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Literature Track

Saturday, 15:00 - 16:00 (Early Afternoon)
Shabbat Book Club: Everything Is Illuminated
Tamar Ish-Horowicz


Saturday, 20:00 - 21:10 (Late Evening)
Winter Songs of Love and Prayer
Ramón Tasat


Saturday, 21:25 - 22:35 (Night)
A Psycho-Literary Reading of Jacob's Wrestling
Shmuel Klitsner


Sunday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Stories From the She-Bible - at the Window (1 of 4)
Maureen Kendler


Sunday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Euro+Trash: Kafka, Comics and Collisions of Culture
Eli Valley


Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Scratch Production (1 of 8)
Elena Markham


Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
These Are a Few of My Favourite (Offensive) Things
Nathan Abrams, Keith Kahn-Harris, Jacqueline Nicholls, Eli Valley


Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Windows to Israeli Society Through Literature (1 of 4)
Rachel Korazim


Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Parallel Traditions in the Works of Flavius Josephus and Rabbinic Literature - New Insights
Tal Ilan


Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Mourning Under Glass: Reflections on a Son's Murder
Naftali Moses


Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Scratch Production (2 of 8)
Elena Markham


Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Poetry of Pain
Alma Smith


Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Introduction to Great Hebrew Writers: Bialik (1 of 3)
Steve Israel


Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Stories From the She-Bible - by the Door (2 of 4)
Maureen Kendler


Monday, 17:00 - 18:00 (Families Hour 2)
Philosophy for Families
Marc Shoffren


Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Scratch Production (3 of 8)
Elena Markham


Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
The Dove Flyer: the Fate of the Jews of Baghdad
Eli Amir


Monday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
The Tale of Two Cities
Rachel Korazim


Monday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Gey Ich Ahir, Gey Er Ahin: the Game of Chess in Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism
Tim Cowen


Monday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Intensive Motherhood
Shelley Marsh


Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
The Brilliance and the Horror: Faces of German Jewry (1 of 3)
Jonathan Wittenberg


Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Jewish Identity Through Jewish Literature: Israel vs the Diaspora
Aviva Dautch, Rachel Korazim


Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Windows to Israeli Society Through Literature (2 of 4)
Rachel Korazim


Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Bintel Brief (2 of 3)
Liana Finck


Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Scratch Production (4 of 8)
Elena Markham


Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
The Poetics of the Rabbis
Ruth Calderon


Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Stories From the She-Bible - on the Road (3 of 4)
Maureen Kendler


Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
The Brilliance and the Horror: Faces of German Jewry (2 of 3)
Jonathan Wittenberg


Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Limmud Book Club: George Eliot's Daniel Deronda
Shoshi Ish-Horowicz, Limmud Conference Social Events Team


Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
The Parable of the Poor Man's Ewe: a New Reading of the David-Bathsheba Affair
Shmuel Klitsner


Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Much Ado About Noshing
Alastair Falk, Toni Rickenback


Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
You and Yiddish Songs and Stories
Maureen Kendler


Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Introducing Great Hebrew Writers: Agnon (2 of 3)
Steve Israel


Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Scratch Production (5 of 8)
Elena Markham


Tuesday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Jews (Must) Go - But Which Location Can Help Foster Creativity? (3 of 4)
Jeremy Leigh


Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Caught in the Act: Torah and Desire
William Kolbrener


Tuesday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Mr Darcy Meets Rabbi Akiva: Love and Longing in Jane Austen and the Talmud
Yaffa Epstein, Rose Prevezer


Tuesday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Much Ado About Noshing (repeated)
Alastair Falk, Toni Rickenback


Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
A Reason to Leave
Ruth Calderon


Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Windows to Israeli Society Through Literature (3 of 4)
Rachel Korazim


Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Bintel Brief (3 of 3)
Liana Finck


Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Scratch Production (6 of 8)
Elena Markham


Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Scratch Production (7 of 8)
Elena Markham


Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Stories From the She-Bible - Locked Away, Gone (4 of 4)
Maureen Kendler


Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
El Rachum V'chanun - the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
Yuval Keren


Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
The Hare with Amber Eyes
Aviva Dautch, Irene Wise


Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Limmud Book Club: Philip Roth's the Human Stain
Shoshi Ish-Horowicz, Limmud Conference Social Events Team


Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Introducing Great Hebrew Writers: Amichai (3 of 3)
Steve Israel


Wednesday, 19:00 - 20:10 (Dinner Hour II)
The Scratch Performance (8 of 8)
Elena Markham


Wednesday, 19:00 - 20:10 (Dinner Hour II)
Salman Rushdie's 'Fury' Meets Philip Roth's 'Sabbath's Theatre': Parody or Homage?
David J Zucker


Thursday, 11:30 - 12:40 (Morning Intensive)
Windows to Israeli Society Through Literature (4 of 4)
Rachel Korazim


Thursday, 11:30 - 12:40 (Morning Intensive)
Limmud Book Club: David Grossman's 'To the End of the Land'
Aviva Dautch, Limmud Conference Social Events Team