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Leeds Day Limmud 2019 1 Leeds Day Limmud 2019 Participant’s Handbook

Contents

Directions to Weetwood Hall ...... 2 Welcome to Leeds 2019...... 3 From the Chair of Limmud ...... 4 Limmud’s Mission Statement ...... 5 Important Information for the Day ...... 6 Thank You ...... 8

Programme Session Information ...... 9 Presenter’s Biographies...... 14 Thanks to Sponsors ...... 20 Map of Weetwood Hall ...... inside back cover Session Planner ...... back cover

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Facebooklimmud.org Twitter@limmud 2 Leeds Day Limmud 2019 Directions to Weetwood Hall

Our One-Day limmud is being held in the modern and From the west on the M62 purpose-built conference facilities of Weetwood Hall, located on the corner of the west-bound carriageway · Take Exit 27 (signposted Leeds Centre) onto the of the Outer Ring Road in North Leeds, just before the M621. Lawnswood roundabout (junction of the A6120 Ring · Take Exit 2 (signposted A61 Harrogate) and at the Road and A660 Otley Road signposted Skipton) and roundabout turn left. the A660 Otley Road. Both entrances are clearly marked. · At the large roundabout (called Gyratory) take the third exit onto the Inner Ring Road (A58M). From the M1 avoiding · Leave the Inner Ring Road at the exit sign- Leeds City Centre posted A61 Harrogate. At the top of the hill note the Halifax building. Follow signs for A61 · Take the M1 (signposted The North (A1) Leeds Harrogate. (East) at Junction 43, not the M621 (signposted Leeds Centre). · Follow the A61(Scott Hall Road) for around 5 miles, passing straight across four roundabouts. · Leave the M1 at Exit 46 (signposted A6120 Leeds East and the airport sign) and at the roundabout, · At the fifth roundabout junction with the A6120 at the top of the slip road, turn left onto the Ring Road (note BP service station on left-hand A6120. You will stay on the A6120, which is the side) turn left onto the Ring Road. Leeds Ring Road, until you arrive at your · Now follow directions from M1 from Harrogate destination Weetwood Hall. Road intersection above. · After the next roundabout, get in the right-hand lane which will be signposted Ring Road and airport – the left lane will turn onto the A63 to From the A1, north or south (also Leeds City Centre. M62 east: turn north onto the A1) · You will now cross various radial roads from Leeds · Take the junction signposted A64 Leeds. City Centre over the next few miles on your journey straight along the A6120 Ring Road; the York Road · Follow the A64 towards Leeds for a few miles until (A64), the Road (A58), the Harrogate you reach the A6120 Ring Road roundabout. Turn Road (A61). There are a few traffic lights too, but right onto the Ring Road. Now follow directions just continue straight ahead. You will also continue from M1 from York Road (A64) intersection above. seeing the airport sign all the way. · Weetwood Hall is situated on the left near side of the second roundabout after the Harrogate Road Public transport A61 roundabout, along the A6120 Ring Road. · From Leeds City Station, walk to either Infirmary Approaching this roundabout, there are first a Street (bus no 1 only) or Albion Street (far side of couple of small green signs for the University of Headrow) to take either of buses 1 or 96 through Leeds playing fields, then a large roundabout sign , towards Holt Park getting off at the showing the junction with the A660 Skipton and Lawnswood school stop, Otley Road (about 25 airport to the right, then just beyond this sign, a minutes on the bus). Weetwood Hall is on the turn left and sign for Weetwood Hall. Note that the opposite side of the road on the corner and there sat-nav post code will take you to the Otley Road are entrances from both the A660 Otley Rd and the entrance in which case you turn left at the A6120 Ring Road. These buses each run half hourly roundabout, then left again into the other entrance on a Sunday. just beyond a bus stop. Leeds Day Limmud 2019 3 Welcome to Leeds 2019

We are thrilled to welcome you to the 15th Leeds V. Richardson & Sons Ltd of Hull has worked with Day Limmud. Whether you are new to Limmud or us professionally and patiently to produce this an experienced participant, we are delighted that you informative handbook. We'd also like to thank the are joining us today. We are proud to be part of a Limmud Head Office Team who have also provided national organisation which has been bringing Jewish support during the past few months. Additionally, culture, religion, art, history, music and much more to many people today have ensured that you can enjoy communities right across the UK for more than 30 this event: CST, fellow Limmudniks, the staff at years. Leeds Day Limmud 2019 continues this first- Weetwood Hall and, of course, our enthusiastic class tradition. presenters. Our thanks to them all.

As always our programme is packed with top-class It is important to plan for the future and so we want presenters. There really is something for to learn from today. Please complete the evaluation everyone. However, this wonderful programme has form and let us have your comments. The only been possible with the hard work, dedication development of Leeds Limmud depends on the and commitment of our programming team. We involvement of new volunteers, as well as the would like to thank them for their work in bringing continued commitment of the current team. If you together such an interesting set of speakers. We would like to play a part please speak to us in person guarantee that you'll be spoilt for choice. or contact us by email ([email protected]).

For over 12 months dedicated volunteers have Finally, and most importantly, enjoy yourselves. worked enthusiastically in planning for Leeds Day Limmud is a special experience, so please contribute Limmud. It is an experienced team which has and help to make the day unforgettable. produced an event which we trust will be a great success. We take this opportunity to express our Roma Cohen and Elana Fligg, gratitude to them all for their dedication and hard Co-Chairs Leeds Day Limmud work. It is to our regret that we have been unable to produce a youth programme: the demand is simply just not there.

Earlier this year a huge investment was made to Weetwood Hall's conference centre with the meeting rooms being refurbished and the AV equipment upgraded. We are delighted to share these facilities with you, which includes the use of two roomsnew to us, Weetwood and Jacobean, as we no longer have the use of Adel and . Wifi can be accessed by choosing 'Weetwood Guest' from your drop-down options and completing the front-page registration.

