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07:30 GMT

Breakfast Rootes First Floor

08:00 GMT

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth Soc 3 Check your own mezuzah Soc 4 Israel and the UK media: getting your point across Soc 6 Kavannah yoga - morning blessings Ram 7 V'yarutz v'yomer: he ran and he talked - or run and chat Rootes Main Entrance

09:00 GMT

Families and Young Chavruta Project (Family Session) Rootes Panorama 1&2

09:10 GMT

Limmud Chavruta - Prayer: Request and Repentance (2 of 4) Rootes Panorama 3

09:20 GMT

'The Story of the Jews' - revisited (3 of 4) Sci 8 Beyond the shtetlesphere: Jewish journalism in the digital age Ram 1 Five challenges facing the Jewish People Sci 5 Funny, you don't look Jewish - the big questions we need to ask about our tribe Ram 3 HaRav Ovadia Yosef - a sage misunderstood? Hum 1 Homeopathy in Jewish life (1 of 2) Sci 7 How does an Orthodox Jewish secondary school fully integrate non-Jewish students? Ram 7 Jewish heritage routes in Europe: how to best preserve our heritage. Soc 2 Niggunim, Carlebach and African melody mashup Soc 8 (HaMakom) Not your bubby's candlesticks - reinventing/reviving ritual with the help of contemporary art and objects Ram 4 Nullifications of lists and candidates for the Knesset as a legal tool for political goals Soc 7 Popular music and politics in the Middle East (2 of 4) Soc 3 Shattered in Syria: salvation in Safed Sci 2 Ten (at least) commandments for raising funds for good causes Sci 1 The creative solutions needed for building a bilingual, bi-cultural educational framework Soc 6 The economics of the 'cottage cheese war' Sci 4 The Hidden Holocaust: new information from geophysics and archaeology Soc 1 The legend of the Lodz Ghetto children Hum 2 The recovering of a lost memory Soc 4 What we know and what we think we know about Jewish teenagers today? Sci 3 Who killed the rabbi? Ram 8 Confronting boycotts, anti-Zionism, and delegitimisation; what can we do? Ram 5 Improvisation with an Israeli twist Ram 2 Limmud Breakfast Show... now with Breakfast (1 of 2) Rootes Chancellors 1

10:40 GMT

'Wagner and Israel' revisited: the case for and against Soc 2 A bridge over troubled waters - can a cross denominational mikveh work? Soc 7 A prophet for the 21st century: Israel Mattuck, Britain's first Liberal rabbi Soc 3 Being a mensch in marriage: what neuroscience and relationship science can teach us about nurturing long-term love (3 of 4) Ram 4 Everything you didn't know you wanted to know about medieval Jewish philosophy: prophecy and revelation (3 of 4) Sci 4 God's Voice everywhere: finding ourselves in God Ram 2 Is Israel the new apartheid? Sci 8 Jumba live! (1 of 2) Rootes Chancellors 1 Making music holy (prayer, text, & music) - the challenge of creating new synagogue music Arts - Ensemble Mind & soul: When should halacha be lenient? Sci 3 Shalom chant (2 of 2) Soc 8 (HaMakom) Should the Jewish diaspora have a political role in Israel's future? Arts - Conference The illuminated haggadot of Ashkenaz Sci 2 The shrew, femme fatale, prima donna, and whore: four Talmudic heroines (2 of 4) Soc 1 Warrant for regicide? The Story of Ehud and Eglon in history, literature, and art Sci 5 When talking is not enough: interfaith prayer Sci 7 Why Abraham Killed Isaac Ram 3 Withdrawal of life support in the Talmud and beyond Ram 5 Zimmun - what's it all about? Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) A Torah guide to conflict resolution Ram 1 Merkava Mentors presents: 'Soul Spark' - a Jewish songwriting camp (Double Session) SU Copper Rooms 2 Policing the borders of Judaism: the rebellious elder (3 of 4) (Double Session) Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) UK Jewish Film: 'Regina' (63 mins) (Double Session) Arts - Cinema

