Friday 4:35 PM–6:10 PM
Children's Snack
Friday 5:15 PM–6:15 PM
Empire 1112 & 1113
All children are invited to the community dinner at 7 PM. If your child needs a solid snack to make it to dinner time, please join us starting at 5:15 pm.
Blacks and Jews
Where Did It Go Wrong, and How Can We Make It Right?
Larry Lowenthal
Friday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM
Congressional Room 1
Global History & Culture
The relationship between Blacks and Jews in America reflects as much about America as it does about Black and Jews. The interaction between Blacks and Jews long predates the civil rights movement. Jews and Blacks came to America hundreds of years ago, but under totally different circumstances—Blacks as slaves and Jews as needed entrepreneurs and international merchants. Herein lies much of the problem between the two groups.
The workshop will explore the Black–Jewish relationship in Harlem, when Blacks and Jews often lived side by side, but again, under very different social and class circumstances. Little known today is the interaction between Jewish Communists in the 1930s and the Black intellectuals and workers they tried to recruit.
We will explore the watershed years of the civil rights movement and the rise of Black power, and the climactic tragedy of the Ocean
Hill/Brownsville eruption and the Crown Heights race riot. Finally, an outline will be offered for a new and creative relationship between Blacks and Jews in the 21st Century.
Ecstatic Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Releasing the Week, Receiving Shabbat
David Ingber
Friday 4:35 PM–6:10 PM
Sports Bar
Ritual & Prayer
Lecha Dodi N'Aytze HaSadeh...Come with us to find the field of joy, the field of peace and love...Kabbalat Shabbat is the portal through which we receive the joy and peace of Shabbat. Join us as we use traditional liturgy, soulful music, inspiring teachings and rejuvenating meditation to bring us into Shabbat. (There will be mixed gender seating, and musical instruments will be used.)
Friday Night: Shabbat Rocks!
Musical Shabbat Evening Service
Josh Nelson,
Daniel Nichols
Friday 4:35 PM–6:10 PM
Tower Board Room
Ritual & Prayer
Get ready to bring in Shabbat with the electrifying sounds of two of the hottest stars in the world of Jewish music. Experience the joy, wonder and excitement of Kabbalat Shabbat with a modern rock sound like you’ve never heard before. Either Dan Nichols or Josh Nelson doing Friday night would be an event by itself, and now they’re both together at Limmud NY 2009. Don’t miss it! (There will be mixed gender seating, and electricity and musical instruments will be used.)
The History of Klezmer Music
From Mainz to Minsk to Manhattan
Yale Strom
Friday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM
Congressional Room 2
Arts & Performance,
Global History & Culture
We will discuss the origin of klezmer which began in the Rhine River region and its early practitioners.The social status of the klezmer in the shtetl fluctuated from high to low - why? We will examine how the music and the lives of the klezmer musicians changed as the Jews migrated from Western Europe to Eastern Europe and eventually to America. We will listen and learn what makes klezmer music “Jewish” and discover if anyone can play klezmer?!
**Please note, music will be played during this session.
Jewish Teenagers
What We Think We Know About Them
David Bryfman
Canceled, sorry
Additional schedule
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Sunday 9:15 PM–10:30 PM
Sports Bar
Identity & Responsibility
What is it that we know, or think we know about the enigmatic species of the Jewish teenager? This forum will explore some of the myths and realities of what it means to be a (Jewish) teenager in the new millennium. Rather than only focusing on the often highlighted negative stereotypes of teenagers this forum will look at both the “negative” and “positive” aspects of the adolescent – but more importantly will look at this generation as teenagers and not just as adults-in-the-making.
Kol HaNeshamah: Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday Night Service with a Twist!
