Limmud Bay Area 2016: Full Schedule

PLEASE NOTE: All sessions, no matter the size of the box they are in, are 70 minutes long. Last minute schedule changes may be needed.

2:00pm PDT

Naming in Middle East Geo-Politics or What's in a Name?

Share your feedback !

Throughout the history of the Middle East (or is it the Near East?), the naming of places and people has been a political/geo-political act. How do these names influence our political perceptions? How and from where are these names derived? We will focus on the meaning of Palestine (it's not what you think or were taught), including a few ironies along the way. For instance, some refuse to use the terms "West Bank" and "Palestine" and prefer "Judea and Samaria" -- two Roman names.

Presenter

Dani Renan

Dani Renan is an attorney and environmental hydorgeologist/geochemist. He served in Nachal, the IDF, and studied history at Hebrew University, where he also worked as a tour guide and medic for the overseas programs. Water science, engineering, and water policy have intersected most... Read More →

Saturday June 25, 2016 2:00pm - 3:10pm PDT
Darwin 102

History & Politics, Israel-Middle East

3:30pm PDT

Israel and the European Union: A Complicated Relationship

Share your feedback !

Deputy Consul General Ravit Baer will share her insights into the relationship between Israel and the European Union, the vast cooperation in numerous fields such as science and technology, education, culture, free trade and justice. Ravit will also discuss the challenges facing the cooperation between the two sides and the EU’s political decisions that are impacting the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.

Presenter

Ravit Baer

Ravit Baer took up her position as Israel’s Deputy Consul General to the Pacific Northwest in August, 2015 after serving for five years at the Department for Multilateral European Institutions at the Europe Division. In that position, she was responsible for coordinating Israel’s... Read More →

Saturday June 25, 2016 3:30pm - 4:40pm PDT
Darwin 102

History & Politics, Israel-Middle East

7:50pm PDT

Scandals of the Talmud 2: Stories They Didn't Teach You in Hebrew School / Suffering is Precious

Suffering is Precious: Physical pain as Spiritual Redemption. There are several stories in the Talmud where the Rabbis praise, extol and even request physical pain, in order to prevent some sort of greater punishment. We will examine these stories, and explore the connection between physical and spiritual pain.

Presenter

Yaffa Epstein

Yaffa serves as the director of education, North America for the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. Yaffa received rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Maharat and holds a law degree from Bar-Ilan University. Rabbah Epstein has been a teacher of Talmud, Jewish law, and liturgy at Pardes... Read More →

Saturday June 25, 2016 7:50pm - 9:00pm PDT
Darwin 102

Religion & Philosophy, Text

9:30am PDT

What *Else* Did Moses Bring Down from Sinai?

Share your feedback !

We will look at the remarkable convergence of archeological and Torah evidence showing that the Hebrew alphabet was a powerful and disruptive new technology that Moses deployed in Pharaoh's court to liberate the Hebrew slaves from Egypt. It gifted them with extraordinary cognitive and cultural talents, and began a cultural revolution that resonates for millenia.

Presenter

David Porush

David was CEO of MentorNet, Executive Director of Learning Environments for the 64 State University of New York campuses, and an award-winning professor of media and literature for 20 plus years at the College of William and Mary in Virginia and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in... Read More →

Sunday June 26, 2016 9:30am - 10:40am PDT
Darwin 102

Religion & Philosophy, Text

1:20pm PDT

Scandals of the Talmud 3: Stories They Didn't Teach You in Hebrew School / Bruriah

Bruriah: Truth, Myth, and the Construction of the Ideal Jewish Woman. Bruriah is one of the few women named in the Talmud. More interestingly, she is one of the only learned women mentioned. We will examine the stories told about her, and ask the question - who do the Rabbis see as the Ideal Woman? In 2016, is Bruriah a role model for the Modern Woman or a relic of the patriarchy?

Presenter

Yaffa Epstein

Sunday June 26, 2016 1:20pm - 2:40pm PDT
Darwin 102

Religion & Philosophy, Text

Limmud Bay Area 2016

2:00pm PDT

Dani Renan

3:30pm PDT

Ravit Baer

7:50pm PDT

Yaffa Epstein

9:30am PDT

David Porush

1:20pm PDT

Yaffa Epstein

Recently Active Participants