Limmud Festival 2024
Sunday 22 December 2024

08:00
Mellow Morning Mindfulness (1 of 4) Lisa Barrett  Red 8
Birkayim ve'brachot (knees and blessings): Yoga Poses and Movements in Jewish Prayer Tamar Rotstein  Blue 32 - Wellbeing hub
Yoga for Beginners Maxine Elias  Yellow 23
Prayers on the Run (1 of 2) Billy Jonas  Hotel Lobby
08:30
Singing For A Change (1 of 4) Robin Samson  Orange 10
09:15
Cancel Culture and the Talmud Meesh Hammer-Kossoy  Red 1
Antisemitism in Norway since October 7th Daniel Needlestone  Red 2
How Jewish Architects contributed to the Bauhaus Movement Zoe Silverman  Red 3
Is There Torah We Cannot Learn? Sofia Freudenstein  Red 4
A Siddur without G-d: Humanistic Judaism Martin Di Maggio  Red 5
The Evolution of Jewish Dating: From Traditional Shidduchim to Modern Methods Karina Datashvili  Red 7
Smell in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature Nicola Feuchtwang  Red 8
Leyenkrayz - Yiddish Reading Circle (2 of 3) Ilan Pillemer  Red Bar/Lounge
Neurodiversity and Inclusivity in Progressive Judaism Anna Smoliar  Orange 10
Flip into Israeli Art: the Agamograph Danielle Barta  Orange 11
Saints or Role Models? Amir Morris  Orange 12
Russia and the Oligarchs Simon Colton  Orange 13
Mussar for Hard Conversations: A curriculum to rebuild civility (1 of 3) Marcia Plumb  Anna Dyson  Orange 14
Israel in 2025...and Beyond Efraim Chalamish  Noah Efron  Miriam Herschlag  Orange 15
Mind over Mood: How can we communicate effectively when emotions over Israel-Palestine are so high? Sharon Booth  Blue 32 - Wellbeing hub
What is a Rabbi for? Rachel Creeger  Yellow 21
The Impact of Deficient Societal Acceptance following Carceral Experiences within Closed UK Communities Claire Silverstone-Bright  Yellow 24
09:15
Counting Bodies - Gender and Minyan Chaim Weiner  Red 9
10:25
Seek to Drive Change in your Organization? Adaptive Leadership in Uncertain Times Shirley Idelson  Red 1
Mobilise & Amplify: Campaigning through Social Media Matty Fisher  Red 2
Are Jews Really a Special People? Jonathan Bergwerk  Red 3
Leon’s Dream Worlds Leon Fenster  Red 4
Introduction to Ladino (1 of 3) Martin Di Maggio  Red 5
Shtetlers of Catan? Ethical Questions in Designing a Jewish-Themed Board Game Max Bentovim  Red 7
Adam Ve’Adama [Human and Land] Shirel Horovitz  Red 8
Coffee and Conversations: A Limmud Barista Dialogue Sharyn Bistre Dabbah  Red Bar/Lounge
How to Solve the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict - Jerusalem & Security (1 of 4) Josh Dubell  Ibrahim Abu Ahmad  Orange 10
Beyond Foodbanks – Poverty in the UK and What We Can Do Margaret Jacobi  Orange 11
Harmony and Hope: Rabbi Sacks on the Spiritual Resonance of Contemporary Music Rebecca Posner  Orange 12
Finding Work You Love at Any Age Penelope Toff  Orange 13
Uniting through Stories Yachad UK  Magen Inon  Orange 14
Future-proofing our Community Claire Mandel  Carolyn Bogush  Orange 15
How to be a pro-Palestinian Zionist Gary Ogin  Yellow 21
Practical Mystics Sharing Circle Shoshana Jedwab  Yellow 24
11:35
Impact Evaluation 101 for Trustees and Charity Leaders Natalie Grazin  Red 7
UK Jewish Film Presents...Kid with Two Farthings Irene Wise  UK Jewish Film  Orange 13
