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- 'Eli & Ben'
- Drug Dealers and Money Launderers: Jews on the Small Screen
- E-Tools, E-Learning, and E-Communication for E-veryone
- Earth, Water and Sky in the Galil
- Education, Education … Really? Will Education Solve the Problems of Extreme Poverty in the World?
- From Rwanda to Sri Lanka - Jewish Values in International Development
- Homeopathy in Jewish Life (1 of 3)
- Interactive Improvisation Concert
- Jewish Huck Embroidery
- Jewish Response to Marathons
- Lighten Our Darkness: Light in the Qur'an and the Tanach
- My Year of Mourning: Using Jewish Meditation to Connect, Heal, and Grow
- Myth and Symbol in the Torah (1 of 2)
- Rembrandt: a Philosopher?
- Taking Limmud Back Home - Creative and Wide Ranging Programming for Limmud Events (2 of 8)
- Taking Limmud Back Home - the Secret Ingredients of a Successful Limmud! (1 of 8)
- The Death of the Gods at the Birth of Monotheism
- The Shoah Delusion - Manipulation of Holocaust Imagery in Modern Cinema
- What Do Hasids and Queers Have in Common? Yiddish in the 21st Century World
- What Type of Jews Will Our Grandchildren Be?
- What We Don't Talk About (When We Focus on the Arab Israeli Conflict)
- Why Rain Comes From Above: Biblical and Rabbinic Perspectives on Heavenly Gifts
'Eli & Ben'
UK Jewish Film Festival,
Lindsay Wittenberg
Location: Arts - Cinema
Tracks: Israel
Type: Film
Ben (Lior Ashkenazi, 'Walk on Water') has always affectionately entertained his son Eli's (Yuval Shevakh) mischievous behaviour. Their profound connection seems secure as Eli approaches his teenager years. But when the police arrest Ben under suspicion of bribery, Eli has to face the possibility that his father is morally fallible. Ravid's film about the conflict between disillusionment and faith delivers a touching story. (Director Ori Ravid, 2009 Israel. 89 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles.)
Drug Dealers and Money Launderers: Jews on the Small Screen
Lara Smallman
Location: Sci 7
Tracks: Communities, Education
Type: Discussion
A BBC camera crew visits Stamford Hill. They film a convicted international drug-trafficking Satmar Jew. ITV pays a visit to Manchester to meet a girl reaching Bat-Mitzvah age, but all we get to see is the immense extravagance of her Bollywood-themed celebration. Is the Jewish community misrepresented and misunderstood? Come and join what promises to be a very lively debate.
E-Tools, E-Learning, and E-Communication for E-veryone
Daniel Needlestone
Location: Soc 4
Tracks: Communities, Education, Leadership
Type: Workshop / Practical
Presenting via webcam, the presenter will show some amazing and free e-tools that you can use for learning, teaching, networking, community building and communicating in your life, shuls, schools and organisations. If you've examples to show off, please bring them along to share. Laptops welcome but optional. All levels welcome.
Earth, Water and Sky in the Galil
Limmud Galil/ Partnership Delegation
Location: Soc 7
Tracks: Israel
Type: Lecture, Discussion
Our session will deal with Jewish life in the Galilee in the past and present. Learn about various types of land in the Galil - volcanic basalt, calcite, dry and moist soil - and their influence on vegetation in the region. Olive trees produce world famous quality oil. Grapes from vineyards are cultivated for a variety of excellent Galilee wines. Come to taste and smell the fragrances of the Galil in joy and song.
Education, Education … Really? Will Education Solve the Problems of Extreme Poverty in the World?
Steve Miller
Location: Soc 6
Tracks: Communities, Education, Social Justice
Type: Discussion, Text Study
The Jewish community has always valued education, for its own sake and as a path to prosperity. Tzedek is the UK Jewish community's response to extreme poverty and after a rigorous and extensive study of life in our partnership region of Northern Ghana, we will be developing an innovative programme of educational renewal. This session will start with Jewish sources on education and then move on to how Tzedek is developing this new programme.
