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After two previous chulent sessions at Limmud, this stands alone, exploring recent trends with the Shabbat stew (chulent, hamin, etc). Though thousands of years old, now it is no longer only for Shabbat, or even just for Jews! From unorthodox ingredients to chulent ice cream (really), this dish has boldly gone where no Shabbat stew has gone before.
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What do Freddie Mercury, 9/11, and The Golden Raspberry Awards have in common? Village People - a cultural phenomenon that brought Disco to the masses and introduced iconic characters that still resonate today... and with a back story that you will never believe.
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Atheists particularly like attacking the Bible’s morality because of this story; after all, what kind of parent takes a knife to his child? We will study four approaches to this text in a search to understand its lasting significance. The result is a transformative approach to Jewish prayer, created by the Talmudic sages.
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If you're reading this whilst your thoughts are racing at 100 miles an hour, this divine sign from the ADHD-queen of Southgate is calling to you! Existence is a non-stop sensory soup of madness, so strap in and come along for the ride. There might be time for a nap on the way.
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From Kabbalat Shabbat to mourning at a shiv‘ah, psalms are a central and deeply emotional part of Jewish liturgy. Come and learn to chant them according to their te'amim (or trope), according to different Sephardi traditions. This is the result of Isaac’s PhD research into Sephardi communities right around the world.
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In a sad twist of history the starvation in the Warsaw Ghetto - a diet of 300 calories/day offered a bizarre research opportunity. In February 1942, a group of Jewish physicians there, led by a doctor, Israel Milezkowski, decided to conduct an extensive study of the consequences of that famine, whose results only became apparent decades later.
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TLV1's "The Promised Podcast" is the world's most popular podcast on Israeli politics and culture. Its guiding principle is: We have criticisms and sometimes even existential doubts about Israel, and still we love the place with all your heart, believe in it, and see that it's kind of a miracle. (With the Times of Israel’s Miriam Herschlag!)
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