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Social Justice Track
Saturday, 15:00 - 16:00 (Early Afternoon)
From Passion to Action
Benji Stanley
Saturday, 18:00 - 19:10 (Early Evening)
Biblical Leadership and Its Abuses, Part 1: Yehuda, the Predator/King (1 of 2)
Judy Klitsner
Saturday, 21:25 - 22:35 (Night)
A Rabbi, a Bus Driver, and a Disabilities Advocate Walk into a Bar… Disability Rights in Israel: Stories From the Field
Tirza Leibowitz
Sunday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Mid-Morning)
The Eichmann Trial: Its Significance and Impact
Deborah Lipstadt
Sunday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Mid-Morning)
Blurring the Lines Between Holy and Profane: Abusive Leadership From the Pages of the Bible to the Pages of Today's Newspapers
Judy Klitsner
Sunday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Mid-Morning)
Where Hope Ends in Slavery
Rose Prevezer
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)
Israel's Cottage Cheese Rebellion: the View From a New Immigrant
Gavin Gross
Sunday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Stop Begging and Get a Job
Michelle Barnett, Daniella Saffer
Sunday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Rosa (Parks), Golda (Meir), and Me
Eetta Prince-Gibson
Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Why Rain Comes From Above: Biblical and Rabbinic Perspectives on Heavenly Gifts
Devora Steinmetz
Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
What We Don't Talk About (When We Focus on the Arab Israeli Conflict)
Anat Hoffman
Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
From Rwanda to Sri Lanka - Jewish Values in International Development
Matti Fruhman
Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Education, Education … Really? Will Education Solve the Problems of Extreme Poverty in the World?
Steve Miller
Sunday, 17:00 - 18:00 (Families Hour 2)
Jewish Moot Court (Adult and Family)
Joel Grishaver
Sunday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Strangers No More - an Inside Look at Refugees in Israel
Alisa Olmert
Sunday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Women Unchained: an Agunah Documentary (1 of 2)
Rachel Levmore
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
Monday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Israel Related Topics: 100 Years of Kibbutz (1 of 4)
Lydia Aisenberg
Monday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Bribery - Why Not? And How Can You Avoid It?
Chris Rees
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
From Altneuland to Tel Aviv: a Journey with Herzl
David Breakstone
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Understanding the Agunah Problem: Sources of Jewish Divorce Law
Rachel Levmore
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)
In the Beginning
Lene Rachel Andersen
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Globalisation: Jews in the Wilderness
Hannah Gaventa, Zippi Gershon
Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Tzedek and Tzedakah - Israel's Summer of Social Justice
Ruth Calderon
Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
And They Pitched Their Tents
Eetta Prince-Gibson
Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Arguments for the Sake of Heaven: Social Action
Julia Neuberger, Jude Williams
Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
A Question of Authority
Sybil Sheridan
Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Film Screening and Discussion: 'Home Front: Portraits From Sheikh Jarrah'
Nadav Greenberg
Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
The UN Forum that Loves Us: Israel and the International Disability Scene
Tirza Leibowitz
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)
Tikkun - 'There Is Nothing More Whole Then a Broken Heart'
Alisa Olmert
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Created Beings of Our Own: Gender Diversity in Jewish Texts
Gregg Drinkwater, Elliot Kukla
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Segregated for God's Sake
Anat Hoffman
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Does Tikkun Olam Build or Destroy Jewish Life?
Steve Miller
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Are You a Good Person? Teenagers Wrestle with Ethics
Elliott Malamet
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Social Justice in Our Shul and UK Jewish Community
Nikki Levitan
Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
'Occupy London' in a Global Context
James Sevitt
Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Growing Up Orthodox and Gay
K. David Brody
Monday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Slam Poetry As D'var Torah: Winning Over an Audience with a Message
Jonathan Tucker
Monday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
MaSheiv HaRuach (Restoration of the Soul): the Book of Ruth As a Journey of Jewish Healing
Elliot Kukla
Monday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Hannah Arendt and the Eichmann Trial: 'Self-Hating Jew' or Insightful Analyst?
Deborah Lipstadt
Monday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Awakening Israel?
