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12:00pm

Friday Lunch Ballroom I

12:30pm

Camp Limmud NY 12:30-3:45 Friday Elm

1:00pm

Make Your Own Illuminated Manuscript Letter Alder Active Listening for Social Justice Glen III Try a Talmud: Introduction to Talmud Glenbrook Cartoonists against the Holocaust Springdale I & II Jews & Judaism in Science Fiction: Judaism in the 21st, 22nd, 23rd Century & Beyond Cove I & II The Noble, the Executioner, and the Prostitute: Surprising Talmudic Roads to Redemption Long Ridge

2:30pm

Chai Mitzvah: A Global Initiative- A Turnkey, Cost-Effective, Out-of-the-Box Program Springdale I & II Anti-Zionism: The Jewish Narrative Against Sovereignty Grove I Unpack Your Life: A Spiritual Memoir Workshop Alder Disney Confronts Auschwitz Glenbrook The Tree of Knowledge and Plato's Olive Tree: Science and Judaism—Beyond Conflict and Reconciliation Grove II Developing Jewish Leaders Glen II Transform Your Life in 75 Minutes with Kabbalistic Energy Healing Glen I What Is the Place of This Prayer? Expanding the Horizons of Prayer Waterside Limmud Chavruta: Thanks and Praise Westover Queen Esther: Her Quest for Empowerment through Food High Ridge

4:30pm

Candlelighting Mezzanine Pre-Function

4:50pm

Bim Bam Shabbat! Pre-Shabbat Celebration for Ages 0-5 Springdale I & II Exquisite Risk: A Kabbalat Shabbat-Inspired Meditation Program Belltown Welcome Shabbat Tel Aviv-Style Mezzanine Pre-Function Bluegrass Kabbalat Shabbat Grove I Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/ Maariv: Mehitza Service Led by Men Glen I, II, & III Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv: Mehitza Service Led by Men and Women Cove I & II Renewal Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv Service Elm Traditional Egalitarian Service Led by Men and Women: Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv Aspen I & II

6:30pm

Shabbat Dinner Ballrooms I, II & III

8:45pm

Theology in God’s Created World of Predator & Prey: Deriving Life Lessons from God’s World of Conflict Grove II A Rabbi Walks into a Poem: Poetry, Humor, Judaism, and You Glenbrook Family Ruach: Festive Shabbat Song Session Elm 21st-Century Shoah (Holocaust) Storytelling Cove I & II Jews and Hebrew: Past, Present, Future Glen III Hearing All the Voices: How Feminism Can Build Bigger-Tent Judaism Waterside Judaism Unbound: Love Glen II Truth to Power: The Carter Book Controversy Glen I Who Says What the Torah Says? Who Gets to Interpret Judaism (Hint: You Do, Too) Alder Ki Tissa: Parashat HaShavua Springdale I & II Jews and Booze: Beyond Manischewitz, Scotch and the L'chaim High Ridge Where There is a Rabbinic Will, There is a Halachic Way Aspen I & II Friends of Bill W. Westover Kabbalat Shabbat and the Talking Cows: A Textual Study of the Friday Night Service Long Ridge

10:25pm

Limmud 101 Cove I & II Find the Funny: Late-Night Improv! Glen I Another World Is Possible: Preparing for Shmita: Spiritual, Environmental and Practical Dimensions Waterside Originality and Conservatism: The Price You Pay for Going Your Own Way High Ridge Sexual Repression and Obsession: Examining the Classical Jewish Sources Grove I Friday Night Tisch! Ballroom III Rabbis Behaving Badly: The R-Rated Talmud Glenbrook The Grown-Up Midrash Says...: Five Radical Midrashim They Don't Teach in School Long Ridge

11:55pm

Kabbalistic Midnight Journey Glen I

7:30am

A Time of Desire: A Shacharit-Inspired Meditation Workshop Belltown Hashkama (Early) Minyan Led by Men: Early Risers' Shabbat Morning Service High Ridge Saturday Breakfast Ballrooms I & II

8:00am

Daf Yomi Ballroom I

8:45am

Learners Minyan Alder Mehitza Service Led by Men: Shacharit/Torah Service/Musaf (Shabbat Morning Services) Glen I, II, & III Mehitza Service Led by Women and Men: Shacharit/Torah Service/Musaf (Shabbat Morning Services) Cove I & II Renewal Shacharit (Morning Service) Grove I Traditional Egalitarian Service Led by Men and Women: Shacharit/Torah Service/Musaf (Shabbat Morning Services) Aspen I & II

