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Torah Track
Monday, 19:20 - 20:40 (Early Evening 2)
'...A Very Naughty Boy!' - Countering Missionaries: an Experimental Workshop
Zvi Solomons
Sunday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
'Could the Serpent Kill or Could the Serpent Revive?' Why Did the Baptist Teacher Teach this to the Jewish Nursery Children?
Aviel Zwebner
Tuesday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Ruach)
'In God's Bedroom' (2 of 2)
Natalie Krasnostein
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
'Is Your Suffering Meaningful to You?'; What Jewish Healing Tells Us About Life and Loss
Susie Kessler
Wednesday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
'Not Placing a Stumbling Block' - an Example of How Law Evolves
Richard Jacobi
Friday, 17:30 - 18:45 (Session 1)
'The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah: the Tragic Aftermath of the Chanukah Story'
Joel Zeff
Sunday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Evening Ruach)
A Bat-Kol Sounded
Adam Frankenberg
Sunday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
A Brief History of Chutzpah
Daniel Reisel
Tuesday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Ruach)
A Curricular Approach to Prayer and Prayer Study in the School
Saul Wachs
Monday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
A Fascinating Bankruptcy Problem from the Talmud, and a Solution
Amnon Melzer
Sunday, 09:30 - 10:50 (Morning)
A Muslim Reads the Siddur
Halima Krausen
Monday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
A Satanic Lesson, a Dead Snake and Burnt Feet: Three Rabbinic Stories About Tzedakah
Steven Greenberg
Monday, 19:20 - 20:40 (Early Evening 2)
Ambivalence Towards Handicap (2 of 4)
Tzvi Marx
Saturday, 15:10 - 16:20 (Session 3)
Because I Said So: Examining motivations for observing Jewish Practice
Yaffa Epstein
Sunday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Becoming the People of the Book: an Introduction to Hebrew Manuscript Art
Stewart Brookes
Saturday, 09:40 - 10:50 (Session 1)
Bibliyoga™: Shabbat Soulglow Sequence
Marcus J. Freed
Monday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Bibliyoga™: The Superfly Disco Sequence
Marcus J. Freed
Monday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Bruriah: Truth, Myth, and the Construction of the Ideal Woman
Yaffa Epstein
Tuesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
Can I Download It, Rabbi? Intellectual Property in Halacha
Zvi Solomons
Wednesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Chariots of Fire: Exploring Ezekiel
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Monday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Evening Ruach)
Chassidic Music Learning Session
Raz Hartman
Monday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Chavruta - Creativity: In the Beginning... (1 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Tuesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Chavruta - From the Sublime to the Mundane (2 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Wednesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Chavruta - Painting Pictures (3 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Thursday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Chavruta - The Powers of Imagination (4 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Tuesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Circles of Obligation
Ruth Messinger
Monday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
City of David - New Finds, New Problems
Stephen Rosenberg
Tuesday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Ruach)
De-mystifying Your Kosher Kitchen
Nir Nadav
Monday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Dealing with Loss - an Experiential Analysis of Avelut (Mourning) Traditions
Claudia Kreiman
Wednesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Death and the Afterlife in Jewish Tradition
Joel Zeff
Wednesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Do Clothes Makes the Man?
Rachel Keren
Wednesday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Ruach)
Do Non-Jews Go to Heaven?
Daniel Smith
Sunday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
Donkeys!
Jonathan Wittenberg
Wednesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
Dozing or a Deep Sleep
Maurice Michaels
Sunday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Drama and the Bible
Howard Rypp
Monday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
e-gonifs, e-gossip and e-girls@judaism.com
Daniel Goldfarb
Wednesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Early Jewish Exegesis of Sefer Bereshit (Genesis)
Esther Eshel
Sunday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Escaping Eden - Are We Better Off on the Outside?
