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Friday
21:00 - 22:00 - Yehuda Amichai's Rarer Poetry: Not the Same Old, Same Old - Leah Jordan - SU Pool Room
Saturday
10:00 - 11:15 - Fighting Media Bias Against Israel - Stephen Franklin - SU North 1
11:45 - 12:55 - From Ethiopia to the Knesset - Shlomo Molla - SU North 2
20:00 - 21:10 - Israel: Strategic Asset or Liability? - Marvin Feuer - Soc 4
21:25 - 22:35 - A Rabbi, a Bus Driver, and a Disabilities Advocate Walk into a Bar… Disability Rights in Israel: Stories From the Field - Tirza Leibowitz - Soc 2
Sunday
11:00 - 12:10 - Where Hope Ends in Slavery - Rose Prevezer - Rootes Chancellors 3
12:30 - 13:40 - Zionism - a Dirty Word? - Adam Broude , Sasha Gold , Joshua Marks - Soc 1
12:30 - 13:40 - Testing the Rhetoric of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict - Sebastian Steinfeld - Soc 4
12:30 - 13:40 - Jew (Must) Go - When Prophecy Fails! (1 of 4) - Jeremy Leigh - Sci 5
14:00 - 15:10 - Wild Peace - the Poetry of Yehuda Amichai - Adam Overlander-Kaye - Sci 8
14:00 - 15:10 - Israel's Cottage Cheese Rebellion: the View From a New Immigrant - Gavin Gross - Soc 5
14:00 - 15:10 - Issues Facing Newly Arrived Immigrants to Israel - Shlomo Molla - Sci 5
15:30 - 16:20 - American Jews and Israel: How Close? How Powerful? - Jonathan Rynhold - Sci 5
15:30 - 16:20 - Come to this Session and I Will Give You £2000 ... No Joke!!! - Matt Keston - Soc 7
15:30 - 16:20 - What's Best in 2011: Jewish History - Michael Pollak - Sci 4
15:30 - 16:20 - Jerusalem Is Not Named in the Torah or the Quran - Muhammad Al-Hussaini , Michael Hilton - Hum 1
17:10 - 18:20 - 'Eli & Ben' - UK Jewish Film Festival , Lindsay Wittenberg - Arts - Cinema
17:10 - 18:20 - What We Don't Talk About (When We Focus on the Arab Israeli Conflict) - Anat Hoffman - Soc 1
17:10 - 18:20 - From Rwanda to Sri Lanka - Jewish Values in International Development - Matti Fruhman - Sci 2
17:10 - 18:20 - Earth, Water and Sky in the Galil - Limmud Galil/ Partnership Delegation - Soc 7
18:40 - 19:50 - Archaeology in Israel: a Personal Perspective (1 of 4) - Steve Rosen - Soc 6
18:40 - 19:50 - America and the Holocaust: Using History to Fight Contemporary Battles? - Deborah Lipstadt - Arts - Conference
18:40 - 19:50 - Who Needs the Diaspora - Barend Velleman - Ram 3
18:40 - 19:50 - Strangers No More - an Inside Look at Refugees in Israel - Alisa Olmert - Ram 1
18:40 - 19:50 - Sand and Stars: Early Tel Aviv and Its Cabarets - Rebecca Joy Fletcher - Sci 5
19:10 - 20:20 - Buying a Flat in Jerusalem: a Guide for the Perplexed - Anne Clark - Sci 1
19:10 - 20:20 - World Jewish Demography: Past, Present, Future - Sergio DellaPergola - Hum 2
19:10 - 20:20 - The Middle East in 2012 - Barry Rubin - Sci 3
19:10 - 20:20 - Isradance (1 of 2) - Maurice Stone , Ilai Szpiezak - Lib 2
20:40 - 21:55 - Haredi Heretic? An Introduction to MK Rabbi Chaim Amsallem - Joe Wolfson - Soc 2
20:40 - 21:55 - Engagement and Disengagement - the Future of Religion in the Land of Israel - Tzvia Greenfield , David Hazony , Anat Hoffman - Ram 1
22:15 - 23:30 - Minority Status in Israel - Shlomo Molla - Sci 3
00:00 - 01:30 - Israeli Dance Party (1 of 6) - Maurice Stone , Ilai Szpiezak - Rootes Chancellors 2
Monday
08:00 - 09:00 - Israel Related Topics: 100 Years of Kibbutz (1 of 4) - Lydia Aisenberg - Sci 7
09:30 - 10:40 - Where Are You on the Israel Map? - Keith Kahn-Harris - Ram 4
09:30 - 10:40 - Tzedek and Tzedakah - Israel's Summer of Social Justice - Ruth Calderon - Ram 2
09:30 - 10:40 - Jews (Must) Go - Everyone Loves/Hates the Jews! (2 of 4) - Jeremy Leigh - Sci 5
