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Philosophy Track
Friday, 17:30 - 18:45 (Early Evening)
Why on Earth Would an Intelligent Young Woman Convert to Judaism?
Lene Rachel Andersen
Friday, 21:00 - 22:00 (Late Evening)
A Guide to the Guide
Samuel Lebens
Friday, 21:00 - 22:00 (Late Evening)
Yehuda Amichai's Rarer Poetry: Not the Same Old, Same Old
Leah Jordan
Friday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Night)
Does Spirituality Exist and If So What on Earth Is It?
Danny Shine
Friday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Night)
Prayer: Why Bother?
Daniel Anderson
Saturday, 20:00 - 21:10 (Late Evening)
Confronting Sin
Albert Ringer
Sunday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Early Morning)
Unafraid: the Combative Philosophy of Eliezer Berkovits
David Hazony
Sunday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Early Morning)
The Three 'T's that Avert a Bad Judgement - Unetaneh Tokef in Depth
Zvi Solomons
Sunday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Mid-Morning)
Is There Really Any Such Thing As a Jew?
Danny Shine
Sunday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Does God Keep His Promises?
Elliott Malamet
Sunday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Moses Mendelssohn and His Adversaries (1 of 3)
Allan Arkush
Sunday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Four Jewish Spiritual Revolutions that Changed the World - and Me (1 of 4)
Tzvia Greenfield
Sunday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Escaping the Prison of Halacha (1 of 4)
Matt Plen
Sunday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Hot AND Bothered: the Life-Changing Chemistry of Kashrut (1 of 4)
Raphael Zarum
Sunday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Pirkei Avot - Chapter 5 (1 of 2)
Daniel Goldfarb
Sunday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Role Swap Game
Danny Shine
Sunday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
What's Best in 2011: Jewish History
Michael Pollak
Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Rembrandt: a Philosopher?
Barbara Spectre
Sunday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Who Needs the Diaspora
Barend Velleman
Sunday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Reel Torah: 'Inception' and the Problem of Free Will
Eliezer Shore
Sunday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
10 Reasons Why We Need to Believe in God
Stuart Altshuler
Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Lighting Up: the Beauty of Chanukah
William Kolbrener
Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Problems with Prayer? You're Not Alone…
Elie Jesner
Sunday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Needed: a New Orthodox Theology (1 of 2)
Herzl Hefter
Sunday, 00:00 - 01:30 (Midnight Hour)
Midnight Chavruta: Elements (1 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Monday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Limmud Chavruta: Elements (1 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Monday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Yeshivat Limmud: Tanach (Lamentations) (1 of 4)
Deborah Kahn-Harris
Monday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Yeshivat Limmud: Talmud - Yeshiva Style (1 of 4)
Michael Pollak
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
In the Beginning
Lene Rachel Andersen
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Religious Belief and Make-Believe
Samuel Lebens
Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Is Judaism Just Another Fundamentalism?
William Kolbrener
Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
'The Wisdom of Love': Philosophy, Religion and the Talmud in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas (1 of 4)
Tamra Wright
Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
The 'Gentile Question' in Ancient Judaism
Joshua Garroway
Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Faith, Doubt and the Road Ahead: Struggling with Our Judaism
Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Elliott Malamet
Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Moses Mendelssohn and His Adversaries (2 of 3)
Allan Arkush
Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Four Jewish Spiritual Revolutions that Changed the World - and Me (2 of 4)
Tzvia Greenfield
Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Escaping the Prison of Halacha (2 of 4)
Matt Plen
Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Hot AND Bothered: the Life-Changing Chemistry of Kashrut (2 of 4)
Raphael Zarum
Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
JCoSS - Inclusivity in Action
Jeremy Stowe-Lindner
Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Is God Fact or Fantasy?
Sebastian Steinfeld
Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Love and Resurrection in the Amidah
Elie Jesner
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Pirkei Avot - Chapter 5 (2 of 2)
Daniel Goldfarb
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Spinoza, the Kotzker Rebbe and I
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
'Lady Luck': Chance or Destiny?
Barbara Spectre
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Dreams, Reality and Destiny
Nathan Abrams, Michael Rosenfeld
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
If It Walks Like a Duck: What Makes a Jew Jewish?
Shmuley Boteach, Sergio DellaPergola, Yaffa Epstein, Clive Lawton, Jonathan Romain
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
What's Best in 2011: Jewish Philosophy
Michael Pollak
Monday, 17:00 - 18:00 (Families Hour 2)
Philosophy for Families
Marc Shoffren
Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Come and Listen: Jewish Food for Thought
Alyssa Kapnik, Hannah Kapnik
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, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
What Is Halacha?
Samuel Lebens
Monday, 00:00 - 01:30 (Midnight Hour)
Midnight Chavruta: Elements (2 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Tuesday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Limmud Chavruta: Elements (2 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Are the Ten Commandments Still Relevant?
