Saturday 8:50 PM–10:05 PM
Dinner
Saturday 7:00 PM–9:00 PM
Dining Room
Shavua Tov! (A Great Week!) Start a great week by making new friends at Saturday evening dinner.
Conversation about Conversion
Between Conversion in the US and Conversion in Israel
Shaul Farber
Canceled, sorry
Israel
The state of Israel has damaged its relationship with the Diaspora over three issues of conversion: recognizing Diaspora conversions for purposes of aliya, recognizing Diaspora conversions for purposes of marriage and raising the bar for those seeking conversion in Israel. This session will describe and analyze what’s happening here, and talk about the possibilities for the future. If you are a convert, have a convert in your family, or know a convert, you might not want to miss this session.
Film: “What a Wonderful Place”
Immigrant workers in Israel and around the world
Eyal Halfon
Saturday 8:50 PM–11:20 PM
Tower Board Room
Arts and Performance,
Israel
Chinese workers build Israeli homes. Thai workers plough their land. Filipino caregivers look after their parents. And Russian women satisfy their desires. Immigrant workers are part of our global society, but do we ever really see them? A screening of Eyal Halfon's Israeli Oscar-winning film will be combined with text study and mutual learning, about us and the strangers and residents among us.
**Please note, this session will run for two time slots. This film contains violence and sexual situations.
Follow Your Passion, Change the World
Lisa Buksbaum
Saturday 8:50 PM–10:05 PM
Tower VIP Room
Identity and Responsibility,
Children's and Family Programming
If you’re looking to make a difference, this session is for you. Searching for meaning in the Age of Affluenza? Looking for fun volunteer opportunities that impact on many lives, including your own? This hands-on workshop harnesses the “power to heal” through social action strategies from Lisa Buksbaum, Soaringwords’ CEO & Founder, a passionary (force of passion and action) who has embraced over 150,000 people nationwide and in Israel. Interactive session to leverage YOUR unique gifts.
Live: YHWH Loves Moses
Re-imagining the Torah’s Odd Couple
Aaron Freeman,
Sharon Rosenzweig
Saturday 8:50 PM–10:05 PM
Congressional Room 2
Text and Thought
The weekly online comic, The Comic Torah, re-imagines Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, and Israel’s wilderness wanderings as a romance between the sky god, YHWH, and the human she loves. Art by internationally acclaimed cartoonist, Sharon Rosenzweig, writing by funny man Aaron Freeman, and performances by both make this a thoroughly unique take on Judaism’s bestseller, recast as the greatest love story ever told.
Noah Solomon Performance
An acoustic performance and discussion
Noah Solomon
Saturday 8:50 PM–10:05 PM
Safari Back Space
A discussion/performance in which we will explore the mystery of what is it that makes a song or a melody stand out above the rest and stand the test of time. Through discussion, singing, and music we will attempt to gain some understanding and hopefully lose ourselves for a while…
Remembrances of a Concentration Camp Liberator
The Indescribable Horror that I Witnessed at Gunskirchen
Alan Moskin
Saturday 8:50 PM–10:05 PM
Empire Room 1
Global History and Culture,
Identity and Responsibility
Alan Moskin participated in the liberation of Gunskirchen concentration camp, a sub-camp of Mauthausen, as an eighteen-year-old soldier. The horror he witnessed there compelled him to speak about his experiences, attempting to describe the indescribable.
Sporting Event
Saturday 8:50 PM–10:05 PM
Gym
Sports at Limmud NY? Join us Saturday night after Havdalah for some good clean fun on the court. Choose from Volleyball, basketball, or other games. High School age and up are invited to play!
The Bar is Open!
Saturday 8:50 PM–2:00 AM
Safari Bar
Join us!