Dan Ehrenkrantz,
Tamar Kamionkowski
Friday 4:35 PM–6:10 PM
Embassy Room 2
Ritual & Prayer
An engaging and thought-provoking Kabbalat Shabbat service that strives to make every participant feel welcome, truly included, and in touch with the Divine, whatever each person perceives that to be. Kol HaNeshamah, the siddur used, is known for its gender-neutral language, its transliteration of all communal prayers, and its liberal use of commentary. This service maintains the core of the traditional liturgy while infusing it with a mix of familiar and new niggunim, spirited singing, inspiring teachings, and general ruach (liveliness and spirit). (There will be mixed gender seating, and musical instruments will be used.)
Mechitza Service Led by Men
Minchah/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv
Friday 4:35 PM–6:10 PM
Festival Room
Ritual & Prayer
An exciting Shabbat service with spirited singing and dancing. This service will use traditional liturgy, and will be led by men, with women and men praying together in a traditional and joyous environment. (Separate gender seating with mechitzah/divider)
Mechitza Service Led by Women and Men
Minchah/Kabbalat Shabbat/Ma'ariv
Joe Septimus
Friday 4:35 PM–6:10 PM
Empire Room 1
Ritual & Prayer
Modeled after Kehillat Shira Chadasha in Jerusalem and Darkhei Noam in Manhattan, this service aims to provide opportunities for women to participate within a service with a mechitzah (divider) that utilizes traditional liturgy. Both men and women will lead parts of this joyous and spirited service in the "Carlebach" style.
Meet the Christians
Victor Styrsky
Friday 4:35 PM–5:50 PM
Congressional Room 1
More people follow Christianity in the US than any other religion. But who are the Christians? Learn about the major Christian denominations in the US, their history, origins, differences, and their outlook towards Israel. How do the denominations educate their members? What's the difference between a Father, Priest, Pastor, and Minister?
**Please note, this session will use audio-visual equipment.
Musical Egalitarian Service
Minchah/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv
Natasha Hirschhorn,
Ramón Tasat
Friday 4:35 PM–6:10 PM
Coffee Shop
Ritual & Prayer
The Psalmist encourages us to praise the Almighty with every musical instrument, including the finest of all—our voices! We will welcome Shabbat with our voices and musical instruments, drawing on a treasury of the beloved familiar melodies and inspiring new compositions from many diverse Jewish musical traditions. Let us join together with our voices and hearts in this deep, joyous and soulful service. (There will be mixed gender seating, and electricity and musical instruments will be used.) Assisted by Jeff Segall
Musical Family Maariv
Gail Gordon Skall
Friday 5:15 PM–6:15 PM
Embassy Room 1
Ritual & Prayer
Come join me for an interactive evening prayer service, specifically catered to families with school age children. A mix of Hebrew and English will be used, however, no musical instruments will be used.
Putting the Flesh on the Bones
Ron Arons
Canceled, sorry
Additional schedule
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Saturday 3:00 PM–4:15 PM
Embassy Room 1
Identity & Responsibility
Many if not most family history researchers spend their time looking for the answers to the questions: Who? When? and Where? By stopping to look at one particular relative in depth, one can additionally explore the question Why? In this very funny session, Ron provides two related examples of how this process works and its surprising results.
Traditional Egalitarian Minchah/Kabbalat Shabbat
Maariv Service
Elie Kaunfer
Friday 4:35 PM–6:10 PM
Empire 3 North, 3 South
Ritual & Prayer
Join Elie Kaunfer in a meaningful, inspiring, and participatory Friday night service inspired by Kehillat Hadar from Manhattan's Upper West Side. The traditional egalitarian service features spirited singing of the traditional liturgy with leadership and participation by both men and women. Note: No amplification or musical instruments will be used in this service. There will be mixed gender seating.
Young Family Shabbat Evening Service
For Families with Children 3-7
Richard Cohen,
Treasure Cohen
Friday 4:35 PM–5:15 PM
Embassy Room 1
Children & Families,
Ritual & Prayer
Welcome Shabbat with joy, music, and puppets! You and your children will share a special Shabbat experience of songs, prayers, and stories. A special feature will be the puppet sermon which will teach and delight child and adult alike.
