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15 – 17 June | Roundhouse UNSW

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8:45am PDT

Doors open – registration & coffee Limmud Forum

9:30am PDT

The importance of being Jewish: why a contemporary Australian novel needs a Jewish character Room 8Ludmila Stern • Diana Blackwood Diabetes and Israeli stem cells: a possible therapy Room 2Bernie Tuch Morning news and brews: the latest from Israel Room 6Dan Feferman Takedown: an introduction to Krav Maga Room 5Jonathan Bruck 'Kalisz', a journey of return Room 1Rosalind Brenner TABOO TALK | Ageing isn't sexy Room 4Rachel Tanny Acute emotional stress and heart attack: biblical and medical insights interwoven Room 7Geoffrey Tofler

10:45am PDT

Designing a quest for the stage Room 3Hugh O'Connor • Moira Blumenthal Israel’s social justice potential: how well do you know that which you love? Room 2Amy Goldman • Ryan Kaplan TABOO TALK | Making meaning from hardship: building a life around disability and illness Room 1Dalit Kaplan • Tommy Sterling • Ben Eretz From other to brother: Jewish views of Jesus Room 5David Sandmel Memory wars: how Europe remembers, forgets, or revises the Holocaust Room 7Ruth Balint • Jan Lanicek • Yvonne Selecki Australian Jews, the Left and ASIO: a shifting dynamic Room 4Michael Komesaroff Hakhel: intentional communities and Jewish sustainability Room 8Aharon Ariel Lavi Post #MeToo: what now? Room 6Miriam Zalkind • Kim Rubenstein The secret of Jewish survival Club BarDanny Eisenberg Warrior heroines in the Bible Collaboration Space 1Yona Gilead

12:00pm PDT

Mizrachi to Marx: my journey from the Melbourne shtetl to the urban kibbutz Room 3Adiel Cohney The Israel–China relationship—in light of the ‘One Belt One Road Initiative’ Room 8Aston Rayment Kwok An Imam, a Hasidic Rabbi and a Psychologist reflect on spirituality and mental health Room 6Shirli Kirschner • Zalman Kastel • Farhan Khalil • Amanda Gordon Behind the scenes with Nava Tehila: revolutionising Jewish prayer and music Room 4Yoel Sykes A Jewish–Polish dialogue: what can be said? Room 5Irving Wallach • CANCELLED - Magda Szubanski Hands off our artichokes! Roman Jews in revolt Room 1Nathan Compton Jews, now presented in technicolour Room 7MaNishtana So I'm married to a Rabbi ... Collaboration Space 1Tami Sussman • Sorella Abrahams • Rachel Kaiserblueth • Tommy Sterling • Michal Solomon Sex and the City: Jerusalem, the ungrateful lover Room 2Natalie Mylonas Bobbie’s sauerkraut is back! Club BarCarla Stern

12:45pm PDT

Lunch available for purchase Limmud Forum

1:15pm PDT

Ilan Ramon: a Torah in space Room 7Tuvia Book Smartphones, mental health, and addiction: a conversation about relationships, ethics, and tweaking our behaviour Room 5Jacqueline Ninio • Danielle Einstein From 1521 till now: the extraordinary history of Jews in the Philippines Room 8Karina Veal Could Harry Potter be Jewish? Rabbis, magic, and the struggle for power Room 4Rachel Rosenthal Why is antisemitism so hard to fight? What to do about our biggest threat Room 6Yair Rosenberg

1:30pm PDT

Seeing the Holocaust: artists' responses to the Shoah Room 2Harry Aizenberg Israel, how gay are you? LGBTQI+ rights in Israel: history, present and future Club BarShai Habet Jewish responses to climate change: thought and action Room 3Steph Cunio • Danny Eisenberg • Rebecca Forgasz • Eve Altman Trial by ordeal: how the Torah protects women Room 1Mark Ellison

1:45pm PDT

EXCLUSIVE FILM PREMIERE: ‘Madam Prime Minister’ + JIFF Q&A Collaboration Space 1Eddie Tamir

