Limmud in your Lounge - November 2018: Full Schedule

Stricly limited places available. Book your tickets HERE!

10:30am PST

Text to Symbol: An artistic Midrash workshop

We are known as the ‘People of the Book’. A love of the Hebrew language, word play and word interpretation from shorashim to gematria play a central role in Jewish tradition and thought. But what happens when we free ourselves from words to express our ideas and understanding in symbolic ways, using colours and symbols? In this workshop, we will grapple with a challenging and well-known Torah text and collaborate to retell and interpret the narrative without words . No artistic ability or skills required.

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Speakers

Adam Carpenter

Adam was born and raised on the Central Coast of NSW. As a teenager he loved going to Netzer camps and after school went on Netzer’s Shnat Israel program. He returned as a dedicated madrich and after finishing Netzer continued his involvement in the Jewish education of young people... Read More →

Sunday November 4, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am PST
Bronte

Workshop

4:30pm PST

Secrets from a Start-Up Nation insider

Israel is known as a world-leader leader in autonomous driving, cybersecurity, clean tech and digital health with between 1,100 to 1,380 startups established every year. Some grow quickly, and many are also sold to foreign tech firms. What are the secrets behind Israel's innovation success? This session will be an interactive presentation and discussion by Eli Itin, who recently moved to Sydney after 17 years living and working in the Start-Up Nation.

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Speakers

Eli Itin

Eli is the Founder and Senior Innovation Consultant at Northern Star Innovation. He recently returned from Israel where he held the role of Head of Internal Innovation at Amdocs, before privately consulting on Innovation to Israeli Aerospace Industries, Israeli Air Force, Israel’s... Read More →

Sunday November 4, 2018 4:30pm - 5:45pm PST
Kingsford

Presentation

7:30pm PST

How I Met Your Mother: The switch from patrilineal to matrilineal descent

"Who is a Jew?" is a question that has plagued our people since we became a people. Be plagued no more, as we delve into this perplexing question through Biblical and Rabbinic sources from across Jewish history.

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Speakers

Tommy Sterling

Tommy is a long-time Limmudnik who loves to ask questions and explore the origin of all things Jewish. His Jewish passion spans the traditional to the academic, presented in an engaging manner with his uniquely humorous and irreverent approach. His other passion includes the Beatles... Read More →

Monday November 5, 2018 7:30pm - 8:45pm PST
Maroubra

Presentation

8:00pm PST

Marrying out or marrying in: What's the reality for mixed-background relationships?

Hear first-hand from our panellists who speak to different experiences of inter-faith and inter-cultural relationships: creating a joint life, raising families, instilling Jewish identity for their children, and navigating Jewish life-cycle events and community. This will be an informal discussion and the audience is welcome to ask questions and to share personal experiences in a respectful space.

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Speakers

Andrina Grynberg

Andrina is the Campus Coordinator at Emanuel Synagogue and has been involved in all aspects of the Jewish community in Sydney for 18 years. A Jew by choice, Andrina hails from the Emerald Isle and is married to Ari, has three rambunctious children and lives in Coogee with their overweight... Read More →

Simon Lipschitz

Simon is a drug and alcohol counsellor during the week, Jewish marriage celebrant on the weekend (who frequently marries mixed interfaith couples), and loving father and husband in any other spare minutes. If he wasn't doing that, he would be on a Limmud tour around the world, as... Read More →

Anna Stern

Sarit Vandergraaff

Sarit, identifies as a traditional, non-religious Jew, grew up in Israel and immigrated to Australia in 1988. Sarit is married to her Australian, non-Jewish husband, musician Stuart Vandegraaff. Stuart, although not Jewish himself speaks Hebrew, bakes Challah and is an avid supporter... Read More →

Monday November 5, 2018 8:00pm - 9:15pm PST
Kensington

Panel

7:00pm PST

Australian Stories: Diverse Jewish family histories

Jewish presence colours many tiers of Australian history, but nothing can be more personal than family. This panel presents three diverse Australian panellists, three Jewish family stories, three historical epochs. Come and join us in the comfort of a lounge room in the Inner West of Sydney to hear, reveal, and discuss Australian Jewish family stories.