9:45am

Family Service Elm

10:00am

Yoga Class - Vijñāna Yoga: Stems from the Yogic Tradition of Northern India Belltown Limmud Chavruta: Requests and Repentance Glenbrook

11:45am

Jewish Artists: A Brainstorming Forum for Artists and Presenters Westover Waiting Eight Years for a Drink: The Bizarre Notion of 13-Year-Old Jewish Adults Glen III The Case of the Handicapped Kohen: How to Think about Halakhah (Jewish Law) Grove I Why a Vibrant Diaspora is a Zionist Imperative Glen II Can We End the Age-Old Problem of the Agunah in Our Time? Aspen I & II My Egg, My Husband, Her Womb, Whose Child? Long Ridge Between the Gods and the Devils: Kabbalah as a Guide to Living on the Edge Springdale I Shabbat Lunch Ballrooms I & II

12:30pm

Book Club: A.B. Yehoshua's 'Three Days and a Child' High Ridge Soul Slam: Jewish Expression and Spoken Word Glenbrook Doing Unto Others: Judaism and Sex in the 21st Century Cove I & II Mussar: A Deep Spiritual Practice for Parents Alder Children of the Holocaust Revealed Glen I Searching for God in Judaism: A Rational Quest for a Mystical Presence Grove II Open, Shut Them...Rabbinic Legal Loopholes Re-Examined Springdale II

1:00pm

Camp Limmud NY 1:00-5:15 pm Saturday Elm

2:00pm

Koshersoul: Creating an African American Jewish Identity with Food Ballroom III Becoming a Better Parent One Story at a Time: Using Stories to Raise Our Little Mensches Springdale II Getting Dressed in the Morning: A Lilith Salon with Susan Weidman Schneider Glen III Judaism Unbound: Prayer Glen II Israel before the State: Jewish Nation-Building: Let the Documents Tell the Story Aspen I & II Outdoors or Out of Their Minds? Hasidic Teachings on Wilderness/Nature Alder The Book of Esther: Purim Torah, Fairy Tale, Satire or History? Glenbrook From Anne Frank to the St. Louis: Why America Closed Its Doors Cove I & II Why is Jewish Peoplehood Failing? Glen I Panel Discussion: A Search for Spirituality as Defined (or Not Defined) by Jewish Law Grove I Seven Wells: Where Spirituality and Sexuality Meet Long Ridge Friends of Bill W. Westover God Talk Springdale I The Magic Number: Why Do We Need Ten to Make a Minyan? High Ridge

3:15pm

Mehitza Service Led by Men: Mincha (Afternoon Service) with Torah Reading Glen I Traditional Egalitarian Service Led by Men and Women: Mincha (Shabbat Afternoon Service) with Torah Reading Aspen I & II

3:45pm

Evolving Interpretation of Eve: Examining Eve in Literature and Poetry Westover Cupcake Decorating Wars: Shabbat Edition FOR FAMILIES Elm Intro/Different Roles of Music in the Holocaust Glenbrook Feminist Religious Education: How Should We Do It? Alder The Most Important Jewish Idea Grove I Liberal Jews & Kashrut: Really? Yes! Ritual, Ethics, Food & Choice Cove I & II Bombing Auschwitz: American Responses to Genocide, Then and Now High Ridge Why Jews Intermarry: Notes on a Transgressive Subject of Discussion Grove II Responding to the Inner Human Struggle: Intentional Communities in a Jewish Context Waterside Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic: The Witch in the Rabbinic Mind Long Ridge Frum but Not Frumpy: An Analysis of the Jewish Sexual Ethic Springdale I Introduction to Karaite Judaism Springdale II Getting To Know 'You': Praying To A Personal G-d Glen III

5:15pm

Rediscover Your Creativity: The Artist's Way Cove I & II Telling the Shoah (Holocaust): Witness Theater Three-Workshop Series, Part 1 Long Ridge Freedom of Marriage in Israel: Blessing or Curse? The Right to Marry in Israel and Its Consquences Glen II Of Converts and Kohanim (Priests): A Spiritual Case Study of Apple and Coca-Cola Glenbrook Happy Happy Joy Joy: A Few Thoughts on Some Powerful Emotions Grove II Can Journalism Save Judaism? Glen I Hebrew in Colonial America: The Jewish Language in a Christian Land Alder U.S. Foreign Policy, Israel, and the Regional Landscape: Has Yesterday Informed Us about Tomorrow? Glen III Seudah Shlishit (The Third Meal) Ballroom III How to Repair the World: Reconciling Messianism and Covenant Aspen I & II Soul Searching: What Do We Mean When We Say Soul? Springdale II

