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Limmud NY 2015

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8:30am EST

'You Shall Love the Stranger': Traditional Approaches to the Status of Non-Jews in Israel WatersideMeesh Hammer-Kossoy Daf Yomi - Sunday Ballroom IIIGoldie Guy Torah in the Religious School Classroom ElmGalya Greenberg

10:00am EST

Forgiveness: Whom Is It For? A session for teens and parents AlderHanan Harchol NEW, CHANGED SESSION: Reflections on Copenhagen and Paris GroveAmichai Lau Lavie • Nigel Savage Varieties of Modern Orthodoxy 1800-2015 High RidgeAlan Brill The Conflict of Priorities: Inwardness-vs-Ethics WatersideMichael Fishbane Food and Hunger: Limmud Chavruta GlenbrookEllen Flax

11:30am EST

Hakovesh Et Yitzro (Mastering Your Instincts): Neurobiology Meets Rabbinic Wisdom AspenMona Fishbane 'I Am with You in Distress': Jewish Responses to Communal Crisis and Tragedy BelltownAdam Mintz On Serving God: Does Halakha Help or Hinder? GroveShai Held

12:00pm EST

The Four Founding Stories of Judaism: Why They Matter Separately and Together High RidgeGidi Grinstein Subconscious Yiddish Issues GlenbrookNaftali Ejdelman

1:30pm EST

Sketches of our Fathers: Medieval Jewish Art as 'Visual Torah Commentary' BelltownBen Greenfield Where Are We Going? Judaism for the Mid-21st Century GlenbrookArt Green Taking Hold of Torah: The Weekly Portion and the Yearly Cycle as Gateways into Life ElmArnold Eisen Uniformity and Diversity: Left-Handedness and Halakhah SpringdaleEthan Tucker Write Your Own Talmud WestoverZohar Atkins

3:00pm EST

Israel of the Heart/Israel of the Mind WestoverAmi Hersh Off the Record: The Law and Law-to-Be-Applied in Jewish Responsa and Islamic Fatawa WillowShoshana Razel Gordon Guedalia Towards a Theology of the Child: The Chovat HaTalmidim as Case Study in Complexity GlenbrookMark Gottlieb

6:00pm EST

The Torah after Ferguson: Human Equality in the Bible GroveShai Held

6:45pm EST

Shiva, Shabbos Candles, and Mikveh: Innovation and Creativity in Jewish Ritual CoveDasi Fruchter Adam's Invention of Religion BelltownMira Wasserman

8:15pm EST

Finding the Jewish God in the Post-Secular Age GlenbrookAlan Brill The Akedah (Sacrifice of Isaac) in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Traditions Long RidgeNoam Marans The Joy of Text - Live! ElmDov Linzer • Bat Sheva Marcus • Ramie Smith

9:45pm EST

The Origins of Havdalah in the Book of Esther GlenbrookOra Horn Prouser