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Saturday
15:00 - 16:00 - From Passion to Action -
Benji Stanley
- SU North 3
18:00 - 19:10 - Biblical Leadership and Its Abuses, Part 1: Yehuda, the Predator/King (1 of 2) -
Judy Klitsner
- Rootes Chancellors 1
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 - Blurring the Lines Between Holy and Profane: Abusive Leadership From the Pages of the Bible to the Pages of Today's Newspapers -
Judy Klitsner
- Sci 4
11:00 - 12:10 - The Eichmann Trial: Its Significance and Impact -
Deborah Lipstadt
- Ram 1
11:00 - 12:10 - Where Hope Ends in Slavery -
Rose Prevezer
- Rootes Chancellors 3
14:00 - 15:10 - Four Jewish Spiritual Revolutions that Changed the World - and Me (1 of 4) -
Tzvia Greenfield
- Hum 1
14:00 - 15:10 - Israel's Cottage Cheese Rebellion: the View From a New Immigrant -
Gavin Gross
- Soc 5
14:00 - 15:10 - Stop Begging and Get a Job -
Michelle Barnett
,
Daniella Saffer
- Soc 8
15:30 - 16:20 - Rosa (Parks), Golda (Meir), and Me -
Eetta Prince-Gibson
- Soc 1
17:10 - 18:20 - Education, Education … Really? Will Education Solve the Problems of Extreme Poverty in the World? -
Steve Miller
- Soc 6
17:10 - 18:20 - From Rwanda to Sri Lanka - Jewish Values in International Development -
Matti Fruhman
- Sci 2
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 - Why Rain Comes From Above: Biblical and Rabbinic Perspectives on Heavenly Gifts -
Devora Steinmetz
- Sci 8
17:00 - 18:00 - Jewish Moot Court (Adult and Family) -
Joel Grishaver
- SU Terrace Bar
18:40 - 19:50 - Strangers No More - an Inside Look at Refugees in Israel -
Alisa Olmert
- Ram 1
19:10 - 20:20 - Women Unchained: an Agunah Documentary (1 of 2) -
Rachel Levmore
- Hum 1
20:40 - 21:55 - Mummy and Ima, Daddy and Abba: the Growth of Same-Sex Jewish Parenting -
Samantha Cohen
,
Gregg Drinkwater
,
Natalie Grazin
,
Amichai Lau-Lavie
- Lib 2
Monday
08:00 - 09:00 - Bribery - Why Not? And How Can You Avoid It? -
Chris Rees
- Ram 6
08:00 - 09:00 - Israel Related Topics: 100 Years of Kibbutz (1 of 4) -
Lydia Aisenberg
- Sci 7
09:30 - 10:40 - Globalisation: Jews in the Wilderness -
Hannah Gaventa
,
Zippi Gershon
- Ram 1
09:30 - 10:40 - From Altneuland to Tel Aviv: a Journey with Herzl -
David Breakstone
- Hum 1
09:30 - 10:40 - In the Beginning -
Lene Rachel Andersen
- Sci 7
09:30 - 10:40 - Keshet UK - a New Forum for LGBT Jews -
Natalie Grazin
,
Daniel Lichman
- Lib 1
09:30 - 10:40 - Understanding the Agunah Problem: Sources of Jewish Divorce Law -
Rachel Levmore
- Sci 2
09:30 - 10:40 - Tzedek and Tzedakah - Israel's Summer of Social Justice -
Ruth Calderon
- Ram 2
11:00 - 12:10 - And They Pitched Their Tents -
Eetta Prince-Gibson
- Hum 2
12:30 - 13:40 - A Question of Authority -
Sybil Sheridan
- Ram 4
12:30 - 13:40 - Film Screening and Discussion: 'Home Front: Portraits From Sheikh Jarrah' -
Nadav Greenberg
- Sci 4
12:30 - 13:40 - Arguments for the Sake of Heaven: Social Action -
Julia Neuberger
,
Jude Williams
- Arts - Conference
