Limmud Festival 2025
Tuesday 30 December 2025

08:00
Kabbalistic meditation: the secrets of the Shema (2 of 3) Natan Abenaim  Red 4
Jews behaving badly. How could the Korach rebellion happen? Adam Berlin  Orange 12
An enquiry into ‘Presence’: artist - subject - audience, emerging technologies Maureen Kendal  Orange 14
Morning family singalong (2 of 3) Family Team Limmud  Blue 32
V’yarotz v’yomar (he ran and he talked), or ‘run and chat’ (2 of 3) Abigail Morris  Hotel Lobby
Wake and walk (4 of 5) Participant Care Limmud  Hotel Lobby
08:00
Learn to lein the haftarah Yolande Pieters  Red 9
09:20
Limmud Beit Midrash - The Torah of Argument: Between War and Love (2 of 3) Aviva Richman  Beit Midrash Limmud  Purple 31
09:20
Coffee morning (3 of 4) Participant Care Limmud  Red 1
I want to break free: decoding Sinai's blueprint for freedom Sarah Sharman Moser  Red 2
What makes a true friend? Mussar on friendship Marcia Plumb  Red 3
Sefer Yetzira, the book of creation/formation: a basic introduction Albert Ringer  Red 4
Honouring parents: (kibbud horim) on things we didn't dare to ask Channa Pinchasi  Red 5
From Barnet to Bristol to Bradford - how young people really see Israel and Palestine Josh Dubell  Red 7
Oral histories 101: how to connect with aging relatives and safeguard their stories Alex Wiesler  Orange 10
Routes/Smoots. Jewish journeys from cities to suburbs and beyond Hannah Ewence  Orange 11
God, what?! Jonah’s surprising second prayer Raphael Zarum  Orange 12
Łódź: a virtual tour of the ghetto Gideon Sylvester  Orange 13
What the hell is going on in the West Bank? Luiz Aberbuj  Inbal Morag  Ella Tirosh  Orange 14
A spectrum of investing – should Greenpeace be funded? Nicholas Blain  Orange 15
How we discovered a righteous Nazi 80 years later Izzy Posen  Jasmina Griffoul  Blue 32
Turning up and turning out for each other - a combo practical training and reflection through Jewish text Charlotte Fischer  Blue 34
Parenting lessons from Bereishit (Genesis): children who have seen trauma (2 of 3) Miriam Lorie  Yellow 21
Common errors about early Judaism, or how Christians sometimes promote antisemitic stereotypes AJ Levine  Yellow 24
10:40
Jewish mindfulness meditation: finding trust in troubled times Marc Frank  Red 1
Where Do You Stand (Up)? Nik Rabinowitz  Rachel Creeger  Red 2
Turning a conversation in the pub into Israel's newest national holiday: how Yom Ha'Aliyah became law Jonathan Javor  Red 3
Jewish +: celebrating intersectionality in the Diaspora Noam Dromi  Red 4
Jewish representation in literature (BYObooks) Toby Millis  Red 5
How to jam workshop House Band Limmud  Red 7
Jewish flavours of Italy - cookery demo Silvia Nacamulli  Red 8
Building a humanitarian mission Ábel Keszler  Red 9
The king, warrior, lover and sinner and the Israeli artist who painted him Michael Shire  Helena Miller  Orange 10
The mystery of Serach bat Asher Annabel Ries  Orange 11
What does it mean to be a person of faith in Birmingham? Ruth Jacobs  JIll Appleton  Andrew Smith  Orange 12
Israel's far-left human rights organisations: an insider's view. Gideon Sylvester  Orange 13
God after Gaza: theological challenges of the war Lev Saul  Orange 14
This year's legal cases about law and religion Naomi Munk  Adam Wagner  Jason Braier  Orange 15
A Real Pain: questions about Jewish identity through a Hollywood lens David Bilchitz  Blue 32
The cleverness trap Sophie Duschinsky  Blue 34
Downward spiral John Bowers  Yellow 21
Silent stones, urgent questions Christina Hilsenrath  Dawn Waterman  Marsha Parker  Yellow 24
What can we eat on the grounds of the NEC? Sydney Switzer  Hotel Lobby
12:00
Knit and natter! (3 of 4) Melanie Kelly  Red 1