Benjamin Gerber
Monday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Evening Chavruta 1
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Tuesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Evening Chavruta 2
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Wednesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Evening Chavruta 3
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Tuesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Female Beauty in the Bible and in Second Temple Literature
Esther Eshel
Monday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Four Gemaras to Live By (1 of 4)
Raphael Zarum
Tuesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Four Gemaras to Live By (2 of 4)
Raphael Zarum
Wednesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Four Gemaras to Live By (3 of 4)
Raphael Zarum
Thursday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Four Gemaras to Live By (4 of 4)
Raphael Zarum
Wednesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Four Women Learning Midrash
Barbara Wettstein
Tuesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
God After Darwin
Daniel Reisel
Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
God Is Also a Character in the Bible
Jonathan Magonet
Monday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
God, Evil and the Book of Job (1 of 2)
Howard Wettstein
Monday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Great Passages from the Talmud
Judith Hauptman
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Great Passages from the Talmud
Judith Hauptman
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Hagar - the First Foreign Worker in Israel - a Look at Foreign Workers in Israel
Aviel Zwebner
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
How Bar Mitzvah Parties Began
Michael Hilton
Thursday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
How Old Is the Haggadah?
Judith Hauptman
Wednesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
How to Be Blue and White and Green All Over
David Brown
Tuesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Humility and Environmentalism - a New Application of Mussar Teachings
Ebn Leader
Monday, 19:20 - 20:40 (Early Evening 2)
I Don't Owe You a Living
Mark Goldsmith
Tuesday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
In Search of the Messiah and Tikkun Olam: Shimon Bar Yochai and Yehoshua Ben Levi (4 of 4)
Daniel Landes
Friday, 21:00 - 22:10 (Session 2)
In-Depth Zemirot: Dror Yikra
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Tuesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Inclusion or Exclusion: Exodus and Sinai (3 of 4)
Tzvi Marx
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Insiders and Outsiders: Who Decides the Boundaries of Rabbinic Authority?
Yaffa Epstein
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Interpreting the Word of God in Other Lands: What Jews Can Learn from Post-colonial Readings of the Bible
Deborah Kahn-Harris
Sunday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Introduction to Talmud: Find Out What All the Shouting's About
Judith Abrams
Monday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
Is It Moral to Buy Kidneys from Poor People?
Robby Berman
Monday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Jewish Attitude Towards Islam and Christianity
Yehuda Stolov
Sunday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Jewish Attitudes to Divorce: A Thoughtful Interpretation of the Sources
Rachel Levmore
Wednesday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Ruach)
Jewish Jokes and God's Gags
Yehoshua Engelman
Thursday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Jewish Journeys: Fez - a Moroccan Experience (2 of 2)
Chaim Weiner
Wednesday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
Jewish Journeys: Speyer, Worms and Mainz - the Birth of Ashkenaz (1 of 2)
Chaim Weiner
Monday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Jewish Moot Court (aka Adult You Be the Judge)
Joel Grishaver
Sunday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Kedusha, Am Israel and Humanity
Yehuda Stolov
Wednesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Kiddush - the Science of Sanctification
Eiran Davies
Tuesday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Ruach)
Learn the Talmud in 1 Hour (2 of 2)
Mark Garfield
Monday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
Lessons for Teaching Prayer
Saul Wachs
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Lord, I Was Born a Ramblin' Man
Yehudah Katz, David Lazar
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Love, Learning and Laundry
Michael Harris, Tamra Wright
Wednesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Mashiach - What Does It Mean to Us
Raz Hartman
Sunday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
Mathematics and Mishna
Adina Gamse
Tuesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Mathematics and Mishna: the Sequel
Adina Gamse
Tuesday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
Moses and Zippora - the Torah's Most Surprising Story
Michael Wegier
Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Moses Meets Rabbi Akiva: God's Role in Evil (2 of 2)
Howard Wettstein
Tuesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Moses: the Early Years - a Live Chavruta Debate
Joel Grishaver, Raphael Zarum
Monday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Mourners' Kaddish: a Ghost Story
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Sunday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
Music and Leadership: a Spiritual Fugue
Joel Grishaver, Chani Smith
Sunday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Music, Monks and Mizmorim
David Lazar
Wednesday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
Musical Midrash: Their Stories, Their Songs
Benjamin Shalva
Monday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Muslim and Jewish Views on Creation (1 of 3)
Halima Krausen, Mark Solomon
Tuesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Muslim and Jewish Views on Creation (2 of 3)
Halima Krausen, Mark Solomon
Wednesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Muslim and Jewish Views on Creation (3 of 3)
Halima Krausen, Mark Solomon
Sunday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
Must We Obey G-d Under All Circumstances? a Literary and Philosophical Approach to Shaul and the Amalekites
David Bilchitz
Saturday, 12:00 - 13:10 (Session 2)
My Three Favourite Jewish Texts
Zvi Solomons
Tuesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
No Impact Man: Conversations with Eco-Warrior Prophet Colin Beaven
Steven Greenberg
Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Of Mountains, Commitment and Game Shows
Nir Nadav
Sunday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
On the Outside Looking in?
