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Limmud Oz 2017

7:30pm AEST

Limmud-Oz 2017 opening session + Havdalah with a beat TYREE

8:00pm AEST

A Jewish response to Syria TYREE Goldilocks and the three Orthodoxies—traditional responses to same-sex relationships GALLERIES Trump and the Jews Ritchie

9:15pm AEST

Desert island discs GALLERIES Jewish languages TYREE Jews of Europe Ritchie

9:00am AEST

9:30am AEST

Forty years since Begin—what's left? 109 What can we do to 'give peace a chance'? 101 Six queer heroes and scoundrels GALLERIES Women in Judaism G1 My enemy’s enemy—Europe’s Jews and Muslims and the far right Ritchie

10:45am AEST

Exploring Jerusalem—a divided city 109 The ISIS/Daesh threat Ritchie Jewish insights into reaching and keeping your ideal weight RONALD Antisemitism after Auschwitz GALLERIES How my Montreal novel led me to Mumbai G1 'We Are All Sydney'—the most diverse community leadership program the Jewish community has ever run 101 Can Jewish civilisation save the West? HONG KONG 'Roads'—film screening and Q&A 102

11:45am AEST

Lunch TBA

12:00pm AEST

Reaching for an inner voice—the influence of chazzanut on Jewish jazz musicians 101 Answering the tough questions on Israel 109 Behind the scenes with a Knesset reporter Ritchie Chavruta study—'The Meaning of Life' HONG KONG 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'—antisemitic fake news GALLERIES Parenting from the inside out G1 The Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment Program RONALD

1:00pm AEST

From pioneers to pop 101 Building fences or bridges? Efrat as a case study Ritchie World Vision blindsided in Gaza—regulating Australian charities to deter funding of political violence 109 Broadening the discourse—an Orthodox and a Masorti rabbi in conversation G1 What do we mean when we talk about Biblical Criticism? 102 A brief history of Jewish–Christian relations RONALD A life shaped by science GALLERIES Intermarriage—the parents' perspective HONG KONG

2:00pm AEST

Israeli women in the IDF 102 Moving moments RONALD eBirds and iBees—the 'Talk' in the 21st century 101 From William Cooper to Ron Castan—Jewish–Aboriginal partnerships for justice G1 Hidden histories—our LGBTIQ Orthodox Australian stories 109

2:45pm AEST

'Degenerate Music' 101 The multicultural world of Israeli dance LEIGHTON In conversation with the Israeli Embassy G1 Our brothers' keepers? GALLERIES Are bar and bat mitzvahs working? 102 Shehecheyanu—coming to presence with wholeness and holiness HONG KONG The racialised classroom in Nazi Germany—from humiliation, to segregation, to annihilation RONALD Resilience, happiness and perspective—what modern psychology and Judaism have to say 109

4:00pm AEST

Smart and tough—Jewish identity in the works of David Mamet: Part I HONG KONG 120 years since the First Zionist Congress 109 The BDS movement—goals and impact G1 Censorship and sensitivity RONALD Jewish yoga and meditation LEIGHTON 1290: The destruction of English Jewry 102 Surviving, thriving and parenting after abuse GALLERIES The human genome and stem cells 101

5:00pm AEST

Biblical films in the 21st century: What do they tell us about popular images of Jews? G1 One state, two states GALLERIES Where should money go—Australia or Israel? 109 Can you be a rational person and also feel God in the 21st century? RONALD Rereading Parashat Emor—thinking differently about Judaism and disability HONG KONG Beyond Nebuchadnezzar—the 3,000-year-old Assyrian–Jewish relationship 101 Campus Jewry—fresh perspectives 102

6:00pm AEST

Dinner LEIGHTON

6:15pm AEST

Jewish jokes GALLERIES Australia and Israel—102 years of intersections 109 Kabbalah of the bedroom RONALD Traditional Ashkenazi given names G1 A digital channels masterclass for Jewish organisations 102 Property prices—the most talked about topic in our community? 101 The Limmud Design Lab Experiment: change, challenge and collaborate—redesign Limmud in 45 minutes! HONG KONG 'One of a Kind'—a dramatic reading of the new, exotic musical by Jewish Australians TYREE

7:15pm AEST

Leonard Cohen—Shades of Darkness, and light 101 Jews and the Nobel Prize HONG KONG Business bar—biggest f*ckups GALLERIES Porn, young people and why it's all like dodge-em cars RONALD 'Roads to Reconnection'—film screening and Q&A 109

