LIMMUD NZ 2015 has ended

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LIMMUD NZ 2015

Please note, this is last year’s programme. The 2016 programme will be announced shortly.

Further information and registration is available at http://limmud.org.nz/registration/

12:30pm NZST

Arrival and lunch .Cafeteria

1:00pm NZST

Opening Plenary: In Conversation with the US Ambassador .HallDeborah Hart • Mark Gilbert

1:45pm NZST

Ecological Sustainability & Jewish Roots – Shall the Twain Meet? C175Yaira Cohen-Halpert Giving Birth to Birthright C155Nancy Gilbert What we have learned from the Yom Kippur war C152Shmuel Rosner Woman at the Window, Woman on the Road C149Maureen Kendler Salonika: The Jerusalem of the Balkans C145Deborah Bookman • Sam Bookman

2:55pm NZST

The Place we Built C155Avigal Kazula • Sapeer Mayron The Morality of War from biblical to modern times C152Nathanel Friedler Jews, Sport and Me C145Mark Gilbert Torah, Sex and Betrayal: Three Twisted Rabbinic Love Stories C149Brent Gutmann

4:05pm NZST

Feldenkrais Method .WharenuiCaryn Truppman Universally Particular: Jewish education in postmodernity C175Adiel Cohney When Kiwi and the Star of David marched together C145Yosef Livne Jewish Advocacy in New Zealand: Strategies and Tips C152David Cumin • Shoshana Maasland Text Study: Parsha Shoftim C149Abe Cooper

5:05pm NZST

Mincha (Orthodox) `C134 Mincha (Progressive) `C137 Seudah Shlishit (the Third Meal): Afternoon Tea .Cafeteria

5:35pm NZST

The Power of Communication – from Spilchas to Chutzpah C152Mike Silverman The Jacobs affair: Scandal and Schism in the Sixties C145Sam Bookman Netanyahu & Obama - A history of stormy relations C175Liam Getreu • Shmuel Rosner Fathers in law in the Bible - the good, the bad and the awful C149Doreen Samuels

6:30pm NZST

Ma'ariv (Orthodox) `C134 Ma'ariv (Progresive) `C137

6:35pm NZST

Break and Supper .Cafeteria

7:00pm NZST

Havdallah - lead by B'nei Akiva and Habonim Dror .Hall

7:30pm NZST

The Jewish King Lear C155Maureen Kendler Digital Terrorism - how social media can facilitate and connect potential recruits C145Abe Cooper Put yourself in their shoes - Getting a feel for the pressure points in Israel C152Liam Getreu Slices of LIMMUD (5 x 10minute talks) C442Gilaad Amir • Ari Blair • Nadine Nathan • Starr Rabb • Ariella Rosenbaum Raynish • Mike Silverman

8:45pm NZST

As long as the Jewish Community has Shaped the Architecture, Architecture has Shaped the Jewish Community C155Sarah Bookman • Seth Schanzer Cabaret .HallAbe Cooper • Lynn Jenner • Maureen Kendler • Simcha Limmud goes to the Movies - Life in Stills C442Judi Lubetzky

8:00am NZST

Registration .Centennial Foyer

9:00am NZST

Identity through Art C155Suzy Dunser • Nadine Spalter The Simon Wiesenthal Centre: How it transformed from hunting Nazis to fighting anti-semitism C175Abe Cooper Refugees and Asylum Seekers - How is Israel meeting this challenge? C152Liam Getreu Domestic Violence in Jewish Homes - the work of the Jewish Taskforce Against Family Violence, Australia C446Debbie Wiener The Extraordinary Career of Michael Baer C145Dov Bing

10:15am NZST

Bookclub Discussion: “The Zone of Interest” Martin Amis C175Judi Blumenfeld Hoadley HCNZ Teachers' Yad Vashem Experience and Teaching The Holocaust in NZ Schools C145Rick Sahar • Nicole Greensides • Chris Harris The challenges for Israel's new government C152Shmuel Rosner Sibling Rivalry: Two points of view C446Nathanel Friedler • Diane Levy The Other Germany C442Oliver Hoffmann Elisha, The Shunamite Woman and The 1882 Married Woman's Property Act C149Maureen Kendler

11:30am NZST

The Mezuzah: from Moshe Rabenu to our times - has anything changed? C155Azriel Glick Zionism is Dead: Long Live Zionism! C175Rob Berg • Sam Bookman A New Agenda for Holocaust Studies C145Simone Gigliotti Cyber bullying and internet porn - implications for Jewish Families C446Debbie Wiener Being funny is their bread and butter .WharenuiMichelanne Forster The Burning Palace: Can an Unjust World Endure? C149Brent Gutmann

12:30pm NZST

Lunch .Cafeteria

1:30pm NZST

The Wooden Urn: One story from Lost and Gone Away C155Lynn Jenner Family Siddur Survival Guide - the Challenge of writing a Siddur that engages Children C175Doreen Samuels Antisemitism in Europe - is it time for the Jews to leave Europe and where should they go? .HallAbe Cooper • Simone Gigliotti • Maureen Kendler • Shmuel Rosner The writing on the wall - Israel through Graffiti and street art C152Roni Israeli • Elinoy Kisslove Moshe Rabbenu, Master of Pedagogy C149Alex Grinberg

2:45pm NZST

A new Jewish economic model C442Lenny Bloksberg The challenges of a New Zealand Jewish Student C175Maya Netzer Death but no Justice (the AMIA bombing 21 years on) C145Alon Grinberg How big is the (LIMMUD) tent? C149Sam Bookman • Liam Getreu King David & Absalom: The Father who loved too much C446Maureen Kendler Rationalism and Extremism in Jewish History C152Aviad Cohen Moriah Films (Simon Wiesenthal Centre) The Prime Ministers Part 1 C155Abe Cooper

3:45pm NZST

Afternoon Tea .Cafeteria

4:15pm NZST

A Taste of Melton: Jewish Perspectives on Homosexuality C149Jill Gutmann How the Nazis expanded into Africa C145Marlene Levine What do we mean by a Jewish and Democratic State? C152Shmuel Rosner Shuls without Borders C442JoEllen Duckor • Linda Kaye The Jewish view on God and Heaven - Who are we and where do we go after death? C447Yitzhak Mizrachi

5:30pm NZST

Concluding Panel: This is Your Life .HallAdiel Cohney • Abe Cooper • Maureen Kendler • Shmuel Rosner