Recognising the need to stop using single-use plastics we are providing jugs of water instead of individual bottles, and ask that you recycle the plastic cups at the end of the day when you have finished with them. There will be recycling boxes provided, which will also take your empty crisp and sandwich packets. 4 Leeds Day Limmud 2019 From the Chair of Limmud

Dear Friends including Antarctica! We invite you to travel and It is an incredible honour and privilege to wish Leeds experience Limmuds in other parts of the UK and Limmud a huge Mazal Tov on what promises to be an other countries and parts of the world. Whichever inspiring and transformative gathering! Limmud Limmud you travel to, you will feel right at home. Leeds is the result of the passion and commitment of However, bringing our focus back to this incredible a dedicated team of volunteers led by Roma Cohen, Leeds Limmudthat you are about to experience. It Elana Fligg, and their incredible Programming Team - gives me great pleasure to share the news that this we owe them all a huge thank you. We are also so year LeedsLimmudis providing boxes to recycle paper, grateful to the staff at the WeetwoodHall for all their plasticsand crisp packets in order to lend our support support and professionalism in the run up to Limmud to environmental issues. It is also a huge source of Leeds and on the day itself. pride that well as welcoming presenters from out of Thank you also to all those who have worked behind town, Leeds is lucky to have so much home-grown the scenes to support the Leeds Limmudteam, with talent making today so special. an extra special thank you to Alanna Lewis, our From the bottom of my heart, thank you everyone wonderful Head of Logisitics in the Limmud Office who has played a part - as a volunteer, presenter and Another thank you is for YOU. You are one of over participant. Limmud is what it is because of you. 40,000 people who have participated in nearly 90 B'shalom, Limmuds across more than 40 countries around the Shoshana world in the last year. You might even be one of the 4,000 volunteers who make this happen globally. The Shoshana Bloom numbers may be big but we appreciate the part that Global Chair, Limmud every one of you has played in building a truly remarkable global Limmud community - one that started here in the UK nearly forty years ago. Limmud's unique model of volunteer-led, cross- communal, multi-generational and transformational Jewish experiences is now truly global and has now taken place on every continent in the world - Arguments for the Sake of Heaven Community and Mutual Responsibility Diversity

Enabling Connections MISSION STATEMENT AND VALUES Empowerment

MISSION: LIMMUD’S PROMISE COMMUNITY AND MUTUAL Wherever you find yourself, RESPONSIBILITY Limmud is a community of learning. Limmud will take you one step further We can achieve more together than we on your Jewish journey can individually. We gain from, and should give something back to, the Jewish and wider community. Expanding Jewish Horizons

Learning ARGUMENTS FOR THE SAKE OF HEAVEN Participation We recognise and appreciate that ‘arguments for the sake of Heaven’ can Religious Observance LEARNING make a positive contribution to furthering Everyone should be a student our education and understanding. We do and anyone can be a teacher. not participate in legitimising or de- Respect legitimising any religious or political Learning embraces personal position found in the worldwide Jewish development, knowledge and skills. community. Learning changes people, inspires action Anyone coming to Limmud seeking and opens new worlds. opportunities for this will not find them. We encourage the creation of a learning We have no part to play in the debates environment in which people are able to between/across denominations. reflect and grow. Sessions which encourage vigorous There are many inspirations that can debate are entirely acceptable but we will DIVERSITY offer opportunities for learning. seek to avoid religious or political conflict. Sessions should be educational, and not We value the rich diversity polemical. among , and so we seek to create cross-communal and EMPOWERMENT inter-generational experiences. We inspire people to be ambitious about RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE We value accessibility, their contribution. and aim to be accessible to all. and kashrut are observed in all We challenge people, and trust them to public areas. We value choice in form, content and rise to that challenge. style in our programmes. We recognise that in private areas, We see the potential of individuals and people will behave as they wish. We encourage people not to stereotype communities, and support their others. development. Should participants wish to hold a prayer group, they may do so providing We empower people to make choices they supply all resources and are and provide the information they need to responsible for the session or prayer group ENABLING CONNECTIONS inform those choices (including in the in its entirety. biographies which we ask presenters to We aim to create opportunities for provide). communities and individuals to connect.

We recognise the strength of providing a RESPECT space where spiritual, emotional and No-one is more important than anyone intellectual connections are made. PARTICIPATION else. Volunteerism is a key feature of almost We expect all participants to be everything we do. respectful of one another, and to EXPANDING JEWISH HORIZONS We are all responsible for each other and recognise that all volunteers are also for the communities we create – everyone We strive to create individual, collective participants. has an important contribution to make. and communal experiences, through Personal attacks are not acceptable in which we strengthen and develop our We encourage participants to take an any Limmud context, especially within Jewish identity. active part in all we do. sessions at events. 6 Leeds Day Limmud 2019 Important Information for the Day

Please read carefully and remember to bring this Handbook with you.