The Bagel Podcast presents 'Bagelpalooza' Hayden Cohen  Red 2
Lost books: No Bible for Ben Sira (3 of 3) Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz  Red 3
Raped by God Yehudis Fletcher  Red 4
Magic at the cradle: overcoming infertility and infant death in the ancient world Kristine Garroway  Red 5
The songwriter's table Joe Buchanan  Red 7
Gaye Rimmer's Rosh Hashanah Rose Prevezer  Red 8
The cost of living Jewishly Michael Shire  Paul Silver-Myer  Red 9
Unknown and unrecognised Judaising communities around the world Daniel Limor  Orange 10
A rabbi and a doctor discuss when life begins and ends Lev Saul  Laurence Saul  Orange 11
Dyspraxia, neurodiversity and Jewish identity - 'Oy vey and hooray: embracing the joys and stumbles of dyspraxia' Janet Taylor  Orange 12
The Re-Emerge Project – Latin American emerging Jewish communities - Puerto Rico Short Film Premiere Dani Rotstein  Orange 13
Historicising the concept of genocide Joseph Finlay  Orange 14
People of the Book Aviva Dautch  Clive Lawton  AJ Levine  Deborah Lipstadt  Raphael Zarum  Orange 15
The gift of grief: Those who leave, live on through the living. Gina Abramowitz  Blue 32
Barriers and opportunities for Orthodox environmental action Tanhum Yoreh  Blue 34
Ve’ahavta – a beit midrash for family relationships Ayala Deckel  Purple 31
Football and the Jewish community: how to set up a Jewish supporters group Ze'ev Portner  Yellow 21
Minor megillot - the strange and beautiful world of small Purims Isaac Gantwerk Mayer  Yellow 24
13:20
Paper Midrash: Art at Sinai Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik  Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik  Blue 32
13:20
Recovery circle: daily check-in (2 of 2) Josh Brostoff  Red 1
Psychedelic Judaism?!?! Micah Gold  Aydin Mayers  Red 2
Zionism(s): From the Rivers of Babylon to the River Thames Batsheva Haber  Vadim Blumin  Eliana Pushett  Yasmin Krutik  Red 3
The Kosher Kitchen Cabinet Silvia Nacamulli  Linda Dangoor  Harry Lampert  Helen Graham  Eylan Ezekiel  Red 4
Back to the (Jewish) future: where might Judaism be headed in 10, 20 or 100 years? Lex Rofeberg  Red 5
Vocal harmony 101 Mayta Cohen  Red 7
Far from the home I love: identity, Israel and the in-between Sasha Gold  Red 8
Tech diplomacy - building bridges through innovation Keren Shurkin  Red 9
Will the real Bible please stand up? Joel Hoffman  Orange 10
Not your Bubbe's 'old country': modern Jewish life in the former Soviet Bloc Alex Wiesler  Orange 11
Stanley Kubrick and 2001: how a Jewish outsider saw the universe Jonathan Bergwerk  Orange 12
Productive conflict in heritage work: Jewish sources and embodied research practice Jess Hooks  Orange 13
An update on the British hostage families Adam Wagner  Adam Rose  Orange 14
Voices of women from Israel/Palestine Eliah Levin  Angela Mattar  Ella Tirosh  Inbal Morag  Orange 15
Female artists in Israel Naama Cohen Ashkenazy  Nurit Chitiat  Blue 34
Jewish presence in the south of Italy: a less known history of Apulia and Calabria Sara Terracina  Purple 31
Future-proofing our community – progress update Carolyn Bogush  Yellow 21
Barbra Streisand 101 David Benkof  Yellow 24
14:40
Pilates for all Suzanne Franks  Red 1
Looking at Israel and Palestine from Taiwan and China Ian Rowen  Red 2
Accounting for the appeal of secular Jewish culture in the 21st century (2 of 2) Barry Kosmin  Red 3
My child - the lawyer! Paul Harris  Ze'ev Portner  Viva Hammer  Roland Brandman  John Bowers  Red 4
Katan v'challah?! Modernising wedding rituals Micah O'Konis  Marnina Schon Wirtschafter  Rose Prevezer  Red 5
Shir Chadash - sing a new song! David Hoffman  Red 7
The Channel Islands, a New View: Jews and Jackboots Aviva Dautch  Red 8
