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7:00am PDT

Shacharit Room 8 BREAKFAST Bishop's Court

8:00am PDT

How Politics in the West Balkans Influenced the Jewish Community: Collapse of Yugoslavia and its Jewish Community Room 10Sonja Viličić Nia with Yda Room 6Yda Walt The Unique Status and Challenges of Jerusalem Palestinians Room 8Jessica Montell SA Jewry and Apartheid - Revisiting a Very Old Controversy Room 12David Saks The Doctors of the Warsaw Ghetto Room 13Luc Albinski Sephardi and Mizrahi DNA Room 7Scott Hazelhurst “If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be For Me? But If I Am For Myself Alone, What Am I?” Room 14Reeva Forman The Book of Jonah and the Soul's Journey Through Life Room 11Adrian Chiger

9:15am PDT

The Historical, Political and Societal Relevance of Lace Room 11Kim Lieberman In “The Rebbe's Court" - What I Learned from Writing a Hasidic TV Series Room 13Daniel Taub 7 Life Lessons from 7 Remarkable People AuditoriumHoward Sackstein Love. Legacy. Dignity. Room 10Helena Dolny Israel at 71 – Geostrategic Challenges Room 7Calev Ben-Dor The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls Room 8Jodi Magness What's Up with Cape Town's Jews? A Data-Driven Snapshot of the Trends Room 6Adam Mendelsohn Ritual Prayground Room 12Jessica Kate Meyer The Worst Rabbi Ever: An Exploration of the Aggadic Mind Room 14Josh Poyurs

10:30am PDT

Hit Makers: A Behind the Scenes Look at What Goes Into Making a Blockbuster TV Show Room 13Harriet Gavshon • Nimrod Geva Enhance Your Life with Music and Movement in Biodanza Room 6Jackie Said The Miracle Babies Room 11Martin Davis Behind Every Great Woman is Herself - An Interview with Dawn Nathan-Jones Room 14Sasha Star • Dawn Nathan-Jones What will Israel decide? Take 2 Room 8Jessica Montell • Gloria Greenfield • Calev Ben-Dor • Zvika (Biko) Arran • Eli Ovits Social Justice and South African Jewry Room 10Bonita Meyersfeld The Spy Next Door Room 7Edwin Shuker Global Peace: If Not Now, When? And If Not You, Who? Room 12Najma Khota Beyond the Tribe: Judaism as a Path of Human Flourishing AuditoriumIrwin Kula

11:45am PDT

For Amos Oz: Recalling the Love – and the Darkness Room 12Merle Williams The Art of Storytelling Room 14Danya Raquel From “The Pianist” to The Pulpit Room 10Jessica Kate Meyer Krav Maga: Simple and Effective. One Hour to Learn to Keep Yourself Safer Room 6Nicholas Ingel Power Pitch: Limmud's Premier Business Game AuditoriumHoward Sackstein • Gil Sperling • Alon Apteker • Donna Rachelson • Dawn Nathan-Jones Germany: 80 Years After the Start of World War II Room 7Martin Schäfer Living as a Jew in a Post #MeToo World Room 11Howard Feldman Lehava and the Israeli Extreme Right's War on Intermarriage Room 8Ari Engelberg Psychiatry and Spirituality: Does Medical Science have Room for Both? Room 13Danella Eliasov • Anele Siswana

1:00pm PDT

Presence and the Alexander Technique Room 6Caryn Katz The Story of Rachel: A Medical Fairytale Room 12Jonathan Ancer The Three Battles for Israel's Survival: Security, Legitimacy, Identity AuditoriumDaniel Taub Rabbi Moses Weiler: From Triumph to Tragedy Room 11Irwin Manoim Politics of the Absurd: Anti-Semitism in Our New World Room 7Jonathan Webber • Edwin Shuker • Haroon Moghul • Karen Milner • Tali Nates The Challenges of Urban Development in Jerusalem Room 13Avi Ben-Tzur Climate Change in Southern Africa Room 10Steve Collins #MeToo: What Vashti and Esther Can Teach Us About Responding to Abuses of Power Room 8Wendy Amsellem

2:15pm PDT

The Multicultural Jew in Modern American Cinema Room 13Sam Greenblatt Jewish and Queer? The Intertwining of Religious and Sexual Identities in ‘“Call Me by Your Name” Room 6David Bilchitz Diplomom: How to Use Diplomatic Skills in Your Everyday Motherhood Room 11Ayellet Black Jews Schmooze on the Beautiful Game Room 10Martin Cohen • Barry Shmeizer • Stanley Matthews • Raymond Hack Making Sense of the Auschwitz Site Today Room 7Jonathan Webber The Contemporary State of Judeophobia: A View from the Battlefield Room 8Gloria Greenfield My Israel Story: How a Roadtrip with My Dog Led Me into a Surprising Career as a Podcaster AuditoriumMishy Harman After the School Bubble - Choices, Challenges and Breaking Barriers Room 14Dan Stillerman • Eden Plein • Danya Raquel • Adam Blumenthal • Ryan Gordon • Danielle Hertz Narcissistic, Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions in Havruta Learning Dynamics Room 12Elie Holzer

3:30pm PDT

I Love You I Hate You Room 10Bradley Kirshenbaum Why Call it Occupation? A Political and Legal Analysis of the West Bank Map Room 7Jessica Montell 5 Habits of Highly Effective Freelancers Room 14Tiffany Markman Jewish Pilgrimage in Iran Room 11Arash Abaie Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome AuditoriumJodi Magness Your Children Are Not Your Children : Thinking About Sexuality, Gender and Identity Room 6Judith Ancer Climate Change or Climate Catastrophe? Room 8Kevin Bloom • Steve Collins • Leonie Joubert • Joel Assaizky • Guy Lieberman Who Shall Recite God’s Praises? Power, Shame and Forgiveness Room 7Wendy Amsellem Hands On With Sefaria: Making Source Sheets Room 12Brett Lockspeiser

4:45pm PDT

The Rebbe of Montreal: Jewish Themes in the Songs of Leonard Cohen Room 13Sonja Viličić Ancient Torah Wisdom Meets Neuroscience and Positive Psychology Room 11Yochi Ress One Giant Leap: What’s the Next Disruptor? Room 8Wendy Amsellem • Irwin Kula • Daniel Taub • Brett Lockspeiser • Eli Ovits Jewish and Muslim Coexistence in Iran Room 10Arash Abaie The Changing Role of Media and its Impact in the Modern World Room 12Peta Krost Maunder • Anton Harber • Jonathan Ancer • Carol Steinberg How Did Things Go So Horribly Wrong? Room 7Haroon Moghul