Limmud Together UK
Sunday 3 May 2020

Links to virtual rooms can be found at events.limmud.org when sessions are in progress

10:00
Are we learning anything from the COVID-19 pandemic? Julia Neuberger  Room 1
The changing dynamics of ultra-Orthodoxy in world Jewry David Newman  Room 2
That blackbird woke me up Jonathan Wittenberg  Room 3
Politics in a post-truth era: thinking through difficult times Ilan Baron  Room 4
Fakes, frauds, and fanatics: the seamy side of biblical archaeology Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz  Room 5
"A son is gold, a daughter trouble": Sephardi birth and marriage customs Hilary Pomeroy  Room 6
The Limmud Bar The Bar
11:00
Hadley Freeman on "House of Glass" Hadley Freeman  Room 10
Henna Judaica... or how to create new traditions Sandra Yerushalmi  Room 11
COVID-19 and human rights Adam Wagner  Room 14
Jewish mindfulness meditation: the quieting practice of the Piaseczner Rebbe James Jacobson-Maisels  Room 15
The Kids' Kitchen cookalong with your kids Nicole Freeman  Room 16
Five approaches to making the Omer count Raphael Zarum  Room 9
The Limmud Bar The Bar
12:00
Is there such a thing as Jewish writing or the Jewish imagination? Howard Jacobson  Jonathan Freedland  Room 1
Bitesize Resilience – a Rabbi’s Crisis Survival Diary Laura Janner-Klausner  Room 2
Time on your hands: Jewish time, then and now Simon Goldhill  Room 3
Jews of China: an artistic journey Leon Fenster  Room 4
Rupture and Reconstruction: a Sephardic perspective on Haym Soloveitchik's analysis of trends in 20th-century orthodoxy Joseph Dweck  Room 5
Middle East challenges in the COVID-19 era Miri Eisin  Room 6
"Rabbi Cooks" with you Oliver Joseph  Room 7
There must be an angel (playing with my art) Emma Grant  Room 8
The Limmud Bar The Bar
13:00
Responding to suffering: guidance from Nietzsche and Joseph B. Soloveitchik Michael Harris  Room 10
The triumph of creation: what are the Book of Exodus – and revelation – really about? Shai Held  Room 11
Breaking point? Trends and challenges in the Jewish communal future Miriam Lorie  David Filer  Oli Davidson  Yael Roberts  Amos Schonfield  Room 13
How Israel is coping with Corona – medical, ethical and organisational aspects Jonathan Halevy  Room 14
Lashevet: sit down and do yoga! Gabi Markham  Room 15
Mandala drawing tutorial Hettie Virchis  Room 16
Rosena Allin-Khan in conversation Rosena Allin-Khan  Ella Rose  Room 9
The Limmud Bar The Bar
14:00
The power of speech: how the rabbis understood what it means to be human Yaffa Epstein  Room 1
What can’t you see?!? Reflections of a Jewish travel educator in an age of lockdown Jeremy Leigh  Room 2
Being Jewish in the House of Lords Ruth Deech  Room 3
Why I wrote "The Ratline" Philippe Sands  Room 4
Gaza and the coronavirus Mohammed Azaiza  Abier Ismail Almasri  Beth Oppenheim  Room 6
Nachamu ami: songs of hope and healing Judith Silver  Mich Sampson  Zöe Jacobs  Room 7
Horrible histories: Infamous Israelites Michael Rosenfeld  Room 8
The Limmud Bar The Bar
15:00
Spiritual leadership in time of crisis Jonathan Wittenberg  Jeffrey Myers  Room 10
Why Jewish–Arab partnership matters Alon-Lee Green  Room 11
The Jewess who ruined the US Aviva Dautch  Room 12
True love is the love of truth Merav Roth  Ruth Calderon  Room 13
Domestic abuse and lockdown: a dangerous cocktail Lee Wax  Room 14
Israeli dance under lockdown Ilai Szpiezak  Room 15
Keep Kalm & Kvetch Carole Shaw  Room 16
Why millenials aren't giving a flip (and the story of JSwipe) David Yarus  Room 9
The Limmud Bar The Bar
16:00
The Sermon on the Mount for Jews Amy-Jill Levine  Room 1
Navigating the sea of Torah: a traditional approach for the digital age Sara Wolkenfeld  Room 2
The cabinet minister’s silk underwear and the Jews: adventures and misadventures in diplomacy Daniel Rothberg  Rebecca Viney  Sophie Ross  Room 3
Religious persecution and religious freedom around the world David Saperstein  Room 4
Hebrew calligraphy: an intimate meeting at the beginning Dov Laimon  Room 5
Refugees and COVID-19: where are we and what can we do? Ros Ereira  Ali  Sara Nathan  Sarah Danby  Moses Seitler  Room 6
Let's sing (about Jewish things!) Eliana Light  Room 7
The Limmud Bar The Bar
17:00
The Prince of Egypt: from Torah to Hollywood and the West End Alexia Khadime  Philip LaZebnik  Jeremy Gordon  Room 10
Nothing Else-ism Samuel Lebens  Room 11
From invisible to centre stage: a close reading of rabbinic approaches to homosexuality Ben Katz  Room 12
Buying a house in Iraq Edwin Shuker  Room 13
Social justice and health equity Michael Marmot  Room 14
Singalong with Dan: a virtually nice experience Dan Patterson  Room 15
Family "You be the Judge" Joel Grishaver  Room 16
Mamash balagan! A panel of experts on 18 months of Israeli political chaos Simcha Rothman  Dahlia Scheindlin  Eylon Aslan Levy  Sara Yael Hirschhorn  Robin Moss  Room 9
The Limmud Bar The Bar
17:50
The Limmud Gala Wherever you are
18:00
Aren't we all a work in progress, in a way? Rachel Creeger  Room 2
The sound of silence: exploring Shavuot through the eyes of Simon and Garfunkel Hadassah Fromson  Room 3
Bringing Limmud programming online Tony Abrams  Jeremy Borovitz  Room 4
“All who are hungry, let them eat!”… and other challenges to supporting the vulnerable caused by COVID-19 Jemima Gilbert  Hannah Style  Daniel Heller  Room 6
Sing along Tamara Wolfson  Anna Posner  Room 7
The Limmud Bar The Bar
19:00
Secret vaginas of Judaism Florence Schechter  Room 12
Atzeret: a creative response to Shavuot DAVAR  Room 14
Daniel Cainer: virtually in concert Daniel Cainer  Room 15
The Limmud Lockdown Lock-In Pub Quiz Limmud Social(ly distanced) Programming  Room 16
The Limmud Bar The Bar
20:00
Who run the world? Challah Back Girls  Room 7
The Limmud Bar The Bar

Links to virtual rooms can be found at events.limmud.org when sessions are in progress

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Room 10 us02web.zoom.us/j/84756701261
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Room 16 us02web.zoom.us/j/89084239878
Room 2 us02web.zoom.us/j/86398509863
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Room 7 us02web.zoom.us/j/85900898447
Room 8 us02web.zoom.us/j/85365167966
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The Bar us02web.zoom.us/j/84045818829
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