Shulamit Ambalu
Wednesday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Ruach)
One for the Road - But Can I Drink It?
Zvi Solomons
Thursday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Organ Donation and Halacha
Robby Berman
Monday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Origin of Human Rights
Daniel Reisel
Tuesday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Outsiders, Insiders
Daniel Landes
Sunday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
Perplexing Piyyutim
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Wednesday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
Pillow Talk - with God
Miriam Arkush
Tuesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Pirke Avot: New Wisdom Every Day (2 of 4)
Daniel Goldfarb
Wednesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
Pirke Avot: New Wisdom Every Day (3 of 4)
Daniel Goldfarb
Thursday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Pirke Avot: New Wisdom Every Day (4 of 4)
Daniel Goldfarb
Monday, 19:20 - 20:40 (Early Evening 2)
Pirkei Avot: New Wisdom Every Day (1 of 4)
Daniel Goldfarb
Tuesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Prayer as a Practical Pathway
Raz Hartman
Thursday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Prayer: a Journey of the Heart or a Burden? Thinking, Struggling and Learning About T'filah (1 of 2)
Claudia Kreiman
Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Prayer: a Journey of the Heart or a Burden? Thinking, Struggling and Learning About T'filah (2 of 2)
Claudia Kreiman
Tuesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Pressing Issues in Jewish Feminism: Texts We Love to Hate (3 of 4)
Judith Plaskow
Monday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Rabbi Nachman's Pathway of Peace
Raz Hartman
Tuesday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
Raz Hartman in Concert
Raz Hartman
Wednesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
Reconciliation and Rebuke
Shulamit Ambalu
Sunday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Reflections on ReJewvenation and Command J: Jewish Laws, Digital Arts
Louis Kaplan
Tuesday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
Revisiting the Lonely Man of Faith
Elie Jesner
Sunday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Evening Ruach)
S&M (Study and Meet)
Social Events
Saturday, 15:10 - 16:20 (Session 3)
Satan and Suffering: Four Scholars Attempt the Impossible - Can They Discuss the Misery and Mystery of the Book of Job Without Ruining Your Shabbat?
Ian Gamse, Sue Gessler, Howard Wettstein, Tamra Wright
Sunday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
Sensitising and Desensitising Towards Handicap (1 of 4)
Tzvi Marx
Sunday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Sentenced to Marriage: a Look at Divorce in Jewish and Israeli Law
Yaffa Epstein
Saturday, 15:10 - 16:20 (Session 3)
Shabbat - Sanctuary in Time
Joel Grishaver
Sunday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
Sitting, Standing or Lying Down?
Maurice Michaels
Saturday, 12:00 - 13:10 (Session 2)
So Long, and Thanks for the Fish: Narrativising Jonah's Death Wish
Stewart Brookes
Monday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Something Old, Something New, Something Remembered, Something Wrong: Jewishly Displaced Objects (1 of 4)
Maureen Kendler
Tuesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Something Old, Something New, Something Remembered, Something Wrong: Jewishly Displaced Objects (2 of 4)
Maureen Kendler
Wednesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Something Old, Something New, Something Remembered, Something Wrong: Jewishly Displaced Objects (3 of 4)
Maureen Kendler
Thursday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Something Old, Something New, Something Remembered, Something Wrong: Jewishly Displaced Objects (4 of 4)
Maureen Kendler
Sunday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Spielberg's 'Pre-Crime' in the World of the Rabbis
Adam Kraus
Tuesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Storigami
Michael Gluckman
Wednesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
Strange Fire - How to Handle Nadav and Avihu?