8:15pm AEST

Seeing Israel through different lenses G1 Judaism is not a religion HONG KONG A short history of Jewish crime in Australia—from Ikey Solomon to Abe Saffron RONALD Brain bar: Is truth dead? GALLERIES What ‘Orange Is the New Black’ taught me about being Jewish 101

9:30pm AEST

Yali Sobol performs live TYREE

9:00am AEST

9:30am AEST

The presentation of Jews by three great English novelists 102 Rough neighbourhood—uncertain future for minorities in the Middle East Ritchie The jubilee that tears us apart GALLERIES Interfaith as mitzvah—the successes and pitfalls of dialogue with other religions RONALD 'The Missing Mezuzot of Zdunska Wola' HONG KONG How should we commemorate the Holocaust when there are no survivors left? 109 The contested origins of Ashkenazi Jews 101 Demography, intermarriage and the Australian Jewish future? G1

10:45am AEST

The freedom to upset 109 The new Middle East and why it matters—the dramatic geopolitical changes that are redefining the Middle East Ritchie Coming through the tunnel of loss and grief G1 The God Who hates lies GALLERIES The great escape—nine Jews who fled Hitler and changed the world RONALD Traces of the past, message to the future—Jewish heritage in Poland today 101 Living harmoniously in a time of global conflicts? A schools' perspective TYREE Politics 101: Interactive discussion on politics, the political landscape and why Jews should be involved 102 What is our role as Jewish Australians for asylum seekers today? Creative solutions for building empathy HONG KONG

11:45am AEST

12:00pm AEST

Smart and tough—Jewish identity in the works of David Mamet: Part II HONG KONG Israel’s position in the world—turn your thinking upside down! TYREE Modernity and Chassidism—conflict or complement? GALLERIES A woman with a camera—Soviet espionage in interwar France 109 Romanian Jewry's arduous journey to civil recognition 102 B'nai B'rith game changers—past, present and into the future 101 Hate, experience and text Ritchie Lost tribe—the re-emerging Jews of Indonesia G1

1:00pm AEST

A movable feast 102 Zionism and feminism GALLERIES Globalised, industrialised kosher 109 Seeding Jewish life beyond the hub TYREE Speed Chavruta—'Life and Death' HONG KONG Catherine Rachel Mendes da Costa—the amazing story of the first-ever female Jewish painter RONALD The history and development of antisemitism—where to from here? 101 There goes a Jew! Contemporary high-level Jewish–Muslim encounters G1

2:00pm AEST

Wake up, shake up! LEIGHTON Digital diplomacy—how to be an effective Israel advocate online TYREE Gush Etzion 50 years later—the true Zionist dream or an obstacle to peace? 101 Jewish-studies teaching with a difference: What do Moshe and the Angels have in common with 21st-century Instructional Design? 102 Meditation workshop GALLERIES The practice of Jewish psychotherapy G1 Gesher—a new way to engage RONALD Saving the world, one life at a time HONG KONG Securing our Jewish future? 109

2:45pm AEST

Express yourself HONG KONG Israel on foot 102 Walk like an Egyptian—the story of the Jews of Egypt in modern times G1 Oskar Schindler and his factory— the film, the story and the memory GALLERIES How well does the Jewish media serve the Australian Jewish community? 109 Should the Jewish community be concerned about changes to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act? 101 “After Saturday comes Sunday”—Europe’s new antisemitism TYREE Bikkur cholim basics RONALD

4:00pm AEST

Paint your own kippah LEIGHTON Lahav Harkov in conversation with Alex Ryvchin on the launch of Ryvchin's book, "The Anti-Israel Agenda - inside the political war on the Jewish state." GALLERIES Where the Rabbis got it wrong and where Rabbinic Judaism is failing today HONG KONG Origins of the Jews in North Africa 101 Fighting for the community 102 Jews of colour in the media TYREE 'Censored Voices'—film and discussion G1 Australian premiere of 'Harlan: In the Shadow of "Jew Suss'''—film screening followed by Q&A 109

5:00pm AEST

Iron Lion—songs of Zion GALLERIES Out of the box—how ancient mysticism can help us overcome limiting thoughts and behaviours HONG KONG Will we survive 2017?!? TYREE What’s really behind Spain and Portugal’s laws of return for Jews? 101