5:30pm

Family Early Dinner Ballroom I

6:20pm

Mehitza Service Led by Men: Maariv (Evening service) with Havdalah Glen I Traditional Egalitarian Service Led by Men and Women: Maariv (Evening service) with Havdalah Aspen I & II

6:45pm

Community Havdalah Grove I

7:45pm

Naomi Less in Concert Grove I Jewish Film Festival Favorites: Anita Cove I & II Musical Responses to the Holocaust Glenbrook Responding to the Holocaust through Art Westover Dialogues and Monologues: The Relationship between Law and Narrative in the Torah Springdale II Auschwitz or Sinai? Metaphor and the Meaning of Modern Israel Glen I Jewish Journalism Today: How the Forward Does It Glen III Wall Street vs. Start-Up Nation: Culture Clash: A Look at Cultural Differences in the Workplace Aspen I & II Pajama Party Movie Night! Elm Saturday Dinner Ballrooms I & II

8:15pm

Telling the Shoah (Holocaust): Witness Theater Three-Workshop Series, Part 2 High Ridge A Biblical Cover-Up: A Sad Case of Torah That Never Gets Transmitted Glen II “Remember What Amalek Did to You!” Now Reconcile? Reconciling Identity Conflicts in Text and Society Waterside The Leg in the Bible: An Insight into the Human Condition Springdale I The Playful Collage Life: How Play Can Be Used to Construct a Serious Life Alder Israeli Dance for Everyone! Ballroom III Cool Jew and Hot Mamalah: A Cultural Ride for Every Member of the Tribe Long Ridge

9:30pm

Israeli Dance for Experienced Dancers! Ballroom III Scott Stein Performance Grove I What Am I Made Of: An Exploration of Identity through Play and Art Alder Kaddish: Eloquent Meditation on Human Vulnerability and Loss Glen III The Five Texts of Jewish Food Grove II Three Avot Walk into a Bar: A Humorous Look at Testosterone in the Torah Glenbrook The Comedy of Conflict Cove I & II Twenty Profound Ideas from Kabbalah: The Spiritual Priorities I Taught my Children Long Ridge The Hunger Games and Jewish Philosophy Aspen I & II Cocktails 101 High Ridge Why Anti-Zionism is as Integral to Judaism as Zionism Springdale I Jews Wrestling with Meat: Ritual, Ethics and the Marketplace Glen II Forging a Contemporary Jewish Sex Ethic Glen I Middle School Extravaganza! Westover

11:00pm

The 'Unfire': Campfire Singalong with Peter Kashin and Friends Mezzanine Pre-Function What Judaism Means to Me: Exploring Jewish Identity with Performance Poetry Aspen I & II Dance Party Cove I & II

12:15am

Kabbalistic Midnight Date with the Soul Mate of Your Dreams Glen I

7:30am

Traditional Egalitarian Service Led by Men and Women: Shacharit (Morning Service) Aspen I & II Traditional Mehitza Service Led by Men: Shacharit (Morning Service) Glen I Sunday Breakfast Ballrooms I & II

8:30am

Morning Meditation Long Ridge Torah Tips from Sherlock Holmes: From Observations to Connections Springdale I Judaism Unbound: Food Glen I Judah Halevi on the Hebrew Language: Sacred in Secular Context High Ridge Not Your Bubby's Bubby: Grandparenting in the Age of Facebook and Pokemon Springdale II Friends of Bill W. Westover Yoga Class - Vijñāna Yoga: Stems from the Yogic Tradition of Northern India Belltown Not Adding Insult to Injury: A Closer Look at the Partial Hallel Aspen I & II Daf Yomi Ballroom I

9:45am

Camp Limmud NY 9:45am-4:30pm Sunday Elm

10:00am

Collage as a Communication Tool in School and at Work Aspen I & II Israeli Dance for Everyone! Belltown Midrash Manicures Elm Myths and Magic of Early Tel Aviv: A Musical, Historical, Madcap Overview High Ridge Guided Workshops: Creating a Musical Response Glenbrook Responding to the Holocaust through Art: Part 2 Alder Building Blocks: The Future of Jewish Studies: Creating Curriculum for Masters' Students Westover The Food Panel: Fusion Foodies Talk Grove II Israel’s First Coins and the Stories They Tell Springdale I Where Have All the 'Pursuers of Peace' Gone!? Bringing the Rodef Shalom Back, from Text to Today Glen II The Dalai Lama, Pope, and a Rabbi Walk into a Bar: Insights on the Other through World Leaders' Eyes Springdale II The End of Liturgical Reform as We Have Known It Glen I The Israeli Condition 2014 Grove I Hebrew and Greek Esther: The Megillah in the Hebrew Bible and the Apocrypha Glen III Limmud Chavruta: Words and Rituals Long Ridge Mar Ukba in the Oven: A Talmudic Counter-Narrative Waterside The Soap Myth Cove I & II

