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Seudah Shlishit, The Third Meal Saturday 4:00 PM–5:50 PM Abbey Dining Room One of the special traditions of Shabbat is Seudat Shlishit, the third meal. Normal days have two real meals (dinner and lunch). But Shabbat has three (dinner, lunch and the third meal). Jewish celebration = not just more food, an entire extra meal! Join us for the third meal of Shabbat in the Dining Room. If you wish, join a table of your fellow participants singing the traditional Shabbat afternoon songs.
Diversity & Unity in Israeli Society The role of Jewish civilization in post-disengagement Israeli society Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Buckingham Palace Main 2 Benjamin Ish-Shalom How Israel as a Jewish and Democratic state can develop a platform of Jewish civilization that can unify a diverse society.
Human Being as an image of G-d: On human speech Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Camelot B Irving Greenberg Identity and Responsibility A Jewish ethic of human speech that is grounded in the central Jewish religious category, that the human being is an image of G-d.
Israel: Is the the Kippah Seruga Unraveling? Models of Religous Zionism in Our Contemporary Context Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Buckingham Palace Main 1 Nathaniel Helfgot Identity and Responsibility, Israel In the wake of the disengagement from Gaza, voices in the religous zionist community have questioned the continued relationship of religious Jews to the State of Israel. This session will examine various models of classical religous zionism and the lessons they can yield for modern-day people of faith struggling with these existential issues.
Jew U A Look Ahead at the Jewish Experience on a College Campus for High School Students Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Meeting Room B HS only Should the Jewish population play a role in choosing a college? What is it like to spend the Jewish holidays away from home? Is Hillel the only way to get involved in the Jewish community? A panel of college students will share their experiences with Limmud’s high school students and answer their questions of what it really means to be Jewish on a college campus.
Jewish Improv Beatboxing in the Bible Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Scarlet Night Club Yuri Lane Arts & Performance Join Yuri Lane for a Biblical Hip-Hop workshop. Using improv games, rhythm, rhyme and movement, you will freestyle as Moses, become the Red Sea, and take a journey through the wilderness, bringing hip-hop theater techniques to study and interpret the Bible.
Make it meaningful! Your Jewish Lifecycle Event Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Room 315 (Timeshare B) Dasee Berkowitz Ritual & Prayer Experience your lifecycle event as you never have before. Come ready to share an event that you would like to commemorate in the coming years and learn how to apply a Jewish lens of ritual and language to transform the event into something that is both rooted in the tradition and uniquely your own.
Matriarchs in Motion: Out of the Tent and into the Field Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Room 316 (Timeshare C) Judy Klitsner Text & Thought This session will challenge the notion of a monolithic biblical view of woman, noting that just as the first woman in Eden is a complex creature, so are her successors. Through close readings and literary comparisons of several female-centered narratives, we will note a remarkably broad and dynamic spectrum of women's roles in the Bible.
New Voices Emerging Jewish Musicians Speak Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Manchester Room Michael Dorf Erez aka dj handler Chana Rothman Panels What’s the music behind the music? What’s the inspiration? What’s the vision? Is Jewish music for its own sake, or is there a larger goal? Why make Jewish music? Are you a Jewish musician or a musician who’s Jewish?
The Day the Talmud was Created Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Camelot A Joel Grishaver Text & Thought A look at the sociological, cultural, and religious context through which the Talmud was created and developed. Through understanding a single moment in Jewish history participants will come to understand the Talmud as both an evolutionary process and as a revolution. This will lead to a hands-on exploration of a Talmud text.
The Role of Halakha in Reform Judaism Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Abbey Dining Room Back Benjamin Dreyfus Joan Glazer Farber Leon Morris Mark Sameth Panels In the Reform movement patrilineal descent, interfaith marriage and the role of ritual are hot topics. What is Reform Judaism's approach to halakha (Jewish law)? How are Reform Jews to make decisions about Jewish practice? Is Jewish law binding today? What are the limits to the right and to the left for today's Reform Jews? What distinguishes Reform approaches from other movements' approaches?
Today I am a Bar/Bat Mitzvah With or Without a Ramp! Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Game Room Faye Ginsburg Samantha Myers Ilana Trachtman Identity and Responsibility For the last 20 years, rare and creative synaogogues, families and rabbis have been creating B'nei Mitzvah ceremonies for young adults with special needs. Every case requires determination and flexibility. Using original Divrei Torah, one read by a Bat Mitzvah girl herself (now 17), we will explore the meaning, rewards and ripple effect of life-change/life-cycle ceremonies.
Who Invented the Sabbath? Hint: Not God. Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Buckingham Palace Lobby Elie Kaunfer Ritual & Prayer The short Sabbath morning prayer "Yismah Moshe" ("Moses rejoiced") has a surprising legendary history. In this class we will develop a deeper understanding of this prayer as well as focus on its underlying question – who gets credit for discovering the day of rest?
Yetzer Ha'rah —The Evil Inclination Part 2 Saturday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM Room 314 (Timeshare A) Joe Septimus Text & Thought, Identity and Responsibility The Yetzer Ha'rah is probably the second most popular character in all of religious literature. Jewish texts portray this colorful but mischievous "inclination" in a variety of ways. We will analyze, through chavruta (partnered) study and discussion, some amazing Talmudic texts about sex and idol worship that will help us explore the vital force of the Yetzer Ha'rah.
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