Registration Health and Safety Registration will take place in the break-out area Please be aware of health and safety at all times. outside the Lawnswood and Bramley Rooms. If you Accidents should be reported to a member of the have pre-registered you will only need to collect your Leeds Day Limmud team or a member of the name badge. Please make sure these badges are Weetwood Hall staff. If the fire alarm goes off, please worn at all times for everyone’s security. follow the advice of the Weetwood Hall staff and To help you start the day, tea, coffee, cold drinks and meet at the front of the building near the car parks. biscuits will be available during Registration. These will be served in all break-out areas. Sessions There’s something for everyone. An abridged version Information and Help of the programme can be found on the back of this The Help Desk is located in the registration area. This handbook. Full details are contained in the main body will be staffed throughout the day. Lost property of the handbook. should also be brought here. Sessions, which will start on time, last for one All rooms, except the and hour and ten minutes to include time for questions rooms, are on the ground floor and fully accessible. and any discussion. Please be courteous to the These two rooms are on the first floor and are presenters and switch off mobile phones during accessible by stairs or lift – please follow the signs. sessions. Also, do not enter a session after it has commenced or exit a session in the middle to hear the second part of another session. This is No Smoking disruptive for both presenters and participants. Weetwoood Hall has a strict no-smoking policy in You may find that a session you wish to attend is full by their buildings. For your comfort and safety, the Leeds the time you arrive. If the room steward mentions this, Day Limmud is a strictly no smoking event. please go promptly to your second choice. Please also do not ask for an exception to be made for you. All rooms have a legal fire limit that we will not exceed.

There will be a fifteen-minute break between each session to allow participants to move to the next session of their choice. The break between sessions three and four will be slightly longer to allow for Mincha. Food and drink should not be taken into sessions – please dispose of your litter carefully first and where possible, recycle! Leeds Day Limmud 2019 7

Shuk Mincha

· The Bagel Podcast with Hayden Cohen will be available between Session Three and Session Four (14.40 -15.05) in Syndicate 6 · (CST) · Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain · Limmud Festival 2019 Please Note · Made by Naomi - Handmade jewellery and Cloakroom facilities will be available in Syndicate 5 cards by Naomi Drapkin but neither Limmud nor Weetwood Hall can take any responsibility for the loss of personal belongings. · Makor · Meketa Project - Ethiopian Jewry information and products

· Presenters' table

Lunch and Refreshments

· A sandwich lunch will be served from 12.35 to 13.30 in the Woodlands Restaurant. Please follow the directions of the lunch stewards.

· Please remember that afternoon sessions begin promptly at 13.30.

· Tea, coffee, cold drinks and biscuits will be available throughout the day. 8 Leeds Day Limmud 2019 Thank You

A successful event such as this one is not achieved Security without the help of very many people. We hope we have included those people who have, in their own The CST and their dedicated team of volunteers, who way, helped to make this event possible. Their belief stand in the wind and rain so that we may safely in Leeds, and in Limmud's principles, has been undertake community activities. essential to make today happen. Apologies to anyone we have forgotten. The Venue Team All our Presenters All the conference staff at Weetwood Hall.

The People who fed you The Leeds Day Limmud Team Rob and Andrea McQue and their team. Robert Bartfield, Roma Cohen, Leon Collins, Anthony Conway, Tony Felston, Elana Fligg, Ralph Ross, Cynthia Sutcliffe, Ian Vellins and David Wynick And finally… to you for coming to Leeds Day Limmud. We hope Helpers on the day that you enjoy the range of sessions that we have provided. Please remember to complete your We are very grateful for any help on the day and if evaluation form, either hard copy or online. We're you have indicated this in your application, thank you always looking to make Leeds Day Limmud bigger so much. If you haven't you can still offer some help, and better and we do value your feedback. And if however small. Ask one of our team what you could there's anything you feel can be improved, join the do. Team.

Leeds Jewish Representative Council We are happy to acknowledge the support from LJRC.

Our Sponsors and Patrons We greatly appreciate the support of all our sponsors, brochure sponsors and patrons whose names are listed at the end of the handbook. Apologies to anyone we have missed off as we had a print deadline, which meant that your kind donations were received after this date. Leeds Day Limmud 2019 9

Session Information Session Two 11.25 – 12.35

Session One Lake District Holocaust Project 10.00 – 11.10 Trevor Avery Lawnswood 1 A talk that links the wartime remains of a worker's housing scheme and explores its connection with the 300 child Panel Session: A Discussion on Topical Issues survivors of Treblinka Extermination camp who came to the that affect the Community Lake District in 1945. Working with Trevor Avery and the Chair: Simon Myerson, with Rachel Creeger, Lake District Holocaust Project, the survey and dig project in Aviva Dautch, Robert Dyson, Gideon Falter 2019 was led by renowned forensic archaeologist Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls, noted for her acclaimed work as the and Patrick Morrow Lawnswood1 first archaeologist to work at Treblinka. Come and listen to a discussion on some topical issues that affect the Jewish community today and challenge the panel members with your views. Should we be helping people outside of our community? Simone Colp Headingley 3 Britain’s most notorious Jews: Our Rabbis teach: “Support the non-Jew with the Jew, visit the story of a photo the non-Jewish sick with the Jewish sick…” (Gittin 61a). Keith Kahn-Harris Lawnswood 2 's work is inspired by this principle, supporting vulnerable members of our Jewish family around After years in which he obsessed over the UK media's the world as well as helping those from outside of our tendency to illustrate stories about Jews with stock photos of community. Hear about World Jewish Relief and the way in Haredi Jews, Keith finally tracked down the Haredim in the which it helps thousands of people annually around the most notorious one. Come and hear the story behind a world, within our community and beyond. photo you will probably recognise!