Stories within stories Steve Miller  Red 9
From megabytes to mitzvas: using family history technology for tikkun olam Aaron Godfrey  Orange 10
The rehabilitation of Jewish virility after WWII through 'Fiddler on the Roof' Estee Stimler  Orange 11
W(h)ither zealotry? The contemporary dangers of believing you have access to the mind of God Sheldon Stone  Orange 12
Mashhad - telling hidden Jewish histories through film Noam Dromi  Orange 13
Cultivating the spiritual practice of jumping Into our own sea of mystery Yiscah Smith  Zvi Hirschfield  Orange 14
Living-while-circumcised: cross dressing Jay Geller  Blue 34
Write your Jewish story (2 of 2) Lewis Warshauer  Purple 31
Israel-Palestine: the chat you never wanted… with your kids Josh Dubell  Jessica Brandler  Yellow 21
Jews in Public Life Robin Makin  Louise Ellman  Yellow 24
16:00
Dice, dice baby (4 of 5) Participant Care Limmud  Red 1
Put on your veil and join them in their troubles: spiritual journeys in Chassidic texts Alex Braver  Red 2
Voices of dissent: women, war and the future of Iran-Israel relations Iram Ramzan  Red 3
Who really wrote that? AI solves rabbinic cold cases Moshe Koppel  Red 4
Sheep to mishkan: hands-on wool processing Sydney Switzer  Red 5
Sing Unto God: The music and legacy of Debbie Friedman z”l Zoe Jacobs  Elana Arian  Red 7
Women of Valor and Other Super Heroes Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik  Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik  Red 8
From the Tigris to the Thames, flavours of a journey Linda Dangoor  Red 9
Between radical acceptance and tikkun olam: what does Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef have to teach us about confronting a broken world? Zvi Hirschfield  Orange 10
The Yad Fellowship: from facing antisemitism at NUS to creating spaces to plug the dialogue gap Noah Katz  Orange 11
Jewish peoplehood and Israel-Diaspora relations Ofek Meir  Orange 12
The extraordinary story of ‘Hester Street’: celebrating the 50th anniversary of America’s greatest Jewish film Julia Wagner  Orange 13
Dignity in your last days: The Assisted Dying Bill vs The Book of Life Raphael Zarum  Orange 15
Family Karaoke Session Social Programming Limmud  Family Team Limmud  Blue 32
Cockney Yiddish: the language of the Jewish East End Vivi Lachs  Blue 34
I didn't know there were Jews in Norway Daniel Needlestone  Yvonne Needlestone  Purple 31
Israel-Palestine: the chat you never wanted… with your parents Josh Dubell  Jessica Brandler  Yellow 21
Musical mayhem: what happens if I play this? Rivka Gottlieb  Ayala Gottlieb Alter  Yellow 24
17:20
UK Jewish Film presents: Never Alone . UK Jewish Film  Daniel Daniel  Orange 13
17:20
The Latest Laughs at Limmud! Rachel Creeger  Red 2
From salesman to scapegoat – Arthur Miller’s unflinching eye on American society Jonathan Bergwerk  Red 3
The wandering Jew for the 21st century Anoushka Alexander-Rose  Red 4
Panic and accessibility Raisel Byrne  Red 5
Yiddish electronic: a deep listening session Chaia .  Red 7
I waited half a century for this aliyah! Elaine Bernstein  Red 8
The Torah of Argument: Between War and Love Aviva Richman  Red 9
Israel Café and Conversations Batsheva Haber  Vadim Blumin  Eliana Pushett  Bar
What does the AI27 paper mean for Jewish people? Jeremy Dable  Daniel Dable  Orange 10
Forbidden music: Composers and performers in exile, 1933-1945 (4 of 4) Arni Ingolfsson  Orange 11
My Einstein cousins - scandal in the family?! Ernie Hunter  Orange 12
The war in Gaza: an invitation to a difficult conversation Magen Inon  Inbal Morag  Luiz Aberbuj  Orange 15
Sing, jam, dance: Kabbalat Shabbat reimagined Josh Hartuv  Blue 32
