This workshop which has been presented by The Shuk in over 20 countries and in numerous Limmud Conferences around the world, takes the participants on an interactive journey through time and explores Jewish expression, culture, history and identity through music and song. An interactive workshop where participants are welcome to sing, dance, create community, smile, and share from their own experience. *No Instruments will be used during this session*
Short pieces of texts are often used to prove a point, taken out of context. But do they really prove the points we want them to? In this session we will examine and re-contextualize some of the texts that are often quoted when talking about inclusion of people with special needs. The texts can be both helpful and challenging, allowing for honest conversations about the topic.
How does a culturally or ethnically identified Jew navigate her or his identity while living 'outside' Jewish and Gentile communities? This class explores the provocative and often very isolating experiences of Jews who identify culturally with Judaism but don't have the knowledge or motivation to feel comfortable participating in Jewish life. We will explore specifically the research I did at UVa on Jewish students who feel lost within both UVa's WASP-centric culture and its Jewish community.
Storyteller Marc Young uses the ancient Jewish legend of the Golem to illuminate a young woman's struggle to overcome a dangerous eating disorder. The performance will be followed by a discussion of how family and friends can help their loved ones deal with ED.
What roles can the Jewish media in Philadelphia play to best support Jewish life? How can a community with divergent views on many subjects be best represented in both a Federation-owned publication and an independent website? How is the fast-changing world of online journalism — and of Jewish life — influencing the way local Jewish media cover our community? Come meet the editor of the Jewish Exponent, Editor of The Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey and the publisher of the Philadelphia Jewish Voice to get their perspectives and to ask some tough questions of your own.
This session focuses specifically on ELItalks (short videos with the central themes of Jewish literacy, Jewish religious engagement, peoplehood, with Israel at the center, any combination of those three) that have ties to education and leadership that can be applied to all stakeholders in schools. Join Miriam Brosseau as she leads discussion about how each talk’s theme or big idea impacts education and leadership and how these ideas can be shared and implemented in your own community.
The author will present her novel, 94 Maidens; the story of a group of schoolgirls struggling to stay alive in Nazi-occupied Poland, a young family playing a perilous game of cat and mouse with the Nazis in the final days of Hitler’s Berlin, and an American TV personality who gains access to sealed Nazi documents and unravels it all. She will also discuss her mission to gather what may be the last testimonials and show how she has made them easily accessible on the web for use in any classroom.
What is Soulful Jewish Education? Aryeh Ben David founded Ayeka because Jewish education too often focuses exclusively on conveying information. For Ayeka, the larger goal of learning Jewish wisdom is to affect and change us. We will demonstrate how to move from information to transformation by focusing on the MOST fundamental question in Judaism--one that is almost never asked.
Ever feel like some of your best moments at a conference were those conversations in the hall between sessions, or unplanned discussions during lunch? LimmudPhilly provides great opportunities for people to connect and talk about issues that are important to them. We want to find ways to promote even more participatory discussions. Come brainstorm with us about how we can add more open conversation to the LimmudPhilly program.
In this hands-on workshop, everyone becomes a songwriter. Mama Doni and her live band will show early childhood educators a variety of ways to create their own original Jewish music for their classrooms. We will celebrate our Jewish culture (holidays, food, traditions, Torah, Yiddish words) through a method of “dipping” everything in our world into the “Jewish Bucket." We will explore easy and exciting musical ways to do this in your classrooms.