11:40 GMT

Lunch Rootes Ground Floor and Library Building

12:00 GMT

A chocolatey demo SU Limmud Central A tehilim composition workshop Arts - Studio Acoustic lunch Rootes Bar Rectangle After you've gone Ram 6 Creating change in Israel - it's not all about politics Ram 4 Da'as Torah: papal infallibility for rabbis Ram 3 Daf Yomi: radical reading (2 of 2) Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) Duct tape tallit! (3 of 3) Soc 9 Hassidic intuitions: beyond what we think we know (1 of 2) Soc 1 Limmud technology forum Ram 7 Open choir for all and advanced choir (3 of 4) Arts - Ensemble Pan-European Jewish Identity: Do we share more than divides us? Sci 2 Scripture on the silver screen: Jesus of Hollywood (2 of 4) Soc 2 Sex and death: the real story of Adam and Eve Sci 3 That is the question(s) (3 of 3) Sci 1 The assault on Israel's legitimacy Sci 5 The female Jew: options for the 21st century Sci 7 The fifty Jewish words every Jew should know (2 of 4) Ram 1 The seventh year - toward a meaningful shemitta in Israel Ram 8 What does an Orthodox rabbi do all day? Arts - Conference What's going on here? An improv workshop that will change the way you look at art Ram 5 Connected to give: the past, present, and future of Jewish philanthropy Sci 4 Mature Jewish singles: the secrets revealed Ram 2 The Israeli press map in crisis Rootes Chancellors 1 Film presentation: 'From the Black You Make Color' (Double Session) Hum 1

13:30 GMT

'Thistle do nicely.' A humourous look at the stunning wild flowers of Israel Sci 7 A light unto the nations or all talk and no action? Soc 7 All the King's women - Abigail Sci 8 Darwin and Freud - the end of religion? (Or the start of a conversation?) Soc 2 Diving under the surface: exploring Jonah with Rashi and his colleagues (1 of 3) Soc 3 Erich Fromm: a radical humanistic reinterpretation of Judaism Sci 5 Euthanasia: A time to die? Ram 5 Fly on EAJL's wings - learning to lead prayer. Focus: Ma'ariv l'chol and the shiva minyan Ram 2 Food and spirituality: asceticism or delight? Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) HaMakom Open Space Sessions: a Sanctuary at Limmud Soc 8 (HaMakom) Jewish dating Ram 8 Keshet UK inclusivity training (2 of 3) Ram 7 Limmud International: engaging partners and establishing boundaries (2 of 3) Sci 2 Looking back, looking forward: Lots's wife and daughters Soc 1 Natan Sharansky: this is your life Ram 1 People of the Nook: the faces of 21st century Jewish writing Arts - Conference Reggae Zion SU Copper Rooms 2 Sing a new song - group singing workshop Arts - Ensemble Talmud live! Arts - Studio The 'impurity' of the 'purity of arms' myth Sci 4 The ever changing American synagogue 1.0 and 2.0 (1 of 2) Sci 3 The importance of Israel for diaspora Jewry Ram 3 The modern (Jewish) family Ram 4 Torah stitch by stitch workshop Soc 9 A radical reading of Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed (Double Session) Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) Skills for telling stories to children (Double Session) Rootes Chancellors 1

14:50 GMT

Parenting tips for Passover (Family Session) Radcliffe Family Lounge 'Can you lead our Church Seder?' How to respond Sci 2 'Goodbye Columbus'/'Reel Jews' - Jewish identity through the lens of Hollywood (2 of 4) Soc 3 Abel, Cain and the pluperfect wor(l)d Sci 7 Bridge and kaluki Rootes Panorama 3 Crafternoon tea Soc 9 Developing a home grown Limmud programme packed with choice Ram 7 From massacre to ministry: the remarkable rise of Levi Soc 6 Full cycle giving circle: from creation to allocation (3 of 3) Sci 1 JDOV Talks Ram 1 Jewish Chronicles (Christmas Special) SU Copper Rooms 1 Kabbalistic meditation Soc 8 (HaMakom) Katamonsta Live@Limmud Arts - Studio Korach and other Biblical rebels Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) Kosher sushi making Rootes First Floor Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness: a Jewish reality, not just an American dream Sci 5 Limmud Book Club: Art Spiegelman's 'Maus' (3 of 4) Ram 8 Limmud-Paideia cafe of ideas: what do you feel that Judaism has to add to the conversation of being human? (3 of 3) Ram 3 Music as midrash Arts - Ensemble Numbers 35: mindlessness as a spiritual ideal (3 of 4) Ram 2 The journey from the daughters of Tzelophchad to the Women of the Wall Soc 7 The lesson of a dozing dad Ram 4 Ultimate Flying Disc Rootes Main Entrance Who's afraid of Jewish community politics? Sci 4 Wine tasting and flash sale SU Limmud Central

