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2012 Limmudboston Program Book THE ENERGY OF LIMMUDBOSTON IN A K-8 SCHOOL You know who would love LimmudBoston? Your kids. See how Rashi nurtures Jewish souls and inspires a love of Judaism, every day. The Rashi School Boston Area Reform Jewish K-8 Independent School Dedham MA | 617-969-4444 | www.rashi.org December 2, 2012 DecemberShalom! Welcome 2, 2012 to L immudB oston 2012, the annual, volunteer-driven conference celebration of Jewish Lifelong learning. Today’s program includes over 100 amazing sessions chosen by our Program Shalom!Team. You Welcome will find to sessions Limmu dthatBos tareon sti20mulating,12, the annual, relaxing, volunteer humorous,-driven intense, conference challenging, celebration enlightening of Jewishand fun. Lifelong learning. Today’s program includes over 100 amazing sessions chosen by our Program Team. 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This year, we have multiple teams of volunteers led by many special leaders. Their vision is what you will experience Ltoday.immu d Boston has grown! Just a couple of years ago, a dozen of us planned everything. This year, we have multiple teams of volunteers led by many special leaders. Their vision is what you will experience today.Inspired? Join a planning team. You will meet wonderful people and have the opportunity to bring next year’s LimmudBoston conference on December 8, 2013, to life. Inspired? Join a planning team. You will meet wonderful people and have the opportunity to bring next year’sEnjoy LimmudBoston 201conference2—and onsav eD tehce mdabteer f8o,r 2 L0im13m, toud Blife.ost on 2013—December 8, 2013. EnjoyWe are LimmudBoston all in le mood 201for 2—LimmudBostonand save the now!date for LimmudBoston 2013—December 8, 2013. WeSteffi are Aronson all in le Karp mood & Terrifor LimmudBoston Swartz Russell now! Conference Co-Chairs Steffi Aronson Karp & Terri Swartz Russell Conference Co-Chairs 1 Limmud Core Values: Learning | Community & Mutual Responsibility | Expanding Jewish Horizons | Empowerment Participation | Diversity | Enabling Connections | Respect | Educational not Polemical | Kashrut No matter where you are on the spectrum of Jewish living, there is more to learn and more to do at LimmudBoston Our Mission Statement: LimmudBoston is both an annual, volunteer-driven celebration of Jewish study, culture and identity and the organizational, collaborative teamwork of community creation that results in a dynamic, welcoming festival of experiential Jewish learning. Limmud Core Values: LimmudBoston honors the core values of Limmud International. We celebrate learning, diversity and community involvement. We honor tradition and explore expanding our Jewish horizons. We value all members of the community. We foster connections and encourage participation. Core Value: Learning • Learning embraces personal development, knowledge and skills • Learning changes people, inspires action and opens new worlds • There are many inspirations that can offer opportunities for learning • Everyone can be a teacher and everyone should be a student • We encourage the creation of a learning environment in which people are able to reflect and grow Core Value: Community & Mutual Responsibility • Limmud is a community of learning • We can achieve more together than we can individually • We both gain and should give something back to the Jewish and the wider community Core Value: Expanding Jewish Horizons • Limmud strives to create collective and communal experiences, through which we strengthen and develop our Jewish identity Core Value: Empowerment • We inspire people to be ambitious about their contribution • We challenge people and trust them to rise to that challenge • We see the potential of individuals and communities, and support their development • We empower people to make choices, and provide the information to make informed choices Core Value: Participation • Volunteerism is a key feature of almost everything we do • We are all responsible for each other and for the communities we create, everyone has an important contribution to make • We encourage participants to take an active part in all we do Core Value: Diversity • We value diversity in all that we do • We value choice in form, content and style • We believe in the richness of our diverse community and create cross-communal and cross-generational experiences • We value accessibility, and aim to be accessible to all • We encourage people not to stereotype others Core Value: Enabling connections to be made • We aim to create opportunities for communities and individuals to connect • We recognize the strength of providing a space where spiritual, emotional and intellectual connections are made Limmud’s Principles: Commitment to Respect • Limmud expects all participants to be respectful of one another, and to recognize that all volunteers are also participants. • Personal attacks are not acceptable within session material Limmud’s Principles: Arguments for the Sake of Heaven • Limmud does not participate in legitimizing or de-legitimizing any religious or political position found in the worldwide Jewish com- munity. Anyone who comes to Limmud events seeking opportunities for this will not find it • Limmud has no part to say in the debates between/across denominations. Limmud will programme its events in such a way as to avoid religious or political conflict. However we do recognise and appreciate that ‘arguments for the sake of heaven’ can make a posi- tive contribution to furthering our education and understanding. Sessions should therefore be educational and not polemical 2 LimmudBoston 2012 Volunticipants You are the backbone of volunticipation! Whether via meetings, phone calls, emails, tweets, Facebook buddies or just over dinner, ideas your and energy and creativity and suggestions and hard work made this day! -­‐-­‐Steffi Aronson Karp & Terri Swartz Russell – Conference Co-­‐Chairs Deb Barsel, Music Team Chair Esta Lichtenstein, Lots of Teams Sally Bock, Program Outreach Wendy Liebow, Program
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