Return to the Place: Sefer Yetzirah and the Practice of Finding Home in the Cosmos Jill Hammer  Orange 14
11:35
7th October testimony Avi Dabush  Red 1
Behavioural Economics and the Bible Bruce Rigal  Red 2
Sharp Elbows? Or Shoulders to Lean On: Narratives of High Control Communities Yehudis Fletcher  Red 3
Being Jewish with Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Panel Discussion and Q&A Matty Fisher  Red 4
Understanding the Diversity in Palestinian Society Ibrahim Abu Ahmad  Red 5
Strangers in Strange Lands -- Tales of Talmudic Travelers (2 of 4) Gila Fine  Red 8
Knit and Knatter (1 of 3) Melanie Kelly  Red Bar/Lounge
Raising an LGBT+ Child in an Uncertain World Ariel Chapman  Sarah Bronzite  Orange 10
The Labour Party's Attitude towards Israel - From Attlee to Starmer Zeev Portner  Orange 11
Making a Meal of it: Birkat Ha-mazon Reform Paul Freedman  Orange 12
Discussion space with a Palestinian Peace Activist and Yachad’s Youth and Student Worker Yachad UK  Dalia Blass  Orange 15
Looking Inside the Lessons of the Piazcensko Rebbe Paul Heller  Blue 32 - Wellbeing hub
Reimagining Mikveh, Reimagining Time Rose Prevezer  Yellow 21
Embodied Judaism (1 of 2) Billy Jonas  Yellow 24
Walking on sunshine...or maybe pavement (1 of 5) Participant Care  Hotel Lobby
12:50
Jewlogies Michael Wegier  Red 1
It Takes a Village - Growing up Jewish in the UK Helena Miller  Red 2
A Jew on the Loo: The Asher Yatzar Blessing Yael Tischler  Red 4
Preserving what Couldn't be Killed Gabriel Botnick  Red 5
Can the Sanhedrin be Wrong in Interpreting the Torah? Elazar Symon  Red 8
Leonard Bernstein: Weaving Jewish Identity into Musical Mastery Jonathan Bergwerk  Red 9
I’m Israeli! Ask me Anything! Batsheva Haber  Linoy Barokas  Rotem Perlberger  Red Bar/Lounge
The Geo-economic Trends that Change the World and Jewish Life Efraim Chalamish  Orange 10
Miracle Worker for Hire - the Baal Shem of London Roni Tabick  Orange 11
"Matzah Balls or Meditation? Jewish Health at the Crossroads of Traditional and Functional Medicine" Denis Mayer  Mohsin Choudry  Orange 12
Panel discussion: the Israeli and diaspora peace camp Avi Dabush  Orange 15
Wait you don't stop being AuDHD as an Adult? - Autistic and ADHD people in work Gideon Sassoon  Blue 32 - Wellbeing hub
80 Candles for 80 Years: Your Contribution to Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 Olivia Marks-Woldman  Yellow 21
Sitting In Your Jewish Skin Rachel Creeger  Yellow 24
14:00
Mexican-Jewish Lotería: A Cultural Bingo Experience (1 of 2) Sharyn Bistre Dabbah  Red Bar/Lounge
Israel - Birth of a Nation on film David Cohen  Orange 13
Israel Processing Space Adam Rossano  Blue 34
14:00
A Life of Jewish Creation David Moss  Red 1
Art as a Form of Prayer: Day Dreaming our Future Ariella Abramowski  Red 2
Muslim Communities in Britain: Beyond the Headlines Ali Amla  Red 3
From Jed to Job: Learning Sefer Iyov through the West Wing Josh Cohen  Red 4
How To Weaponise Typhus (And Get Away With It) Harry Lampert  Red 5
Sacrae: Singing 'a cappella' Christian settings of Jewish Texts (1 of 2) Sarah Bronzite  John Dunston  Red 7
Celebrating Yule Sydney Switzer  Red 8
Prehistoric Desert Cult of Masseboth (Standing Stones) in Relation to the Bible Uzi Avner  Orange 10
