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9.00-10.00am 10.15-11.15am 11.30am-12.30pm 12.45-1.45pm 2.00-3.00pm 3.15-4.15pm 4.30-5.30pm 5.45-6.45pm
Monday 11.30 - 12.30pm
Getting more Jews involved in grassroots politics
Anthony Boskovitz, Yvonne Coburn
TBC
Al Qaeda: Where it came from and what it is today?
Adam Goodvach
Al Qaeda is a term few knew before September 11 and few have been able to clearly explain since the invasion of Afghanistan late 2001. This session will look at where it came from, how it morphed and ended up, today, amongst the hills of the Pakistan/Afghan border.
Bar Mitzvah: Preparing the Soil
Kim Gotleib
This interactive session will set the framework of the Bar Mitzvah experience, while exploring questions, stories, strategies and creative possibilities which you may want to include in your Bar Mitzvah experience - whatever your role is within the family.
Jewish Environmental Sustainability, and in Israel
Benjy Maor
Be it the "hottest" current trend or the most imminent threat humankind faces today (alongside international terror) - stopping global warming and sustaining the environment are issues that Jewish values and commandments relate to as far back as the Creation story, and are areas in which the State of Israel is a true light unto the nations through innovations and technologies being developed and implemented.
Women of Valour
Rachel Trugman
We will become inspired by the stories of little known Jewish Women who held the reigns of empires in the palm of their hands and gently but firmly changed the course of history.
Engaging with Australia's Indigenous Population
Gary Samowitz
Derech Eretz began in 2005 and has proven to be a very successful Jewish-Aboriginal partnership. Groups of Jewish university students have been going to a remote Aboriginal community called Toomelah where they spend a week running school holiday activities for the kids and learning about the issues facing Australia’s indigenous population. This session will explain how this amazing program works, as well as exploring relations between Jews and Aboriginals in Australia.
Cutting thought the fog
Ehud Yari
TBC
2020 Vision : The Major Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Sydney Jewish Community in the next decade
Gary Eckstein, Noteh Glogauer, Robin Margo, Peter Philippsohn, Jill Segal
Our community is facing challenges such as an ageing population, housing affordability in “Jewish suburbs”, the rising cost of day schools, inter-marriage, assimilation, security risks and so forth. Yet there are also opportunities and new initiatives being established. Come and hear the big picture perspective from some of the key leaders in our community.
Global Antisemism
Jeremy Jones, Emanuele Ottolenghi
TBC
Teaching Jewish Languages in Australia
Jennifer Dowling, Rachel Elior, Adi Halevi, Harry Oppenman, Ghil'ad Zuckermann
This panel will discuss how Jewish languages – e.g. Israeli (a.k.a. “Modern Hebrew”), Hebrew (e.g. Biblical Hebrew), Yiddish, Ladino (a.k.a. Judeo-Spanish) – are taught at primary, secondary and tertiary institutes of education throughout Australia. We shall touch upon questions such as: Should there be a clearer distinction between Israeli and Hebrew? What should be our aims when teaching Israeli, e.g. should we teach "proper" Hebrew grammar or Israeli as it is actually spoken in Israel? Are the examinations appropriate? What is the future of Yiddish teaching in Australia?
The Evolution of The Flood Narrative: From Babylon to Canaan
Idan Dershowitz
TBC
Terror, Cults and Mind Control
Raphael Aron
There is increasing evidence that terrorist organizations are using mind control techniques similar to those used by religious cults in order to recruit and radicalize young idealistic people to their cause. This dramatic presentation examines recent research on cults, terror and mind control. It covers a range of issues including the alleged connection between poverty and terrorism as well the means by which families can attempt to insulate their loved ones from the scourge of mind control. Based on Raphael's extensive involvement in the spheres of cults and mind control and by way of numerous personal experiences, he argues that under the right conditions, any person is vulnerable to the influence of a charismatic leader or powerful peer group. For parents, families, community leaders and law makers this is a frightening thesis. Raphael is the author of "Cults: Too Good To Be True" (Harper Collins 1999). His latest book, "Terror Cults and Mind Control" is due to be released in the USA in September 2009.
"Somebody Else": A literary approach to reading the most sinful Rabbi in the Talmud
Simon Holloway
Elisha ben Abuya, otherwise known as "Akher", is referred to in the Talmud as a murderer, a madman, an abettor of the Romans and an heretic. Nonetheless, the authors of the Talmud went to great pains to formulate a highly literary narrative that might serve to legitimise his teachings despite his apostasy. By looking at this narrative, we can see how the Rabbis both despised and respected this enigmatic individual, and question (as they did) whether or not we should judge a teaching by the nature of the teacher.
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