Limmud Festival 2025
Monday 29 December 2025

08:00
Writing the inner voice Orli Krief  Red 5
Modeh Ani: Jewish practice as daily wellness and ritual Aydin Mayers  Orange 10
"And Even Better" - on the theological meaning of Israel's most popular song in 2025 Channa Pinchasi  Orange 12
Morning family singalong (1 of 3) Family Team Limmud  Blue 32
Check your own mezuzah Avielah Barclay  Blue 34
Don’t mention the war? Outlining the future of Muslim-Jewish interfaith Aaron Seitler  Yellow 24
V’yarotz v’yomar (he ran and he talked), or ‘run and chat’ (1 of 3) Abigail Morris  Hotel Lobby
09:20
Coffee morning (2 of 4) Participant Care Limmud  Red 1
Having children in dangerous times Daniel Mackintosh  Red 2
Jesus in his Jewish context: prayer, piety, practice AJ Levine  Red 3
Re: Place (Al Ha-makom) Clara Ungar  Red 4
Our children - our future Helena Miller  Red 5
Kehealing – community (kehillah) as a source of healing Ofek Meir  Red 7
The story of the Ethiopian Jews Roni Fantanesh Malkai  Orange 10
Lost Books: oh can't we please ... read Jubilees? (2 of 3) Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz  Orange 11
Turning back to trauma Stephen Frosh  Orange 12
Who was and is a Jew? Barry Kosmin  Orange 13
'Who Jew think you are' podcast – live at Limmud Eylan Ezekiel  Orange 15
JW3 is turning 13 – and we want to hear from you! Clare Aarons  Blue 32
Chai Cancer Care Yvonne Richards  Blue 34
Person not concept: Rabbi Sacks on getting more God in your life Raphael Zarum  Yellow 21
Jewish mindfulness meditation: an inner kindness Marc Frank  Yellow 24
Wake and walk (3 of 5) Participant Care Limmud  Hotel Lobby
Friendship bracelets in the woods Sydney Switzer  Hotel Lobby
09:20
Limmud Beit Midrash - how big is our tent: can we share community with those who hold diametrically opposing views? (1 of 3) Zvi Hirschfield  Beit Midrash Limmud  Purple 31
10:40
Back from the dead: what we talk about when we talk about techiyat hameitim Yael Jaffe  Red 2
BRCA rabbi - genetic cancer, raising children and living life Oliver Joseph  Red 3
Music at world's end: how three exiled musicians changed Iceland's music - Victor and Melitta Urbancic (3 of 4) Arni Ingolfsson  Red 4
Shtick on stage: famous Jewish-American comedians Rina Tillinger  Red 5
The forgotten army - Far East prisoners of war in Singapore and the 'Death Railway' Jackie Passman  Orange 10
Sikh and Jewish Leadership Standing Together on the Collection of Ethnicity Data Andrew Gilbert  Preet Gill  Orange 11
Guidelines on representing Jewish heritage in the UK: a consultation workshop Yulia Egorova  Anoushka Alexander-Rose  Orange 12
Israeli Activism Eliah Levin  Luiz Aberbuj  Inbal Morag  Angela Mattar  Atira Winchester  Orange 13
To Life! A Conversation with the Cast of Fiddler on the Roof Rose Prevezer  Raphael Papo  Natasha Jules Bernard  Dan Turek  Orange 15
Crafting the layers of our Jewish identity Emma Weleminsky  Deetza Elf  Blue 32
Sapphire Light: Explorations in mystical philosophy and Jewish meditation today Roland Brandman  Daniel Gigi  Blue 34
New North London Synagogue: the stories and the storytellers Elaine Grazin  Ivor Jacobs  Yellow 21
Holocaust Memorial Day 2026: Bridging Generations Olivia Marks-Woldman  Helen Stone  Eli Sassoon  Dawn Waterman  Yellow 24
Take a break with the birds Alan Stanton  Hotel Lobby
10:40
Paper Midrash: Make Your Own Golem Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik  Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik  Red 7
12:00
Recovery circle: daily check-in (1 of 2) Josh Brostoff  Red 1
Volunteering reimagined: what fires each generation up? Ariel Chapman  Nicky Goldman  Red 3
Reflecting on the government National Resilience Strategy through local eyes Andrew Gilbert  Luke Martin  Red 4
What Jewish values will guide your retirement life planning? Dani Serlin  Red 5
