WILLIAM HULME’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL Activities Room Entrance Disabled parking overflow Science Building Lift Music Entrance Room Entrance Stairs School from Hall Car Park Manchester Main Entrance Pedestrian Entrance Registration k s Day Limmud e Dining Room D p l S e p H r STAIRS TO i n g D ROOMS B STAIRS TO r i d D ROOMS 2019 g e Shuk t n R t i r o Lift o u a Donner P o d c Sunday 30 June 2019 y l l l Building b a b m t William Hulme’s Grammar School e e n s s d A n Spring Bridge Road, Blue Badge Entrance u y o c Car Park Entrance r n G Whalley Range e g Young Limmud d r r a and crèche e Manchester M16 8PR H m B Performing E l u e Entrance Arts Centre B Zochonis a Entrance d g PAC Rooms Building e p a r Stairs k i n g Name To parking at Whalley Range High School Session Four 13:40 – 14:40 Session Five 15:00 – 16:00 Session Six 16:20 – 17:20 Who is a Jew in Africa? Extremism and Antisemitism Balloon Debate WHERE DO I GO FOR MY SESSION? Clive Lawton Louise Ellman Panel session Jews in American Sixties Culture Churchill and the Jews David Benkof Richard Cohen Ground Floor Dining Hall – Registration, Grab & Go Lunch, Tea and Coffee stations Entrance Hall – Helpdesk Is there such a thing as a really Palestinians or Jews? Whose land is it? good Kosher Wine? Geoffrey Ben-Nathan Shuk Jon Sussman Tea and Coffee station Creating Community through The Rosenbergs – A Tragedy Main Male, Female and Accessible Toilets What is Limmud Anyway? Common Values of the Cold War DONNER David Hoffman Eli Ovits Matthew Suher BUILDING First Floor m o The Myth of Jewish Women Photographers Rooms D13 – D19 o Captain Jack Sparrowvitch in Film, Fact and Fiction R Tony Zendle Michael Berkowitz Room D12 – Food tech room g n i Male, Female and Accessible Toilets n i Mark Gertler; Inside Out; D The Life and Death of Primo Levi Marvel(lous) Jewish Superheroes an ecstasy of destruction r Ian Vellins Mia Hasenson-Gross Second Floor e Frank Vigon n n Rooms D22 – D30 o D Inclusive Art Session with the Friendship Stitching the Sacred in the Home n Circle i Laura Seddon Esty Bruck, Alayne Levy d e v r e Freedom of Pulpit: Are there limits on what a From class clown to class act: s Ground Floor Rabbi can say? Jewish-American Comedians h Gabriel Webber Rina Tillinger c Young Limmud n u L Crèche Yiddish: What you never imagined ZOCHONIS 0 The Moon, Mikvah and Magic about this Jewish language (Rebellion, 0 Male toilets, small Female toilet : Max KohanZad eroticism and Yiddish today) 4 Tamara Gleason-Freiberg, Arturo Kerbel-Shein BUILDING 1 – 0 Is Advocacy for a single Democratic First Floor Aliyot for Women 5 : Jewsh Podcasting made Easy State of Israel-Palestine antisemitic? in an Orthodox setting? 1 Ed Horwich A reading of the IHRA working definition Female toilets 1 Benedict Roth David Goldberg Voices and Images of the Does the Quran support Zionism? South Wales Jewish community Mohammed Amin, David Berkley SCIENCE Activities Room Klavdija Erzen, John Minkes CENTRE Accessible Toilets Rooms PAC1, PAC2 PEFORMING How Holocaust hero Marcus Witztum Why are we Heading for Extinction, How Did Debbie Friedman and Shlomo Tea and coffee station outwitted Ireland’s No Jews policy and What can we do about it? Carlebach Save Jewish Music? Yanky Fachler Caroline Glassberg-Powell, Jeffrey Newman David Benkof ARTS CENTRE Male, Female and Accessible Toilets How rich they are: the life story Cantors in the Cinema of Yehuda Amichai Alex Klein David Finlay SCHOOL HALL School Hall Music Room M1 New British Short Films from UK British Film BUILDING Male, Female and Accessible Toilets Judith Gordon Manchester Day Limmud 2019 MANCHESTER DAY LIMMUD 2019 PARTICIPANTS’ HANDBOOK Contents Where do I go for my session? . inside front cover Welcome to Manchester Day Limmud 2019 . 2 From the Chair of Limmud . 3 Important Information for the Day . 4 In Case of Fire and other Emergencies . 4 Progra mme Session Information . 6 Presenters . 15 Limmud’s Mission Statement . 23 Session Planner . 