Human Rights, Jewish Roots Gabriel Kanter-Webber  Orange 11
‘Refugees Welcome’? How to Stop the "Stop the Boats" Rhetoric Ruvi Ziegler  Orange 12
Do Your Own Research? How to Find Your Way in a Sea of Unverified Information. Tal Hagin  Orange 14
The Importance of Preserving the Testimonies of the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa Ciara Shalome  Orange 15
Rediscover Easier Breathing: Feldenkrais Method (1 of 3) Emma Alter  Blue 32 - Wellbeing hub
Judaism Unlimited Anna Dyson  Yellow 21
Jew Talkin' To You? Rachel Creeger  Philip Simon  Yellow 24
14:00
The Garden of Eden in the Modern World: Sexuality, Mortality, and the Meaning of Life Aaron Koller  Red 9
15:05
The 'C' Word Luke Levine  Red 1
How to Put out Wildfires with Challah: A History of Ashkenazi Fire-Magic Yosef Rosen  Red 2
How To Be Funny On The Internet: Jewish Humour In A World Of Memes Shoshana Gottlieb  Red 3
What Have We Learned? How Jews voted in the 2024 UK Elections Carli Lessof  Red 4
Accountability after Failure: The Agranat Commission 50 Years On (1 of 2) Robin Moss  Red 5
Keep Kalm and Kvetch ... Already Carole Shaw  Red 7
Disabling Attitudes: Dr Guttmann, the Paralympics, and Antisemitism. Sam Goldstone-Brady  Red 8
Israel at War: How has Tourism changed for Israel, Israelis and Jews? Mark Gordon  Orange 10
Conflict Resolution 101 Sharon Booth  Orange 11
A Performance Review of the Jewish Nation Leo Dee  Orange 12
Israel Education During War - Panel Batsheva Haber  Linoy Barokas  Rotem Perlberger  Orange 14
Genesis: More Than Words Rachel Creeger  Orange 15
You Have the Right to Remain Silent Participant Care  Blue 32 - Wellbeing hub
Who Are Na'amod and What Do We Want? Benny Ross  Yellow 21
Cruising Malcolm Ginsberg  Yellow 24
16:15
What the Bloody Hell is this? Frameworks for Understanding the Laws of Niddah Yael Jaffe  Red 2
What Even is Nusach?! An Introduction to Synagogue Music Ayala Gottlieb Alter  Tim Motz  Rivka Gottlieb  Red 3
Reflections from a Year of Torah Learning in a War Zone Elazar Symon  Red 4
How my Latvian Family Survived the Holocaust Janine Stein  Red 5
The Power of Group Singing - for all! Eliana Light  Red 7
“Here Comes the Rabbi!”: the stories of Jewish International Cricketers Daniel Lightman  Zaki Cooper  Red Bar/Lounge
"Unbound Judaism": Distilling Your Own System of Jewish Thought Rena Yehuda Newman  Orange 10
Israel Kastner. Pure Evil? Charles Landau  Orange 11
The People of the Body David Hochhauser  Ali Simmons  Orange 12
Holding together/Pulling Apart: Phil Rosenberg and Clive Lawton in conversation Phil Rosenberg  Clive Lawton  Orange 15
Shady business, this colouring thing.. (1 of 4) Participant Care  Blue 32 - Wellbeing hub
Inclusivity in Sephardic liturgy Isaac Montagu  Green 25 - Nursery
Lily Montagu: A history Rachel Montagu  Yellow 21
Next stop, Finchleystrasse! Etan Smallman  Yellow 23
Tayelet Maurice Stone  Slavyan Kanovski  Yellow 24
16:15
Singing Chanukah Extravaganza!!! Family Team  Red 8
16:15
Halachah: A Project that Builds Worlds Gabriel Botnick  Leah Sarna  Jamie Weisbach  Sofia Freudenstein  Red 1
UK Jewish Film Presents...Real Estate UK Jewish Film  Orange 13
Pre-State Photographic Archives and the Zionist Movement Rotem Rozental  Orange 14