11:00am

Organizational Shuk Mezzanine Pre-Function

11:30am

The Jewish Women's Talent Agency: Empowering Women through Performance Glen III Cake Sculpture: Ten Layers for Ten Years of Limmud Belltown Everything is Saved in You: Exploring the Legacy of the Second Generation High Ridge Breaking Up Over Food Glen I Searching For My Parents’ Lost Homeland Glen III Panel Discussion: Spiritual Seeking in the Contemporary World--Why Judaism? Grove I Israel's Religion/State Clash: Is It My Problem? An Asset or Liability to Jewish Peoplehood? Long Ridge Torah: Human and Divine Glen II Green Your Community for the Sabbatical Year Springdale I Being Chassidic in the Twenty-First Century: Wisdom, Light, and the Spiritual Search Westover Group Photo Session Mezzanine Pre-Function Sunday Lunch Ballrooms I & II

12:15pm

Pardes Lunchtime Schmooze Ballroom I Jewish Choral Singing Glenbrook The Art of Jewish Papercutting: Part 1 Alder Limmud-Paideia Cafe of Ideas: What Ideas are Most Compelling About Judaism? Ballroom I A Social Teshuva: A New Approach to the Israeli-Haredi Challenge Aspen I & II Ari Shavit in Conversation with David Suissa Grove II Releasing Ourselves from Debt: Shmittat Kessafim Springdale II Anger and Letting Go in 5 Jewish Spiritual Steps: Using Mussar to Transform our Lives Waterside

1:45pm

Organizing Your Big Jewish Life: How to Keep Yourself and Your Jewish Life Organized Westover Cake Sculpture: Ten Layers for Ten Years of Limmud Belltown The Art of Jewish Papercutting: Part 2 Alder Undoing the 'Un': Former Ultra-Orthodox Jews Reclaiming Culture Glen I Yarmulkes and Fitted Caps: A Field Guide to Being Black and Jewish Cove I & II Telling the Shoah (Holocaust): Witness Theater Three-Workshop Series, Part 3 High Ridge Shamor and Zakhor in Stereo: Making Sense of Shabbat Long Ridge Current Issues Facing the Jewish Community Glen III Rediscovering Ahad Ha'am and His Zionism of Values Glen II Hidden Gems of Israel: An Insider’s Guide Aspen I & II Telling Israel's Story: What Is History and What Is Narrative? Grove I Dror Yikra: Dunash and the Beach Boys Glenbrook Is the Kindle Kosher? Springdale I Is There Torah under Your Teacher's Bed? Respect, Authority and the Dogged Pursuit of Torah Waterside Jewish Parenting Workshop Springdale II Casual Conversations: Identity Mezzanine Pre-Function

3:15pm

Writing Using Your Jewish Food Voice Glen II Sixty-Six Years of Laughter: Explore Israeli Society through Its Comedy Aspen I & II Falling Down and Getting Up: Letting our Bodies Teach our Hearts to Pray Belltown Tikkun Mayim Ceremony: Drink Up! A New Relationship with Water Springdale II Family Chavruta Project Ballroom II Responding to the Holocaust through Art: Part 3 Alder Tensions between Erotic and Companionate Needs Grove II Why Jewish Communities are Similar, Yet No Two Are Alike Glenbrook Using the Media for Israel Education Springdale I Berlin to Barcelona on a Bicycle and a Couch Long Ridge What in the World is a Cultural B'nai Mitsve? New Possibilities Beyond the Bima High Ridge The Great Train Robbery and the Peace Process Cove I & II Kaddish, Women's Voices Grove I Bugs, Eruv and Nighttime Prayer: Using Non-Torah Ideas in Understanding Jewish Law Glen III Artificial Intelligence and the Psychology of Self: A Search for a Torah Perspective on Selfhood Westover Spiritual Physics: Correlating the Rhythms of Life to Laws of Physics Waterside

