Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Lunch: Make your own Sandwich
Monday 11:20 AM–1:00 PM
Dining Room
Make a sandwich for your trip home. See you next year!
Backstage with Storahtelling
Annie Levy
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Sports Bar
Arts & Performance
This is an engaging and interactive workshop designed to inspire participants to experiment with Torah translation and to increase comprehension and relevancy of Judaism's ancient texts. Using theater exercises and translation techniques, participants get on their feet and go backstage and between the lines, exploring Torah translation via the performing arts. This workshop has a maximum of 30 participants and therefore has limited space. Show up early!
Baruch Atah...Blessed Are You
Mark Novak
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Sports Bar
Ritual & Prayer,
Torah & Text
“Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheynu Melech haOlam” is the traditional path which leads us into every blessing. Each time we make a bracha (blessing), we are engaged in the practice of mindfulness. Come explore “the path of blessing” and develop a deeper understanding of this ancient vocabulary. If possible, please BYOS (Bring Your Own Siddur)
COOL JEW
Jew got questions? Jew got answers!
Lisa Alcalay Klug
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Embassy Room 1
Learn about the current Jewish cultural revival with Lisa Alcalay Klug, author of Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe, a loving and irreverent celebration of Jewish culture.
Fanny Neuda
A Pioneer of Women’s Prayer
Aliza Lavie
Canceled, sorry
Additional schedule
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Thursday 9:40 PM–10:55 PM
Congressional Room 2
Identity & Responsibility,
Ritual & Prayer
Fanny Neuda’s ground-breaking book of prayers for women and girls (Prague, 1855) was hugely popular in Europe and the US. Yet her name was omitted from the Jewish history books and her prayers long lost and forgotten. Recent translations have inspired prayer composition workshops; her prayers have been incorporated into private and communal ceremonies. Come meet the spirit of this amazing woman and her heartfelt communication with God.
Israel and the Global Biodiversity Crisis
Tamar Dayan
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
LOBBY RIGHT NEXT TO SAFARI
One of the greatest environmental challenges is the biodiversity crisis – the rapid loss of species and ecosystems due to human pressures on the environment. Israel, with a very high diversity of living organisms, is a heavily populated country undergoing rapid population growth and development and is therefore particularly susceptible to this threat and must adapt to meet this challenge.
It is Time for Shalshelet
Natasha Hirschhorn,
Ramón Tasat
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Festival Room
Arts & Performance,
Ritual & Prayer
Come hear great new compositions – folk to contemporary to gospel and more - from the last three International Music Festivals and get inspired to create music of your own in this interactive workshop. Since 2003, Shalshelet: the Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music seeks to foster the creation of original music for Jewish congregational use and expose wider audiences to innovations in Jewish religious music through the bi-annual Festival and creation of a CD and companion book.
Jewish Geography, Marketing 2.0 and More
Lessons From Limmud 2009
Sissy Block
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Cousin Brucie
How-To,
Identity & Responsibility
A self-proclaimed “marketing animal” and professional copywriter and strategic communicator, Sissy Block will share strategies for creating interest in your project, organization or yourself. Sissy is the co-chair of Marketing and Outreach for Limmud NY, and will share a "behind the scenes" look at spreading the word about this amazing event. Topics will include e-mail marketing, networking, branding, guerrilla marketing, Web 2.0 marketing, and more.
“The Jews of Lebanon”
“La Petite Histoire Des Juifs Du Liban”
Limmud NY International Film Festival
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Sports Bar
Additional schedule
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Sunday 8:30 AM–9:45 AM
Sports Bar
Film,
Global History & Culture
A documentary about the Jews of Lebanon could have been rather depressing—but this captivating film is anything but! It is full of quirky characters and attractive ladies who themselves are full of joie de vivre. Learn how the spirit of the Lebanese Jews lives on wherever they have rebuilt their lives—in Mexico, Canada, France, Brazil, Israel, Italy, America. This film took one year to make, and features interviews with 300 people in 10 different countries.
Mom’s Hindu & Ima’s Jewish
What Does That Make Me?
Lev Baesh
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Empire Corner
Identity & Responsibility
A look at the shape and nature of Jewish identity today.