17:25
Kids story time Family Team  Red 8
“Will Your Brothers Fight a War, While You Stay Here?” Meesh Hammer-Kossoy  Orange 12
Inflatables Time! - Exclusively for aged 8 and under! Family Team  Yellow 23
17:25
Jews of Colour Affinity Space Lindsey Newman  Ciara Shalome  Red 2
Responsa from the Depths: Can Jewish Law Accommodate the End of the World? Gabriel Gendler Yom-Tov  Red 3
Yiddish is Alive and Well and Living at? Carole Shaw  Red 4
The Post Office Scandal Paul Harris  Red 5
Billy Jonas’ Bucket Brigade: Concert for all ages Billy Jonas  Red 7
For These I Weep: the Art of Crying Jacqueline Nicholls  Red 9
The Story of Kitniyot Chaim Weiner  Orange 10
Jews in India Sybil Sheridan  Orange 11
Relax...it's time for Meditative Ma'ariv Marcia Plumb  Anna Dyson  Blue 32 - Wellbeing hub
Don’t Quote Me – Renewing Your Liturgical Licence Paul Freedman  Green 25 - Nursery
Rethinking the Wandering Jew Anoushka Alexander-Rose  Yellow 21
Surrealist Improv and Comedy Writing Elliott Leigh Tucker  Yellow 24
18:35
How does Israel Recover from October 7th? Einat Halevy Levin  Rachel Dratch  Magen Inon  Chaim (Harvey) Hames  Red 1
Making Jewish Comix Rena Yehuda Newman  Orange 10
Living the Shema Billy Jonas  Orange 12
"Eretz" (Land) Kaley Halperin  Orange 15
18:35
An Introduction to Trans Inclusion Ariel Chapman  Luke Levine  Red 2
The Birth and Rise of Tel Aviv - A Virtual Tour Rachel Lazar  Red 3
Ashrei - Happy are Those who Dwell in Your House Steve Miller  Red 4
The Bible and Thomas Hardy Syd Braham  Red 5
Nathan Finkel & Edge of Chaos Nathan Finkel  Red 7
Hip Hop Dance for children Elise Orenstein  Red 8
Zionism: Past, Present, Future Linoy Barokas  Red 9
Sapphic Shabbat meet up Hannah Brady  Red Bar/Lounge
What makes a decent young professionals event anyway? Adam Corre  Orange 11
What is the Future in a Hollow Community? Amos Schonfield  Orange 13
Jewish-Arab partnership in a shared society in Israel in the face of conflict & war Laurie Kaye  Orange 14
Concept to Community: Honest Lessons from myJcon and beyond Alex Golub  Green 25 - Nursery
Netflix-Bound: Meditative Musings on My Drama-Rich Life Maxine Elias  Yellow 21
Inflatable Room Adventure Family Team  Yellow 23
Kosher Ceilidh - Yiddish Tami Pein  Yellow 24
19:45
Improving your Jewish Travel Experience Warren Posner  Red 2
15 Recommendations: What Nahamu wants to see in the Children's Wellbeing Bill Eve Sacks  Yehudis Fletcher  Red 3
From Data to AI: How the Jewish Narrative is Being Rewritten Melanie Rozencwajg  Red 4
Judith Kerr and the Journalist who Came to Tea Etan Smallman  Red 5
A Job for a Nice Jewish Girl? 50 years as the First Female Rabbi in the UK Roni Tabick  Jacqueline Tabick  Red 7
The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk and other songs David Finlay  Red 8
Thinking about Aliyah? I Did It - Ask Me Anything! Rachel Harris  Red Bar/Lounge
Hilchot Doctor Who Isaac Kaufmann  Orange 11
Show Stress Who's Boss! Carole Spiers  Orange 13
150 Sephardi Synagogues in a Year Isaac Montagu  Green 25 - Nursery
Volunteering in Israel after the 7 October 2023 Massacre Jakob de Jonge  Yellow 21
Queering asylum: a "double whammy" Ruvi Ziegler  Yellow 23