Benjamin Gerber
Monday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Taking the 'Yuck' out of Vayikra (1 of 4)
Judith Abrams
Tuesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Taking the 'Yuck' out of Vayikra (2 of 4)
Judith Abrams
Wednesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Taking the 'Yuck' out of Vayikra (3 of 4)
Judith Abrams
Thursday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
Taking the 'Yuck' out of Vayikra (4 of 4)
Judith Abrams
Sunday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
Teaching and Studying a Prayer: Cognition and Affect
Saul Wachs
Sunday, 09:30 - 10:50 (Morning)
Teaching Jewishly
Joel Grishaver
Monday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Tell me Text
Daniel Goldfarb, Judith Plaskow, Howard Wettstein
Monday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Tell me Text
Jonathan Magonet, Daniel Reisel, Y Love
Tuesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Tell me Text
Avrum Burg, David Lazar, Matthue Roth
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Tell me Text
Ebn Leader, Ruth Messinger, Richard Stone
Wednesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Tell me Text
Michael Wegier, Shalva Weil, Joel Zeff
Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Tell me Text
Sharonah Fredrick, Colin Shindler, Yehuda Stolov
Tuesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
Tending the Soul - the Challenge and Opportunity of Honour
Ebn Leader
Monday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Territory and Identity (1 of 2)
Halima Krausen, Sybil Sheridan
Tuesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Territory and Identity (2 of 2)
Halima Krausen, Sybil Sheridan
Tuesday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
The Afterlife in the Bible
Adam Kraus
Monday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Evening Ruach)
The Bible in 1 Hour (1 of 2)
Mark Garfield
Monday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Biblioyoga™ Energy Retreat (2 of 3)
Marcus J. Freed
Sunday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Midday)
The Bibliyoga™ Energy Retreat (1 of 3)
Marcus J. Freed
Tuesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Bibliyoga™ Energy Retreat (3 of 3)
Marcus J. Freed
Monday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
The Case for the Defence
Renee Bravo
Sunday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
The Day the Talmud Was Created
Joel Grishaver
Tuesday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
The Dotted Kiss and the Power of Encounter
Yehuda Stolov
Friday, 17:30 - 18:45 (Session 1)
The Exodus, the Pharaohs and Sigmund Freud
Stephen Rosenberg
Monday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
The Figure of Judith as Compared with that of Esther and Yael
Esther Eshel
Monday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
The Jewish Line on Teenagers
Mark Goldsmith
Wednesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
The Jewish Mysticism of Rav Kook and Deep Ecology
Ebn Leader
Monday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
The Joy of Learning Text (1 of 2)
Mark Daniels, Nir Nadav
Tuesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
The Joy of Learning Text (2 of 2)
Mark Daniels, Nir Nadav
Thursday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
The Learning of Torah as Mystical Experience
Joel Zeff
Monday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
The Lonely Man: Eliezer Ben Hyrcanus and Yohanan Ben Zakkai (1 of 4)
Daniel Landes
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
The Making of 'In God's Bedroom' (1 of 2)
Natalie Krasnostein
Monday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Many Meanings of Shmitta for All of Us Today (1 of 4)
Yehoshua Engelman
Tuesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Many Meanings of Shmitta for All of Us Today (2 of 4)
Yehoshua Engelman
Wednesday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Many Meanings of Shmitta for All of Us Today (3 of 4)
Yehoshua Engelman
Thursday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Intensives)
The Many Meanings of Shmitta for All of Us Today (4 of 4)
