Red 8
In this investigative session we will look at two Parashot and see what may be motivating the characters therein. Are their decisions consistent with rationality (traditional economics) or are they more consistent with loss aversion, present bias and other effects developed by Nobel prize winners like Kahneman and Thaler?
Orange 14
Lecture on the IDF’s methods of control in the Palestinian territories, Breaking the Silence's founding and goals. Former soldiers share personal stories and testimonies, creating space for open dialogue, direct questions, and deeper understanding through real experiences.
Red 2
Join for a showcase of new work from a collective of under-35 Jewish creatives - playwrights, novelists, short story writers and poets - who met for a series of guided workshops. After a reading, we will run through some writing exercises from workshop speakers, including Sophie Herxheimer, Adam Kammerling, Mark Rosenblatt and Gemma Seltzer.
Orange 15
Join internationally acclaimed composer, performer, and prayer-leader Elana Arian in a concert of communal song and story. Elana will share her award-winning original music with her characteristic humor, deep teaching, and musical warmth.
Orange 12
Come and discuss. It's said that Jewish people sleep with a passport. Since Brexit, the Jewish community in UK now has two cohorts: those with EU passports and those only with UK passports. Does this matter? Come learn about the great passport game.
Blue 32
Grab your dice, desert wanderers, and enter into a lost realm where matzah gives you +5 stamina, enemies can be banished by frogs, and the light of Hashem aids your quest. Together we will create a new Exodus story, inspired by Dungeons and Dragons, open to players of any experience.
Yellow 21
How can we nourish our mental health? We’ll be delving into burnout, perfectionism and more. Using ancient and modern Jewish stories, explainers, hints and tips, you’ll come out with a better understanding of how you can look after yourself and others, regardless of whether you are neurodivergent or not.
Orange 10
Whether you're Jewish by birth or by choice, what are the milestones and/or turning points which made you the Jew you are today? Through drawing up our own Jewish timelines, I hope to facilitate understanding of where we are in our spiritual journey and assist your communicating that to your fellow participants. Paper and pens will be supplied.
Red 5
What we can learn about transcending factionalism by comparing a source in the Babylonian Talmud with its parallel source in the Jerusalem Talmud. No Talmud knowledge needed.
Red 3
Bold religious poetry written after October 7th raises questions about the liberal and democratic foundations of our lives. What do we do with it?
Bar
Sapphic Shabbat is a Jewish sapphic group for LGBTQIA+ womxn, trans and non-binary folks. Come along to our second annual Limmud meet-up to make new pals and catch up with old friends. Feel free to contact our Instagram if you'd like to touch base before attending, or want to join our friendly WhatsApp group for those attending Limmud.
Yellow 24
Countless couples met at Limmud. Maybe you’re half of one of them. Bring yourself and only yourself to this relaxed session to meet other 20-30 year-old singles.
Blue 34
Poverty in the UK is at record levels in recent times. Children go hungry and without a bed of their own. What should be our Jewish response to this? What are our responsibilities towards the poor? And should the poor have responsibilities in return? With Rene Cassin, we will explore Jewish texts and the real-life situation in the UK today.
Red 4
This workshop is an introduction to improvised theatre - a set of principles, tools and techniques, but most of all, a mindset that promotes presence, attunement, flexibility and resilience. In this experiential workshop, we will explore how impro can impact our daily life, inviting us to be more open to ourselves, others and the world.
Green 25
AI may leave us prosperous but purposeless - automating jobs, perfecting distraction, reducing ethics to computation. Judaism's response: study as vocation, Shabbat as device-free refuge, ethical reasoning beyond algorithms. Whether this triggers religious revival is uncertain, but the match between AI's problems and religion's solutions is striking.
Red 9
The 1953 Qibya reprisal raid, led by Major Ariel Sharon, was the first military operation for which the State of Israel was condemned by the UN, major nations and the world Jewish community. Two leading Israeli philosophers, Professors Leon Roth and Yeshayahu Leibowitz, wrote important responses to the raid which are relevant still today.
Yellow 24
Countless couples met at Limmud. Maybe you’re half of one of them. Bring yourself and only yourself to this relaxed session to meet other 30+ singles.
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