4:35pm

Traditional Egalitarian Service Led by Men and Women: Mincha (Afternoon Service) Aspen I & II Traditional Mehitza Service Led by Men: Mincha (Afternoon Service) Glen I

4:45pm

Killing Kasztner Cove I & II

5:00pm

Celebrate Limmud NY's Volunteers! Westover Jewish Chronicles Aspen I & II Writing Yourself into the Poem: How to Write about Identity Alder Rock out and Rikud! Camp Israeli Dancing Favorites Mezzanine Pre-Function Halichot Olam: Judaism and Sustainability Long Ridge Why Amazement Matters: A.J. Heschel's Vision of Theology and Spirituality Springdale I Graphic Art in the Forward Glen I

5:30pm

Sunday Dinner Ballrooms I & II

5:45pm

Bible Players Adult Comedy Show Glen II Aleph-Bet Yoga: Learning the Hebrew Alphabet through Movement Belltown Searching for God in a Magic Shop Waterside Why Jews Are the Ever-Dying People High Ridge Jewish Philanthropy from the Outside: What I Learned from the Gates Foundation Springdale II Voices from Heaven: Two Incidents of Bat Kol, A Heavenly Voice Glenbrook

7:10pm

Traditional Egalitarian Service Led by Men and Women: Maariv (Evening Service) Aspen I & II Traditional Mehitza Service Led by Men: Maariv (Evening Service) Glen I

7:30pm

Limmudapalooza Grove I

9:15pm

Cities of Light: A One-Woman Show with Music Aspen I & II Creating Visual Midrash: Responding to the Prayers of Chana, Jonah & Moses Alder Film: They Spoke Out: American Voices Against the Holocaust Springdale I No Bars: When Jewish Prayer Is Like a Dropped Call: Poems, Songs, and Texts on Prayer That Connects Glen II From Protest to Community to Movement: The Untold Story of the Tent Protests High Ridge Middle School Movie Night Elm Jewish Film Festival Favorites: Torn Glen I

9:45pm

Tavche Gravche in Concert with George Mordecai Grove I

10:45pm

Because the Middle East is Funny: Stand-Up Comedy and Discussion Aspen I & II Kabbalistic Secrets to Manifesting Abundance in Your Business / Organization Glen III Karaoke Cove I & II

7:00am

Traditional Egalitarian Service Led by Men and Women: Shacharit (Morning Service) Aspen I & II Traditional Mehitza Service Led by Men: Shacharit (Morning Service) Glen I

7:30am

Monday Breakfast Ballrooms I & II

8:15am

Yoga Class - Vijñāna Yoga: Stems from the Yogic Tradition of Northern India Belltown Daf Yomi Ballroom I

9:30am

Camp Limmud NY Monday 9:30am - 12:45pm Elm

9:45am

Hack the University: How to Squeeze Maximum Value from Your Education Springdale I I Haven't Checked a Bag in 20 Years Glen I Exploring Torah through Art High Ridge Gender and Rebellion, Texts and Thoughts: Gluttony, Sexuality and Control Long Ridge How (Not) to Talk about God: Heschel and Maimonides in Conversation Grove II Do Blogs Still Matter? The Changing Landscape of the J-Blogosphere Springdale II The Pew Study: A Portrait of Jewish Americans: Central Elements in Jewish Identity Today Aspen I & II Limmud Chavruta: Individual vs. Community Westover It's Not Right, but It's Okay: A Characterization of Wisdom and Halakha Glen II

10:00am

Morning Meditation Belltown

11:15am

Exciting Writing: A Jewish Writing Workshop Springdale I Join in [Re]Creating 9 Adar!, The International Jewish Day of Constructive Conflict Glen I Who Is a Jew? A Multi-Dimensional Study: A Biblical, Halachic, Legal, and Political Survey Glen II The Study of Torah: A Labor of Love or a Battlefield? Long Ridge Let's Share Polish: Jewish Stories and Connections: Sharing Central European Stories and Memories High Ridge

11:30am

Monday Lunch Ballroom I

12:45pm

Jewish Music of Emily Rose: Classical and Musical Theatre Pieces Cove I & II Writing and Publishing in the Modern World: So You've Written a Book. Now What? Springdale II Talmudic Mind, Beginner's Mind: No Talmud Experience Required Long Ridge Analyzing the Pew Study Grove I On the Economy and Sustenance: Judaism, Society and Economics Grove II

2:00pm

Traditional Egalitarian Service Led by Men and Women: Mincha (Afternoon Service) Aspen I & II Traditional Mehitza Service Led by Men: Mincha (Afternoon Service) Glen I