Beyond behaviour: understanding others through Tanach tales ☆ ★

Abi Hartuv 

Red 5

Explore the hidden thoughts, feelings and motivations behind your partner's, parents' and friends' actions using Tanach (Bible) as a lens. Through the story of Samson and Delilah, we’ll practice mentalisation - seeing beyond behaviour to understand thoughts and beliefs and to uncover the assumptions we make about others.

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Coffee morning (4 of 4) ☆ ★

Participant Care Limmud 

Red 1

Come to the wellbeing hub for a chance to chat and reflect, meet fellow Limmudniks, and most importantly start your day with coffee!

Jewish feminism in the 21st century ☆ ★

Channa Pinchasi 

Blue 32

Ten principles of feminist theory in a nutshell and the challenge of implementing them in diverse Jewish communal and religious spaces.

Past in the present ☆ ★

Pavlina Sulcova (Schultz) 

Red 9

What are the challenges of shaping an institution at a place of dark memory - balancing remembrance with contemporary Jewish life - and navigating shifting perspectives and intergenerational sentiments during a time of rising tensions. This is a true story of rethinking identity and promoting dialogue.

Relationships with people from ‘the other side’ ☆ ★

Jeremy Dable  Baron Frankal 

Red 2

The session comes about because the joint presenters disagree with each other passionately over the war in the Middle East, but we are also friends and want to find ways of talking and listening to each other while remaining friends. So we are running a workshop to share our ideas and to get your ideas on how to do this.

Romantic revolution - the problem with Andre Aciman's novel 'Enigma Variations' ☆ ★

Samantha Reuben 

Red 8

Epic romance or arrogant sociopath, from the author of 'Call Me By Your Name'. Examining narrative structure and the nature of memory, identity and love, we will look at character, love and truth, with some surprising realisations. Expect romance, tragedy and some uncomfortable revelations in this fascinating novel - but no spoilers!

The elephant in the room: the growth of Islamophobia in Jewish spaces ☆ ★

Josh Dubell 

Red 7

Drawing on his work this summer with nearly 1,000 young British Jews across the spectrum and hearing some deeply troubling anti-Muslim comments, this session asks hard questions about prejudice, its roots and how we can respond, while exploring pathways towards greater empathy and solidarity.

Win-win: how can we save 45,000 Israeli lives and £10 billion? ☆ ★

Gary Ginsberg 

Red 3

A presentation evaluating case managers to manage adults with multiple health risk factors. The Israeli Health Ministry has refused to sanction the intervention that will save 45,000-85,000 lives and £10-24 billion pounds over the next 25 years. We will also talk about the discrimination that health professionals who are olim may face.

A discussion on the collapse of the status of Hebrew literature in Israeli society ☆ ★

Yonatan Berg 

Red 4