David Hazony
Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Two Types of Ageing: a Jewish Perspective on the Challenge of Growing Old
Yossi Ives
Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
A New Orthodox Theology - Radical Divine Immanence (2 of 2)
Herzl Hefter
Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
The Kabbalah Toolkit: Creating Your Personal Vision
Daniel Anderson
Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Scandals of the Talmud: the Stories They Wouldn't Teach You in Cheder (2 of 4)
Yaffa Epstein
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, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
'The Wisdom of Love': Philosophy, Religion and the Talmud in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas (2 of 4)
Tamra Wright
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Torah and the Pleasure Principle
William Kolbrener
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
The Poetics of the Rabbis
Ruth Calderon
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
What's Best in 2011: Talmud
Michael Pollak
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Four Jewish Spiritual Revolutions that Changed the World - and Me (3 of 4)
Tzvia Greenfield
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
King James Stole Our Bible
Jonathan Romain
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Escaping the Prison of Halacha (3 of 4)
Matt Plen
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Hot AND Bothered: the Life-Changing Chemistry of Kashrut (3 of 4)
Raphael Zarum
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Ben Sorer UMoreh: an Unenforceable Law and the Anguish of Roy Hattersley
Tim Cowen
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Jewish International Development: Sharing Knowledge, Changing Lives
Yossi Ives
Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Contemporary Philosophy and the Talmud
Samuel Lebens
Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Karl Marx: Antisemite or Critic of Antisemitism?
Robert Fine
Tuesday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
A Jewish Guide to Happiness
Jonathan Romain
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, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Master-stories: the Narratives of Three Cultures
Barbara Spectre
Tuesday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Nietzsche and Modern Orthodoxy
Michael Harris
Tuesday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Why Pray? A Text Based Analysis of the Earliest Jewish Sources on Prayer with Implications for Contemporary Ritual
Danny Epstein
Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Arguments for the Sake of Heaven: God
Mark Goldsmith, Deborah Kahn-Harris, Adam Overlander-Kaye
Tuesday, 00:00 - 01:30 (Midnight Hour)
Midnight Chavruta: Elements (3 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Wednesday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Limmud Chavruta: Elements (3 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Pluralism vs Relativism: Case Studies in the Philosophical Underpinnings of Jewish Law
Shmuel Klitsner
Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Contemporary Moral Philosophy and Halacha: Sacrificing One Life to Save Many
Michael Harris
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 Brilliance and the Horror: Faces of German Jewry (3 of 3)
Jonathan Wittenberg
Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Come and Listen: a Museum for Your Ears
Alyssa Kapnik, Hannah Kapnik
Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
'The Wisdom of Love': Philosophy, Religion and the Talmud in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas (3 of 4)
Michael Harris, Tamra Wright
Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Inner or Outer Light: Personal Inspiration vs Communal Values
Chananel Rosen
Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
I Am Taking Off My Kippah!
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Four Jewish Spiritual Revolutions that Changed the World - and Me (4 of 4)
Tzvia Greenfield
Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Escaping the Prison of Halacha (4 of 4)
Matt Plen
Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Hot AND Bothered: the Life-Changing Chemistry of Kashrut (4 of 4)
Raphael Zarum
Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
The Akedah From a Philosophical Perspective: a Dialogue
Michael Harris, Samuel Lebens
Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Can God Be Understood?
Elliott Malamet
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Fields of Engagement: Debating Some Key Questions of Research and Jewish Education
Helena Miller
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
The Pursuit of Happiness? Positive Psychology in the Classroom
Judith Suissa
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Apollo and Dionysus: What Nietzsche Can Tell Us About Jewish Tragedies
Robin Moss
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
A Manifesto on the Future of Christian Theology
David Ford
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Hillel and Shammai: Pragmatism Versus Idealism
Daniel Anderson
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Agnostics Anonymous: Living the Death of God
Elie Jesner
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
A Torah for Atheists?
Benjamin Gerber
Wednesday, 19:00 - 20:10 (Dinner Hour II)
Anglo-Jewry: a Mental Health Check
Ned Temko
Wednesday, 20:30 - 21:45 (Gala)
This Is NOT the Gala
Limmud
Wednesday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Peace vs Truth: Which Is the More Important Jewish Value
Michael Schudrich
Wednesday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Maimonides Plays the God Game
Joel Grishaver, Raphael Zarum
Wednesday, 00:00 - 01:30 (Midnight Hour)
Midnight Chavruta: Elements (4 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Thursday, 08:30 - 09:30 (Early Bird)
The Philosopher and the Drumming Girl
Helen Coren
Thursday, 09:45 - 11:10 (Chavruta)
Limmud Chavruta: Elements (4 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team
Thursday, 10:00 - 11:10 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Rebuilding Noah's Ark: Does the Story of the Flood Really Hold Water?
Raphael Zarum
Thursday, 11:30 - 12:40 (Morning Intensive)
'The Wisdom of Love': Philosophy, Religion and the Talmud in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas (4 of 4)
Tamra Wright
Thursday, 13:00 - 14:10 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
God Is Not Righteous and the Torah Is Not Moral
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Thursday, 13:00 - 14:10 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Sacks Appeal
Ned Temko
