LimmudBoston 2013: Full Schedule

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Registration opens at 8 am. Learning Sessions (detailed below) run from 9 am - 4:45 pm. Grand Finale Concert runs 5-6:30 pm.

9:00am PST

Connecting Us to Text and to Each Other: Chevruta Study

Study an aggadic text about the complex relationship between Rabbi Yochanan and Resh Lakish. Who is an ideal hevruta? What are the responsibilities of engaging in study with another human being? Can hevruta be transformative? Time permitting, participants will also learn a new skill for navigating complex emotional terrain in a close relationship.

Speakers

Pearl Mattenson

Pearl Mattenson, PCC is a Leadership & Relationship Coach. Pearl's clients in the education and non-profit world become better leaders and better people--better at having the real conversations that create results, working more collaboratively and learning to thrive in teams and partnerships... Read More →

Sunday December 8, 2013 9:00am - 10:00am PST
Classroom 10

Text & Thought, Education, Jewish Identity

1:15pm PST

'Come All You Secularists, Joyful and Triumphant': Abraham Joshua Heschel

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was arguably the world's preeminent Rabbi in the 1960s. His teachings are still wise. We'll taste his delicious words and discuss them. "When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I'm old, I admire kind people."

Speakers

Paul/Shaul Levenson

Rabbi Paul Levenson marched with Heschel against segregation in the '60s, taught Jewish Studies at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, MO, taught and was Hillel Director at Northeastern University, was a congregational Rabbi for 30 years, 20 as a hospital chaplain, and is a clinical... Read More →

Sunday December 8, 2013 1:15pm - 2:15pm PST
Classroom 17

Text & Thought, Jewish Identity

2:30pm PST

Leadership: Preservation or Innovation?

What is the goal of leadership? Should leaders aim to preserve the traditions of old? Or perhaps the task of leaders is to forge a new path through uncharted territory? We will refract this question through the lens of the Talmudic passage describing the deposition of Rabban Gamliel from his position at the head of the academy in Yavneh.

Speakers

Levi Cooper

Levi Cooper is a rabbi who teaches at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies and is a post-doctoral fellow in Bar-Ilan University's Law Faculty. Levi serves as rabbi of Kehillat HaTzur VeHaTzohar in Tzur Hadassa. Levi's first book, "Relics for the Present: Contemporary Reflections... Read More →

Sunday December 8, 2013 2:30pm - 3:30pm PST
Feinberg Library

Text & Thought, Arts & Culture, Education, Israel, Jewish Identity, Social Justice, Spirituality & Prayer, Text & Thought

3:45pm PST

J.D. Eisenstein: The Most Fascinating Scholar You May Never Have Heard Of

J.D. Eisenstein (1854-1956) was an immensely learned and prolific American Jewish scholar, writer and community leader. Traditionally observant, he was also open to modern scientific, historical and ethical insights. Long considered authoritative, his standing in the Ultra-Orthodox world today has declined. Come learn why.

Speakers

Carl Perkins

Carl M. Perkins is a rabbi and the spiritual leader of Temple Aliyah in Needham, MA, and teaches at Hebrew College Rabbinical School and Boston College Law School. During his recent sabbatical in Israel, he studied the work of J.D. Eisenstein.

Sunday December 8, 2013 3:45pm - 4:45pm PST
Classroom 5

Text & Thought, Jewish Identity

LimmudBoston 2013

9:00am PST

Pearl Mattenson

1:15pm PST

Paul/Shaul Levenson

2:30pm PST

Levi Cooper

3:45pm PST

Carl Perkins

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