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- A Community Lovers Guide To… The Jewish Community
- Around the World in 8(0) Webcams
- Bringing Text to Life: Midrashic Storytelling
- Carrying the Light (2 of 2)
- Come and Listen: Jewish Food for Thought
- Dine 'n' Discuss
- Growing Up Orthodox and Gay
- More Tea, Rabbi?
- Rabbinic Misogyny, Pornography and Paper-Cuts
- Re-Imagining Israel: the Summer of 2011 and the New Language of Israeli Politics
- Scratch Production (3 of 8)
- Shalshelet, the Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music
- The Dove Flyer: the Fate of the Jews of Baghdad
- The Man Gathering Sticks: Portrait of an Enigma
- Violin Recital - From Bach to Carlebach
- What's Going on in US Politics? Issues that Unite and Divide US Jews
A Community Lovers Guide To… The Jewish Community
Russell Collins
Location: Soc 2
Tracks: Communities
Type: Discussion
In 2010, 'Hand Made' was published - a collaborative collection of stories and perspectives from some of the most inspiring grassroots and people-led projects from around the world. Following a fantastic response, the idea evolved to produce a number of local versions under the banner of 'A Community Lovers Guide' - including a Jewish community edition! This initiative is supported by JHub. Join us to learn more...
Around the World in 8(0) Webcams
Daniel Needlestone
Location: Ram 3
Tracks: Communities, Diaspora
Type: Panel Debate, Discussion
This interactive Q&A and discussion session will bring together a diverse group of presenters from around the world. This will be your only chance to see them at Limmud because they will be joining virtually via webcam! Bring your questions, share your opinions or just listen, no question too big or too small.
Bringing Text to Life: Midrashic Storytelling
Cindy Rivka Marshall
Location: Soc 3
Tracks: Midrash, Storytelling, Tanach/Text
Type: Workshop / Practical, Text Study
Focusing on a biblical story, we will consult written commentaries, and then engage in a midrashic process, using our imaginations to answer questions that the text leaves unclear. We will improvise dialogues between characters in the story and experiment with telling the story in first person from one character's point of view. Participants will learn a method for interacting with biblical text that can be used to create divrei Torah, or for other presentations.
Carrying the Light (2 of 2)
Jonathan Wittenberg
Location: Soc 1
Tracks: Film/Theatre, Holocaust, Interfaith
Type: Discussion, Film
A follow-on session to the screening, allowing plenty of time for questions and discussion about the film and personal and historical background to it with Jonathan Wittenberg and Guy Netanel, the Director. This may not take up the full session time.
Come and Listen: Jewish Food for Thought
Alyssa Kapnik,
Hannah Kapnik
Location: Ram 5
Tracks: Philosophy
Type: Discussion, Film
This session will explore and discuss audio from the first season of this new Jewish podcast. Come and Listen explores what it means for a Jew to love deeply, the differences in challah around the world, the obscurity and intricacy of Jewish criminal law, the science behind the simple beauty of a Shlomo Carlebach melody and more.
Dine 'n' Discuss
Limmud Conference Social Events Team,
Steve Rosen
Location: Rootes Sutherland
Tracks:
Type: Social / Informal, Discussion
An opportunity to have dinner with some of Conference'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 bring it into Rootes Sutherland (next door). There are limited places, so it's first come, first served!
Growing Up Orthodox and Gay
K. David Brody
Location: Arts - Mead Gallery 2
Tracks: Modernity, Sexuality, Social Justice
Type: Lecture, Discussion
I have seen the evolution of gay liberation from the time it was illegal in the UK to gay marriage in Canada where I participated in that campaign. I grew up in a typical Orthodox family in London and my father played a prominent role in the community. I developed from a terrified teenager to a gay activist. I am now an accepted member of my Orthodox shul in Montreal. Come and hear about my journey.
More Tea, Rabbi?