Volunteering in the Ethiopian Jewish Dance from the Bible to today Jewish Community Julia Kay Bramley Jeff and Sylvie Curtis Alwoodley What is it like to live among the Jewish community in Gondar, Ethiopia? How do people survive there every day without a job or education? How do they feel about ? My Family & the Dutch Jewish How does Meketa help them? Help us return to Gondar with Holocaust Experience good ideas on how to improve lives. DolfMogendorff Headingley 1 In this illustrated talk Dolf presents his Dutch family history in Inside the Ancient Hebrew Kitchen - Hints, the setting of the Holocaust experience of the Jews of Tips and Recipes Holland, and Arnhem in particular, before, during and after WWII - a story of life and death in a Western European Angela Donen Jacobean country so similar in many ways to the UK. Presentation and discussion about the food our ancestors ate between entering Canaan around 1200 BCE and the Destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE. To include Am I biased? You be the Judge archaeology, agriculture, technology, climate, recipes and a sample meal. Some text will be used. Lawrence Saffer Headingley 2 What role if any does being Jewish have in determining politically sensitive cases involving Fascists, Palestinians, From Budapest to Switzerland via Belsen Israelis, and Jews? What does Halachah say? What does Robert Dyson Headingley 2 English Law say? What do you say? A structured discussion on real cases with audience participation – and some In March 1944 the Germans marched into to answers. liquidate the last significant continental European Jewish Community. In all the turmoil of antisemitism and fear Jews would do anything to leave the country. Kastner, a Hungarian Jew, negotiated with the Germans to barter Jews in exchange for goods or cash. His grandmother was one of those who “benefited” from this deal – but she didn't get what she expected. 10 Leeds Day Limmud 2019

Session Three The Jews of Leeds 13.30 – 14.40 Simon Glass and Richard Taylor Bramley

Film-maker Simon Glass explored his family history and tells Jewish Muslim Women’s Network the story of the Yorkshire Jews in the early 20th century; he travelled to where he made a shocking Tess Ackerman and Salma Arif Roundhay discovery about what happened to his relatives who did not migrate to Britain. Nisa-Nashim aims to bring women in the Jewish and Muslim communities together. Come and find out from one Jewish The film will be followed by Q&A with director Richard Taylor and one Muslim member of the Leeds Nisa-Nashim group and presenter Simon Glass. about what we are doing, about our achievements, the challenges we are meeting and how you can become involved. Jews in Harbin: Chinese Whispers

Samantha Harvey Headingley 1 Shakespeare and the Jews The session considers a narrative of the Jewish community in Aviva Dautch Headingley 2 Harbin, northeast China, at the beginning of the 20th century. Specific attention will be paid to the interaction We’ll explore possible reasons that Shakespeare wrote about between the Chinese and Jewish communities, and how they Venetian Jews and think about how we're meant to read impacted upon each other. Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. We'll also ask whether he shared our Jewish values and if there is any truth to the claim that the Dark Lady of the Sonnets was Jewish and Moral Dilemmas - How Do We Make the Right contributed to the writing of his plays. Decisions?

Jason Kleiman Weetwood Depicting the Holocaust in Videogames: Life requires making moral choices. Should a driver avoid a Taboo? Or challenge? group of people in the road even if that means driving off a Max Donen Bramley cliff, resulting in certain death for the driver? How should self-driving cars be programmed for such scenarios? How do The Holocaust has been featured in almost every form of we know what is right in the first place – is our moral media, including music, art, literature, film and drama. But intuition reliable? Come and explore the dilemmas involved not videogames … mostly. This seminar discusses the few in such challenging situations and discover what morality titles brave (or stupid?) enough to depict aspects of the teaches us about ourselves. Shoah. Through video clips and vibrant discussion, we dare to ask the question: Does interactive media have any meaningful role to play in depicting Judaism's darkest When Yiddish was Young: A Short period? Videogame non-experts especially welcome. Introduction to Old Yiddish Language and Literature From the frontline: the latest inside view of Diana Matut Roundhay the fight against antisemitism in politics and There is no public awareness of the fact that Yiddish anti-semitic crime produced a vast, diverse and fascinating literature long Gideon Falter Weetwood before the 1800s. This interactive lecture presents a history of Yiddish up to its modern and only surviving variant, The Algemeiner awarded Gideon as one of the “top 100 Eastern Yiddish, and to introduce the wide variety of people positively influencing Jewish life”, and the Simon literature and song that existed before 1800. It will also Wiesenthal Center hailed him as a “Jewish hero who proves explore the role of Ashkenazi women in the production of that there are still powerful ways to leverage democratic Yiddish books and literature. rules to serve justice and protect the Jewish community”.

Memory objects in our libraries and in our Vessels of song: journeys through the world attics: why Cecil Roth collected things that of Klezmer few others were interested in. Richard Fay Lawnswood 1 Eva Frojmovic and Jay Prosser 2 Various connections stimulated the Hard Times Kapelye Jay and Eva present an exciting new project to make the musicians to explore and perform music in the Klezmer University of Leeds's fantastic Roth Collection a resource for tradition of eastern Europe. Without Jewish affiliations, this our communal and family histories. Discussion aims to elicit became a cultural and historical, as well as a musical, how we might engage with and adopt this hidden treasure. journey. It also connected them with Klezmer journeying Illustrated with lots of images. To make the session as from the shtetls of Europe, to US diaspora communities, interactive as possible, they encourage you to think of the through its 1970s revival, and return across the Atlantic, object in your own 'archive' that most captures community or eventually to Manchester. This session talks about these family history (verbal or pictorial descriptions welcome). journeys and illustrates them musically. Leeds Day Limmud 2019 11

The Labour Party’s ‘Peace Doctrine’ The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition & Fabian Hamilton Jacobean its Magnificent Music Warren Bank Cookridge 2 This session will explain and discuss the Labour Party's plans for a comprehensive peace-building plan for its next After introducing the Dutch Western Sephardic Community government, integrating the work of the Foreign Office, that originated in Amsterdam, we will listen to modern Defence, International Development and International Trade. recordings of prayers and poems performed by a variety of Labour's plans will build upon the work of the late Foreign soloists and choirs in rare performances of this exquisite, Secretary, Robin Cook, to put the UK at the forefront of joyful and uplifting music, most of which has a distinctive humanitarian relief, peace-making and conflict prevention 17th century Baroque feel and which is still sung in worldwide. Amsterdam, London and New York.