09:30 - 10:40 - From Altneuland to Tel Aviv: a Journey with Herzl - David Breakstone - Hum 1
11:00 - 12:10 - And They Pitched Their Tents - Eetta Prince-Gibson - Hum 2
11:00 - 12:10 - From One God to Another (1 of 2) - Gabby Dagan - Ram 6
11:00 - 12:10 - Has Israel Become an Embarrassment? - David Hazony - Sci 4
11:00 - 12:10 - Have Fun with Hebrew (1 of 4) - Nurith Cohen - Ram 5
11:00 - 12:10 - The End of Jewish Sovereignty - Daniel Reisel - Sci 7
11:00 - 12:10 - Israel 101 - Israel's Governmental Structure (1 of 4) - Daniel Zweig - Ram 4
12:30 - 13:40 - Mourning Under Glass: Reflections on a Son's Murder - Naftali Moses - Soc 3
12:30 - 13:40 - Film Screening and Discussion: 'Home Front: Portraits From Sheikh Jarrah' - Nadav Greenberg - Sci 4
14:00 - 15:10 - Archaeology in Israel: a Personal Perspective (2 of 4) - Steve Rosen - Soc 6
14:00 - 15:10 - Zionism and Progressive Judaism: a Contradiction in Terms? - Yuval Keren , Andrea Zanardo - Ram 5
14:00 - 15:10 - The UN Forum that Loves Us: Israel and the International Disability Scene - Tirza Leibowitz - Lib 2
14:00 - 15:10 - The Life of an Israeli Teenager - Noa Frankel , Daniella Hardy , Jonathan Michalowsky , Tzofim - Israel Scouts , Imry Zagury - Sci 4
14:00 - 15:10 - Shlichim on Israel: Talking the Tough Stuff (1 of 4) - Gilad Amit , Nadav Eyal , Eyal Goldman , Orly Kenig , Adva Sapir - Soc 7
14:00 - 15:10 - Intermediate Hebrew (1 of 3) - Etty Someck - Sci 5
14:00 - 15:10 - Introduction to Great Hebrew Writers: Bialik (1 of 3) - Steve Israel - Sci 7
14:00 - 15:10 - Israel and Palestine: Demographic Fundamentals of the Conflict - Sergio DellaPergola - Lib 1
15:30 - 16:20 - What Loving Israel Means - Hannah Weisfeld - Ram 6
15:30 - 16:20 - What Do Israelis Want? - Anshel Pfeffer - Ram 2
15:30 - 16:20 - Lobbying the American Way - Marvin Feuer - Sci 5
15:30 - 16:20 - The Dawn of the Third Stage of Judaism: the Stage of Return - Richard Elliott Friedman - Sci 3
15:30 - 16:20 - Fighting Media Bias Against Israel - Stephen Franklin - Ram 4
17:10 - 18:20 - The Zionist Federation and Israel Advocacy - Gary Sakol - Arts - Conference
17:10 - 18:20 - Segregated for God's Sake - Anat Hoffman - Sci 8
17:00 - 18:00 - Isradance (2 of 2) - Maurice Stone , Ilai Szpiezak - Arts - Mead Gallery 2
18:40 - 19:50 - More Tea, Rabbi? - Anna Gerrard - Rootes Chancellors 3
18:40 - 19:50 - Re-Imagining Israel: the Summer of 2011 and the New Language of Israeli Politics - Nadav Eyal - Soc 4
19:10 - 20:20 - Awakening Israel? - James Sevitt - Sci 4
19:10 - 20:20 - The Tale of Two Cities - Rachel Korazim - Soc 8
19:10 - 20:20 - The Palestinian Drive for Statehood at the UN and Its Consequences - Jonathan Rynhold - Ram 2
20:40 - 21:55 - The Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin - Uri Dromi - Hum 1
00:00 - 01:30 - Israeli Dance Party (2 of 6) - Maurice Stone , Ilai Szpiezak - Rootes Chancellors 2
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
09:30 - 10:40 - Jewish Identity Through Jewish Literature: Israel vs the Diaspora - Aviva Dautch , Rachel Korazim - Ram 2
09:30 - 10:40 - Israel's PR - Time for Fresh Ideas - Uri Dromi - Ram 1
11:00 - 12:10 - Arrested for Praying at the Western Wall - Anat Hoffman - Sci 3
11:00 - 12:10 - Without Stratagems a People Will Fall - Aryeh Luz - Ram 4
11:00 - 12:10 - Windows to Israeli Society Through Literature (2 of 4) - Rachel Korazim - Sci 8
11:00 - 12:10 - From One God to Another (2 of 2) - Gabby Dagan - Ram 6
11:00 - 12:10 - Have Christians Got Anything Useful to Say to Us? - Jane Clements - Lib 1
11:00 - 12:10 - Have Fun with Hebrew (2 of 4) - Nurith Cohen - Ram 5
