2008 Limmud Conferences

After last year's successful conferences in Cape Town and Johannesburg, we're back with an even more ambitious programme. And remember, all Limmud's conferences have programmes for the kids.

Use the links on the right to register for the conferences.

2008 Conference programmes

The central focus of Limmud is its range of sessions.Choices gallore offer variety, depth, debate and dialogue. As an educational, learner-centered model, Limmud promotes a culture of life-long learning and tries to ensure that each session has a learning objective. We have tried to ensure that each hour offers a range of topics and issues, many using texts as a way to unpack issues and stimulate understanding. Sessions cover areas of politics, religion, philosophy, the arts, culture and history.

Click on the links below to see the programme in each centre.

With so many concurrent sessions, your only problem will be which sessions to attend!

Township Tour - optional extra for the Cape Town Conference

The tour starts at the Ma'Afrika Tikkun Mfuleni Community Park in Mfuleni at 11:00 (on 29 August) where secure parking is available. After a tour of the facility and a short presentation on the work of Tikkun, buses will take us on to Site C in Khayelitsha. There we will visit a community project and walk around the area, visiting homes and small businesses in the vicinity. The tour ends with a visit to the offices of the Treatment Action Campaign . Buses will take us back to Mfuleni at the end of the tour in time for delegates to make their way on to the Ocean View hotel, register for the conference and settle in before the start of the 15:50 session.

2008 International Speakers

  • Devorah Baum - Lecturer in Jewish Literature and Culture and Critical Theory in the Department of English, University of Southampton. She is also attached to Southampton's Parkes Institute, which researches and publishes in the area of Jewish/non-Jewish relations.
  • Yehoshua Engelman - Rabbi and educational director of the new Yakar Study Centre in Tel Aviv. He is also on the Jerusalem Kolot faculty and teaches at Siach Yitzhak Hesder Yeshiva.
  • Gershom Gorenberg - Historian, journalist and blogger, specialising in the Middle Eastern politics and the interaction of religion and politics.
  • Simon Gurevichius - Executive Director of the Lithuanian Jewish Community
  • Avraham Infeld - President Emeritus of Hillel International, and has invested a lifetime building Jewish identity and strengthening the State of Israel.
  • Bente Kahan - Jewish-Norwegian performing artist, whose production company Teater Dybbuk - Oslo, aims to convey Jewish-European culture and history through drama and music.
  • Maureen Kendler - Head of Educational Programming at the London School of Jewish Studies. She has a teaching background and is a UJIA Ashdown Fellow. She was awarded 'Educator of the Year' in 2004 by the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
  • Taylor Krauss - Independent documentary filmmaker who has worked for various media networks including the Associated Press, BBC, Discovery, PBS, HBO, Nickelodeon, the Sundance Channel, Time Warner, and AMC.
  • Karyn Moshal - Infectious Disease paediatrician trained in SA, UK and US. Currently a consultant and lead Clinician of the Dept of Infectious disease at Great Ormond Street Hospital for children in London as well as founder and programme director of the CHIVA/KZN partnership
  • Amir Tausinger - TAU Film Student
  • Limor Yehuda - Attorney at The Association for Civil Rights in Israel since 2004, responsible for addressing human rights violations confronted by the Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories.