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Communities Track
Friday, 21:00 - 22:00 (Late Evening)
Matityahu and Murder: Another Look at the Chanukah Story
Elliott Malamet
Saturday, 11:45 - 12:55 (Late Morning)
A Flourishing Jewish Community Needs Widows, Orphans and the Stranger Too!
Lorna Mitchell
Saturday, 15:00 - 16:00 (Early Afternoon)
Sephardic Religious Poems for Havdalah
Ramón Tasat
Sunday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Early Morning)
A Muslim Explores the Torah: the Story of the Scouts in Shelach Lecha
Halima Krausen
Sunday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Early Morning)
Leading Judaically
Richard Jacobi
Sunday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Mid-Morning)
How to Be a Jewish Rockstar: the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Yes, Zappa ... and Torah
Ginny Adams
Sunday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Mid-Morning)
A Survivors Guide to BT (No, Not that BT)
Nick Gendler
Sunday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Mid-Morning)
Hakhamim of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation
Jeff Berger
Sunday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Off the Beaten Path: American Jewish Life Between the Coasts
Lior Kaminetsky
Sunday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Stop Begging and Get a Job
Michelle Barnett, Daniella Saffer
Sunday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Farming and Gardening with Jewish Agricultural Laws: Visions of a Sustainable World
Simcha Schwartz
Sunday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
'How to Re-establish a Vodka Empire'
Linda Berkowitz, UK Jewish Film Festival, Lindsay Wittenberg
Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Drug Dealers and Money Launderers: Jews on the Small Screen
Lara Smallman
Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
What Do Hasids and Queers Have in Common? Yiddish in the 21st Century World
David Shneer
Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Education, Education … Really? Will Education Solve the Problems of Extreme Poverty in the World?
Steve Miller
Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
What Type of Jews Will Our Grandchildren Be?
Jonathan Boyd
Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
E-Tools, E-Learning, and E-Communication for E-veryone
Daniel Needlestone
Sunday, 17:00 - 18:00 (Families Hour 2)
Then and Now - Exploring Life in the East End Through Objects
Judith Vandervelde
Sunday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Kibbutz - Past, Present & Future
Lydia Aisenberg
Sunday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
World Jewish Demography: Past, Present, Future
Sergio DellaPergola
Sunday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Informal Jewish Education in the UK 2012 - What Are the New Challenges?
Andrew Gilbert, Shelley Marsh
Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Mummy and Ima, Daddy and Abba: the Growth of Same-Sex Jewish Parenting
Samantha Cohen, Gregg Drinkwater, Natalie Grazin, Amichai Lau-Lavie
Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Engagement and Disengagement - the Future of Religion in the Land of Israel
Tzvia Greenfield, David Hazony, Anat Hoffman
Sunday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Open Queer Space
Participant Care Team
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Where Are You on the Israel Map?
Keith Kahn-Harris
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Bi-Focal Lens on Europe and the Jews
Barbara Spectre
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Keshet UK - a New Forum for LGBT Jews
Natalie Grazin, Daniel Lichman
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Globalisation: Jews in the Wilderness
Hannah Gaventa, Zippi Gershon
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Nothing Helps (But this Might Help): Community Comfort in the Social Media Age
Esther Kustanowitz
Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Scriptural Reasoning - 'Religion and Rebellion' (1 of 4)
Zubair Ahmed, Muhammad Al-Hussaini
Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
JCoSS - Jewish Community Secondary School
Jeremy Stowe-Lindner
Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
What's Your Vision of a Flourishing UK Jewish Community?
Keith Kahn-Harris
Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Cantorial Music for the 21st Century
Deborah Katchko-Gray, Ramón Tasat
Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
The Politics of Dialogue: Who Should We Be Talking To?
Jamie Slavin, Vivian Wineman
Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Why I Should Be a Pluralist and Why I Am Not
Daniel Braune Friedman
Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
JCoSS - Inclusivity in Action
Jeremy Stowe-Lindner
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Terrorism Against Jewish Communities
Michael Whine
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Does Tikkun Olam Build or Destroy Jewish Life?
Steve Miller
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Jewish Education Through an Ecological Lens
Simcha Schwartz
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Social Justice in Our Shul and UK Jewish Community
Nikki Levitan
Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
A Community Lovers Guide To… The Jewish Community
Russell Collins
Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Shalshelet, the Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music
Roanne Pitluk, Ramón Tasat
Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Around the World in 8(0) Webcams
Daniel Needlestone
Monday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Thinking Out of the Box About Disability: Fighting for Autonomy, Independence and Dignity in 'Rory O'Shea Was Here'
Tirza Leibowitz
Monday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Donkeys, Rainbows, the Mayor of London and iPhones - Shabbat and Reform Judaism
Adam Overlander-Kaye, Jude Williams
Monday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Do Not Do for Others What They Can Do for Themselves: Jewish Community Organising Techniques for Working with Young Adult Groups
Naomi Magnus
Monday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Shirat Hanefesh - a New Jewish Community for the Future
Ruth Calderon, Roanne Pitluk, Ramón Tasat
Monday, 00:00 - 01:30 (Midnight Hour)
DJ Set by DJ Hartmama
Aaron Hartman
Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Jewish Marriage Ceremonies Through the Ages
Peter Sevitt
Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Jews in Europe: a Socio-Demographic Perspective
Sergio DellaPergola
Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Goodbye, Columbus, Hello Christopher: the Evolution of American Jewry
Shuly Schwartz
Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Have Christians Got Anything Useful to Say to Us?
Jane Clements
Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Limmud on One Leg: Parenting
Gregg Drinkwater, Elie Jesner, Limmud on One Leg, Adam Overlander-Kaye, Jude Williams, Atira Winchester
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
England, Agunot and a Prenuptial Agreement Preventing Get Refusal
Rachel Levmore
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
'Marrying Out' or 'Marrying In'?
Aaron Goldstein
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Creative Jewellery Making
Sharon Daniels
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Ageing in the Jewish Community
Abigail Morris
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Scriptural Reasoning - the Inter-Faith Chavruta! (1 of 3)
Rim Hassen, Miriam Lorie, Sarah Snyder, Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
YAD Track: What's So Jewish About Jewish Leadership?
Conference 2011 Volunteers' Team, Raymond Simonson
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
'Salsa Tel Aviv'
Linda Berkowitz, UK Jewish Film Festival, Lindsay Wittenberg
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Mental Health First Aid Lite
Tanya Harris
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
The Jewish Leadership Council: Everything You've Always Wanted to Ask
Jeremy Newmark
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Conference Catering Behind the Scenes
Conference Catering Co-Chairs
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Defending Israel Beyond the M25
Steven Jaffe
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Jerusalem: Beyond United and Divided
Eetta Prince-Gibson
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Fighting for the Diaspora: Jewish Soldiers in National Armed Forces
Reuben Livingstone
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Rabbis and Imams: Building Understanding in an Age of Fracture (1 of 2)
Muhammad Al-Hussaini, Mohamed Elsharkawy, Michael Hilton, Reuben Livingstone
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Advocating for Disability Rights in Israel
Sharon Daniels, Tirza Leibowitz
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Limmud 'Training the Trainers' Session 1 - Facilitation Skills (1 of 2)
Limmud International Team, Steve Miller, Raymond Simonson
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
South London Jewish Free Primary School - Dream or Reality?
Judith Ish-Horowicz
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Cantata Ebraica: Jewish Italian Musical Tradition
Ramón Tasat
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Scriptural Reasoning - the Inter-Faith Chavruta! (2 of 3)
Rim Hassen, Miriam Lorie, Sarah Snyder, Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Tuesday, 15:55 - 16:30 (Families Hour 1)
Explaining Honey Cake
Joel Levy, Marc Shoffren
Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Scriptural Reasoning - 'Religion and Violence' (2 of 4)
Muhammad Al-Hussaini, Mohamed Elsharkawy
Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
The Inclusion Campaign
Rachelle Adler, Shoshana Bloom, Sharon Daniels, Naomi Mushin
Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Future Leaders: Our Journey So Far
Luz Toff, Joe Wolfson
Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Muslim and Jewish Communal Relations of the Future - Discussion with Existing and Emerging Leaders
Mohammed Aziz, Dilwar Hussain, Charles Keidan, Miriam Lorie, Abdul-Rehman Malik, Stephen Shashoua
Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
JCC4London2013 ... New Home with a New Programme!
Andrew Gilbert, Roy Graham, Atira Winchester
Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
'David'
UK Jewish Film Festival, Lindsay Wittenberg
Tuesday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
All About Jewish Mourning Practice
Judith Hauptman
Tuesday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Voices From Our Side of the Curtain
Carolyn Bogush, Deborah Katchko-Gray, Judy Klitsner, Jacqueline Nicholls
Tuesday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
What Should Jews Talk About with Christians and Muslims?
Muhammad Al-Hussaini, Jane Clements, Mohamed Elsharkawy, Jonathan Wittenberg
Tuesday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Solomon Gaon - Hakhamim of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation
Jeff Berger
Tuesday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Bringing in - Our Response to Intermarriage
Mark Goldsmith, Laura Janner-Klausner
Tuesday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
UK Jewry: Challenges, Achievements and the Future
Norma Brier, Laura Marks, Vivian Wineman
Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Imams and Rabbis Panel: 'Countering Violent Extremism' (2 of 2)
Muhammad Al-Hussaini, Mohamed Elsharkawy, Reuben Livingstone
Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
British Muslims and Islam 101
Mohammed Aziz, Dilwar Hussain, Abdul-Rehman Malik, Stephen Shashoua
Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Government Policy and British Jews
Elliot Jebreel, Claudia Mendoza, Jeremy Newmark
Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Art Happenings / Happening Communities
Naomi Soetendorp
Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Judaism and Disability
Nina Robinson
Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Trouble in the Family: Can We Ever Be One People?
Jonathan Boyd, Shmuel Klitsner, Joel Levy, Helena Miller, David Shneer
Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Will London Finally Strangle All Other Jewish Life in the UK?
