Limmud Festival 2025
Friday 26 December 2025

13:00
The art of Jewish symbolism	Tal Paley	Red 9
Global Jewish leadership: changemakers, identity and the power of connection	Naava Shafner	Orange 11
Pre-Shabbat activities for families (1 of 2)	Family Team Limmud	Blue 32

13:00
The Almost-Forever Fugitive - lessons from the Malka Leifer case	Yehudis Fletcher Shana Rose Aaronson	Orange 13

14:30
Escape womb	Social Programming Limmud	Red 2
Translating Natan Alterman’s poetry on stage	Renato Huarte Cuéllar	Red 4
Mel Brooks 101	David Benkof	Red 8
A beginner's guide to Limmud Festival (1 of 2)	Participant Care Limmud	Orange 10
Ancient answers to good and evil that were cut from the Bible	Joel Hoffman	Orange 12
Pre-Shabbat activities for families (2 of 2)	Family Team Limmud	Blue 32
Birdwatching fun for families	Alan Stanton	Hotel Lobby

15:15
Communal Candle Lighting	Programming Team Limmud	Orange 15

15:40
Kabbalat Shabbat - Women's Kabbalat Shabbat Service		Red 4
Kabbalat Shabbat - Progressive Service		Red 7
Kabbalat Shabbat - Egalitarian Service		Orange 12
Kabbalat Shabbat - Orthodox Service		Orange 14
Kabbalat Shabbat - Families' Service		Blue 32
Humanistic/Nontheistic Kabbalat Shabbat		Yellow 21

17:30
Friday Night Kiddush	Programming Team Limmud	Orange 15

17:50
Limmud book recommendation club	Social Programming Limmud	Red 2
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…	Aviva Dautch	Red 3
Talmudic life hacks: healthy living rabbinic-style!	Luz Toff	Red 4
Must I love my non-Jewish neighbour as myself?	Daniel Goldfarb	Red 5
When light breaks forth: entering the arc of prayer through the Shabbat morning siddur	Yosef Goldman	Red 7
Is G-d a sandwich?	Matt Marks	Red 8
Second Day Yom Tov - an anachronism? Two day-long Jewish Holidays in the Diaspora	Michael Brochstein	Orange 11
A bastion against the tide of assimilation? Jewish sports in the Netherlands 1890-1940	Elisa Rodenburg	Orange 12

18:50
Dinner	Programming Team Limmud	Purple 30

21:10
Eilu v’eilu (but maybe not eilu?): pluralism in Jewish texts	Batsheva Haber	Red 2
Old (and young!) Jews telling jokes	Rachel Creeger	Red 4
Oneg (With Instruments)		Red 7
Purim, prostitutes and talmudic toilet humour	Miki Friend	Red 9
Friday night tisch: Niggunim w/ Aviva Richman and Yosef Goldman	Aviva Richman Yosef Goldman	Orange 10
Esther and Vashti: two faces of beauty	Jacqueline Nicholls	Orange 11
Beyond Sefardim and Ashkenazim - it's much more complicated	Clive Lawton	Orange 12
Oneg (Without Instruments)		Purple 31