11:00 - 12:10 - The Arab Spring and Contemporary Strategic Dynamics in the Middle East - Jonathan Rynhold - Sci 5
11:00 - 12:10 - Israel 101 - Israeli Social Evolutions (2 of 4) - Nadav Eyal - Sci 2
12:30 - 13:40 - 'Salsa Tel Aviv' - Linda Berkowitz , UK Jewish Film Festival , Lindsay Wittenberg - Arts - Cinema
12:30 - 13:40 - Overkill? Is Israeli Society Obsessed by Remembering the Holocaust? - Yeshaya P Balog - Soc 6
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 - Defending Israel Beyond the M25 - Steven Jaffe - Ram 4
14:00 - 15:10 - Archaeology in Israel: a Personal Perspective (3 of 4) - Steve Rosen - Soc 7
14:00 - 15:10 - The Philosophy of Rav Kook: Is It Still Relevant? (2 of 3) - Marc Shapiro - Soc 8
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 - Shlichim on Israel: Talking the Tough Stuff (2 of 4) - Michael Brodsky , David Cohen , Rafi Nassi , Avigail Shapira , Daniel Sheldon - Ram 5
14:00 - 15:10 - Israel's Regional Relations in an Ever More Turbulent Middle-East - Hagai Segal - Ram 1
14:00 - 15:10 - Jerusalem: Beyond United and Divided - Eetta Prince-Gibson - Sci 7
14:00 - 15:10 - Intermediate Hebrew (2 of 3) - Etty Someck - Lib 1
15:30 - 16:20 - Charles Keidan in Conversation with Daniel Levy - Charles Keidan , Daniel Levy - Arts - Conference
15:30 - 16:20 - Advocating for Disability Rights in Israel - Sharon Daniels , Tirza Leibowitz - Ram 2
15:30 - 16:20 - What Is the Role of Zionism for Diaspora Youth Today? - Ilana Fenster - Soc 2
15:30 - 16:20 - Tikkun - the Egg: Symbol and Metaphor - Alisa Olmert - Sci 8
15:30 - 16:20 - Israel's Issues with Democracy - Shlomo Molla - Sci 3
15:30 - 16:20 - Introducing Great Hebrew Writers: Agnon (2 of 3) - Steve Israel - Soc 1
17:10 - 18:20 - Visual Hasbara - Michael Brodsky - Soc 6
17:10 - 18:20 - Why Hasbara Doesn't Work - Daniel Sheldon , Richard Verber - Ram 5
17:10 - 18:20 - Gilad Shalit's Release - Its Implications and Impact - Lorna Fitzsimons - Arts - Conference
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 - Heroes of the Holocaust? What Defines a Righteous Gentile? - Yeshaya P Balog - Soc 5
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
19:10 - 20:20 - De-Objectifying Israel - Why We Made Aliyah - Marc Rosenberg - Ram 3
19:10 - 20:20 - Turning Disability to an Edge - the Improbable Story of an Olympic Medallist - Boaz Kramer - Ram 2
19:10 - 20:20 - Israeli Dance Party (3 of 6) - Maurice Stone , Ilai Szpiezak - Rootes Chancellors 2
20:40 - 21:55 - A Global Jewish Social Justice Network - What? Who? Why? - David Brown , Steve Miller , Abigail Morris , David Yehuda Stern - Sci 4
20:40 - 21:55 - The Israeli Democracy - Challenges and Risks - Uri Dromi - Sci 2
20:40 - 21:55 - Eretz Yisrael Yafa: the Rhythms of Israel / Israeli Dance Party (4 of 6) - Maurice Stone , Ilai Szpiezak - Arts - Butterworth
20:40 - 21:55 - Reading Beruria in Tel Aviv - Ruth Calderon - Ram 2
22:15 - 23:30 - 'The Office' ('Hamisrad') - Linda Berkowitz , UK Jewish Film Festival , Lindsay Wittenberg - Arts - Cinema
22:15 - 23:30 - What Is the Future Relationship Between Israel and the Diaspora? - Henry Grunwald , Anat Hoffman , Jonathan Rynhold , Michael Schudrich , Hannah Weisfeld - Ram 2
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 - 'The Dreamers' - Linda Berkowitz , UK Jewish Film Festival - Hum 1
09:30 - 10:40 - Next Year in Jerusalem: a Journey with Herzl - David Breakstone - Lib 1
11:00 - 12:10 - Answering Back - Selwyn Dorfman - Soc 6
11:00 - 12:10 - Windows to Israeli Society Through Literature (3 of 4) - Rachel Korazim - Sci 8
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 - Have Fun with Hebrew (3 of 4) - Nurith Cohen - Ram 5