16:10 GMT

Family Concert (Family Session) Radcliffe Annexe

16:20 GMT

A German-American rabbi in the Great War Soc 7 Alienated women: making your synagogue more accessible (2 of 4) Soc 6 Bedouins in Israel - what's really going on? Ram 3 Bratslav chasidic meditation: Rabbi Nachman and his contemporary popularisers (3 of 4) Ram 7 Death Ram 5 Flash mob Arts - Butterworth Hillel versus Aher - reflections around a bird's nest Sci 1 Is aliyah still the ultimate goal of Zionism? Arts - Conference Royal Jews Soc 1 Shmitta. Not for me Ram 4 Summit in the furnace: gendered readings of a Talmudic story Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) The Israeli Supreme Court: asylum seekers and non-Jewish immigration (2 of 3) Sci 5 The poetry of imagination Soc 8 (HaMakom) The Two State Solution z'l, 1937-2013? Ram 8 The wandering musical gypsy and her Jewish heritage Arts - Studio UK Jewish Film: Ways of seeing, or being: the representation of Jewish women in British film and media Hum 1 What is Jewish about Jewish history? Soc 4 Why is Jewish peoplehood failing? Ram 1 Wonderful painted scenes from the Torah (1 of 2) Sci 2 Your name in lights! Soc 9 Open Beit Midrash (2 of 3) (Double Session) Soc 5 (Beit Midrash)

16:25 GMT

High energy games (Family Session) Radcliffe MR2

16:35 GMT

Tefilo Drama (Family Session) Radcliffe MR10

17:30 GMT

Dinner Rootes Ground Floor

17:40 GMT

Am I the only one?… a chance to find out, in discussion with your second generation peers (1 of 2) Sci 6 Breast cancer and Jewish genes Hum 3 Conversations for contemporary Jews Sci 5 Dateline Warsaw: the revival of Jewish life in Poland Ram 5 DrawYomi: Drawing the Talmud, a page a day Ram 4 Felt-making - building layers and making our mark. Soc 9 Halachah and responsa in the internet age Sci 8 Have microphone… Ram 6 Israel: one land many narratives (2 of 3) Hum 2 Jewish Chronicles - the back story SU Copper Rooms 1 Jews and the spice trade Ram 8 Liberal Judaism and the Chief Rabbinate: past, present and future Soc 3 Limmud volunteer development Lib 2 Naked tzniut: can modesty be reclaimed? Sci 3 New discoveries in the Dead Sea Caves Soc 1 Prayer, water, and righteous living: The stories of Nakdimon ben Gurion Soc 6 Shin Gi and the Art of Jewish Prayer Soc 8 (HaMakom) The Israeli left: wanted... dead or alive! Arts - Conference The Jewish Xmas Soc 4 The Kingly Sanctuary Ram 1 Your innovation imperative (1 of 2) Sci 2

18:20 GMT

A Promised Land: those who dared to dream Arts - Ensemble Captives, converts, and community politics: a critical look at rabbinic responsa Hum 1 Conversations on Israel - Bet Midrash: the search for authentic peace Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) Dean Staker in concert Arts - Studio Eliezer Berkovits: Radical Jewish law (1 of 2) Ram 7 Flexigidity 3 - Zionism: a verb, not a noun (3 of 4) Ram 2 Heresy vindicated Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) Jewish spies throughout the ages (post-Biblical spies) (2 of 2) Hum 4 Life and death in the Russian 'Pale of Settlement' Sci 4 What is mainstream Orthodoxy? Its history, philosophy and contemporary applications. Sci 7 What is revelation? Shocking talmudic tales... Soc 2 What's new for Queer Jews? Sci 1 UK Jewish Film: 'Bottle in the Gaza Sea' (Double Session) Arts - Cinema

18:30 GMT

Songs for a soulful slumber Scarman Bridge Room Tween You Be the Judge (Family Session) Radcliffe Annexe