The Pope, the Covenant and Living Judaism: What is and is not Affirmed? How I became a Rabbi Patrick Morrow Headingley 1 Jeremy Conway Roundhay Building on the Vatican II (1965) Declaration Nostra Aetate, An account of how Jeremy Conway, a qualified solicitor, Popes and Catholic teaching have come to insist on the became a rabbi. There should be plenty of time for “covenant never revoked”, when thinking of Jews and questions. Judaism. The 2015 Document, The Gifts and the Calling of God are Irrevocable is recognised as moving the discussion forward. But how? What is really affirmed? Is it two “parallel” covenants, or rather that, while Judaism is still ultimately inadequate, it falls within God's purposes and is Prosecuting the Netanyahus: Justice or blessed? Politics? Alan Craig Headingley 1

Jews, Extinction & Rebellion This session will explain the allegations and political impact of the long- running multiple criminal investigations into the Jeffrey Newman and activities of Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his wife Caroline Glassberg-Powel Cookridge 2 Sara Netanyahu. How serious is Climate Change, the loss of species and Earth Overshoot? Where do '12 years' come from? What are #ExtinctionRebellion and #SchoolStrikes? How effective might such civil disobedience be? What are the aims? How Oy, How We Laughed! does Judaism view such action? What can we ourselves, as individuals and as a community do? How is all this linked to Rachel Creeger Lawnswood 1 Jewish learning, tradition, history and sources? This will be a controversial and possibly emotionally scary session. Join professional stand-up comedian Rachel Creeger as she explores how Jewish people have used comedy throughout the centuries to combat oppression. From shtetls to suburbs, from ghettos to clubs full of drunken, racist audience members, through performance, writing and TV, we've “turned it and turned it” to feel empowered. Rachel looks at how her peers on the circuit have responded to antisemitism and how it's become material. Part performance, part Session Four lecture, part discussion. 15.05 – 16.15

The Elimination of Malaria in Palestine in Early 20th Century ShaareZedek Medical Centre – A Place of Hope for Israel, Hope for the World Anton Alexander Headingley 2 Ros Goldfarb Alwoodley Without elimination of malaria in Palestine 100 years ago, would there be an Israel today? Palestine in 1919 had been With over 116 years of compassionate care and advanced described as one of the most malarious countries in the medicine, ShaareZedek is renowned for its dedication and world, the British Army having collapsed there from the commitment, and for its 14 internationally acclaimed disease in 1918. However, an unlikely consequence of the medical excellence centres. Its innovative approaches to 1917 Balfour Declaration was to lead to Palestine becoming health care delivers cutting edge medicine supported by the first place anywhere in the world of a successful national pioneering research ensuring not only Israel, but the world, malaria-elimination campaign. benefits. 12 Leeds Day Limmud 2019

Session Five Choose your Jew: The rise of selective 'anti/semitism’ 16.30 – 17.40 Keith Kahn-Harris Bramley Jewish Contributions to Music How did antisemitism get so strange? Today, lifelong self- defined anti-racists are accused of antisemitism and life-long Barry Abis Bramley Jew-haters proclaim their love of Israel. In his book 'Strange Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and the Limits of Diversity' he An audio-visual presentation of Jewish performers and argues that we are witnessing the rise of 'selective composers who have made a significant contribution to the anti/semitism' – philosemitic love for 'good Jews' combined world of theatre, classical and popular music, from 'The with anti-semitic hate for 'bad Jews'. Come and learn how to Haim' to the present day. fight back against selective love and hate. What does the UK’s Jewish future look Like? Ben Crowne Alwoodley The Great Plague and Lag Ba’Omer “It was the best of times, I was the worst of times” – ask Simon Myerson Jacobean some and they'll tell you that life has never been The Omer is a time when we observe mourning rituals, said better; ask others and they'll tell you it's the End of Days. Join to be in memory of the plague that killed 24,000 of Rabbi Ben for a mix of statistics anecdotes and discussion to talk Akiva's students. What was the plague? And does it tell us through what's really going on and how things look in the anything about the values of Judaism, Zionism and secular long-term. ethics? (Clue: the answer is “yes”.) Come check out the texts.

40+ Years of Change in Leeds Jewery

The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up Nigel Grizzard and MervLebor Weetwood Jewishly or How Do You Declutter Nigel Grizzard arrived in Leeds in 1976 from Woodford, North East London. MervLebor came a few years later from Miriam Osner and Aviva Dautch Weetwood 'The Suburb'. Both felt that they had arrived on the Planet At each stage of our life we accumulate 'stuff': memorabilia, Zog. In an interview session Nigel will discuss with Merv how clothes that no longer fit, presents etc. It is accepted that Leeds has changed as a city, as a Jewish Community and a decluttering can be difficult. It is even harder to declutter for player in the wider political world. second-generation survivors and their families. Miriam will talk about her ten years as a declutterer and organiser, and Aviva will read from her award-winning poems about her And You Think You Know What Magen David mother's hoarding. NONE OF THE CASE STUDIES DISCUSSED Adom Does!!! WILL BE FROM LEEDS JEWISH CLIENTS. Robin Jacobs Roundhay You think that Magen David Adom is an ambulance service!! Come and hear what it is really all about, see some videos Cultural studies and teaching the Shoah / about their work and find opportunities for you to help and Holocaust in a contemporary university support the cause. There will be plenty of time to ask Griselda Pollock Headingley 3 questions and learn more, and by the end of the session you may even want to do a shift when you're next in Israel!! A report in 2018 in Tablet magazine revealed the alarming situation of the lack of education about the Shoah in schools. During her career Griselda has developed a cultural I'm a feminist but I... sing EshetChayil approach to the formation of the memory of the Shoah through representation (art, literature, memorials and films, Miriam Lorie Headingley 2 visual art). The session will explore this approach which Some love singing EshetChayil on a Friday night, for others forms the basis of a forthcoming book titled 'From Trauma to it's out-dated and anti-feminist. We'll delve deep into this text Cultural Memory: The Unfinished Business of Representation from Mishlei (Proverbs) and examine different interpretations and the Holocaust'. – Jewish, cultural, and scholarly, plus listen to some lovely music. Please leave apologetics at the door.