From Rwanda to Sri Lanka - Jewish Values in International Development
Matti Fruhman
Location: Sci 2
Tracks: Israel, Social Justice
Type: Lecture, Discussion
How do thousands of years of Jewish community create model farms in Sri Lanka and Rwanda? This session will look at what is uniquely Jewish in international development and how unique Jewish/Israeli knowledge is impacting communities in developing countries.
Homeopathy in Jewish Life (1 of 3)
Francis Treuherz
Location: Soc 3
Tracks:
Type: Lecture, Discussion
This session discusses the principles of homeopathy and how they appear in many Jewish sources such as the Mekhilta (a midrash of the Book of Exodus) and the Talmud. Homeopathy is now central to healthcare in many traditional Jewish communities and in Israel. The presenter will share stories of using homeopathy in a Jewish context and during life cycle events, with practical examples and opportunity for questions and discussion.
Interactive Improvisation Concert
Lior Kaminetsky
Location: SU Copper Rooms 1
Tracks: Music, Music Workshops
Type: Creative, Performance
Have you ever wondered what's happening in musician's mind while improvising? This interactive improvisation concert presents some of the best of Conference's musicians, performing the unconscious while sharing and discussing what they're thinking while improvising. Musicians are encouraged to bring their own instruments and participate in this unique jam session.
Jewish Huck Embroidery
Deborah Katchko-Gray
Location: Soc 10 (YLC Art)
Tracks: Arts and Crafts, Visual Arts
Type: Social / Informal, Creative, Dance
Using Swedish Weaving learn how to create a beautiful heirloom challah cover. The technique is easy and doesn't require previous stitching experience.
Jewish Response to Marathons
Flora Frank
Location: Rootes Chancellors 3
Tracks: Current affairs, Disability, Tanach/Text
Type: Lecture, Discussion
Did running a Marathon present a problem for an orthodox woman then in my 50s? (running in a skirt and head covering! Thank G-d, I have now completed 23 Marathons (London, Tiberias, New York) raised £200,000. I want to share my amazing experiences and the Jewish response to Olympics in light of Chanukah, Macabbees, Hellenism. Dedicated to my brother Nissim z.l. special needs, Paralympics participant.
Lighten Our Darkness: Light in the Qur'an and the Tanach
Halima Krausen,
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Location: Soc 2
Tracks: Interfaith, Spirituality, Tanach/Text
Type: Discussion, Text Study
Come and explore the theme of light in texts from the Qur'an and the Tanach. Halima and Lindsey will each present texts from their own traditions, using classical commentaries and modern insights to deepen our understanding, and commenting on each other's texts. We'll investigate the impact of these texts on Islam and Judaism, and trace how mystics, liturgists, and scholars have meditated on them and developed them, sometimes in unexpected ways.
My Year of Mourning: Using Jewish Meditation to Connect, Heal, and Grow
Ginny Adams
Location: Soc 5
Tracks: Psychology, Spirituality, Tanach/Text
Type: Discussion
On Shemini Atzeret 2009, I received a call that changed my life: my father had passed. Three months later, my grandmother died. And on May 20, 2010, my birth mother took my brother's life and then her own. Seven months of loss, and seven months of trauma. Judaism has given us a framework to live through death. Explore our traditional Jewish meditations-Kaddish and Yizkor. Learning with you helps me heal.
Myth and Symbol in the Torah (1 of 2)
Herzl Hefter
Location: Sci 5
Tracks: Kaballah, Midrash, Tanach/Text
Type: Lecture
By stirring associations from within and propelling us toward the incomprehensible, symbolic language shows us the way towards God. Stories and rituals in the Torah can be understood as projections, like dreams, of God's 'mind' , so to speak. We will study the story of Ya'akov and Esau and discover how it is expressed in various rituals and in turn is a reflection of the Divine drama of creation.
Rembrandt: a Philosopher?
