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Sessions for Saturday, 11:45 - 12:55 (Late Morning)
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- A Flourishing Jewish Community Needs Widows, Orphans and the Stranger Too!
- And the Walls Came Tumbling Down!
- And Then There Was Light
- Chanukah - What's So Wrong with Darkness Anyway?
- From Ethiopia to the Knesset
- Parashat Mikketz: Brothers Reunited
- Treasure Hunt
A Flourishing Jewish Community Needs Widows, Orphans and the Stranger Too!
Lorna Mitchell
Location: SU North 1
Tracks: Communities, Storytelling
Type: Discussion, Performance
This session will include a short presentation 'ASBO report on feral vagrant with no visible family, Mr Elijah Tisbite, recently found disturbing the peace in the quiet suburbs of Samaria' but mainly focus on personal discussion. I hope to meet anyone who has ever felt marginal in a Jewish community, to come and celebrate diversity and eccentricity.
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down!
Judith Ish-Horowicz
Location: Rootes Bar
Tracks:
Type: Social / Informal
Put Creation in order, match the animals on the ark and build a Jenga Tower of Babel. Let's see how many sedra games we can play. For children with or without parents, this session should certainly give you an appetite for lunch
And Then There Was Light
Lene Rachel Andersen,
Samuel Lebens,
Elliott Malamet,
Matt Plen,
Alma Smith
Location: Rootes Chancellors 3
Tracks: Education, Tanach/Text
Type: Panel Debate, Text Study
In this session our panellists will tell the story of their Jewish journeys and the enlightening moments that sparked their love for Jewish learning. They'll present illuminating texts to spark discussion and bring light to our Shabbat experience.
Chanukah - What's So Wrong with Darkness Anyway?
Yaffa Epstein
Location: Rootes Sutherland
Tracks: Tanach/Text
Type: Discussion, Text Study
The famous Israeli Chanukah song declares proudly 'We have come to expel darkness', but what darkness is being referred to here? This session will explore the concept of Darkness in Jewish Sources, and attempt to see just what we are trying to accomplish with the holiday of Chanukah.
From Ethiopia to the Knesset
Shlomo Molla
Location: SU North 2
Tracks: Diaspora, Israel, Politics
Type: Lecture
MK Shlomo Molla, the only Ethiopian member of the Knesset, tells his remarkable journey from his village in Gondar to Israel: from being entirely uneducated to becoming a lawmaker and politician.
Parashat Mikketz: Brothers Reunited
Ian Gamse
Location: Rootes Chancellors 1
Tracks: Tanach/Text
Type: Text Study
We last saw Jacob mourning his lost son at the end of Bereshit 37. Twenty-one years later, the narrative returns to him and the stage is set for Joseph to be reunited with his brothers. We will explore the words, the phrases and the silences used to tell the story, allowing hidden themes to emerge and clarify the complex relationships of this archetypal family.
Treasure Hunt
Limmud
Location: Rootes Atrium
Tracks:
Type: Social / Informal
MEET IN ROOTES RECEPTION to go on the treasure hunt - please bring along some warm clothes. A great, Shabbat-friendly way to explore our site and discover hidden treasure as you go. Suitable for adults and children of all ages and of all fitness levels. (Warning: the walk may go outside the boundaries of the eruv).