The surprisingly unmodern history of Masorti Judaism Adam Zagoria-Moffet  Orange 10
Race, racism and modern Judaism Madeline R. Young-Touré  Orange 11
Where are you REALLY from? How to go about exploring your personal Jewish history Miriam Marson  Aaron Godfrey  Anoushka Alexander-Rose  Eylan Ezekiel  Orange 12
UK Jewish Film presents: Pears Short Film Fund & Dangoor Short Film Fund films Daniel Daniel  . UK Jewish Film  Orange 13
Israeli and Palestinian activism on university campuses Dalia Blass  Inbal Morag  Eliah Levin  Angela Mattar  Orange 14
Sing-a-Long-a Fiddler on the Roof Rose Prevezer  Carys McQueen  Maya Kristal Tenenbaum  Brady Isaacs Pearce  Raphael Papo  Dan Turek  House Band Limmud  Orange 15
What does it mean to celebrate Jewish Culture today? Jeremy Michelson  Liat Rosenthal  Daniel Cainer  Rachel Creeger  William Galinsky  Blue 32
The forgotten Hebrew dialect kept alive amongst Yiddish speakers Izzy Posen  Blue 34
Home, back and again - a personal identity journey in Jewish life and tradition, from a religious home to the leadership of a secular yeshiva and leading prayers at the hostages square in Israel. Ayala Deckel  Purple 31
Dor l'dor - how has history impacted our DNA? Josh Forman  Yellow 21
Heartbeats and hits: Israeli music in year two of war Josh Hartuv  Yellow 24
13:20
Why we all need the Talmud Anshel Pfeffer  Orange 14
The Endangered Majority - Speaking Up and Speaking Out Mike Prashker  Michael Wegier  Charley Baginsky  Orange 15
13:20
Dice, dice baby (3 of 5) Participant Care Limmud  Red 1
From ‘My Unorthodox Life’ to ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’: Orthodox Jews and Mormons in cultural conversation Hannah Peterson  Red 2
What Are Rabbis For? Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz  Joshua Garroway  Lex Rofeberg  Oliver Joseph  Miriam Lorie  Red 3
Talmud drawing studio: face-to-face Jacqueline Nicholls  Red 4
Queer Yeshiva: Get in-depth with Talmud Lev Saul  Joanna Reuben  Red 5
Exploring Ladino songs Renato Huarte Cuéllar  Red 7
'A letter to the publick': Anglo-Jewry in pamphlets Vanessa Freedman  Orange 10
The Making of Yentl Aviva Dautch  Robin Makin  Orange 11
The Anne Frank Gift Shop - comedy, memory and risk-taking in Jewish art Noam Dromi  Orange 12
Jewish Birmingham beyond Limmud: reflections on interfaith Tommer Spence  Mandy Ross  Benita Wishart  Orange 13
Beyond coal mines, football and Greggs: a Jewish history of the north east of England Sophie Bellamy  Blue 32
Aliyah 101 Batsheva Haber  Vadim Blumin  Blue 34
Overpaid, oversexed, over here: GI Jews / Jewish Americans in World War II Rina Tillinger  Purple 31
Holy chow! A menu of Rabbinic puns Gabriel Botnick  Yellow 21
Kurt Hahn: the German-Jewish refugee who educated kings Jan Levi  Yellow 24
14:40
Deep absorption from our roots Daniel Gigi  Roland Brandman  Red 1
Q&A: understanding Christian Zionism James Patrick  Roy Thurley  Andrew Kirk  Hayley Ace  Daphne Kirk  Red 2
From reclaiming stones to reclaiming history: the campaign for Brest's memorial and the future of Holocaust memory in Belarus Debra Brunner  Red 3
From margins to meaning: reframing Jewish cemetery heritage Miriam Marson  Red 4
The judicial 'reforms' in Israel: stock-taking Ruvi Ziegler  Red 5
God/atheism/spirituality and everything in between Daniel Cainer  Raphael Zarum  Red 7
The Start-up Nation decoded - Israel's tech ecosystem demystified Keren Shurkin  Orange 10
Nigun circle Ayala Gottlieb Alter  Yosef Goldman  Orange 11
How big is our tent? Can we share community with those who have radically opposing views? Zvi Hirschfield  Orange 12
The art of finding me: how looking into Diaspora shaped my practice Julia Holt  Orange 13
LGBT+ Social Space (1 of 2) Ariel Chapman  Blue 32
Who is a (Charedi) Jew? Yehudis Fletcher  Blue 34
Playing God: Jewish mysticism in the life and works of JL Moreno Dovid Berisch  Purple 31