19:00 GMT

'HaMakom Open Space Sessions: a Sanctuary at Limmud Soc 8 (HaMakom) Baruch Spinoza: a renegade Jew? Sci 6 Encountering the Other: Buber and Levinas (1 of 2) Sci 5 Fasting before the famine: creating a liturgy for climate change Soc 7 Jewishness and gentility in Modern Britain (2 of 3) Soc 1 Ribs and apples? What really happened in the beginning? Soc 4 The first king's last night: Saul and the witch of Ein Dor Hum 2 The unsettled question: a brief history of the Israeli settler movement, 1967-2013 Ram 5 Toward a new criminal Europe: Jewish and Israeli aspects Sci 3 Vive la différence! Perspectives from across the Channel Ram 8 What is literal meaning in Judaism, Islam and Christianity? Soc 3 Where would we be without the yekkes? Lib 2

19:05 GMT

Junior Storytime - The Boy Who Prayed the Alphabet (Family Session) Scarman Bridge Room

19:50 GMT

'The Story of the Jews' - revisited (4 of 4) Sci 8 A time and a place Arts - Studio Arabs and rabbis Sci 4 Doubt and its pluralistic implications Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) Eretz yisrael yafa: the rhythms of Israel Arts - Butterworth Esther: not just a pretty face Soc 6 Glatt kosher: authentic standard or social exclusivism? Soc 5 (Beit Midrash) It all happened at Sinai - or did it? Sci 2 Mmmm - massage and meditation Soc 8 (HaMakom) Moses' other wife Sci 7 Oh, what a day!! SU Limmud Central Out of respect for the poor: simple dignity in Jewish death customs Soc 2 Ransoming captives: at what cost? Hum 3 Sephardi Voices UK: the making of an oral history archive Ram 7 The how and why of interfaith weddings. Sci 1 The voice of Judaism in American society: a conversation by the Wolpe brothers Ram 1 We steal lyrics from God SU Copper Rooms 1

21:10 GMT

A Jewish walk through the 12 steps of recovery Ram 2 Comedy improvisation workshop Rootes Chancellors 1 Conversations on Israel - the search for peace (3 of 4) Ram 5 Covenant and blood Soc 6 From Mishnah to Middle-earth: a Jewish reading of 'The Lord of the Rings' Sci 3 Hands tied, eyes bound: how America fights terror the wrong way Soc 2 Hayden's Secret Jewbillee Arts - Ensemble Is there a specifically Jewish leadership model? The view from Jewish history (2 of 2) Sci 4 Israel's changing society Ram 1 Jerusalem 2013 / Yerushalayim 5774 / Al-Quds 1434 Soc 3 Keshet UK inclusivity surgery Ram 7 Magic cave - between the old world and the new (1 of 2) Sci 5 Make yourself like the wilderness! Soc 7 Panel: a ‘Jewish-democratic' state: a reality, an aspiration, or an illusion? Arts - Conference Pray, eat, love: poetic blessings for food and other things Ram 3 Praying for rain: rabbis and wonder-workers Sci 8 Prophets and prophecy in Judaism and Islam Soc 1 Shnat Sherut Ram 8 Taking the nerves out of public speaking Ram 4 Tzitzit? Why knot! Soc 4 Hebrew cafe (1 of 2) Sci 6 UK Jewish Film: 'Broken Lines' (97 mins) (Double Session) Arts - Cinema

22:40 GMT

Acoustic Cafe Rootes Bar Rectangle Changing the conversation: tools for talking about Palestinian and Israeli nonviolence efforts in your community Ram 3 Hallelujah! Israel's Eurovision extravaganza! SU Copper Rooms 1 Jewish Blues concert Arts - Studio Make aliyah, make aliyah, we won't shut up 'til you make aliyah Ram 4 What is Jewish education? Ram 7 A tribute to Mandela Rootes Chancellors 1 Flexigidity 4 - societal innovation: the challenge of our time (4 of 4) Ram 2 Think and drink (3 of 3) Rootes First Floor

23:55 GMT

Campfire sing-song Rootes Chancellors 1 Limmud Chavruta - Prayer: Words and rituals (3 of 4) Rootes First Floor Psychedelic Funk jam (1 of 2) Rootes Bar Rectangle