11:00 - 12:10 - Social Revolution in Israel - Daphni Leef , Roee Neuman , Barak Segel - Ram 1
11:00 - 12:10 - The Ethics of Asymmetrical War - Uri Dromi - Hum 2
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 - Israel Related Topics: Wadi Ara and Barta'a (3 of 4) - Lydia Aisenberg - Sci 7
11:00 - 12:10 - Israel 101 - Israel's Geography and Borders (3 of 4) - Avigail Shapira - Lib 1
12:30 - 13:40 - Jews (Must) Go - Jews of Muscle (4 of 4) - Jeremy Leigh - Hum 2
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 - 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 - Archaeology in Israel: a Personal Perspective (4 of 4) - Steve Rosen - Soc 7
14:00 - 15:10 - Addictive Melodies (1 of 2) - Gabby Dagan - Soc 5
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 - Love Your Neighbour As Yourself? - Eli Amir , Lorna Fitzsimons , Summer Jaber-Massarwa , Anshel Pfeffer , James Sevitt - Ram 1
14:00 - 15:10 - Shlichim on Israel: Talking the Tough Stuff (3 of 4) - Eyal Goldman , Ilan Goldman , Jacky Levy , Avigail Shapira , Hagai Shoham , Daniel Zweig - Sci 4
14:00 - 15:10 - Rabbi Shlomo Goren: the Revolutionary Chief Rabbi (3 of 3) - Marc Shapiro - Arts - Ensemble
15:30 - 16:40 - My Wife Is a Bigamist: a Journey with Herzl - David Breakstone - Lib 1
15:30 - 16:40 - The Formation of Israeli Society, Culture and Identity - Eli Amir - Sci 4
15:30 - 16:40 - Israel Engagement - Where Is the British Jewish Community and Where Could They Be? - Andrew Gilbert , Doug Krikler , Jeremy Newmark , Daniel Sheldon - Soc 3
15:30 - 16:40 - Introducing Great Hebrew Writers: Amichai (3 of 3) - Steve Israel - Ram 4
17:00 - 18:10 - Al Qaeda and Terrorism Ten Years Since 9/11 - Hagai Segal - Sci 8
17:00 - 18:10 - War of the Wombs: Fertility Policies in Israel - Rebecca Steinfeld - Hum 1
17:00 - 18:10 - Israel Then and Now - Richard Elliott Friedman - Sci 3
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
17:00 - 18:10 - Racist Rabbis and the State that Ignores Them - Anat Hoffman - Sci 4
18:30 - 19:40 - Bedouin Communities in the Negev - Alice Wood - Sci 2
18:30 - 19:40 - Talking About Talking About … Israel - Nick Gendler - Sci 1
18:30 - 19:40 - Israel's Relationship with the Diaspora - Shlomo Molla - Rootes Chancellors 2
19:00 - 20:10 - Israeli Dance Party (5 of 6) - Maurice Stone , Ilai Szpiezak - Arts - Mead Gallery 2
19:00 - 20:10 - Inside the US Government: Foreign Policy Formation - Marvin Feuer - Soc 2
22:15 - 23:30 - Heroes Must Fall! - Andras Borgula - Soc 2
00:00 - 01:30 - Israeli Dance Party (6 of 6) - Maurice Stone , Ilai Szpiezak - Rootes Chancellors 2
Thursday
10:00 - 11:10 - 10 Myths About Israel and How to Counter Them - Daniel Reisel , Hannah Weisfeld - SU Copper Rooms 1
10:00 - 11:10 - Garinim V'etonim - Laura Janner-Klausner , Yuval Keren - Sci 4
10:00 - 11:10 - Israeli Love Songs - Etty Someck - Ram 4
10:00 - 11:10 - Israel Related Topics: Mind the Gap (4 of 4) - Lydia Aisenberg - Sci 7
10:00 - 11:10 - Israel 101 - Israeli Culture (4 of 4) - Eyal Goldman - Sci 2
11:30 - 12:40 - Addictive Melodies (2 of 2) - Gabby Dagan - Ram 6
11:30 - 12:40 - Windows to Israeli Society Through Literature (4 of 4) - Rachel Korazim - Sci 4
11:30 - 12:40 - Have Fun with Hebrew (4 of 4) - Nurith Cohen - Ram 5
11:30 - 12:40 - Shlichim on Israel: Talking the Tough Stuff (4 of 4) - Eyal Goldman , Daphni Leef , Elad Yonatan Malka , Shimrit Matzliach , Daniel Zweig - Sci 2
13:00 - 14:10 - Religion and Education: the JFS Case in the UK and the Immanuel Case in Israel - Talia Gillis - Ram 3
13:00 - 14:10 - Israeli Society and the Holocaust or Why Did We Need a New Yad Vashem Museum? - Rachel Korazim - Ram 5