Nicky Goldman, Margaret Jacobi, Clive Lawton, Zvi Solomons
Tuesday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Jews Line Is It Anyway? - Improv for Jews
Esther Kustanowitz
Tuesday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Should Youth Movements Represent the Anglo-Jewish Community or Challenge It?
Ilana Fenster
Wednesday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Informing Our Decision Making in Community
Anna Gerrard
Wednesday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Teaching Community to a Texting Generation
Janet Schatten
Wednesday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Halachic Challenges of Being the Chief Rabbi of Poland
Michael Schudrich
Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Transforming the Jewish World: the International Impact of Limmud
Helena Miller
Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Generation J: Young, British and Jewish in 2011
Ilana Fenster, Joshua Marks, Daniel Sheldon, Jamie Slavin, David Yehuda Stern
Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Tahara - the Final Mitzvah
David Soetendorp, Ruth Soetendorp
Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Give It Away, Give It Away Now: Succession Planning for Innovators
Naomi Soetendorp
Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
'The Dreamers'
Linda Berkowitz, UK Jewish Film Festival
Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Scriptural Reasoning - 'Religion and Peace' (3 of 4)
Muhammad Al-Hussaini, Mohamed Elsharkawy
Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
A Bold View of Schooling: an Introduction to Beit Rabban
Devora Steinmetz
Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Half the Community - Blithe Spirit: New Spiritual Directions for Women (3 of 4)
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
But Not in Nice Jewish Families, Right?
Claire Godley
Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
How to Research and Present a Synagogue History
Marcus Roberts
Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
London 2012: Jewish Olympic Athletes
Adrian Cohen, Ben Helfgott, Boaz Kramer
Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
The Challenge of Jewish Education: Are Our Children Alienated From Judaism?
Shoshana Boyd Gelfand, Rachel Korazim, Devora Steinmetz, Raphael Zarum
Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Baskin-Robbins Has 31 Flavours - How About American Judaism?
Shuly Schwartz
Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
The Synagogues of Britain and Ireland: Some Architectural History
Sharman Kadish
Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Jews in Italy: From Tacitus to Berlusconi
Sergio DellaPergola
Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Out of the Closet But Still in the Community: Facilitating Inclusion for LGBT Jews
Natalie Grazin, Laura Janner-Klausner, Atira Winchester, Jonathan Wittenberg
Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Empowering Jewish Teens: the LimmudLA Way
Yechiel Hoffman
Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Shirat Hanefesh - a New Jewish Community for the Future
Roanne Pitluk, Ramón Tasat
Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Innovation Isn't Dead: the New Creativity in European Jewry
Andras Borgula, Jeremy Leigh, Michael Schudrich, Barbara Spectre
Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Get Up Ladies and Lead! How Can We Get More Women to Lead the Jewish Community?
Carolyn Bogush, Nicky Goldman, Laura Marks, Abigail Morris, Hannah Weisfeld
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
The Phoenix of Jewish Music
Polina Sheperd
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Finding a Place in - and for - Jewish Schools
Alastair Falk
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
He's Only Jealous Because He Loves Me
Claire Godley
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Taste and Waste
Michelle Barnett, Daniella Saffer
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Rebuilding a Jewish Community
Henry Grunwald, Tony Samuel
Wednesday, 18:30 - 19:40 (Dinner Hour I)
Bedouin Communities in the Negev
Alice Wood
Wednesday, 18:30 - 19:40 (Dinner Hour I)
So You Want to Be a Rabbi?
Judith Levitt, Benji Stanley
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:00 (Families Hour 2)
Teenagers in Synagogues: a Relational Approach
Daniel Lichman, Adam Martin
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:00 (Families Hour 2)
If I Am Not for Myself ...
Leibel Cowan
Wednesday, 19:00 - 20:10 (Dinner Hour II)
Taking Limmud Outside the Jewish Community
Dougald Hine, David Jennings, Keith Kahn-Harris, John Lotherington
Wednesday, 19:00 - 20:10 (Dinner Hour II)
Amy Winehouse: the Tip of the Iceberg?
Simon Phillips
Thursday, 10:00 - 11:10 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Shmita: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Simcha Schwartz
Thursday, 10:00 - 11:10 (Chavruta Alternatives)
As the Leader, So the Generation; As the Generation, So the Leader - What's So Jewish About Jewish Leadership?
Raymond Simonson
Thursday, 11:30 - 12:40 (Morning Intensive)
Scriptural Reasoning - Islamic and Jewish Ethics of Sacred Reading (4 of 4)
Muhammad Al-Hussaini
Thursday, 11:30 - 12:40 (Morning Intensive)
Philanthropy Uncut: Is Philanthropy a Lifestyle Accessory for the Rich or a Serious Vehicle for Social Change?
Charles Keidan
Thursday, 11:30 - 12:40 (Morning Intensive)
Trans Wishlist
Judith Levitt, Maxwell Zachs
Thursday, 13:00 - 14:10 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
So How Was It for You?
Jonathan Boyd
Thursday, 13:00 - 14:10 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Lashon Tweets
Judith Levitt