Barbara Spectre
Location: Sci 4
Tracks: Midrash, Philosophy, Tanach/Text
Type: Lecture, Discussion
A Rembrandt painting that hangs in the National Gallery provides a visual Midrash unlocking the significance of 'the writing on the wall'. But beyond that, is there embedded in this painting a valuable insight into the basis of the mind-change brought about by 'the Jewish revolution' in history? That being so, one could wonder: Must an artist or philosopher be Jewish in order to render a work 'Jewish Art' or 'Jewish philosophy'?
Taking Limmud Back Home - Creative and Wide Ranging Programming for Limmud Events (2 of 8)
Libby Burkeman,
David Hoffman,
Limmud International Team,
Limmud Volunteer Development
Location: Lib 2
Tracks:
Type:
How can we think creatively about ideas for sessions at Limmud events to make Limmud fun, stimulating, exciting and entertaining? How do we relate spaces with sessions? In this interactive session Libby Burkeman and David Hoffman, both experienced Limmud event programmers, will help you to generate ideas so you can get the best out of your Limmud event.
Taking Limmud Back Home - the Secret Ingredients of a Successful Limmud! (1 of 8)
Uri Berkowitz,
Limmud International Team,
Limmud Volunteer Development
Location: Lib 1
Tracks:
Type:
Together we will explore the three elements that every Limmud is really about. We'll learn about each one and discover what happens when these magical ingredients come together. By the end of the session you will have a simple visual formula to easily remember how to make things Limmudy.
The Death of the Gods at the Birth of Monotheism
Richard Elliott Friedman
Location: Sci 3
Tracks: Tanach/Text
Type: Lecture, Text Study
In whatever generation monotheism first began to take hold in Israel, what did people think had become of the gods? What did they think of their parents and grandparents who had believed in them? And why would they picture their monotheistic God speaking in the plural?
The Shoah Delusion - Manipulation of Holocaust Imagery in Modern Cinema
Yeshaya P Balog
Location: Soc 8
Tracks: Film/Theatre, Holocaust, Visual Arts
Type: Discussion, Film
Our medial memory feeds on films and pictures. In this session we are going to investigate modern feature films (even children's cartoons) and the images they borrowed from Holocaust documentaries. We are going to discuss their purpose and their effect on the viewer.
What Do Hasids and Queers Have in Common? Yiddish in the 21st Century World
David Shneer
Location: Hum 2
Tracks: Communities, Diaspora
Type: Lecture, Discussion
It is rather trendy to speak of a Yiddish revival that has been taking place since the 1980s, but is it actually taking place? And if so, where and among whom? We will learn about Yiddish in the contemporary world, whether in university classrooms, leftist retreats, or in Hasidic enclaves.
What Type of Jews Will Our Grandchildren Be?
Jonathan Boyd
Location: Hum 1
Tracks: Communities, Current affairs, Education
Type: Lecture, Discussion
Almost twenty years ago, the Chief Rabbi asked an era-defining question: his book 'Will we have Jewish grandchildren?' launched a decade of renewal which changed the course of British Jewish communal life. Two months ago, the results of the first National Jewish Student Survey to be conducted in Britain were published. Among other contributions, it may begin to suggest a few answers to the Chief Rabbi's question. Come and find out what it tells us.
What We Don't Talk About (When We Focus on the Arab Israeli Conflict)
Anat Hoffman
Location: Soc 1
Tracks: Israel, Politics, Social Justice
Type: Lecture, Discussion
Officials representing the state of Israel often focus on the Israeli-Arab conflict. Focusing on the conflict with Israel's neighbours distracts people from exploring some of the conflicts that plague Israeli society from within such as women's rights, religious pluralism, racism against minorities and struggles for freedom of conscience.
Why Rain Comes From Above: Biblical and Rabbinic Perspectives on Heavenly Gifts
Devora Steinmetz
Location: Sci 8
Tracks: Environment, Social Justice, Tanach/Text
Type: Lecture, Text Study
We will look at biblical and rabbinic texts about rain and discuss the religious and ethical significance of this heavenly gift. Texts will be available in both Hebrew and English.