24 Map of Campus . back cover Limmud 1A Hall Street North Finchley London N12 8DB Tel +44 (0)20 3115 1620 Fax +44 (0)20 8446 0961 Email [email protected] Limmud is a company limited by guarantee in England no. 3903050. Charity Commissioner’s registration no. 1083414. Web www.limmud.org 2 Manchester Day Limmud 2019 Manchester Day Limmud 2019 3 Special Message from the Co-Chairs Huge thanks to the small band of volunteers who formed our committee way back in August WELCOME TO MANCHESTER Welcome to Manchester Day Limmud 2019, being held and to today’s volunteers who have worked for the first time in the Summer. We have had a very so tirelessly to ensure the day runs smoothly. DAY LIMMUD 2019 busy few months preparing for the event and have Without volunteers, Limmud could not happen. tried to create an enticing, enriching and well-balanced programme which will appeal to everyone. Many thanks to our host William Hulme’s Grammar We wish you a very warm welcome to Manchester Day Manchester Day Limmud School and to their very capable and helpful staff Politics, Food, Israel, Mindfulness, Jazz; History, Limmud 2019. If this is your first ever Limmud event, has been brought to you by… we hope that you have already heard a lot about Wine-tasting, Current affairs, Community, Yiddish, We hope you have an enjoyable and stimulating day Limmud and the reputation that successive teams The Manchester Day Limmud Team: Religion, Literature, Film and Comedy are among the Susan Sallon, Ann Clyne, Robert Wilkins, Danny Wolfson, topics on offer as well as panel discussions and that of volunteers, helpers, presenters and communities Savannah Dable , Jeremy Dable and Hilary Thomas Lucette Tucker, Hilary Thomas, Jeremy Dable, all- time favourite – The Balloon Debate. have built year on year. So what is Limmud all about? Co-Chairs 2019 Savannah Dable, volunteers and all those who have Is this a learning experience? Is it social? Is it communal? Our sincere thanks to all our presenters who have supported and helped with the event in advance Is it artistic? Is it cultural? Is it a celebration? Whatever given of their time, many of whom have travelled and on the day – we apologise if we haven’t mentioned the answer, we hope it will be magical for you and that distances to be part of this Jewish Learning event. you will keep coming back. If you’ve attended Limmud you by name. before, you can be assured that today’s programme is varied, innovative and thought-provoking in our Thank you… unique Manchester style. This year, we have many Limmud regional events are organised entirely presenters who are new to Manchester Limmud , by volunteers who ensure that you have an exciting including some who are having their Limmud debut. programme to enjoy, that you are fed and watered, Limmud’s core aim is to take you ‘ one step further that you know where the sessions are, that the kids on your Jewish journey ’ and we are confident are happy, that you are safe, that we cover running that this will happen today. Whatever your costs of the event and that you have an incredible interests, whether they be Jewish history or Torah; experience. A huge thanks to our core team arts or politics; community issues or dance; music with a special thank you to Susan Sallon and her or reiki – there’s something here for you. In addition, programming team, who worked extremely hard to FROM THE CHAIR OF LIMMUD Limmud provides a chance to schmooze with old provide the varied programme that you will enjoy today. friends or strike up new acquaintances, as we bring Dear Friends globally. The numbers may be big but we appreciate diverse groups of the community together in a friendly the part that every one of you has played in building And thank you to… It is an incredible honour and privilege to wish Limmud a truly remarkable global Limmud community – one and respectful environment. Manchester a huge Mazal Tov on what promises that started here in the UK nearly forty years ago. Limmud would be nothing without the committed · Our Supporters: to be an inspiring and transformative gathering! Limmud Manchester is the result of the passion Limmud’s unique model of volunteer-led, cross- volunteers, please do get involved in volunteering · Community Security Trust if you haven’t before. We have two dedicated sessions and commitment of a dedicated team of volunteers communal, multi-generational and transformational · Local police this year from experienced ex chairs to tell you all led by Hilary Thomas, Jeremy Dable and Savannah Dable Jewish experiences is now truly global and and has about it. Once you are involved in volunteering · JLife and also to Susan Sallon for the programme – we owe now taken place on every continent in the world for Limmud you will always be a part of the Limmud · Jewish Telegraph them all a huge thank you. We are also so grateful – including Antarctica! We invite you to travel and family. It is the best way to enter into the spirit to the staff at the William Hulme’s Grammar School experience Limmuds in other parts of the UK and And all those who have promoted the event of Limmud.