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Yom Limmud 2022

Learn and laugh with us on Sunday 11 September – BOOK TICKETS HERE!

Enjoy schmoozing and catching up in person with your Limmud community and international guests!

9:15am AEST

Doors Open

10:00am AEST

Israel's mother tongue has a father Room 4Sue Hofbauer Digging up your roots - The Joys of Genealogy Room 8Dani Haski • Barbara Simon Not a people apart: the Jews of India Room 7Angelica Jacob Mysterious energy points and self-development: Kabbalah meditation and mindfulness Room 6Orna Triguboff • Nadav Kahn A conversation about Artificial Intelligence: society, ethics and the world of smart(er) computers. Room 5Yoash Dvir • Alicia Vidler The shidduch & the shlep: lessons from Jewish international marriages Room 2Dovi Seldowitz Rosh Hashana and the urgency of time Room 3Elliott Malamet

11:15am AEST

CANCELLED - How to be funny on the internet: Jewish humour in a world of memes Room 5Shoshana Gottlieb The Healer Room 8Estelle Rozinski • David Asher Brook • Steven Durbach A story of Israel in five songs Room 2Noah Efron At the crossroads of Sephardic, Mizrahi and Russian-Speaking worlds: the history and culture of Bukharian Jews Room 7Ruben Shimonov PANEL: Challenging the stereotypes around mental illness and wellness Uni BarAmanda Gordon • Michoel Gourarie • Brandon Srot • Leah Malamet Confronting the Jewish education system: build your own Jewish day school Collab Space 1Benjamin Ezzes • Carolyn Steinman In conversation: where are the upstanders? Room 6Liza Wiemer • Julia Sussman

12:15pm AEST

Lunch

12:45pm AEST

Mourning together: Reflections on Yom HaZikaron Room 5Ittay Flescher Discovering the Cairo Geniza Room 4Margaret "Micky" Perlman • Sue Hofbauer Replace inner turmoil with oneness and quietness Room 2Michoel Gourarie The Jewish origins of neurodiversity Room 7Judy Singer Wrestling with God Room 6Donna Jacobs Sife Living in an upside-down world: finding meaning in complex times Room 8Dashiel Lawrence • Ralph Genende PANEL: Navigating the Aged Care system Uni BarMelissa Levi • Robert Orie • Mark Avraham • Tamar Krebs Bam!# Boom!#! Pow%$! - arguing as a creative act Collab Space 1Abi Dauber Sterne

2:00pm AEST

The Urban Farmers guide to shmitah in your garden Collab Space 1Mitch Burnie Why I believe in Israel's future: a father's story Room 4Noah Efron CANCELLED - The power of oneness: making your relationship work for you Room 8Amanda Gordon KAPOW! Krav Maga and self-defence Club BarDror Baraam PANEL: What do we do when religion meets politics? Uni BarJosh Swift • Darren Bark • Julia Sussman • Marjorie O'Neill • Scott Farlow The dilemmas confronting Jewish youth: what comes first, our Judaism or our humanity? Room 5Avishai Conyer Conversion: easy for Ruth, hard for us Room 6Rafi Kaiserblueth

3:15pm AEST

Can Israelis and Palestinians share Jerusalem in peace? Room 2/3Ittay Flescher Sydney Jewish Museum: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Room 5Aviva Wolff Jewish dances of universal peace Club BarBen-Zion Weiss PANEL: Abortion, should Jews be for or against? Uni BarViva Hammer • Gad Krebs • Dr Susan Warchaizer • Dr Lynn Townsend Bridging divides: a response to the Sydney Festival Boycott Room 7/8Ben Adler • Nawfel Alfaris Jewish approaches to cancel culture: ancient wisdom for modern problems Room 6Judith Levitan Yom Kippur: second chances and a successful 'forgiveness scene' Collab Space 1Elliott Malamet

4:30pm AEST

Composing from the heart Room 4Sam Weiss Stories for the Sake of Argument: how to argue about Israel! Room 6Abi Dauber Sterne Feldenkrais: Awareness through movement Room 2/3Margaret Kaye A spiritual approach to combating antisemitism Room 7/8Eli Feldman Debating The Final Solution? Room 5Liza Wiemer PANEL: The power of multi-faith and cultural alliances to tackle climate change Uni BarMichal Frankel • Bruce Shillingsworth • Byron Smith • Fahimah Badrulhisham • George Mordecai • Mari Rhydwen Roshi Why the South Koreans are studying Talmud Collab Space 1Deb Levy Friedler

5:45pm AEST

Honour your father and mother: supporting our aged community as a career and a mitzvah Room 4Mark Avraham Mystical spirituality through a Jewish lens Room 2/3Kim Gotlieb Holocaust Education: How some assignments fuel antisemitism and what we can do to make a positive difference Room 6Liza Wiemer PANEL: Sharing Interfaith, Afghan, Muslim, Jewish perspectives on September 11 Uni BarZalman Kastel • Shahri Rafi • Bilal Waheed Sephardic, Mizrahi & LGBTIQ+: lifting our stories out of the margins Room 5Ruben Shimonov Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits: faith as a fellowship; Judaism as a non-mystical religion Collab Space 1Benjamin Elton

6:30pm AEST

Dinner

7:00pm AEST

An evening of music and entertainment Main StageCHUTNEY • JIFF