James Sevitt
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)
The Battle Against Breast Cancer
Dafna Michaelson
Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Solving the Agunah Problem: What YOU Can Do
Rachel Levmore
Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Are the Ten Commandments Still Relevant?
David Hazony
Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Holocaust Teaching and Challenging Racism
Ruth Barnett
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
The Torah of Madness and Despair
Elliot Kukla
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
The Relevance of the Bible to Issues of Today
Richard Elliott Friedman
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Israel Related Topics: Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek (2 of 4)
Lydia Aisenberg
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Tents and Tantrums in Testing Times …
Anthony Ashworth-Steen
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Ageing in the Jewish Community
Abigail Morris
Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Are There Still More Jews in Ethiopia?
Sybil Sheridan
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Mental Health First Aid Lite
Tanya Harris
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Why Jews Should Help the Poor
Steve Miller
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Jewish International Development: Sharing Knowledge, Changing Lives
Yossi Ives
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Where Do I Fit in Judaism OR Defining Your Own Community
Dafna Michaelson
Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Tikkun - the Egg: Symbol and Metaphor
Alisa Olmert
Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Heroes of the Holocaust? What Defines a Righteous Gentile?
Yeshaya P Balog
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)
Judaism, Activism and Raising Our Voices for Civil Rights
Dan Glass
Tuesday, 17:00 - 18:00 (Families Hour 2)
What's Fair About Chocolate?
Betsy Brown, Felicity Brown
Tuesday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Kvetching and Kvelling - What Every Parent and Teacher in the Modern World Needs to Know: a Kisharon Guide
Leibel Cowan
Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Food, Inc. You'll Never Look at Food the Same Way Again
Hannah Gaventa, Natan Levy
Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
A Global Jewish Social Justice Network - What? Who? Why?
David Brown, Steve Miller, Abigail Morris, David Yehuda Stern
Tuesday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Live Slam Poetry with Jonathan B Tucker
Jonathan Tucker
Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
IsraCorps - the Israeli Peace Corps
Rachel Olstein Kaplan
Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
To Wear Is Human, to Live Divine: Cross Dressing and Drag in Jewish Texts
Elliot Kukla
Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Social Revolution in Israel
Daphni Leef, Roee Neuman, Barak Segel
Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Dirty Hands and Green Fingers - a Hands-on Look at Sustainable Living
David Brown, Libby Burkeman
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)
The Passage of a Jewish Boat to Gaza and the Rejection of Collective Punishment: Two Peoples - One Future. If Not Now, When?
Glyn Secker
Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Women Leading the Way
Dafna Michaelson
Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Israel's Arab Citizens: a Jewish Issue
Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko, Charles Keidan, Doug Krikler, Jeremy Newmark, Jonathan Wittenberg
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)
What Have We Learnt About Racism From the Holocaust?
Ruth Barnett
Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
The Formation of Israeli Society, Culture and Identity
Eli Amir
Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Spirituality and Social Justice: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King, Jr
Or Rose
Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Trouble-Making Judaism
Elizabeth Sarah
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Holocaust Denial on Trial: a Personal Perspective
Deborah Lipstadt
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Racist Rabbis and the State that Ignores Them
Anat Hoffman
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
He's Only Jealous Because He Loves Me
Claire Godley
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
A Torah for Atheists?
Benjamin Gerber
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Rebuilding a Jewish Community
Henry Grunwald, Tony Samuel
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
'Crime After Crime'
Linda Berkowitz, UK Jewish Film Festival, Lindsay Wittenberg
Wednesday, 18:30 - 19:40 (Dinner Hour I)
Film: Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School
Gregg Drinkwater
Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:00 (Families Hour 2)
If I Am Not for Myself ...
Leibel Cowan
Wednesday, 19:00 - 20:10 (Dinner Hour II)
Transgendered Jews
Anna Gerrard, Su Rathgeber Knan
Thursday, 10:00 - 11:10 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Shmita: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Simcha Schwartz
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, 13:00 - 14:10 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Lashon Tweets
Judith Levitt
Thursday, 13:00 - 14:10 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Get Rich or Save the World?
Caylee Talpert