2:45pm PDT

Outsider, scoundrel, devil, or prophet? The Jew in 20th-century English literature Room 2Hilton Immerman NO SPIN ZONE | Settlements — ‘Obstacle to peace’ or ‘It’s all part of the plan’ Room 5Jeremy Leibler • Ron Weiser • Mandi Katz Immersion: musical prayer circle Room 3Yoel Sykes Owning your curls Room 7Sharon Berger CANCELLED - The French Revolution and the Jews Room 4CANCELLED - Lisa Leff From atheist to traditional: the evolving identity of Russian-speaking Jews Room 8Emmanuel Gruzman Hearts filled with hatred: honest and personal reflections on interfaith challenges Club BarFarhan Khalil • Father Patrick McInerney • David Sandmel • Zalman Kastel Mikvah: shedding light on an intimate Jewish ritual Room 1Rachel Kleiner • Rivka Ray • Jacqueline Ninio • Viva Hammer On economy and sustenance: Judaism, society, and economics Room 6Aharon Ariel Lavi

4:00pm PDT

CANCELLED - Vegan Shabbat: a beginners' guide Club BarCANCELLED - Renee Dvir Klezmer, kitkes, and beyond: a musical odyssey Limmud ForumSydney Jewish Choral Society Israelis and Palestinians changing the equation: a conversation with the Ambassador Room 6Justine Saidman • Mark Sofer Out of sight, out of mind: exclusion of women in Israel Room 4Miriam Zalkind Asia's unknown Jews Room 7Yvonne Green Made in Vienna: a fashionable society before the Anschluss Room 2Jonathan Kaplan • Peter McNeil TABOO TALK | Baby-making: what’s love got to do with it? Room 8Dalit Kaplan • Sarah Charak • Nikki Jankelowitz • Lesley Andrews Truth, Justice, and the American (Oy) Vey: the significance of the Jewish influence on comic book superheroes Room 5MaNishtana Young, Jewish, and millennial Collaboration Space 1Michael Visontay • Jason Glass • Maddy Blay Can we really have it all? Talmudic reflections on work–life balance Room 3Rachel Rosenthal Conversion to Judaism—in one hour Room 1David Solomon

5:15pm PDT

All about Chava: the representation of queer Jewish women in film Room 2Shoshana Gottlieb • Liora Baram Leonard Cohen: the voice, the light, and the flame Room 7Jeff Cohen Give peace a chance: NSW JBD’s first NGO study tour of Israel and the Palestinian Territories Room 6Gael Kennedy • CANCELLED - Magda Szubanski • Joshua Kirsh • Nicolas Parkhill • Kylie Beach • Lyndall Katz • Teresa Pirola • Tara Curlewis • Rob McFarlane Is the Chief Rabbinate obsolete? Religion and state in Israel Room 5Dan Feferman Unzipping your genes: making you comfortable or too exposed? Room 8Lesley Andrews • Ron Fleischer Ten tantalising tales of Jewish life, history, and culture Room 1Rebecca Forgasz Philosemitism and Judaising in contemporary Christianity Room 3David Sandmel Religion, schools, and the law: an unholy alliance? Room 4Jacquie Seemann Charak The Rorschach Rasha: Jewish perceptions of wickedness Club BarAvi Bart

6:00pm PDT

Dinner available for purchase Limmud Forum

6:45pm PDT

Safra: from Baghdad to Bondi Room 8George Mordecai Understanding Israel's elections: the past and present Room 6Joanna Kalowski • Dan Feferman • Yair Rosenberg • Liam Getreu • Jeremy Leibler CANCELLED - Antisemitism in France: a historical perspective Room 4CANCELLED - Lisa Leff Leifer vs Australia/Israel: who will win and at what cost? Room 5Dassi Erlich Zionist Youth Movements: still radical or out of touch? Room 2Adiel Cohney Naming and shaming: narratives around names in the Torah Room 7Joel Nothman

8:00pm PDT

Big macher trivia: Limmud Oz's first Jewish quiz Club BarDane Stern Hot klezmer, hotter jazz! Limmud ForumBen Adler • Joshua Druery • Paul Khodor Is BDS winning the game? Room 5Oren Thaler Einstein and the Rabbi: the untold story of a friendship Room 4Yair Rosenberg