Sunday 7:30 PM–8:40 PM
Bible on Bible
Stevie Green
Sunday 7:30 PM–8:40 PM
Newport Beach 1
Identity and Responsibility,
Text and Thought,
OK for Teens
A discussion-based comparative look at biblical texts that summarize the biblical narrative. We will focus on questions of Jewish identity, covenant, humility, and the use of Deuteronomy 26:5-8 in the Passover Haggadah.
DisUnity: The Way It Is, The Way It Always Was
Josh Klugman
Sunday 7:30 PM–8:40 PM
Laguna Beach 3
Identity and Responsibility,
Text and Thought,
OK for Teens
Everyone loves to talk about the need for Jewish unity and that the lack of it today is one of the major problems facing the Jewish world. This session will challenge that concept and will examine Biblical sources that support the dis-unity paradigm.
FILM: Is Everything OK in the Jewish Family
Einat Kapach
Sunday 7:30 PM–8:40 PM
Huntington Beach 1 & 2
Arts and Performance
Struggling for recognition and developing identity sometimes increases conflicts in the family. What if young people are torn between their own wishes and those of their families? "Separation" is the story of 12-year-old Noa who discovers that her parents are planning to divorce and takes dramatic action that will alter the fabric of their family life forever. (19 minutes) "New Year's Resolution" is about a 38-year-old single woman who, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, announces to her orthodox family that she plans to have a child by artificial insemination. (15 minutes) NOTE: This session starts at 7:45 PM.
Is Love Really All You Need?
Suzanne Brody
Sunday 7:30 PM–8:40 PM
Emerald Bay 2
Identity and Responsibility,
Text and Thought
Can we learn Torah from the Beatles? What do we really need in life? What fulfills us? What sustains us? What can we not live without? In this session, we'll explore a classical Midrash about our matriarch Rachel and compare it to the Beatles and our own ideas about what is essential in life.
Jewish Roots of American Law and Politics
David Saperstein
Sunday 7:30 PM–8:40 PM
Emerald Bay 1
Global History and Culture,
Identity and Responsibility
A discussion of how Jewish Law and values helped shape American politics, law, and social policy. This session will draw on specific examples of how Jewish intellectual ideas, specific laws, and political ideologies shaped America over the centuries. It will explore as well what the lasting impact of that Jewish influence has been on our national life.
Jewish Service Learning: Values in Action
Netta Avineri,
Shmuly Yanklowitz
Sunday 7:30 PM–8:40 PM
Emerald Bay 3
Identity and Responsibility,
OK for Teens
"Jewish Service Learning" combines direct service that responds to real community needs with structured learning and time for reflection, all of which are placed in a rich context of Jewish education and values. Join us for an interactive discussion about how UCLA Hillel students and students in Jewish Studies courses take part in Jewish service learning projects designed to complement academic study, all focus on promoting fundamental Jewish values including tikkun olam, tzedek, and gemilut chasadim.
Jews' Line is It Anyway? Improv for Jews
Esther Kustanowitz
Sunday 7:30 PM–8:40 PM
Laguna Beach 1
Arts and Performance,
Identity and Responsibility,
OK for Teens
What's so Jewish about basic improv comedy? This informal, participatory workshop introduces the basics of improv comedy within a Jewish community context - suitable for Jews and Judeophiles of all ages, and no comedy experience required.
Musical Journeys Across Cultures
Miri Hunter Haruach,
Yavilah McCoy
Sunday 7:30 PM–8:40 PM
Catalina Ballroom 1
Arts and Performance,
OK for Teens
Join Yavilah McCoy, Miri Hunter Haruach, and the LimmudLA house band for a journey through song and personal narrative describing the ways that music can be engaged to expand spiritual connection and widen cultural horizons.
No Extraneous Noise: The Performance
No Extraneous Noise
Sunday 8:40 PM–9:00 PM
Catalina Ballroom 1
Arts and Performance,
OK for Teens
We merry band of rock 'n rollers Rocked the Casbah, performed at the Academy after Sitting on the Dock o' the Bay. We went from Phoenix Arizona all the way to Tacoma, Philadelphia, Atlanta, LA. Come on Feel the Noise with us as we rock the LimmudLA house.
Saving Your Own Soul
Mark Borovitz,
Harriet Rossetto
Sunday 7:30 PM–8:40 PM
Newport Beach 3
Identity and Responsibility
All of us, from the beginning, confront the parable of the Garden of Eden in our daily lives. Every choice we make, from the time we get up in the morning until we go to sleep at night, is a life-giving or life-denying choice, feeding either the Yetzer Tov (good inclination) or Yetzer Hara (evil inclination). Life-giving choices are those that honor our authenticity, tell our truth, connect us to our individual purpose, inspire our passions and help us find compassion and forgiveness.
