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Saturday
10:00 - 11:15 - Fighting Media Bias Against Israel - Stephen Franklin - SU North 1
20:00 - 21:10 - Israel: Strategic Asset or Liability? - Marvin Feuer - Soc 4
Sunday
15:30 - 16:20 - Shimshon Raphael Hirsch - What Did He Really Stand For? - David Reuben - Soc 4
15:30 - 16:20 - American Jews and Israel: How Close? How Powerful? - Jonathan Rynhold - Sci 5
17:10 - 18:20 - Jewish Response to Marathons - Flora Frank - Rootes Chancellors 3
17:10 - 18:20 - What Type of Jews Will Our Grandchildren Be? - Jonathan Boyd - Hum 1
18:40 - 19:50 - Strangers No More - an Inside Look at Refugees in Israel - Alisa Olmert - Ram 1
18:40 - 19:50 - Who Needs the Diaspora - Barend Velleman - Ram 3
19:10 - 20:20 - The Middle East in 2012 - Barry Rubin - Sci 3
20:40 - 21:55 - These Are a Few of My Favourite (Offensive) Things - Nathan Abrams , Keith Kahn-Harris , Jacqueline Nicholls , Eli Valley - Ram 2
20:40 - 21:55 - 200 Days to Go - the Olympics Really Are Just Around the Corner - Steve Miller - Ram 5
Monday
09:30 - 10:40 - From Altneuland to Tel Aviv: a Journey with Herzl - David Breakstone - Hum 1
11:00 - 12:10 - Has Israel Become an Embarrassment? - David Hazony - Sci 4
12:30 - 13:40 - The Future of Jewry: How Russian Jews Are Transforming Jewish Life Everywhere - David Shneer - Lib 1
12:30 - 13:40 - The Politics of Dialogue: Who Should We Be Talking To? - Jamie Slavin , Vivian Wineman - Lib 2
15:30 - 16:20 - The History of the Future of the Jewish People - Wayne L Firestone - Sci 8
15:30 - 16:20 - London Elections 2012: a London Jewish Manifesto - Adrian Cohen - Arts - Conference
15:30 - 16:20 - Lobbying the American Way - Marvin Feuer - Sci 5
15:30 - 16:20 - Fighting Media Bias Against Israel - Stephen Franklin - Ram 4
17:10 - 18:20 - Jewish Education Through an Ecological Lens - Simcha Schwartz - Ram 6
17:10 - 18:20 - Terrorism Against Jewish Communities - Michael Whine - Sci 7
17:10 - 18:20 - Holocaust Denial - Deny It Now, Repeat It Later? - Hagai Segal - Sci 4
18:40 - 19:50 - What's Going on in US Politics? Issues that Unite and Divide US Jews - Marvin Feuer , Wayne L Firestone , Ellen Flax , Shuly Schwartz - Ram 1
19:10 - 20:20 - Life on UK Campuses Today - Daniel Sheldon , Richard Verber - Sci 2
19:10 - 20:20 - The Palestinian Drive for Statehood at the UN and Its Consequences - Jonathan Rynhold - Ram 2
20:40 - 21:55 - Should the Current Chief Rabbi Be the Last Chief Rabbi? - Jonathan Romain - Sci 7
Tuesday
08:00 - 09:00 - What Makes Israel Special - Marvin Feuer - Sci 7
09:30 - 10:40 - Reclaiming and Reframing the Zionist Idea: a Journey with Herzl - David Breakstone - Sci 2
11:00 - 12:10 - The Arab Spring and Contemporary Strategic Dynamics in the Middle East - Jonathan Rynhold - Sci 5
12:30 - 13:40 - Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue, that You May Live and Inherit the Land the Lord Your God Gives You - David Breakstone , Louise Ellman , Daniel Levy , Elliott Malamet , Michael Sternberg - Ram 1
12:30 - 13:40 - Tents and Tantrums in Testing Times … - Anthony Ashworth-Steen - Soc 4
12:30 - 13:40 - Israel Related Topics: Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek (2 of 4) - Lydia Aisenberg - Sci 7
14:00 - 15:10 - US Middle East Policy: the Harm It Is Causing and What It Should Be - Barry Rubin - Hum 2
14:00 - 15:10 - Israel's Regional Relations in an Ever More Turbulent Middle-East - Hagai Segal - Ram 1
15:30 - 16:20 - South London Jewish Free Primary School - Dream or Reality? - Judith Ish-Horowicz - Sci 2
17:10 - 18:20 - Being a Jewish Member of Parliament - Louise Ellman - Ram 3
17:10 - 18:20 - From Superman to the Arab Spring: Jewish Culture in the Eyes of Revolution - Eyal Goldman - Soc 1
17:10 - 18:20 - Have We Reached the End of Zionism? - David Hazony , Shlomo Molla , Eli Valley , Hannah Weisfeld - Sci 4
17:10 - 18:20 - Gilad Shalit's Release - Its Implications and Impact - Lorna Fitzsimons - Arts - Conference
