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Limmud NY 2015

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8:45pm

How 50,000 Bulgarian Jews Survived the Holocaust High RidgeJoseph Benatov

1:45pm

The Rabbinic Narrative of Pacifism and Its Modern Critics GroveYehuda Kurtzer Dolce and Her Daughters: A Businesswoman in Medieval Germany GlenbrookKatja Vehlow

3:45pm

Nostra Aetate: Catholic-Jewish Relations' 50th Anniversary ElmNoam Marans Sephardic Vignettes from the Balkans SpringdaleJoseph Benatov

5:15pm

Modern Orthodoxy and the Boundaries of Pluralism WillowBen Greenberg

9:45pm

The Great Jewish Paradox of Our Time: Power and Vulnerability ElmGidi Grinstein The Last Jews of Baghdad (Film) SpringdaleCarole Basri

10:00am

Jewhooing the Sixties ElmDavid Kaufman Portraits of Jewish Bulgaria CoveJoseph Benatov Jewish Travel in Asia WillowDaniel Robinson Varieties of Modern Orthodoxy 1800-2015 High RidgeAlan Brill

12:00pm

Jewish Food History SpringdaleShelley Cohney The Four Founding Stories of Judaism: Why They Matter Separately and Together High RidgeGidi Grinstein The Displaced Persons WillowJoseph Berger

8:15pm

Models of Jewish Leadership: Women in America BelltownSheridan Gayer Finding the Jewish God in the Post-Secular Age GlenbrookAlan Brill

8:30am

Who Was the Ramban? GlenbrookAbe Schacter-Gampel

10:00am

A Rabbi on the Ganges: A Jewish-Hindu Encounter WillowAlan Brill Understanding Israel’s Declaration of Independence GroveIlan Troen The Taboo History of Jews in Arab Countries WatersideCarole Basri What's the Use of Jewish History? GlenbrookDavid Kaufman

11:30am

Three Summers of Zionist Crisis: 1937, 1947, 1948 Long RidgeRobin Moss The Talmud Uncensored ElmMira Wasserman