust
 

Louis Trup

Louis is a recently retired army officer who has worked as a UN peacekeeper, bomb disposal and search expert, and military operations planner. He has been working in peacebuilding and genocide prevention over the past year and writes about leadership. A keen cook, he brings together his Ashkenazi and Persian heritage in his dishes.

Monday 16:15
Monday 16:15 Uncovering Forgotten Crises and the Jewish Imperative to Act
 
Monday 19:45
Monday 19:45 Global Connections and Opportunities: OLAM meet-up for Global Development Practitioners
 
Tuesday 15:05
Tuesday 15:05 What Does Shabbat Mean in 2024 and Beyond?
 

Elliott Leigh Tucker

Writer, actor, filmmaker and visual artist for over 20 years. It's a creative life. Actor: Israeli TV, ads and indie movies. Content creator and documentary film on the Jewish East End. Street artist: live art gigs and graffiti art across the Israeli scene. Passions: Hassidus, mysticism and the paranormal, 70s cinema, UV art, dreams and anything Jungian.

Saturday 19:05
Saturday 19:05 Out The Box: Jewish Creative Video Content
 
Sunday 17:25
Sunday 17:25 Surrealist Improv and Comedy Writing
 
Monday 22:00
Monday 22:00 The Dream Project: Blacklight UV Art Workshop
 
Tuesday 08:00
Tuesday 08:00 Jewish East End memories and diversity
 
Tuesday 19:45
Tuesday 19:45 Social Impact Projects by MitSip (1 of 2)
 
Wednesday 09:15
Wednesday 09:15 Fried like a Propa Friar
 
Wednesday 11:35
Wednesday 11:35 Social Impact Projects Brainstorm by MitSip (2 of 2)
 

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