18:40 - 19:50 - Challenges Facing Shechita - Henry Grunwald - Rootes Chancellors 1
18:40 - 19:50 - Is a Jewish and Democratic State a Harmonious Pairing or a Contradiction in Terms? (1 of 2) - Rebecca Steinfeld - Lib 1
20:40 - 21:55 - Imams and Rabbis Panel: 'Countering Violent Extremism' (2 of 2) - Muhammad Al-Hussaini , Mohamed Elsharkawy , Reuben Livingstone - Sci 3
22:15 - 23:30 - Understanding 'The Arab Spring' - Why It's Happening, and Why that Matters - Hagai Segal - Ram 1
Wednesday
08:00 - 09:00 - Criticism on Israel: Looking From Within - Nadav Eyal - Sci 3
09:30 - 10:40 - Transforming the Jewish World: the International Impact of Limmud - Helena Miller - Ram 6
09:30 - 10:40 - Why National Holocaust Memorial Day? - Henry Grunwald - Sci 8
11:00 - 12:10 - The Assault on Israel's Legitimacy: Who's Behind It, Why It Matters and How to Combat It - Lorna Fitzsimons , Joshua Marks , Jeremy Newmark , Jonathan Rynhold - Sci 2
11:00 - 12:10 - Why There Is No Real Peace Process or Progress Toward Arab-Israeli Peace - Barry Rubin - Arts - Conference
11:00 - 12:10 - From the Frontlines of the Arab Spring - Anshel Pfeffer - Sci 5
11:00 - 12:10 - Answering Back - Selwyn Dorfman - Soc 6
11:00 - 12:10 - Cutting Edge: the Politics and Halacha (Jewish Law) of Recent Government Cuts - Laura Janner-Klausner , Ben Rich - Ram 4
11:00 - 12:10 - Israel Related Topics: Wadi Ara and Barta'a (3 of 4) - Lydia Aisenberg - Sci 7
12:30 - 13:40 - London 2012: Jewish Olympic Athletes - Adrian Cohen , Ben Helfgott , Boaz Kramer - Sci 3
12:30 - 13:40 - The Passage of a Jewish Boat to Gaza and the Rejection of Collective Punishment: Two Peoples - One Future. If Not Now, When? - Glyn Secker - Soc 6
12:30 - 13:40 - 'Into the Hearts of All Her Counsellors…' - Leigh Lewis - Lib 1
12:30 - 13:40 - Are There Any Honest Journalists Left? - Daniel Johnson , Eetta Prince-Gibson , Gil Shefler - Ram 1
12:30 - 13:40 - Israel's Arab Citizens: a Jewish Issue - Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko , Charles Keidan , Doug Krikler , Jeremy Newmark , Jonathan Wittenberg - Arts - Conference
12:30 - 13:40 - Israeli/Palestinian Nonviolence and the Power of Our Attention - Nadav Greenberg - Arts - Cinema
14:00 - 15:10 - Love Your Neighbour As Yourself? - Eli Amir , Lorna Fitzsimons , Summer Jaber-Massarwa , Anshel Pfeffer , James Sevitt - Ram 1
14:00 - 15:10 - Will the UN's Support of a Palestinian State Diminish the US's Position in the Middle East? - Uri Dromi , Daniel Johnson , Jonathan Rynhold , Hagai Segal , Ned Temko - Ram 2
14:00 - 15:10 - Innovative Jews - Ruth Soetendorp - Soc 6
15:30 - 16:40 - My Wife Is a Bigamist: a Journey with Herzl - David Breakstone - Lib 1
17:00 - 18:10 - War of the Wombs: Fertility Policies in Israel - Rebecca Steinfeld - Hum 1
17:00 - 18:10 - Al Qaeda and Terrorism Ten Years Since 9/11 - Hagai Segal - Sci 8
17:00 - 18:10 - Holocaust Denial on Trial: a Personal Perspective - Deborah Lipstadt - Arts - Conference
17:00 - 18:10 - Israel/Palestinian State - Daniel Johnson - Ram 1
17:00 - 18:10 - Israel by Numbers - Daniel Reisel , Hannah Weisfeld - SU Copper Rooms 2
18:30 - 19:40 - London Elections 2012: the Big Jewish Question Time - Adrian Cohen - Sci 3
18:30 - 19:40 - Bedouin Communities in the Negev - Alice Wood - Sci 2
19:00 - 20:10 - Inside the US Government: Foreign Policy Formation - Marvin Feuer - Soc 2
20:30 - 21:45 - This Is NOT the Gala - Limmud - Arts - Cinema
Thursday
10:00 - 11:10 - Garinim V'etonim - Laura Janner-Klausner , Yuval Keren - Sci 4
10:00 - 11:10 - Israel Related Topics: Mind the Gap (4 of 4) - Lydia Aisenberg - Sci 7
11:30 - 12:40 - Philanthropy Uncut: Is Philanthropy a Lifestyle Accessory for the Rich or a Serious Vehicle for Social Change? - Charles Keidan - Rootes Chancellors 1
11:30 - 12:40 - Scandals of the Talmud: the Stories They Wouldn't Teach You in Cheder (4 of 4) - Yaffa Epstein - Rootes Chancellors 3
13:00 - 14:10 - So How Was It for You? - Jonathan Boyd - Ram 4
13:00 - 14:10 - Get Rich or Save the World?  - Caylee Talpert - Ram 2