Birthing, bleeding and bras - Jewish women make comics about their bodies. Now make yours too! Sarah Lightman  Blue 34
Dyslexia and ADHD: five take-aways to make life easier Joanna Landy  Green 25
Together for a century – the World Union for Progressive Judaism Mark Goldsmith  Michael Shire  Yellow 21
Open mic Social Programming Limmud  Yellow 23
Cerebral Palsy- the long story Miriam Hayes  Yellow 24
18:40
Limmud Mallorca: the ripple effect Dani Rotstein  Red 1
People of the comic book Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik  Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik  Red 2
A beginners guide to idol worship Naomi Cohen  Red 3
“The ugliest story in the Bible”: new commentaries on the silences in Judges 19-21 Sarah Bronzite  Red 4
Further adventures in the Limmud archive Martin Devereux  Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz  Red 5
A cave in the West Bank or a 'temporary autonomous zone' (2 of 2) Daniel Lichman  Red 7
Zionism and Judaism after Gaza Baron Frankal  Red 8
Jews do count (but who decides?). Ben-Gurion asks 'Who is a Jew?' (2 of 2) Robin Moss  Red 9
Cryptic crosswords corner Nicole Jacobus  Bar
BoD@Work: supporting Jews in the workplace Noah Katz  Andrew Gilbert  Orange 10
A time of transition: menopause, meaning and reflection Sarah Sharman Moser  Orange 11
4th Generation - do you care about your roots? Helen Stone  Ernie Hunter  Orange 12
Pointless? Paul Freedman  Blue 32
Allies or foes? Palestine during the Second World War (3 of 3) Geoffrey Charin  Blue 34
A year in the life of a female orthodox rabbi Miriam Lorie  Green 25
The messages hidden in the songs we love Daniel Goldfarb  Yellow 21
Kids only bouncy castle time Family Team Limmud  Yellow 23
Book panel discussion Yiscah Smith  Yehudis Fletcher  Natalie Grazin  Vivi Lachs  Elaine Grazin  Yellow 24
Family friendly night time stroll Family Team Limmud  Hotel Lobby
20:00
The Limmud MET Gala House Band Limmud  Programming Team Limmud  Orange 15
20:00
Stamford Hell Charlie Lewin  Red 3
Did Saint Augustine save Judaism? Joshua Garroway  Red 4
Living waters, moving currents: creating new meaning in mikveh practice Talia Rasiel  Red 5
Post Hanukkah Tish Maayan Gani Symon  Red 7
Art and Soul: How Van Gogh Teaches Us Patience Marcia Plumb  Anya Shire-Plumb  Orange 10
Adventures of a criminal lawyer with a Jewish link Paul Harris  Orange 12
ADHD, Jewish identity and the art of not belonging Phil Cohen  Blue 34
London City airport - the East End's own airport Malcolm Ginsberg  Green 25
A poetry writing workshop inspired by the poetry of Yehuda Amichai Yonatan Berg  Yellow 21
Dance is food for the soul! Maurice Stone  Yellow 24
21:20
Faith and fear: Jewish tales of the supernatural Daniel Daniel  Red 2
21:20
Robert Redford's 'Quiz Show' - superb movie of a scandal still relevant today Irene Wise  Red 3
Is God king in Tanach? Tzemah Yoreh  Red 4
The guilty secrets of an AI songwriter Gary Ogin  Red 7
LGBT+ Social Space (2 of 2) Ariel Chapman  Bar
Far-out Jews Ian Rowen  Noah Wise  Orange 10
Margaret Thatcher, the Jews and Israel Ze'ev Portner  Orange 11
Trauma and psychosis Joanna Hahessy  Orange 12
22:40
The ultimate Jewish PowerPoint party Chlo Spinks  Red 3
The rebbetzin's disco Jacqueline Nicholls  Red 7
Lotería with a twist: Mexican-Jewish bingo and tequila reloaded Sharyn Bistre Dabbah  Renato Huarte Cuéllar  Red 9
Discovering the Jewish catacombs in Italy Sara Terracina  Orange 12
House Band hoedown House Band Limmud  Orange 15
There Is a crack in everything – brokenness and destruction as a driving force for growth in Talmud thought and our own times Ayala Deckel  Green 25
Limmud Zine Yellow 21
Israeli dance party (3 of 3) Maurice Stone  Slavyan Kanovski  Yellow 24