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Tanach/Text Track

Friday, 17:30 - 18:45 (Early Evening)
Shamor V'Zachor
Aviva Dautch, Rebecca Joy Fletcher, Shmuel Klitsner, Amichai Lau-Lavie, Deborah Lipstadt

Friday, 17:30 - 18:45 (Early Evening)
An Introduction to Shabbat and the Liturgy
Daniel Goldfarb

Friday, 17:30 - 18:45 (Early Evening)
Spirituality and Politics: King David, the Maccabees and Contemporary Society
Chananel Rosen

Friday, 21:00 - 22:00 (Late Evening)
The Curious Case of Elijah the Prophet
David Hazony

Friday, 21:00 - 22:00 (Late Evening)
The Women Warriors of Chanukah: Judith and Hannah
Daniella Kolodny

Friday, 21:00 - 22:00 (Late Evening)
Matityahu and Murder: Another Look at the Chanukah Story
Elliott Malamet

Friday, 22:20 - 23:30 (Night)
Prayer: Why Bother?
Daniel Anderson

Saturday, 11:45 - 12:55 (Late Morning)
Parashat Mikketz: Brothers Reunited
Ian Gamse

Saturday, 11:45 - 12:55 (Late Morning)
And Then There Was Light
Lene Rachel Andersen, Samuel Lebens, Elliott Malamet, Matt Plen, Alma Smith

Saturday, 11:45 - 12:55 (Late Morning)
Chanukah - What's So Wrong with Darkness Anyway?
Yaffa Epstein

Saturday, 15:00 - 16:00 (Early Afternoon)
Darkness Will Envelop Me: a Talmudic Text About Chanukah
Devora Steinmetz

Saturday, 15:00 - 16:00 (Early Afternoon)
Shabbat and Friday: a Muslim's Thoughts on Weekly Holy Days
Halima Krausen

Saturday, 15:00 - 16:00 (Early Afternoon)
StorahService
Amichai Lau-Lavie, Dafna Michaelson

Saturday, 15:00 - 16:00 (Early Afternoon)
From Passion to Action
Benji Stanley

Saturday, 15:00 - 16:00 (Early Afternoon)
Perspective on the Book of Bereshit: the Possibility for Growth, Repentance, and Change
Deborah Lipstadt

Saturday, 18:00 - 19:10 (Early Evening)
Shir Hadash Balderdash
Andy Finkel

Saturday, 18:00 - 19:10 (Early Evening)
Biblical Leadership and Its Abuses, Part 1: Yehuda, the Predator/King (1 of 2)
Judy Klitsner

Saturday, 20:00 - 21:10 (Late Evening)
How Well Do You Know King David?
Benjamin Gerber

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

Saturday, 21:25 - 22:35 (Night)
Aikido and Talmud
Andrea Zanardo

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)
The Three 'T's that Avert a Bad Judgement - Unetaneh Tokef in Depth
Zvi Solomons

Sunday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Early Morning)
Leading Judaically
Richard Jacobi

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)
Not in Heaven (1 of 3)
Joe Wolfson

Sunday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Love, Lust, Betrayal: the Secret Lives of Biblical Women
Alicia Jo Rabins

Sunday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Halachic Perspectives on the Ethics of Marketing and Advertising
Michael Rosenfeld, Tracey Schueler

Sunday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Is that Bracha Really Necessary? Use and Abuses of the Divine Name
Ian Gamse

Sunday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Does God Keep His Promises?
Elliott Malamet

Sunday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Ghosts and Shadows: the Women Who Haunt the Talmud
Jacqueline Nicholls

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

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, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
The Death of the Gods at the Birth of Monotheism
Richard Elliott Friedman

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)
Rembrandt: a Philosopher?
Barbara Spectre

Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
My Year of Mourning: Using Jewish Meditation to Connect, Heal, and Grow
Ginny Adams

Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Lighten Our Darkness: Light in the Qur'an and the Tanach
Halima Krausen, Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Myth and Symbol in the Torah (1 of 2)
Herzl Hefter

Sunday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Jewish Response to Marathons
Flora Frank

Sunday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Bring on the Yetzer HaRa (1 of 3)
Laura Janner-Klausner

