Red 5
A lighthearted introduction to ADHD, to help explain why it can be both a curse and a superpower!
Limmud copy of ADHD Meme training.pptx
Red 2
Traditionally seen as calamitous, recent research suggests otherwise about the Babylonian exile. Instead, what the Judeans gleaned from the Babylonians resulted in the formation of the brand 'chosen people'. A controversial viewpoint ...to be discussed.
Red 9
We are told that the followers Shammai and the followers of Hillel argued for generations, until God declared that we would follow Hillel. In a world that seems increasingly polarised, do these arguing rabbis provide a model that can work for us when engaging with others whose views radically oppose our own?
Red 1
Everyone needs a breather from the festival buzz! Join us in the wellbeing space for a relaxed board games session where you can unwind, chat and get stuck into some games.
Blue 32
Jewish women were at the forefront of feminist autobiographical comics since the 1970s as they challenged sexism in society. But how have they revised misogynistic images and stories closer to home? Learn how Sharon Rudahl, Miriam Katin and others transform Biblical narratives and images to reflect their own, lived, experiences.
Red 8
I will talk about my journey from growing up as a Beis Yaakov girl, and the eldest of seven siblings, in the frum community of Broughton Park, to becoming a professor of Biophysics who investigates the tiny machinery that collaborates to maintain health inside each of our thirty trillion cells. This will be my 25th Limmud but first time presenting!
Red 3
Step into Palma’s medieval Jewish quarter on a virtual tour with Dani Rotstein. From golden age cartographers to the Xuetas’ 600-year saga, uncover tales of resilience, secret faith and identity reclaimed - stories of a community shattered, silenced and now sparking new conversations today.
Red 7
Preserving the freedom to speak and write is very precarious in the academic setting and has been for some time. In this talk, I look at the furore over two psychoanalytic papers on ‘whiteness’ to explore how easily and strongly antisemitism surfaced. How and why does antisemitism surface so easily in debates about ‘race’?
Red 4
Abraham, Sarah and Hagar have a curious blended family, built on a Biblical version of surrogacy. Through commentaries, midrash, art and poetry, we'll study their story. Echoes for Muslim-Jewish relationships today inescapably will come to the fore, and we'll consider whether this story could in fact be a source of healing historic wounds.
Purple 31
What does it mean to be free? What are the real life impacts of tolerating intolerance? Join Nahamu for an interactive discussion on collective and individual rights and how much intervention, if any, we can expect from the state when communities hurt the people who belong to them.
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