Living-while-circumcised: passing the trouser test Jay Geller  Yellow 21
JWA Asks - What about the boys? Ilana Hutchinson  Yellow 24
16:00
'Sound first and ask questions later' - Rabbinic leadership after the destruction Roni Tabick  Orange 10
UK Jewish Film presents: Nina is an Athlete . UK Jewish Film  Daniel Daniel  Orange 13
16:00
Knit and natter! (2 of 4) Melanie Kelly  Red 1
Echoes of Judaic identity in Spain’s greatest cathedral (3 of 3) Victoria Atlas  Red 2
Choosing to be chosen Joe Buchanan  Red 3
Voice from the heart: A year of war: one women's perspective from the diaspora Jayne Wynick  Red 4
Ledor va'dor: connecting the past with the present with technology Aaron Godfrey  Red 5
From Trauma to a Viable Future Magen Inon  Eliah Levin  Angela Mattar  Atira Winchester  Orange 11
Is Jewish life on campus REALLY that bad? Louis Danker  Orange 12
Cultivating the spiritual practice of connecting with others Yiscah Smith  Orange 14
Jewish Studies beyond the Ivory Tower Anoushka Alexander-Rose  Stephen Frosh  Hannah Ewence  Sarah Lightman  Orange 15
Kids' Beit Midrash Family Team Limmud  Blue 32
Family lounge open space and crafts Family Team Limmud  Blue 32
The story of the Mourners' Kaddish Chaim Weiner  Blue 34
Secular music for Jewish spaces Elana Arian  Purple 31
Ethics without borders: solidarity in Jewish-Muslim dialogue in the UK Yulia Egorova  Yellow 21
Revolutionary Yiddish singalong Chaia .  Yellow 24
17:20
Mindful mandala: Creating sacred patterns Alina Cohen  Red 1
The real* reason quinoa is kosher for Passover Asher Lovy  Red 2
What do Chanukah and Passover have in common? Kristine Garroway  Red 3
Talmudic tales of time setting Aviva Goldschmidt Kaufmann  Red 4
Dualism in the Hebrew Bible Tzemah Yoreh  Red 5
Daniel Cainer in concert! Daniel Cainer  House Band Limmud  Red 7
Social drinks in Bar for singles in '50's and '60's Katy Sayers Green  Danielle Tinero  Bar
What is Jewish ethnicity and why does it matter? Josh Forman  Orange 11
Between communities: Queer Jewish belonging after October 7th Hannah Brady  Noah Katz  Lucy Reuben  Ariel Chapman  Orange 12
Antisemitism: an historical analysis Deborah Lipstadt  Raphael Zarum  Orange 14
What the world overlooks Emma Weleminsky  Alex Wiesler  Ábel Keszler  James Silverman  Deetza Elf  Orange 15
Israeli dancing for all ages Family Team Limmud  Maurice Stone  Blue 32
The 'London Jewish Mural' @ JW3: your questions answered Leon Fenster  Blue 34
The Hebrew-English connection Paul Arberman  Green 25
Trauma, resilience and post-traumatic growth in Israel Caroline Ratner  Yellow 21
Kids-only bouncy castle time Family Team Limmud  Yellow 23
On religious fundamentalism Elie Jesner  Yellow 24
18:40
Tot Todah: a gratitude jam with Mayta Mayta Cohen  Red 1
A celebration of Marc Chagall, 40 years after his death in 1985 Steve Miller  Red 2
A baby nursing from its mother's breast: Images of the divine feminine in Hassidic texts Alex Braver  Red 3
Comedy Ju Jitsu Nik Rabinowitz  Rachel Creeger  Red 4
The machinery of the West Bank occupation Baron Frankal  Red 5
The big gay and Jewish singalong Hannah Brady  House Band Limmud  Red 7
Small community meet-up Melanie Goldberg  Bar
Are we a city or a field? Jewish voices on sexual consent Aviva Richman  Orange 10
From golems to ChatGPT: how Jewish is artificial intelligence? Carmel du Parc Braham  Orange 11
Jewish Voices Unveiled: Sephardi & Latin America Sharyn Bistre Dabbah  Dani Rotstein  Renato Huarte Cuéllar  Victoria Atlas  Sara Terracina  Orange 13
The realities of crisis response: navigating challenges and inspiring support Ben Marks  James Silverman  Orange 14
Inside Hamas's propaganda machine Paula Slier  Orange 15
UNO challenge Simon Rosenstone  Blue 32
Is cross-communalism a thing of the past? Naomi Bernstein  Blue 34