Sunday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Pre-Praying
Daniel Lichman

Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Love at First Sight
Michael Rosenfeld

Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Problems with Prayer? You're Not Alone…
Elie Jesner

Sunday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Shabbat From Creation to Fish Bones
Raphael Sylvester

Sunday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Yucky Texts: Dealing with the Hard Stuff in Our Tradition
Gregg Drinkwater

Sunday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Bible: Interrupted
Amichai Lau-Lavie

Sunday, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Teaching in the Name of …: Sayings of the Parents (1 of 2)
Samantha Cohen, Esther Kustanowitz, Jeremy Leigh, Raymond Simonson

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: Hands on Talmud Torah (1 of 4)
Joel Levy

Monday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Yeshivat Limmud: Talmud and Halacha (1 of 4)
Nir Nadav

Monday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Yeshivat Limmud: Talmud - Yeshiva Style (1 of 4)
Michael Pollak

Monday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
From Madoff to Strauss-Kahn: Why People Sin - the Biology (1 of 2)
Daniel Goldfarb

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)
Windows to Israeli Society Through Literature (1 of 4)
Rachel Korazim

Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Scriptural Reasoning - 'Religion and Rebellion' (1 of 4)
Zubair Ahmed, Muhammad Al-Hussaini

Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Melchizedek As a Prototype for Ancient Jews and Christians
Joshua Garroway

Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Half the Community - Private Lives: Women and Prayer, Shema, and Kaddish (1 of 4)
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Scandals of the Talmud: the Stories They Wouldn't Teach You in Cheder (1 of 4)
Yaffa Epstein

Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Not in Heaven (2 of 3)
Joe Wolfson

Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Introduction to Talmud (Shame 1 - the Day the Talmud Was Created) (1 of 3)
Joel Grishaver

Monday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
The End of Jewish Sovereignty
Daniel Reisel

Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
ADD, Esau, and the Sale of Birthrights
Shmuel Klitsner

Monday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Shabbat and Friday: a Muslim's Thoughts on Weekly Holy Days
Halima Krausen

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)
Concealing and Revealing: the Torah We Learn From Clothing
Jacqueline Nicholls

Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
The Ages of the Patriarchs in Genesis
Leo Abrami

Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Bring on the Yetzer HaRa (2 of 3)
Laura Janner-Klausner

Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
More Stories of Women in Torah You Probably Didn't Learn in Hebrew School
Alicia Jo Rabins

Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
From the Year Dot ...
Adam Taylor

Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Drawing G-d
Sarah Lefton

Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Hot AND Bothered: the Life-Changing Chemistry of Kashrut (2 of 4)
Raphael Zarum

Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
Ruth Gan Kagan

Monday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
Limmud Book Club: Nicole Krauss's 'Great House'
Aviva Dautch, Limmud Conference Social Events Team

Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
The Dawn of the Third Stage of Judaism: the Stage of Return
Richard Elliott Friedman

Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Re-Framing Esther
Anna Gerrard

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

Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Shaken But Not Stirred - or Why Did the Orthodox Rabbi Shake My Hand? (1 of 2)
Zvi Solomons

Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Love and Resurrection in the Amidah
Elie Jesner

Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
Can You Hire a Hitman? Talmud with the Back-Story Left In
Benjamin Crowne

Monday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
An Introduction to the Mishna (4 of 5)
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Pirkei Avot - Chapter 5 (2 of 2)
Daniel Goldfarb

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)
'Lady Luck': Chance or Destiny?
Barbara Spectre

Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
What Is Your Christian Name?
Michael Romain, Peter Walters

Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Dreams, Reality and Destiny
Nathan Abrams, Michael Rosenfeld

Monday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
The Pain of Prayer
Benji Stanley

Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Bringing Text to Life: Midrashic Storytelling
Cindy Rivka Marshall

Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
The Man Gathering Sticks: Portrait of an Enigma
Ian Gamse

Monday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
Rabbinic Misogyny, Pornography and Paper-Cuts
Jacqueline Nicholls

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)
The Prophet Elisha, His Companion Gehazi and the World to Come
Margaret Jacobi