14:00 - 15:10 - Four Jewish Spiritual Revolutions that Changed the World - and Me (2 of 4) -
Tzvia Greenfield
- Hum 1
14:00 - 15:10 - The UN Forum that Loves Us: Israel and the International Disability Scene -
Tirza Leibowitz
- Lib 2
14:00 - 15:10 - Tikkun - 'There Is Nothing More Whole Then a Broken Heart' -
Alisa Olmert
- Arts - Conference
17:10 - 18:20 - 'Occupy London' in a Global Context -
James Sevitt
- Ram 2
17:10 - 18:20 - Social Justice in Our Shul and UK Jewish Community -
Nikki Levitan
- Hum 2
17:10 - 18:20 - Segregated for God's Sake -
Anat Hoffman
- Sci 8
17:10 - 18:20 - Created Beings of Our Own: Gender Diversity in Jewish Texts -
Gregg Drinkwater
,
Elliot Kukla
- Rootes Chancellors 1
17:10 - 18:20 - Does Tikkun Olam Build or Destroy Jewish Life? -
Steve Miller
- Rootes Sutherland
17:10 - 18:20 - Are You a Good Person? Teenagers Wrestle with Ethics -
Elliott Malamet
- Soc 3
18:40 - 19:50 - Growing Up Orthodox and Gay -
K. David Brody
- Arts - Mead Gallery 2
19:10 - 20:20 - Slam Poetry As D'var Torah: Winning Over an Audience with a Message -
Jonathan Tucker
- Soc 5
19:10 - 20:20 - Hannah Arendt and the Eichmann Trial: 'Self-Hating Jew' or Insightful Analyst? -
Deborah Lipstadt
- Arts - Conference
19:10 - 20:20 - Awakening Israel? -
James Sevitt
- Sci 4
19:10 - 20:20 - MaSheiv HaRuach (Restoration of the Soul): the Book of Ruth As a Journey of Jewish Healing -
Elliot Kukla
- Hum 1
20:40 - 21:55 - The Battle Against Breast Cancer -
Dafna Michaelson
- Soc 5
20:40 - 21:55 - Thinking Out of the Box About Disability: Fighting for Autonomy, Independence and Dignity in 'Rory O'Shea Was Here' -
Tirza Leibowitz
- Sci 4
Tuesday
09:30 - 10:40 - Are the Ten Commandments Still Relevant? -
David Hazony
- Hum 1
09:30 - 10:40 - Solving the Agunah Problem: What YOU Can Do -
Rachel Levmore
- Sci 4
11:00 - 12:10 - Holocaust Teaching and Challenging Racism -
Ruth Barnett
- Soc 8
12:30 - 13:40 - Are There Still More Jews in Ethiopia? -
Sybil Sheridan
- Lib 2
12:30 - 13:40 - Ageing in the Jewish Community -
Abigail Morris
- Hum 2
12:30 - 13:40 - Israel Related Topics: Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek (2 of 4) -
Lydia Aisenberg
- Sci 7
12:30 - 13:40 - The Relevance of the Bible to Issues of Today -
Richard Elliott Friedman
- Sci 3
12:30 - 13:40 - Tents and Tantrums in Testing Times … -
Anthony Ashworth-Steen
- Soc 4
12:30 - 13:40 - The Torah of Madness and Despair -
Elliot Kukla
- Soc 1
14:00 - 15:10 - Mental Health First Aid Lite -
Tanya Harris
- Sci 1
14:00 - 15:10 - Why Jews Should Help the Poor -
Steve Miller
- Rootes Chancellors 2
15:30 - 16:20 - Jewish International Development: Sharing Knowledge, Changing Lives -
Yossi Ives
- Sci 4
15:30 - 16:20 - Where Do I Fit in Judaism OR Defining Your Own Community -
Dafna Michaelson
- Sci 7
15:30 - 16:20 - Tikkun - the Egg: Symbol and Metaphor -
Alisa Olmert
- Sci 8
17:10 - 18:20 - Judaism, Activism and Raising Our Voices for Civil Rights -
Dan Glass
- Soc 3