Open Art Studio
Creative Space for Limmudnyks Young and Old
Laurie Bellet
Monday 9:00 AM–12:00 PM
Coffee Shop
Additional schedule
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Sunday 1:30 PM–4:30 PM
Coffee Shop
Arts & Performance
Treat yourself to sacred space and time in the Limmud Art Studio. Facilitated by artist-in-residence Laurie Bellet, the Art Studio offers a wide range of art mediums and heirloom quality crafts of all sorts, perfect for artists of every age and ability. Not an artist?...Don't worry...Laurie will help you discover your unique creative spark! (note - children under 8 must bring an adult)
Our Hearts Grieve:
The Passing of Prop 8
Sasha T. Goldberg
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
CAFE CORNER LEFT
Identity & Responsibility
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender movement has come a long way in America - and the United States government still denies us basic human rights. Proposition 8 let us know that many of our neighbors agree with our government. These are the facts. Beneath the facts, there is heartbreak. Beneath the heartbreak, there is the true damage: GLBTQ people live with the grief and loss of being discounted as full people every day. Here we will examine queer lives, rights, heartbreak and survival.
Our New Supreme Court
Issues of Church and State
David A. Rubin
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Empire Room 2
Identity & Responsibility
Our new President will likely have the opportunity to appoint at least one new Supreme Court Justice. This individual will play a leading role in shaping the contours of our country for the next 10-20 years. Learn who the Federalists are and who is dominating our Courts. Examine recent Supreme Court decisions that reflect the Federalist approach, particularly in relation to issues of church and state and what we can expect in the future.
Pinchas and James Bond
A License to Kill?
Daniel Rynhold
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Embassy Room 2
Torah & Text
Taking the law into his own hands and meting out his very own form of capital punishment, Pinchas has always been a troubling biblical personality. Can any individual really have a license to kill? Ultimately, what, if anything, can we possibly learn from Pinchas? This session will take us through this minefield by studying some parallel biblical stories and a particular rabbinic choice that indicates a paradoxical answer to this question.
Reading Family Photos
Process, Technique and Praxis
Ann Weiss
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Congressional Room 1
Global History & Culture,
How-To
This is both a seminar on photography and a hands-on workshop on how to understand the subtext of photos. A (brief) overview of photography history, as well as sharing principles of 'reading' and analyzing photographs--particularly archival photos--and giving participants an opportunity to interpret and analyze photos. REQUIREMENT: Participants are urged to bring a photo of personal significance.
“Rene and I”
Limmud NY International Film Festival
Monday 11:15 AM–12:07 PM
Tower VIP Room
Additional schedule
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Saturday 11:45 AM–12:37 PM
Festival Room
Film,
Global History & Culture
Featured in this film is the gripping true story of Irene Hizme and her twin brother, Rene Slotkin, who were sent to Auschwitz at barely age six, among 3,000 twins subjected to Josef Mengele’s experiments in his quest to create a Master Aryan race. More than just a record of one of the Holocaust’s darkest chapters, the film is about love and courage, demons and saviors, the complexity of the human psyche, and how rare individuals are able to rise above inhumane circumstances with their emotional selves intact.
**Please note, this is a film and a DVD player will be used in this session.
The Teachings of Louis Jacobs
Jonathan Wittenberg
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Congressional Room 2
Dubbed ‘the best Chief Rabbi Britain never had’, the late Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs was barred from becoming Principal of Jews College and ostracised by Anglo-Jewish orthodoxy in a row which hit the national press. What led him to reject fundamentalism? Why did his slim book ‘We Have Reason To Believe’ result in Anglo-Jewry’s biggest controversy? What are the strengths and weaknesses of his position and why are his ideas so important today?
Tikkun Olam
Inspiring Call to Action, or Meaningless Jargon?
Jill Jacobs
Monday 11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Tower Board Room
Identity & Responsibility
When you hear “tikkun olam,” what comes to mind? Does this term describe the essence of your Judaism? Do you associate it with one political position or another? Do you dismiss it as meaningless? In this session, we will look at the historical evolution of the term “tikkun olam” and consider what this phrase could or should mean today.
Camp Limmud NY--Alim
Yale Strom
Monday 11:15 AM–12:40 PM
Tennis Center Corner
Camp Limmud session. Please see the Camp Limmud program for details.
Camp Limmud NY--Anafim
Monday 11:15 AM–12:40 PM
Racquetball Court 2
Camp Limmud session. Please see the Camp Limmud program for details.
Camp Limmud NY--Middle School
Getzel Davis
Monday 11:15 AM–12:40 PM
Middle School Room
Camp Limmud session. Please see the Camp Limmud program for details.
Camp Limmud NY--Shorashim
Monday 11:15 AM–12:40 PM
Racquetball Court 1
Camp Limmud session. Please see the Camp Limmud program for details.