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, 22:15 - 23:30 (Limmud Late)
Meet the Maven
Amichai Lau-Lavie

Monday, 00:00 - 01:30 (Midnight Hour)
Midnight Chavruta: Elements (2 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team

Tuesday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Worry Makes the (Jewish) World Go Round ...
Naomi Russell

Tuesday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Limmud Chavruta: Elements (2 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team

Tuesday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Yeshivat Limmud (2 of 4)
Deborah Kahn-Harris, Joel Levy, Nir Nadav, Michael Pollak

Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Two Exemplary Women - Huldah in the Bible and Beruriah in Rabbinic Literature
Tal Ilan

Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Are the Ten Commandments Still Relevant?
David Hazony

Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Bordering on Acceptance
Gabby Dagan, Laura Janner-Klausner

Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
The Book Daniel: an Insurrectionary Text?
Shira Solomons

Tuesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Animating Joshua (1 of 2)
Sarah Lefton

Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Working for What: a View From the Book of Exodus
Devora Steinmetz

Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
You Are Driving Me Out of Business
Mark Goldsmith

Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Half the Community - the Vortex: Women and Tallit, Tefillin, and Torah Scrolls (2 of 4)
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

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)
Not in Heaven (3 of 3)
Joe Wolfson

Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Introduction to Talmud (Shame 2 - the Talmud Attacks Shaming) (2 of 3)
Joel Grishaver

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)
Women and Torah Study in the Talmudic Period, Part 2 (2 of 2)
Judith Hauptman

Tuesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
The Jedi, the Rabbi and the Dark Side - Elisha Ben Abuyah Skywalker a.k.a. Darth Vader Acher
Paul Freedman

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)
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)
King James Stole Our Bible
Jonathan Romain

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)
Hot AND Bothered: the Life-Changing Chemistry of Kashrut (3 of 4)
Raphael Zarum

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)
What Sarah Saw: Ishmael vs Isaac? Myths and Possibilities - Text Study of Genesis 21
David J Zucker

Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:20 (Mid Afternoon Short)
A Muslim Explores the Torah: the Story of the Scouts in Shelach Lecha
Halima Krausen

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)
By the Rivers of Babylon - Understanding the Uniqueness of Psalm 137
Yuval Keren

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, 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)
Prayer Bringing Healing
Jaclyn Chernett

Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Divine Object Permanence: Rosh Chodesh, Broken Luchot and Afikomen
Leah Malamet

Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
Come and Lie with Me Love
Joel Grishaver, Sybil Sheridan

Tuesday, 17:10 - 18:20 (Late Afternoon)
A Taste of Biblical Cantillation
Chani Smith

Tuesday, 17:00 - 18:00 (Families Hour 2)
Vayi-GOSH!
Sarah Lefton

Tuesday, 18:40 - 19:50 (Dinner Hour I)
All About Jewish Mourning Practice
Judith Hauptman

Tuesday, 19:10 - 20:20 (Dinner Hour II)
Sons and a Father: Expelling Ishmael (1 of 2)
Lewis Warshauer

Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Voices Between the Lines: Midrashic Stories of Biblical Characters
Cindy Rivka Marshall

Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Arguments for the Sake of Heaven: God
Mark Goldsmith, Deborah Kahn-Harris, Adam Overlander-Kaye

Tuesday, 20:40 - 21:55 (Prime Time)
Reading Beruria in Tel Aviv
Ruth Calderon

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, 00:00 - 01:30 (Midnight Hour)
Midnight Chavruta: Elements (3 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team

Wednesday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Bring on the Yetzer HaRa (3 of 3)
Laura Janner-Klausner

Wednesday, 08:00 - 09:00 (Early Bird)
Would You Murder and Also Inherit? A Biblical Story of Crimes, Misdemeanours and Other Addictions
Judy Klitsner

Wednesday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Limmud Chavruta: Elements (3 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team

Wednesday, 09:15 - 10:40 (Chavruta)
Yeshivat Limmud (3 of 4)
Deborah Kahn-Harris, Joel Levy, Nir Nadav, Michael Pollak

Wednesday, 09:30 - 10:40 (Chavruta Alternatives)
Next Year in Jerusalem: a Journey with Herzl
David Breakstone