Jewish Music and the Third Reich Anthony Ogus Cookridge 2 An account, illustrated by musical extracts, of the Nazi ban of Jewish composers and their compositions, from Mendelssohn, through Korngold and Schreker, to those active in Terezin. Leeds Day Limmud 2019 13

Let the Golem Return Mark Gertler: Inside out - an ecstasy of Ruth Steinberg and Eva Frojmovic Lawnswood 1 destruction Frank Vigon Headingley 3 The mythical figure of the Golem (a kind of proto- Frankestein's-monster) connects Eva's Czech heritage with An illustrated talk on the life and work of Mark Gertler, an Ruth's adoptive Chelm heritage. Eva will fill us in on where artist from the East End of London, who was trained at the the story originates, what permutations it's gone through, Slade School of Art and was a member of the Bloomsbury and some thoughts on its enduring fascination. Ruth will Group. In the period before and after the First World War he story-tell us through a version of the story, and there will be was one of the most celebrated and successful artists in a participatory element, too. Britain. His earliest work is based on his Jewish background and his later work, particularly portraits and still life, became sought after amongst the fashionable. It is a story of great success ending in great tragedy. Echoes of Contempt – Judeophobia and the Church Bruce Thompson Headingley 1 Is the Christian Church responsible for the upsurge in antisemitism? How far has past Judeophobia influenced today's Church? Can the Church ever get it right? Bruce will look at how the Church has fuelled, amongst other things, anti-Zionism in the debate on Israel/Palestine. 14 Leeds Day Limmud 2019 Presenters

Barry Abis Barry Abis is married, has three children and three grandchildren and has been involved in the Leeds community both professionally and as a volunteer for over 50 years. Currently co-chair of Beth HamidrashHagadol Synagogue Leisure Club, creating, producing and presenting entertaining programmes for both BHH and other organisations.

Tessa Ackerman Born in Cambridge, Tess came to Leeds to study Hebrew & Arabic. A Speech & Language Therapist and Aphasiologist, she treats people with communication problems after a stroke. With Nisa-Nashim she works on communication between Jewish and Muslim women. We connect through communication; our shared human gift and endeavour.

Anton Alexander Anton Alexander is a retired solicitor who has conducted research over the last eight years into the history of the elimination of malaria in Palestine 100 years ago, papers on which have now been published in the journal American Entomologist, the Oxford University Press, and the journal Malaria World.

Salma Arif Salma Arif was born in and now represents the working class and ethnically diverse area of &. Despite no political upbringing Salma fought through a world of politics dominated by men because she felt she needed to come to the table to represent people who were ordinarily missing. Salma's drive led her to winning the seat with 79% of the vote, thus becoming the youngest British Muslim to take seat in .

Trevor Avery Trevor Avery, BEM, is Director of the Lake District Holocaust Project based in Windermere. He is an advisor to national television and radio programmes, and has featured in programmes including BBC One's “Who Do You Think You Are?” and Radio Four's “Open Country”.

Warren Bank Warren Bank is a Barrister of Kings Chambers Manchester, practising Commercial and Insolvency law. He was born and raised in Durban, South with a deep love of Cantorial, Choral and Classical music. He has been a cantor in various congregations in South Africa, Canada, the USA and the UK.

Simone Colp Simone Colp has worked as a Trust Fundraiser at World Jewish Relief since June 2018, managing Major Donors, Charitable Trusts and Foundations. Her prior experience is in the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry where she worked for nine years. She lives in London with her husband and two children.

Jeremy Conway Jeremy Conway is a solicitor and the Rabbi of the Queenshill Synagogue, Leeds. His rabbinic ordination is in the Laws of Shabbat.

Alan Craig Alan Craig is a research fellow at Leeds and Durham universities, lectures in Israeli politics in the UK and internationally, and was until recently President of the European Association of Israel Studies.

Rachel Creeger Rachel Creeger is an award-winning comedian, BBC Radio regular and the only practising orthodox Jewish woman on the UK comedy circuit. Her show “It's No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl” won Best Comedy Award at Manchester Fringe, had a sell-out run in Edinburgh, and toured the UK and Israel. Leeds Day Limmud 2019 15

Benjamin Crowne Ben Crowne lives in, serially volunteers for, and writes about the Jewish community - in particular on issues relating to governance and finance. He has chaired Limmud Conference, serves as a trustee or advisor to several charities, and is currently writing an A-Z series of articles about community organisations, trends and issues.#

Jeff Curtis Since retiring from a career in finance, Jeff with his wife Sylvie has been travelling nomadically, volunteering in developing countries to see the world through a different prism. They recently came back from three glorious and heart wrenching months in Ethiopia's Jewish community with Meketa. Their adventures are on www.oldkneesyounghearts.com

Sylvie Curtis Since retiring from a career in teaching, Sylvie with her husband Jeff has been travelling nomadically, volunteering in developing countries to see the world through a different prism. They recently came back from three glorious and heart wrenching months in Ethiopia's Jewish community with Meketa. Their adventures are on www.oldkneesyounghearts.com

Aviva Dautch Aviva Dautch teaches English Literature and Creative Writing at the British Library, Jewish Culture at Roehampton University and Modern Jewish Literature at JW3 and the London School of Jewish Studies. She has a PhD in poetry and her poems, reviews and literary essays are widely published.

