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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