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

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)
Scriptural Reasoning - 'Religion and Peace' (3 of 4)
Muhammad Al-Hussaini, Mohamed Elsharkawy

Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Kavannah Yoga - the Inspiration of Breath
Mark Goldsmith, Maxine Levy

Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Scandals of the Talmud: the Stories They Wouldn't Teach You in Cheder (3 of 4)
Yaffa Epstein

Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Rediscovering the Divine Image in Dementia
Margaret Jacobi

Wednesday, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
The Reduced Talmud Company
Natan Levy, Joel Stanley

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, 11:00 - 12:10 (Morning Intensive)
Introduction to Talmud (Shame 3 - How a Stove Causes Shaming) (3 of 3)
Joel Grishaver

Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Judaism on Love and Romance
Elliott Malamet

Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:40 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
The Prophet and the Prostitute
Samuel Lebens

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)
Slur Your Speech More Effectively: Why Whisky Is Kosher
Zvi Solomons

Wednesday, 14:00 - 15:10 (Afternoon Intensive)
The Paradoxical Prophet: Moses the Redeemer
Leah Malamet

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)
Animating Joshua (2 of 2)
Sarah Lefton

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)
Scriptural Reasoning: History, Theory and Practice (3 of 3)
David Ford

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)
If I Were a Rich Man (or Woman) …
Ellen Flax

Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Can God Be Understood?
Elliott Malamet

Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Undressing the Torah
Amichai Lau-Lavie, Jacqueline Nicholls

Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:40 (Mid Afternoon)
Trouble-Making Judaism
Elizabeth Sarah

Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Israel Then and Now
Richard Elliott Friedman

Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Kabbalah for the Relatively Sensible
Mark Goldsmith

Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Gendering Judaism
Lindsay Simmonds

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)
Hillel and Shammai: Pragmatism Versus Idealism
Daniel Anderson

Wednesday, 17:00 - 18:10 (Late Afternoon)
Two Approaches to Halachic Writing: Mishna Berura and Arokh HaShulchan
Ian Gamse

Wednesday, 18:30 - 19:40 (Dinner Hour I)
The Tent, the Field and the Battlefield: Radical Reversals in the Roles and Fortunes of Biblical Woman
Judy Klitsner

Wednesday, 18:30 - 19:40 (Dinner Hour I)
Sons and a Father: Binding Isaac (2 of 2)
Lewis Warshauer

Wednesday, 18:30 - 19:40 (Dinner Hour I)
Reconnecting Jewish Life to the Cycles of Nature
Zelig Golden

Wednesday, 19:00 - 20:10 (Dinner Hour II)
Arguments for the Sake of Heaven: Torah
Paul Freedman, Laura Janner-Klausner, Ben Rich

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)
Healing on the Sabbath
Nina Collins

Wednesday, 00:00 - 01:30 (Midnight Hour)
Midnight Chavruta: Elements (4 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team

Thursday, 08:30 - 09:30 (Early Bird)
Forgiveness - A Text Study and Dialogue with Halima Krausen and Sybil Sheridan
Halima Krausen, Sybil Sheridan

Thursday, 09:45 - 11:10 (Chavruta)
Limmud Chavruta: Elements (4 of 4)
Limmud Chavruta Project Team

Thursday, 09:45 - 11:10 (Chavruta)
Yeshivat Limmud (4 of 4)
Deborah Kahn-Harris, Joel Levy, Nir Nadav, Michael Pollak

Thursday, 10:00 - 11:10 (Chavruta Alternatives)
A Traditional Yet Modern Talmud Shiur, Bavli Ketubot 23a
Judith Hauptman

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, 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)
From Madoff to Strauss-Kahn: Why People Sin - the Psychology (2 of 2)
Daniel Goldfarb

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)
Scandals of the Talmud: the Stories They Wouldn't Teach You in Cheder (4 of 4)
Yaffa Epstein

Thursday, 11:30 - 12:40 (Morning Intensive)
Symbolic Reading of the Torah (2 of 2)
Herzl Hefter

Thursday, 13:00 - 14:10 (Lunch 'n' Learn)
Property Is Theft
Joel Levy