Angela Donen Angela Donen has been curious about the food which sustained our ancestors. If you too have been curious come and find out more. It's all in the text but we don't usually look for the food details.

Max Donen Max Donen is an avid follower of Jewish history, and is a videogame blogger. His seminar, featured in the JC, received critical acclaim at Limmud Festival 2018. He welcomes the opportunity to stimulate debate on the subject at Leeds Day Limmud.

Robert Dyson A retired solicitor, with a strong interest in music, local, family, and social history, Robert Dyson is an Ambassador for MAP, a charity, which runs an innovative approach to teaching excluded high school children. He is writing a history of Mabgate, an unloved, but interesting, central Leeds district.

Gideon Falter Gideon is Chief Executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, which he has led since its formation in 2014. The Campaign is now at the forefront of the fight against antisemitism in the Labour Party, and antisemitic crime. He has spoken at the House of Commons and given evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. His work for Campaign Against Antisemitism has been publicly praised by Theresa May.

Richard Fay The Hard Times Kapelye is a Manchester-based six-piece klezmer ensemble. The group has performed in local venues (including the Manchester Jewish Museum) as well as further afield (e.g. the Kardamyli jazz festival in southern Greece).

Eva Frojmovic Eva Frojmovic is both an academic at the University of Leeds and a veteran Limmud presenter, drawing crowds even in late evening slots. More info on her academic life can be found onhttps://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/staff/272/dr-eva-frojmovic

Simon Glass Simon Glass is a filmmaker and presenter who has made several films on the Leeds Jewish community, including The Last Tribe; Yakov, My Boy; and most recently “The Jews of Leeds” for BBC Four. 16 Leeds Day Limmud 2019

Caroline Glassberg-Powell A full-time software developer and part-time environmental and social activist, Caroline Glassberg-Powell has a masters in environmental science and is continually looking for ways to encourage people to engage with environmentalism. She grew up in an Orthodox household, and ran environmental events for her university Chabad, but has spent the past decade on another derech. When not working or volunteering she enjoys climbing rocks and bits of fabric, and hanging upside-down in pretty shapes!

Ros Goldfarb Ros worked in Israel for 3 ½ years as a psychologist for the Ministry of Health before retraining as a solicitor. She became a judge hearing immigration and human rights cases, and has now retired.

Nigel Grizzard Nigel Grizzard comes from a travelling family and has travelled extensively in Europe visiting Jewish Communities and is an observer of Jewish life. He is the tour guide for Jewish Yorkshire and an international stamp dealer.

Fabian Hamilton Fabian Hamilton has been the Labour MP for Leeds North East since 1997. He served on the Foreign Affairs and International Development committees before being appointed as Labour's first Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament in 2016. He lives in Leeds and is married with three children and one grandson.

Samantha Harvey Born and bred in the north of China, Samantha Harvey converted to Judaism in 2017. Her research interest, of Jews in Harbin, arose primarily because of their close proximity to her childhood home. A recent trip in 2018 reinforced the appeal of this subject: the communal relationship between Jews in Harbin and the native Chinese.

Robin Jacobs Married with a wife, three children and five grandchildren, Robin has worked in the Jewish community for over 25 years in a professional capacity, and well over 45 years in a voluntary one. He has been at Magen David Adom for just over a year.

Keith Kahn-Harris Keith Kahn-Harris is a sociologist and writer. He is a senior lecturer at and runs the European Jewish Research Archive at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. 'Strange Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and the Limits of Diversity' is his sixth book.

Jason Kleiman Rabbi at Beth HamidrashHagadol Synagogue in Leeds, Rabbinic Governor and Chaplain of Brodetsky Primary School and the Leeds Jewish Free School. A graduate of Leeds University and Jews' College, Jason Kleiman has served as Rabbi to various communities, taught at City of London School for Girls, and was Jewish Chaplain to the Royal London Hospitals trust.

MervLebor MervLebor is a teachers' trainer, has written extensively for the Times Ed, Guardian and many journals, plus a book with Macmillan and chapter with Bloomsbury on challenging behaviour. Educated at Hasmonean in London, he has recently completed his doctorate.

Miriam Lorie Miriam Lorie is an educator who teaches adults, batmitvah girls and engaged couples. She was co-founder of the Borehamwood Partnership Minyan and works at Lead, empowering leadership development in the Jewish community.

Diana Matut Diana Matut is a Yiddishist, musician, and Jewish Studies scholar. She has lectured and taught at various universities in and abroad, among them Genova, Rome, Jerusalem, and Graz. From October 2019, Diana will lead an international seminar on Jewish Music at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Leeds Day Limmud 2019 17

Dolf Mogendorff Dolf A Mogendorff was born in Holland in 1946. For the past 25 or more years he has been lecturing about the Dutch Holocaust experience, including at national & local Limmuds. A former professor of management, co-founder of two companies and a magistrate he is now retired and lives in Leeds.

Patrick Morrow Patrick Morrow is an Anglican priest with a love of Limmud and all things Jewish. A member of the International Council of Christians and Jews' Theology Committee, he has published especially on Catholic approaches to Judaism. He is Managing Chaplain to a prison, caring for a multifaith team of chaplains.

Simon Myerson A QC and Recorder from Leeds. Simon Myerson has taught Melton and Torah B'Shannah, and has lectured at Limmud forever. An observant doubter, who thinks text affords an insight into how clever people were thousands of years ago, and shows us how much we currently think is right is wrong.

Jeffrey Newman Jeffrey Newman is founder of Shema – Jewish Action on Climate Change and a member Jews4XR. Emeritus rabbi of Finchley Reform Synagogue, he is author of an article on “Jews and non-violent civil disobedience” in a forthcoming Penguin publication. If possible he hopes to avoid arrest.