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Speakers

Rod Freedman

Rod is an independent director and producer whose documentaries have won many Australian and international awards and screened in dozens of film festivals. Rod’s grandparents were all Lithuanian. His parents were born in South Africa and his children were born in Australia. He’s... Read More →

Eli Levi

Eli is a law and politics graduate of the University of Sydney. She comes from a long line of Jewish Australians and is passionate about contributing to the Jewish community — working for the ECAJ and volunteering for AUJS, NSW JBD, The Great Synagogue and Or Chadash. Eli loves... Read More →

Avia Madar

Avia coordinates social justice programs for Jewish youth at Stand Up. She has been involved in experiential Jewish education for over 7 years, and is an avid Limmud-goer. Avia chaired Limmud Fest in 2016.

Jacqui Wasilewsky

Jacqui Wasilewsky is Manager of Community Stories at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Her department has recorded more than 150 interviews and published 76 biographies. Jacqui completed her BA/LLB in 1987 and MA (History) in 1998 at UNSW and Certificate of Interactive Multimedia in 2004... Read More →

Tuesday November 6, 2018 7:00pm - 9:00pm PST
Annandale

Panel

7:00pm PST

Somebody Else: The strange fate of an invisible sage

Accused of a host of misdemeanors, from the comic to the perverse, Elisha ben Abuya is probably the most sinful rabbi in the Mishna... except that he isn't really in the Mishna at all. In this session, participants will be introduced to the key texts that speak of Elisha, and will consider a range of different answers to those most elusive of questions: who was he, what did he do, and why was his name erased from the text?

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Speakers

Simon Holloway

Simon has a PhD in Classical Hebrew and Biblical Studies, for which he researched the use of metaphors in the Hebrew Bible. He currently works as an Education Officer at the Sydney Jewish Museum, running seminars on Nazi racial science and the Holocaust, but his research concerns... Read More →

Wednesday November 7, 2018 7:00pm - 8:15pm PST
North Bondi

Presentation

7:30pm PST

Could a Jeremy Corbyn-esque figure emerge in Australia?

The behaviour and attitude of UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn towards the Jewish community has attracted great attention and ever-growing concern. Jewish UK Labour Party members have experienced overt antisemitism, and direct exclusion from the party's spaces. Corbyn himself has refused to acknowledge that antisemitism has pervaded UK Labour, and has not punished those responsible for alienating and offending British Jews. Could a figure like Corbyn rise up through the ranks of any of the political parties in Australia, and what would that mean for the Jewish community here? Our panellists will seek to answer these questions and more in what promises to be an engaging and important discussion for our community.

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Speakers

Benjamin Elton

Benjamin Elton is the Chief Minister of The Great Synagogue. He is from Manchester, studied at Cambridge and London Universities and worked for seven years in the British Civil Service. He received semicha from YCT Rabbinical School in New York and from Rabbi Chaim Rapoport in London... Read More →

Jeremy Jones

Australian human rights and interfaith dialogue activist Jeremy Jones AM is a member of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations; a Co-Chair of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism; Director, International and Community Affairs, Australia/Israel... Read More →

Lorin Muhlmann

Lorin Muhlmann is a Senior Policy Officer in Public Affairs at ClubsNSW. She is an accredited mediator with an interest in dispute resolution in the workplace. Lorin has a legal background as well as experience in community media. She spent several years as a correspondent and section... Read More →

Dane Stern

Dane is a Limmud junkie who is passionate about geopolitics & global Jewish affairs. His love of learning will culminate later this year with his 3rd appearance on TV quiz shows.Dane is a member of the Limmud Sydney advisory board and co-chaired Limmud Fest 2014. In his life outside... Read More →

Wednesday November 7, 2018 7:30pm - 8:45pm PST
Bellevue Hill

Panel