Yiddish reading circle (2 of 2) Ilan Pillemer  Green 25
Sacrae: singing 'a cappella' Christian settings of Jewish texts (2 of 2) Sarah Bronzite  Yellow 21
An introduction to karate Andrew Stone  Eliana Stone  Yellow 24
20:00
UK Jewish Film presents: Diane Warren - Relentless . UK Jewish Film  Daniel Daniel  Orange 13
Scottish Ceilidh dancing Melanie Goldberg  Yellow 24
20:00
Reflections on our Israel-Palestine trip: Hebron, the Gaza border, Masafer Yatta and East Jerusalem Dalia Blass  Red 1
Even the dead aren't safe (1 of 2) Daniel Lichman  Red 2
A masterclass in Jewish resilience: wisdom for the toughest times Alex Wiesler  Red 3
I'm sorry I haven't A Jew Noa Gendler  Red 4
Who's our top prophet? Clive Lawton  Red 5
An intimate acoustic of songs and stories Joe Buchanan  Red 7
Allies or foes? Palestine during the Second World War (2 of 3) Geoffrey Charin  Red 8
Feast of strangers: a menu of meaningful conversations Claire Straus  Micah Gold  Red 9
Limmud Microgrant Fund drinks Jacob Smith  Joe Hyman  Bar
Trade unions: for the many, not the Jew - 2025 edition Susy Goldstone-Brady  Orange 10
Hilchot Doctor Who Isaac Kaufmann  Orange 11
Terrorism, espionage, propaganda and radicalisation: Iran's external operations in the UK Daniel J Levy  Ahmed Khuzaie  Orange 12
What was it actually like for a Jew at Glastonbury? Josh Dubell  Jessica Brandler  Justin Copitch  Orange 14
Did you see that blue plaque? Dawn Waterman  Nat Kunin  Blue 34
The Big Jewish Arts Conversation - or do we need a Jewish Arts Council? Alastair Falk  Green 25
For the sake of Shalom Bayit? Naomi Russell  Sam Clifford  Yellow 21
Bridges of dialogue between Israeli and British youth . The Leo Baeck Education Center Haifa  Yellow 22
21:20
The Limmud Pub Quiz 2025 Chlo Spinks  Red 9
21:20
Recite your poem - get it published! Marvin Shaw  Red 1
Speed Dating Queer Edition - 30+ Social Programming Limmud  Red 2
Speed dating - Queer edition 20s - 30s Social Programming Limmud  Red 2
3,000 years of Jewish continuity as seen through 3,000 years of Hebrew Joel Hoffman  Red 3
Queer healing: AIDS, gay synagogues, lesbian feminists, and the origins of the American Jewish healing movement Gregg Drinkwater  Red 4
'Jerusalem the Golden' and Zionism - reconsidered Joe Millis  Red 7
(Still) A good job for a Jewish girl Zoe Jacobs  Red 8
Civil Service JNet drinks! Joel Salmon  Bar
The lashon hara/ shmirat halashon survival guide Jane Ansell  Orange 10
Yiddish Audio Project- Exclusive Limmud Launch Gary Ogin  Vivi Lachs  Orange 11
Royal family therapy for the Solomons Mark Goldsmith  Orange 12
Cultivating the spiritual practice of finding favour in others Yiscah Smith  Orange 14
Songs of love and light: a concert event with Elana Arian, Yosef Goldman, and Mayta Cohen Yosef Goldman  House Band Limmud  Mayta Cohen  Elana Arian  Orange 15
Four entered the orchard: Talmudic wisdom on leadership in dark times Vadim Blumin  Blue 34
Still alive Abigail Morris  Joshua Dresner  Purple 31
Another national anthem: Sondheim and post-war American Jewish culture David Benkof  Yellow 21
22:40
'Nobody Wants This': rabbi-ing while intermarried Lex Rofeberg  Red 2
LGBTQ Jewish pop icons: from Dana International to Troye Sivan Ruvi Ziegler  David Bilchitz  Red 3
From Sarah to today: fertility and infertility in in Jewish life Sarah Sharman Moser  Red 5
Silent disco Chlo Spinks  Red 7
Fiddling while Eastern Europe burns... Eva Frojmovic  Orange 10
The 13 Principles of Faith updated - Israel 2025 Chaim Hames  Orange 11
Glial circuits Nathan Finkel  Mark Claydon  Orange 12
Couplet: Honey Honey Moon Moon Micah O'Konis  Marnina Schon Wirtschafter  Orange 15
Scan, keep, cull, recycle or bin - reflections from a year of clearing Helen Lewis  Blue 34
Modern jive dancing Jonathan Hunter  Yellow 21
Israeli dance party (2 of 3) Maurice Stone  Slavyan Kanovski  Yellow 24