Anna Gerrard
Location: Rootes Chancellors 3
Tracks: Food, Israel, Music
Type: Social / Informal
Tea and board games on a winter's night - Israeli style! Fresh 'Nana' (mint) and 'Luisa' (lemon verbana) tea, Middle Eastern snacks, Israeli music, 'Shesh Besh' (backgammon), 'Taki' and more ... Transport yourself to Jerusalem for a cosy Israeli-style evening with friends.
Rabbinic Misogyny, Pornography and Paper-Cuts
Jacqueline Nicholls
Location: Lib 2
Tracks: Tanach/Text, Visual Arts
Type: Lecture, Text Study
The 'Ladies Guild Collection' - is an ongoing series of provocative paper-cuts that explore problematic rabbinic texts that objectify and degrade women. These texts are challenging and disturbing, we can defend, attack or just close the book. Jacqueline chose to make art.
Re-Imagining Israel: the Summer of 2011 and the New Language of Israeli Politics
Nadav Eyal
Location: Soc 4
Tracks: Israel, Leadership, Politics
Type: Discussion, Lecture
This is an insider look into the protest and its consequences. We will discuss the Israeli summer of discontent, first talking about the tipping points (The Arab Spring? Rent Prices? Obama?) leading to what was labelled 'Israel's most powerful social unrest'. How does this popular movement relates and corresponds to early, revolutionary versions of Zionism, and what would be a plausible 'New Deal' for Israelis.
Scratch Production (3 of 8)
Elena Markham
Location: Arts - Studio
Tracks: Drama, Literature
Type: Workshop / Practical, Performance
Session 3: The Rehearsal. Following on from our successful Scratch Productions of past years this year we are preparing and performing a rehearsed play reading of a new script. Come and see the performance on Wednesday evening.
Shalshelet, the Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music
Roanne Pitluk,
Ramón Tasat
Location: Soc 7
Tracks: Communities, Education, Music
Type: Lecture, Discussion
The mission of Shalshelet is to enhance spirituality and build community through the creation and dissemination of new Jewish sacred music. In this session, Roanne will discuss the formation of this international institution. She will also describe the four international festivals that Shalshelet has organised in the past 8 years. Shalshelet believes that Jewish sacred music has the power to link Jews, affiliated and unaffiliated, across all denominations.
The Dove Flyer: the Fate of the Jews of Baghdad
Eli Amir
Location: Sci 8
Tracks: Diaspora, History, Literature
Type: Lecture
Dove Flyer is a throbbing, colourful picture of Baghdad, its soothsayers, rabbis, sheikhs, prostitutes, revolutionaries, Zionists and princes. Like the wings of a dove, their dreams are broken as they go into exile. The dove flyer wants to expand his flock, the Zionist a Jewish state, the Communist to change the world and young Kabi searches for his identity. Amir writes to show the pain, sorrow and insult, of losing a homeland.
The Man Gathering Sticks: Portrait of an Enigma
Ian Gamse
Location: Ram 6
Tracks: Tanach/Text
Type: Text Study
The little story in Bemidbar 15 of the man who was found gathering sticks on Shabbat is one of the most mysterious in the Chumash. Who was this man, what was he doing - and why does his story matter?
Violin Recital - From Bach to Carlebach
Lior Kaminetsky
Location: Arts - Ensemble
Tracks: Music
Type: Performance
Lior Kaminetsky, concert violinist, will be presenting a recital of standard classical violin repertoire combined with his own original arrangements for standard Jewish repertoire. Demonstrating the violin as one of the most virtuosic, passionate and heartfelt instruments.
What's Going on in US Politics? Issues that Unite and Divide US Jews
Marvin Feuer,
Wayne L Firestone,
Ellen Flax,
Shuly Schwartz
Location: Ram 1
Tracks: Current affairs, Diaspora, Politics
Type: Panel Debate
Tories and Patriots, Slaveholders and Abolitionists: Jews in America have been divided on political issues since the birth of the republic. From immigration policy and church-state boundaries to economic policy and gay marriage rights, American Jews have taken positions on both sides of most issues. As we prepare for the 2012 election, partisanship abounds, with policy on Israel most divisive. Join us as we discuss the significance of the Jewish stance on US politics.
