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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