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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 9.00 - 10.00am
Missionary Impossible: Jewish responses to Christian Missionaries
Eli Cohen
Jewish people often feel frustrated and defensive when faced by the persistent questions of born-again Christian friends, neighbours, business associates and missionaries. We may know that Jews don't believe in Jesus, but we are not able to give a cogent and articulate explanation of our beliefs. In this program, we examine some of the more common missionary claims and demonstrate the Jewish response based upon Biblical sources. Among other issues, we will look at the Jewish idea of the Messiah, atonement from sin and why we don't include the New Testament in our cannon.
Art Workshop: Transitions from There to Here
Limor Dekel
What role do major life transitions play in the development of our experiences? How are our views and perceptions shaped by experience and the places that we come from? How do we pass these perceptions on to our children and influencing generations past and present? I am looking forward to providing you a personalized, professional art workshop that explores physical and mental transitions in life, and the effects that these moves have on or perceptions and meaning-making processes. Participants are to choose photos of their liking, make and black and white copy on A4 paper and bring both the original and the the copy with them to the workshop. (No previous knowledge required)
The Samaritans: Are they Jews or Israelites?
Alan Crown
The Samaritans, the biblical sect which has survived until today, has often been described as the earliest Jewish sect, a view which the Samaritans themselves deny. The evidence suggests that while they developed as a sect along lines familiar to Jews, including their liturgy, literature and law, they saw their origins as biblical Israelites who maintained old Israelite traditions which lapsed among the Jews.
Women's Tefilah Service
Shelley Einfled, Jacquie Seeman Charak
The Sydney Women's Tefilah Group invites women of all ages and levels of Jewish knowledge/affiliation to join us at a Shacharit (morning) service. The service will include Torah reading and plenty of explanations and singing. Start the day on a spiritual high!
Yabba yabba yabba: A Guide to Meaningful Prayer
Kim Gotlieb
We will explore both the meaning and intent (kavannah) behind the brachot (blessings) as well as exploring the glorious structure of the service which is designed to take us on a remarkable journey towards "heightened awareness" and Oneness. You will never feel the same about Judaism. No prior knowledge required.
The Elusive Nature of Justice
Donna Jacobs Sife
The Jewish imperative to pursue justice is not always so clear-cut. What is required of us? What if justice to one person is injustice to another? Where can we find justice and why is justice so elusive? An exploration through story, Torah and commentary from Australia's leading storyteller.
Master Chumash in 60 Minutes
Jeremy Lawrence
Yes... you really can do it! This session gives a memorable overview of the entire Chumash in just 60 minutes. A fast pace, high octane session, starting with a blank page and a big bang. Great for students and educators and anyone who has ever sat in shul wondering "Why on earth do we read this stuff?" It all comes together when you mast Chumash in 60 minutes!
Iran's nuclear file: what can the West do?
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Iran's nuclear programme presents the greatest foreign policy challenge for the international community in the Middle East. Given that living with a nuclear Iran is unacceptable and a military confrontation to stop it is possibly catastrophic, what alternatives does the West have?
European Crisis
Paulus Ryanto
The protest of Husserl against German State Philosophy 1933-1943 in the form of his addresses in Vienna and Prague, and culminating in his book "The Crisis of European Sciences", published partly in Belgrade 1936. (Knowledge of some German would be useful)
Adam…Adamah…connecting Earth to Jewish Spirit
Gerry Jacobson, Ben-Zion Weiss
The Earth-human relationship "is bound up in two words Adam... Adamah..." as Rabbi Arthur Waskow explores in his book, Torah of the Earth. Ellen Bernstein, founder of Shomrei Adamah also explores the relationship these ideas of Jewish ecology in her writing and work. Our workshop will draw on Dances of Universal Peace and processes from deep ecology and social ecology, to discover our own understandings of this vital relationship in this challenging time.
Understanding the Jewish Question: Zionist perspectives and solutions
Paul Forgasz
Fuelled by their failure to achieve emancipation and the dramatic rise of anti-Semitism, Eastern European Jewish thinkers proposed a “Zionist solution” to the Jewish question. However, there was no one unified view about the nature of the problem or the solution. In this session we will examine the conflicting streams of Zionism that emerged by the early 20th century and which infused the Jewish State with deep ideological tensions following its creation in 1948.
Survivor Stories
Carolyn Jones, survivors
TBC
Deobandi Islam: Words of Peace, Acts of Violence
Reed Conaway
An interactive session on Fundamentalist Islamic influence and power. Special emphasis will be given to the agenda and behavior of Wahabbi islamic groups. From the Taliban who threaten to take control of nuclear weapons in Pakistan to the Lashkar-e-Taiba gunmen who killed and wounded hundreds in Mumbai. We will also examine a strain of extremist islam that is coming to threaten civil society in Europe, Australia & the United States. (Dedicated to the memory of New York journalist Daniel Pearl.)
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