17:10 - 18:20 - Heroes of the Holocaust? What Defines a Righteous Gentile? -
Yeshaya P Balog
- Soc 5
17:10 - 18:20 - The Inclusion Campaign -
Rachelle Adler
,
Shoshana Bloom
,
Sharon Daniels
,
Naomi Mushin
- Soc 7
17:00 - 18:00 - What's Fair About Chocolate? -
Betsy Brown
,
Felicity Brown
- SU Terrace Bar
19:10 - 20:20 - Kvetching and Kvelling - What Every Parent and Teacher in the Modern World Needs to Know: a Kisharon Guide -
Leibel Cowan
- Sci 1
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 - Food, Inc. You'll Never Look at Food the Same Way Again -
Hannah Gaventa
,
Natan Levy
- Arts - Cinema
22:15 - 23:30 - Live Slam Poetry with Jonathan B Tucker -
Jonathan Tucker
- Arts - Studio
Wednesday
09:30 - 10:40 - IsraCorps - the Israeli Peace Corps -
Rachel Olstein Kaplan
- Sci 7
11:00 - 12:10 - Social Revolution in Israel -
Daphni Leef
,
Roee Neuman
,
Barak Segel
- Ram 1
11:00 - 12:10 - To Wear Is Human, to Live Divine: Cross Dressing and Drag in Jewish Texts -
Elliot Kukla
- Ram 6
12:30 - 13:40 - Dirty Hands and Green Fingers - a Hands-on Look at Sustainable Living -
David Brown
,
Libby Burkeman
- Sci 7
12:30 - 13:40 - But Not in Nice Jewish Families, Right? -
Claire Godley
- Soc 2
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 - 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 - Women Leading the Way -
Dafna Michaelson
- Soc 8
14:00 - 15:10 - Out of the Closet But Still in the Community: Facilitating Inclusion for LGBT Jews -
Natalie Grazin
,
Laura Janner-Klausner
,
Atira Winchester
,
Jonathan Wittenberg
- Sci 5
15:30 - 16:40 - The Formation of Israeli Society, Culture and Identity -
Eli Amir
- Sci 4
15:30 - 16:40 - What Have We Learnt About Racism From the Holocaust? -
Ruth Barnett
- Soc 5
15:30 - 16:40 - Trouble-Making Judaism -
Elizabeth Sarah
- Ram 3
15:30 - 16:40 - Spirituality and Social Justice: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King, Jr -
Or Rose
- Soc 2
17:00 - 18:10 - Rebuilding a Jewish Community -
Henry Grunwald
,
Tony Samuel
- Sci 2
17:00 - 18:10 - Racist Rabbis and the State that Ignores Them -
Anat Hoffman
- Sci 4
17:00 - 18:10 - He's Only Jealous Because He Loves Me -
Claire Godley
- Arts - National Grid Room
17:00 - 18:10 - A Torah for Atheists? -
Benjamin Gerber
- Soc 8
17:00 - 18:10 - Holocaust Denial on Trial: a Personal Perspective -
Deborah Lipstadt
- Arts - Conference
17:00 - 18:10 - 'Crime After Crime' -
Linda Berkowitz
,
UK Jewish Film Festival
,
Lindsay Wittenberg
- Hum 2
18:30 - 19:40 - Film: Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School -
Gregg Drinkwater
- Hum 1
17:00 - 18:00 - If I Am Not for Myself ... -
Leibel Cowan
- SU Terrace Bar
19:00 - 20:10 - Transgendered Jews -
Anna Gerrard
,
Su Rathgeber Knan
- Ram 2
Thursday
10:00 - 11:10 - Shmita: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow -
Simcha Schwartz
- Ram 3
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
13:00 - 14:10 - Get Rich or Save the World? -
Caylee Talpert
- Ram 2
13:00 - 14:10 - Lashon Tweets -
Judith Levitt
- Ram 6