Israeli Dance party (1 of 3) Maurice Stone  Slavyan Kanovski  Yellow 24
19:45
Surrogacy and Matrilineality in Halachah Jamie Weisbach  Red 9
20:55
Jewish Lives and Jewish Education in Europe Tal Bassali  Helena Miller  Red 1
Kohelet: A Time for Overthinking* Tova Kamioner  Red 2
The Rapture: Setting aside International Law David Goldberg  Red 3
The Beavers are Back! Naomi Verber  Red 5
Ring the Bell that Still Can Ring Minna Bromberg  Red 7
What Retired Judges Do Really Matters John Dyson  Red 8
Hang out with JDC Entwine: Global Jewish travel and fellowships Sammy Kanter  Emma Weleminsky  Red Bar/Lounge
When did Judaism Begin? Chaim (Harvey) Hames  Orange 10
Trade Unions: For the Many, Not the Jew Susy Goldstone-Brady  Orange 11
Paul Klee Alan Silman  Orange 12
LGBT+ Social Space Ariel Chapman  Gabi Parkham  Orange 14
3-Minute Jewish Thesis: Share Your Thought Sharyn Bistre Dabbah  Orange 15
So You Want to be a Jewish Farmer? Verity Steele  Green 25 - Nursery
The Limmud Pub Quiz 2024 Chlo Spinks  Purple 30 - Monarch
The David Miller case: Thoughts and Reflections Gareth Brahams  Yellow 21
Has God Forced Us to Kill or Be Killed, and What Does It Mean to Be Both Victim and Victimizer Arik Ascherman  Yellow 23
Civic Spectacular (2 of 3) Robin Makin  Louise Ellman  Yellow 24
20:55
Kol Lev: Listening as a Revolutionary Practice Leah Thorn  Robin Samson  Red 4
"But it’s a swastika”: Media Spin and Political Football Jocelin Weiss  Orange 13
22:00
Antonia Lassar: The Best Jew - A Standup Comedy Spectacular Antonia Lassar  Red 1
Israel Ed. 3.0: Can We Have Solidarity Without Simplicity? Yehoshua (Shuki) Zehavi  Red 2
Mamzerut: A Tool of Stigma and Oppression Asher Lovy  Red 3
“Queer” Biblical Characters in Jewish Tradition: A Feminist Analysis Shira Solomons  Red 5
Queer Jewish Dance Party: A Night of Music, Fun, and Celebration! Noah Colton  Red 7
The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Princess - It's Time for the Grown-Ups to Step Aside Noah Katz  Red 8
Poker Tournament Brett Wigdortz  Red Bar/Lounge
The Wit and Wisdom of Max Bacon Andrew Margolis  Orange 10
A Jew for All Seasons Carole Shaw  Orange 11
How to Have Fair Media Coverage of Israel? The Case for Adversarial Impartiality Joseph Mazor  Orange 12
Stage Door Vador: Broadway and Jewish Values David Benkof  Orange 14
Unapologetic - The Third Narrative with Ibrahim Abu Ahmad Gary Ogin  Stephen Ogin  Ibrahim Abu Ahmad  Orange 15
Everyday Plastic, Everyday. Discover some of the impacts on Health, Lifestyle & The Environment Jake Welford  Green 25 - Nursery
Sacred song and prayer circle Sarah-Beth Neville  Kaley Halperin  Yellow 21
Show Tune Karaoke Madeline R Young  Yellow 24
23:00
How to Create Jewish Family Culture? Tal Bassali  Nic Abery  Red 3
How to Solve the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict - Borders and Resources (2 of 4) Josh Dubell  Ibrahim Abu Ahmad  Red 4
Chopped Liveries of the City of London David Saunders  Red 5
A Shtetl Rave Yosef Rosen  Red 7
Does our Planet Need More Religion? Rob Rabinowitz  Orange 13
Female Sexuality as a Source of Resilience Eden Kosman  Orange 14
Ukulele Singalong Neil Abrahams  Yellow 21
In My Body I See You – a Jewish Ecstatic Dance Journey Zac Kamenetz  Yellow 24