Room 1
United Hatzalah’s model of community-based lifesaving has been implemented in 21 countries around the world and has resulted in hundreds of thousands of lives being saved. Eli Beer will talk to Limmud about how his vision in creating the organisation, its expansion and response to Covid-19 as well as his own experience surviving the infection.
Room 9
We will explore this intriguing question by drawing on Jewish sources and Pnina's experience as a Haredi feminist and founding a Beit Midrash for ultra-Orthodox women
Room 3
Yiddish has now joined the long list of languages into which Harry Potter has been translated. Join the translator for a discussion on the intended audience for this translation, whether a Yiddish translation is inherently Jewish, and some of the challenges associated with translating this unique work into the historical language of Ashkenazi Jews.
Joe Hyman Clive Lawton Madeline R Young Aviva Dautch
Room 7
Edward Colston... Cecil Rhodes... Christopher Columbus. The act of pulling down a statue has a long history, but came to a head during recent Black Lives Matter protests. We'll look at the biggest questions: which statue would you pull down? Which statue would you fight to keep up? And which should go up? Come and vote on the results!
Room 5
The Jewish tradition's categories of sin and repentance are surprisingly useful in the present moment of racial reckoning. We will explore sources from the Talmud through Ta-Nehisi Coates to see the benefits and limits of approaching the pursuit of racial justice as an act of collective repentance.
Room 11
In Mishna Chagigah there is a cryptic mention of Menachem who paired with Hillel and then 'left', replaced by Shammai. Little more is said about Menachem. He is mentioned by Josephus in connection with King Herod. The preceding Mishna talks about forbidden learning – is there a connection? Who was he and could he have a lesson for today's Jews.
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Lord Eric Pickles has held many government roles relating to the safeguarding and supporting of faith communities, and is currently Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust issues. What are the current issues the Jewish community – and wider society – should contend with, in Holocaust memorial and beyond?
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