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LIMMUD NZ 2016

Please note, this is a draft programme and is subject to change as some sessions are still being confirmed. Sessions times are also subject to change.

Click here for the draft Children’s Programme.

Further information and registration can be found at http://limmud.org.nz/registration/. We look forward to seeing you at LIMMUD 2016!

9:15am NZST

Shabbat Services: Auckland Hebrew Congregation Synagogue at Auckland Hebrew Congregation

10:00am NZST

Pop-Up Minyan: A Thematic Prayer Service C155Dina Brawer • Naftali Brawer Shabbat Services: Beth Shalom Temple Beth Shalom

12:00pm NZST

Arrival & lunch .Cafeteria

1:00pm NZST

1:30pm NZST

Judaism and International Development: Is this really where our resources should go? C145Hannah Gaventa Yiddish culture in Europe: The Origins and Development of Klezmer Music .WharenuiKlezmer Rebs The Colours of Anti-Semitism C149Itzhak Gerberg God: Bearded Man in the Sky or Unmoved Mover? C175Naftali Brawer

2:40pm NZST

The Unlikely Feminist: from Rebbetzin to Maharat .WharenuiDina Brawer Paradox and Jewish Conscience in the Development of the Atomic Bomb C149Elias Blechman We were Dreamers 1: My home; living on a privatised kibbutz C175Julian Resnick Reward, Punishment, Holiness and Idols: An Interdenominational Reading of the Parasha C145Sam Bookman • Ittay Flescher • Mendy Goldstein • Ma'ayan Turner The Development of Jewish Thought: What did Moses receive on Mount Sinai? Why are there so many Rabbinical disputes? C152David Neifeld

3:40pm NZST

Afternoon interlude: Community Soapbox .Hall Afternoon interlude: Meditation .WharenuiLinda Kaye Afternoon interlude: Minchah C155 Afternoon interlude: Seudah Shlishit (afternoon tea) .Cafeteria

4:25pm NZST

Songleading: The leaders in your community that you didn't know you had .WharenuiShannyn Gelbart Putting Jewish Values into Action: A Look at Jewish Community Organising movements in the United States C145Erica Rothschild The Van Staverens of Wellington C152Nigel Isaacs The Talmud of Independence C149Ma'ayan Turner The Power of Myth and how it can shape our reading of the Bible C175Naftali Brawer

5:35pm NZST

Young Jews doing Cool Things C149Sam Dyson • Naomi Altman • Adam Ben-Dror • Michael Shafar Dancing with the KGB: Russian Jewry Before and After the Fall of the Iron Curtain C145David Eliezrie We were Dreamers 2: Have we given up on the 'Light unto the Nations' shtick C175Julian Resnick "Torah Of The Land Of Israel" – An Ancient Idea With A New Twist C152Yaira Cohen The Nature of Sanctified Time .WharenuiDina Brawer

6:30pm NZST

6:35pm NZST

Havdalah (gather at 6.35pm for Havdallah at 6.40pm) .HallTadhg Cleary • Shannyn Gelbart

7:00pm NZST

Supper .Cafeteria

7:30pm NZST

Play Reading - An Act of Violence .WharenuiMichelanne Forster How Jewish TV Producers have changed the conversation about Gender and Sexuality in America C175Ittay Flescher Aliyah in the 21st Century: Moving on Up to the Mideast Side C152Rachel Adams Acknowledging the Other C145Tadhg Cleary

8:00pm NZST

A Night of Music, Schmooze and Comedy .HallMike Silverman • Shannyn Gelbart • Klezmer Rebs • Michael Shafar

8:30am NZST

Shacharit C155 Arrival & Registration .Centennial Foyer

9:15am NZST

Promethea: the life and work of Hélène Cixous C145Yael Cameron Hightide for the Jewish Community of Alkmaar: The 1923 Synagogue Visit of Queen Wilhelmina C149Dov Bing We were Dreamers 3: What happened to the New Middle East? C446Julian Resnick Can I visit the sick using Skype? – The Beth Shalom B’Nei Mishnah Class C447Chris Milton • Beth Shalom B'Nei Mishnah Class Selling the Synagogue's Silver .WharenuiDina Brawer

10:25am NZST

What ‘Orange Is The New Black’ taught me about being Jewish C446Ittay Flescher Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: How do we respond? C447Sehai Orgad • Liora Bercovitch • Wally Hirsh • Shoshana Maasland Memory and Forgetting: The Architecture of Murder and Memorial C145Chris Barton Rabbi. Humanist. Zionist. Feminist: My Journey C149Ma'ayan Turner Gett and Agunah - History and Development in Jewish Law C152Natti Friedler

11:35am NZST

Marti Friedlander in Conversation with Diana Wichtel .HallMarti Friedlander • Diana Wichtel Jews and Religious Diversity in Aotearoa: The Work of the Centre for Religious Diversity C145Paul Morris Jewish life in the Philippines C149Hannah Gaventa Black, White, and Grey All Over: How to teach Zionism in a complex & confusing world C446Rachel Adams Occupy Judaism: Reclaiming Responsibility for Judaism C447Dina Brawer

12:35pm NZST

Lunch .Cafeteria

1:35pm NZST

Performance: Hope Springs Eternal .WharenuiMona Williams Pop Art and Religious Experience C447Naftali Brawer Faith in the Neighbourhood: An interfaith discussion C152Katie Watson • Lesley Max • Aarif Rasheed Igniting the Spark: Lessons from the Startup Nation for New Zealand C149Richard Llewellyn The Secret of Chabad: the Rebbe's Six Big Ideas that transformed modern Jewish life and can uplift yours C145David Eliezrie

2:45pm NZST

From the Ten Commandments to the Prince of Egypt C446Ittay Flescher Agreeing to Disagree? Maintaining Debate and Discourse within our Community C145Sam Bookman • Avigail Allan • Rob Berg • Dov Bing • Sehai Orgad Recovery of Nazi-era looted Art: a survey of the current landscape C149Arthur Tompkins We were Dreamers 4: A virtual Israel Journey C447Julian Resnick Sing a New Song to the Holy One! .WharenuiMa'ayan Turner

3:45pm NZST

Afternoon Tea .Cafeteria Minchah C155

4:00pm NZST

Klezmer Music: Origins, Musical Forms, Characteristics and Evolution - Interactive! .WharenuiKlezmer Rebs Being Jewish and Transgender C152Hannah Rossiter Denominational Judaism: What is it Good For? C447Ittay Flescher • Naftali Brawer • David Eliezrie • Hannah Gaventa Developing a National Presence for the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand: Building Local Chapters C149Richard Browne • Erica Rothschild • Jeremy Smith Kings and Prophets - the counter-force C145Yitzchak Mizrachi

5:10pm NZST

'Ferencz': The Cannonball .WharenuiMona Williams What is Jewish music? C149Eliah Sakakushev Masada - Revisitng a Myth C145Aviad Cohen Religion and state in Israel: Where are we heading? .HallDov Lipman

6:10pm NZST