Yehoshua Engelman
Sunday, 14:20 - 15:30 (Mid Afternoon)
The Perfect Speech
Raphael Zarum
Sunday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
The Rape of Dinah in Early Exegesis
Esther Eshel
Monday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
The Real Esther and Haman
Stephen Rosenberg
Friday, 17:30 - 18:45 (Session 1)
The Shabbats We Pray For
Daniel Goldfarb
Monday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
The Square and the Circle: Honi the Circle-maker and Shimon Ben Shetach (2 of 4)
Daniel Landes
Monday, 18:50 - 20:10 (Early Evening 1)
The Talmud as a Novel (1 of 3)
Daniel Boyarin
Tuesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
The Talmud as a Novel (2 of 3)
Daniel Boyarin
Wednesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
The Talmud as a Novel (3 of 3)
Daniel Boyarin
Monday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
The Values of the Talmudic Debate - a Case Study from Kiddushin - Bet Midrash
Ebn Leader
Monday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
The Values of the Talmudic Debate - a Case Study from Kiddushin - Shiur (2 of 2)
Ebn Leader
Tuesday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
The Woman Who Spat in Rabbi Meir's Face
Rachel Keren
Saturday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Session 6)
Toasting the Shabbat Queen
David Lazar
Monday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Torah as Self-Recognition - a Radical Rereading of a Talmudic Text
Joel Zeff
Sunday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Midday)
Torah Scrolls - Up Close and Personal
Jen Taylor Friedman
Sunday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Torah Shebaal Peh - Our Tribal Knowledge; or, How We Fell in Love with Halacha!
Eiran Davies, Nir Nadav
Sunday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Midday)
Two Jewish Temples in Ancient Egypt
Stephen Rosenberg
Monday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Untying the Knot - an Introduction to Jewish Divorce (1 of 2)
Chaim Weiner
Tuesday, 17:20 - 18:30 (Twilight)
Untying the Knot - an Introduction to Jewish Divorce (2 of 2)
Chaim Weiner
Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Utterly Rejected: Theology in Crisis in the Book of Lamentations
Deborah Kahn-Harris
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
We Will Be as Dreamers: the Significance of Dreams in Jewish Tradition
Joel Zeff
Monday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
What Happens When You Pray?
Clive Dove-Dixon
Wednesday, 19:20 - 20:30 (Early Evening 2)
When Is a Person Dead? The Brain Death Controversy
Robby Berman
Wednesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Where Heaven Meets Earth: Elisha, the Shunamite Woman and the 1882 Married Woman's Property Act
Maureen Kendler
Wednesday, 18:50 - 20:00 (Early Evening 1)
Who Is A Jew?
Clive Lawton, David Lazar, Jonathan Magonet
Tuesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Who Sets the Calendar for the Jewish People? Hananiah and the Court of Jerusalem (3 of 4)
Daniel Landes
Sunday, 09:30 - 10:50 (Morning)
Why Didn't the Books of the Maccabees Get into the Bible?
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Saturday, 19:30 - 20:40 (Session 4)
Why I Wrote a Torah
Jen Taylor Friedman
Wednesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Will the Real Messiah Please Stand Up
Joel Zeff
Wednesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
Women in the Rabbinic Kitchen
Judith Hauptman
Wednesday, 12:50 - 14:00 (Early Afternoon)
World Poverty and Tsedakah - Charity or Justice?
Robert Stone
Tuesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Would You Buy a Cruse of Oil from this High Priest?
Stephen Rosenberg
Wednesday, 09:20 - 10:50 (Chavruta)
Wrestling with Leviticus and Homosexuality
Steven Greenberg
Tuesday, 15:50 - 17:00 (Late Afternoon)
Yeshivah of the Absurd
Merkavah Theatre, Joel Stanley
Friday, 21:00 - 22:10 (Session 2)
Yosef - Narcissism and (En)Slavery
Yehoshua Engelman
Tuesday, 20:50 - 22:00 (Mid Evening)
Young Moses
Daniel Smith
Sunday, 11:10 - 12:20 (Midday)
Zionism, the Holiness of the Flesh and Rabbi Kook
Joel Zeff