Anthony Ogus Anthony Ogus is a retired academic lawyer and Emeritus Professor at the Universities of Manchester and Rotterdam. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and was awarded the CBE in 2002. He has published a book on opera-going and writes a monthly article in the Opera Now magazine.

Miriam Osner Miriam Osner has been paid to declutter and organise for the past ten years. However, she started decluttering for family in 1988. She has had a long and varied non-cluttering career as a private maths tutor and used to work as an administrator for charities and on a NHS helpline.

Griselda Pollock Griselda Pollockis an art historian and cultural theorist. She is Professor of Social and Critical Histories of Art at the University of Leeds. Publications include After-affects I After-images: Trauma and Aesthetic Transformation (Manchester, 2013); Art in the Time-Space of Memory and Migration (Freud Museum, 2013) and Charlotte Salomon: The Nameless in the Theatre of Memory (Yale, 2018).

Jay Prosser Jay Prosser is an academic at the University of Leeds who is a specialist of nothing but interested in everything. He has published books on photography and life writing. He currently teaches family history.

Laurence Saffer Laurence Saffer is a Leeds Resident. He has been a Judge for 17 years. He currently sits in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber, hearing all types of appeal including deportations, deprivation of citizenship, and asylum and human rights cases. He is a past President of the Leeds Jewish Representative Council.

Ruth Steinberg Ruth Steinberg, storyteller, originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, weaves tales using all the related arts of storytelling, showing us the world we thought we knew from new angles. Her one-woman show “A Flower is not a Rat” has been performed, amongst other places, at Ilkley Literature Festival and Limmud Conference.

Richard Taylor Richard Taylor is a producer/director with 30 years experience of making TV documentaries for the BBC. He began his career as a journalist in newspapers, including the Sunday Times. 18 Leeds Day Limmud 2019

Bruce Thompson Bruce Thompson is a church leader, blogger and broadcaster, as well as being the author of the critically received book 'Echoes of Contempt, a history of Judeophobia and the Christian Church'.He is also Chair of the Methodist Friends of Judaism. He is passionate about his subject and wants to engage.

Frank Vigon Frank Vigon has been a headteacher, is an educational consultant, public lecturer on education, arts, politics, history and education. He was responsible for the campaign to restore the grave of the Jewish Pre-Raphaelite painter Simon Solomon. He is a copyist of well-known works of art in particular: Picasso, Matisse, EgonSchiele and Miro. He is also director of plays performed by MADs, and is a writer and performer of comedy. Leeds Day Limmud 2019 19

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Panel Session: A Discussion on Topical Issues that affect the Community Chaired by Britain’s most notorious Jewish dance from the bible My Family and the Dutch Am I biased? Simon Myerson, Jews: The story of a photo to today Jewish Holocaust Experience. You be the Judge with Rachel Creeger, Keith-Kahn Harris Julia Kay DolfMogendorff Laurence Saffer Aviva Dautch, Robert Dyson, (Lawnswood 2) (Bramley) (Headingley 1) (Headingley 2) Gideon Falter and Session One 10:00 – 11:10 Patrick Morrow (Lawnswood 1)

When Yiddish was Young: Inside the Ancient Hebrew Moral Dilemmas – How do Lake District Holocaust The Jews of Leeds A short introduction to Kitchen – hints, tips and we make the right Project Old Yiddish language and recipes Simon Glass decisions? literature Trevor Avery and Richard Taylor Angela Donen Jason Kleiman Diana Matut (Lawnswood 1) (Bramley) (Jacobean) (Weetwood) (Roundhay) wo Memory objects in our libraries and in our attics: Should we be helping Volunteering in the why Cecil Roth collected From Budapest to The Jews in Harbin: people outside of our Ethiopian Jewish things that few others

Session T Switzerland via Belsen Chinese Whispers 11:25 – 12:35 community? Community were interested in Robert Dyson Samantha Harvey Simone Colp Jeff and Sylvie Curtis Eva Frojmovic (Headingley 2) (Headingley 1) (Headingley 3) (Alwoodley) and Jay Prosser (Cookridge 2) Lunch

The Pope, the Convenant and Jewish Muslim Depicting the Holocaust in Vessels of song: Journeys through Living Judaism: What is and is Women’s Work video games: Taboo? or Challenge? the world of Klezmer not affirmed? Tess Ackerman Max Donen Richard Fay and Salma Arif Patrick Morrow (Bramley) (Lawnswood 1) (Roundhay) (Headingley 1)

From the frontline: the latest inside The Labour Party’s Jews, Extinction and Rebellion Shakespeare and the Jews view of the fight against antisemitism ‘Peace Doctrine’ 13:30 – 14:40 Session Three Jeffrey Newman and Aviva Dautch in politics and anti-semitic crime Fabian Hamilton Caroline Glassberg-Powell (Headingley 2) Gideon Falter (Jacobean) (Cookridge 2) (Weetwood)

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40+ years of change in Jewish contributions to I’m a feminist but I...sing Mark Gertler: Inside out – Leeds Jewry Let the Golem return music EshetChayil an ecstasy of destruction Nigel Grizzard Ruth Steinberg Barry Abis Miriam Lorie Frank Vigon and MervLebor and Eva Frojmovic (Bramley) (Headingley 2) (Headingley 3) (Weetwood) (Lawnswood 1)

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Session Five what Magen David Adom Judeophobia and the 16:30 – 17:40 future look like? Third Reich does!! Church Ben Crowne Anthony Ogus Robin Jacobs Bruce Thompson (Alwoodley) (Cookridge 2) (Roundhay) (Headingley 1)