Fire by Orna Schneerson Pascal 

Spend a spring Sunday at Sussex Day Limmud

THIS EVENT HAS NOW TAKEN PLACE

FULL PROGRAMME NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW

Receive a warm welcome at the University of Sussex in Brighton. This heritage-listed campus, set amongst the South Downs National Park, is the perfect location to be inspired in your Jewish journey. The setting is complemented by the rich variety of local, national and international presenters, see below.

Date

Sunday 22 May 2011

Time

10.00 to 18.30

Venue

University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QJ

Presenters confirmed

Over sixty presenters have already confirmed, see the full programme here:

Mark Abraham, resident vet on BBC Breakfast, ITVs This Morning and author of Vet On Call: My First Year as an Out-of-Hours Vet 

Nathan Abrams, author of The New Jew in Film, Director of Centre for Film Studies, Bangor University

Gerald Adler, Research Associate in the Faculty of Law at Haifa University

Daniel Anderson, co-founder Tiferet, psychologist, counsellor and presenter. 

Geoffrey Alderman, Jewish Chronicle columnist and historian

Jeremy Beecham, Labour lord and former leader of Newcastle City Council

Sally Becker,  aid worker known as the Angel of Mostar 

Alex Brummer, Daily Mail City Editor and Jewish Chronicle media columnist

Daniel Cainer, singer songwriter and storyteller.

Chutzpah Choir, Brighton-based Jewish folk-song choir

Scarlett Epstein, internationally acclaimed anthropologist, writer of 14 books, recipient of OBE 

Donald Franklin, Chair of the Jerusalem Interest-free Microfinance Fund Limited and Senior UK Government Economic Advisor

Edie Friedman, Director of the Jewish Council for Racial Equality (J-CORE)

Football for Peace, community relations and reconciliation initiative bringing Jewish and Arab children together through sport 

Leah Gaffney, Volunteer Coordinator, Tzedek 

Emma Grant, Volunteer Coordinator, Kisharon  

David Goodman, Chief Executive, Jewish National Fund (JNF) 

David Hoffman, Blues for Jews (singer songwriter) and Manchester Day Limmud Chair

Luke Holland , documentary film director

Norman Jacobs, co-author of My Hometown Concentration Camp 

David Lawson, Chair, Kingston United Synagogue's Ostrava Group 

Clive Lawton, Co-founder of Limmud, international Jewish educator

Emma Levine, travel writer, author and photographer

Gail Louw, playwright

Ivan Lawrence, QC and former Conservative MP

Arona Khan , international gift wrapping expert 

Daniella Kolodny,  former US Navy chaplain, Masorti rabbi, Jewish educator

Fiyaz Mughal, Director of Faith Matters, Founder Trustee of the Jerusalem Microfinance Fund, recipient of OBE    

Avi and Debby Neuman, University Jewish Chaplains, South Coast Region

Judith Offman, genetics research specialist 

Herschel Rader, rabbi of Brighton and Hove Hebrew Congregation 

Orna Schneerson Pascal, Brighton-based artist and curator of the Sussex Day Limmud art exhibition

Jonathan Schneer, Professor of Modern British history at the Georgia Institute of Technology and author of The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Marvin Shaw, author of Kosher Happiness 

Merlin Shepherd, klezmer clarinettist and leader of the Merlin Shepherd Kapelye   

Polina Shepherd, singer, composer and musician of Russian and Yiddish music. 

Tayla Sive, Education Officer, Jewish Council for Racial Equality (J-CORE)

Mark S Smith, author of Treblinka Survivor: The Life and Death of Hershl Sperling  

Vivian Silverman, rabbi of Hove Hebrew Congregation 

Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah, rabbi of Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue 

UK Jewish Film Festival  

Charles Wallach, Rabbi of Brighton and Hove Reform Synagaogue 

Hannah Weisfeld, director of the new pro Israel movement in the UK, Yachad

Christian Wiese, Head of Centre for German-Jewish Studies, University of Sussex  

Harry Witchel, Senior Lecturer in Physiology at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School 

Sarah Wilks, co-founder of Helping Hands, Brighton-based winner of the JC Mitzvah Day prize   

Jackie Winter, Ruach and Rhythm 

Amanda Wright, holistic healer 

Jess Wood Sarah, local artist 

And films from the UK Jewish Film Festival

Please return to this page to see updates as new presenters are confirmed.

Booking details 

BOOKING FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED

Any enquiries concerning bookings now made via telephone number 01273 206456. 

Prices 

Adults   £30

Students  £10

Children 3-18  £10

Children under 3   Free

Family ticket £70 

(2 adults and up

to 4 children) 

Supervised creche  £10 per session

(under 3s)     (morning and afternoon)