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Sessions for Sunday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
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- America and the Holocaust: Using History to Fight Contemporary Battles?
- Archaeology in Israel: a Personal Perspective (1 of 4)
- Bring on the Yetzer HaRa (1 of 3)
- Dine 'n' Discuss
- Growing Up Jewish in a Communist State
- Kibbutz - Past, Present & Future
- Nittelnacht: Christmas in the Yeshiva
- Pre-Praying
- Sand and Stars: Early Tel Aviv and Its Cabarets
- Shalom Aleichem: Welcome to Limmud Conference
- Strangers No More - an Inside Look at Refugees in Israel
- Who Needs the Diaspora
America and the Holocaust: Using History to Fight Contemporary Battles?
Deborah Lipstadt
Location: Arts - Conference
Tracks: History, Holocaust, Israel
Type: Discussion
America's response to the persecution of European Jewry during 1930s and 1940s causes a great deal of debate. Some condemn it and accuse the Roosevelt administration of being antisemitic. Others argue that it did all that was possible to aid Jews. What does the historical evidence say about these two arguments? Is it possible that, in fact, these arguments are less about what happened during the Holocaust and more about contemporary politics?
Archaeology in Israel: a Personal Perspective (1 of 4)
Steve Rosen
Location: Soc 6
Tracks: Archeology, Israel
Type: Lecture
Three Questions About Archaeology: How do we know where to look for sites? How do we know how old it is? What was the most exciting thing you have ever found?
Bring on the Yetzer HaRa (1 of 3)
Laura Janner-Klausner
Location: Sci 4
Tracks: Halacha, Spirituality, Tanach/Text
Type: Discussion, Text Study
Sex and lust, jealousy and ambition - what would we do without them? How can we cope with them? The yetzer hara (evil inclination) has been seen as the root of powerful and destructive desires but if turned around, these can be positive motivating and even delightful forces in our lives!
Dine 'n' Discuss
David Breakstone,
Limmud Conference Social Events Team
Location: Rootes Sutherland
Tracks:
Type: Social / Informal
An opportunity to have dinner with some of Limmud's best-loved presenters. This is your chance to pose your burning questions and hear more from your favourite presenters over dinner. Pick up your food from Rootes Dining Room and take it into the Rootes Sutherland (next door). There are limited places, so it's first come, first served!
Growing Up Jewish in a Communist State
Alla Stremovskaya
Location: Ram 4
Tracks: Modernity
Type: Social / Informal, Lecture
Personal experience, official statistics and survey findings will be reviewed in order to show the changes that have been made to the life of the Jewish community in Russia in the last two decades.
Kibbutz - Past, Present & Future
Lydia Aisenberg
Location: Soc 4
Tracks: Communities, History, Politics
Type: Lecture, Discussion
My session will deal with 100 years of kibbutz; personal experience of life in kibbutz for over 4 decades; the changes and challenges ahead for my kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek; and challenges of working at the Kibbutz Artzi Federation of Kibbutzim Givat Haviva Jewish-Arab Center for Peace in past and present times.
Nittelnacht: Christmas in the Yeshiva
Benjamin Crowne
Location: Ram 2
Tracks: Diaspora, History, Interfaith
Type: Lecture, Discussion
How did Jews mark Christmas in Eastern Europe? With wards, parody gospels, a secret fast and memories of a pagan past. This session will consider the scurrilous, scandalous and syncretistic history of Jewish-Christian relations in the era before interfaith... All sources in Hebrew and English - no prior knowledge is required.
Pre-Praying
Daniel Lichman
Location: Ram 6
Tracks: Meditation, Spirituality, Tanach/Text
Type: Workshop / Practical, Text Study
In tractate Brachot of the Talmud we are told that pious people in ancient times would spend an hour preparing for prayer. What did they do during this hour? In this session we will study the text and speculate on what they might have done. We'll then try out some of the possible methods ourselves.
Sand and Stars: Early Tel Aviv and Its Cabarets
Rebecca Joy Fletcher
Location: Sci 5
Tracks: Drama, History, Israel
Type: Creative, Discussion
A workshop on the early culture and history of the world's 'first modern Hebrew city' through the lens of its satiric cabarets. We'll explore the jokes, stories, and photos of the early city, and we'll get on our feet and act out original comedic sketches from the cabarets (with new English translations). You'll swear they could have been written today! Non-actors and non-Hebrew speakers are very welcome. This session is particularly geared for young adults.
Shalom Aleichem: Welcome to Limmud Conference
Limmud Conference Social Events Team
Location: Soc 1
Tracks:
Type: Social / Informal
Shabbat may be over, but Limmud Conference is only just beginning! In this session we will take the opportunity to welcome each other to Conference, informally reflect on our aims for the week, and meet other participants.
Strangers No More - an Inside Look at Refugees in Israel
Alisa Olmert
Location: Ram 1
Tracks: Current affairs, Israel, Social Justice
Type: Discussion, Film
In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. Many of the students arrive at Bialik-Rogozin School fleeing poverty, political adversity and even genocide. Here, no child is a stranger. Strangers No More follows several students' struggle to acclimate to life in a new land while slowly opening up to share their stories of hardship and tragedy.
Who Needs the Diaspora
Barend Velleman
Location: Ram 3
Tracks: Current affairs, Israel, Philosophy
Type: Discussion, Lecture
Social Protests, Nobel Prizes, Music and Theatre, Peace Process! The most secular Jew in Israel leads a fuller Jewish life than the most ultra-orthodox Jew in the UK. Agree? Come and say why! Disagree? Come and take part in that most Jewish of activities....argue!
