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Limmud Miami 2016

8:30am EST

Morning Fiesta Room 128 Morning Fiesta Room 130

9:00am EST

I Loved My Mother on Saturdays: The Storytelling Art of Roslyn Bresnick-Perry Room 126Caren Schnur Neile Is Yiddish Still Relevant Today? Room 120Saul Chapnick The Ignored Texts of Judaism: The Rosh Yeshiva & the Prostitute and Other Stories Room 115Arnie Samlan Why do Jews Pray for the Nation? Alcove SouthCharles Wallach Hold Me Tight: The New Science of Love Room 117Jeff Friedman • Wendy Friedman Vipassana Meditation and Kabbalah Left BallroomZion Zohar Jews of France: Time to Leave? Room 114Hana Barouk (Not So) Straight Talk about LGBT Inclusion Room 110Daniel Bahner Organ Donation, Brain Death, and Halacha: Educate Yourself Now! Right BallroomRobby Berman Decoupage for Shabbat Room 128Orly Romay The Musical Maggid Room 130Jimmy Costello

10:00am EST

Excerpts from Walking in Memphis: The Life of a Southern Jew Left BallroomJon Adam Ross Moses, Superman, and their Legacy: The Jewish Roots of the Comic Book Superheroes Room 120Sandi-Jo Gordon Studio Aggadah: New Ideas Lab Right BallroomSaul Sudin • Elke Reva Sudin CANCELLED: Subversive Prayer: It Ain't Necessarily So Room 126Sami Barth Making Mensches: Why Mussar May be the Most Important Part of Judaism You Never Heard About Room 122David Jaffe Nursing the 'Nach: Exploring Breastfeeding in the Bible and Midrash Alcove SouthEsther Meisels Is it a Mitzvah to Eat Healthy? Room 114Staci Shacter Writing Family History: Lessons from Experience Room 110Meri-Jane Rochelson Israel’s Energy Independence: Vision and Reality Room 124Efraim Chalamish The Social Media War (And How to Win It) Room 117Fay Goldstein An Open Discussion: Open Attitudes, Open Arms Alcove NorthJoan Schaeffer Magnetic Shul Room 128Justin Sakofs Story Time Room 130Jenni Person And the Rain Did Not Fall: What Do We Do When Rabbis Fail? Room 115Yaffa Epstein

11:00am EST

My Miserable, Lonely, Jewish, Lesbian Pregnancy: Obviously a Jewish Story Alcove NorthAndrea Askowitz God Is My Shepherd: The Enduring Allure of the Twenty-Third Psalm Room 126Andrea Weiss She Is Unclean: An Orthodox Woman & Reform Rabbi Discuss Mikveh Room 117Tobi Ash • Efrat Zarren-Zohar Decoupage for Shabbat Right BallroomOrly Romay Jewish Tai Chi Using the Shema to Transcend Fear Left BallroomAndrew Hahn SQ: Measuring & Developing the Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence Room 114Moshe Heyn Demystifying Hassidic Judaism Alcove SouthEliezer Wolf The Anne Frank You Never Knew Room 120Oren Stier When Jews March Off to War: How Should they Fight? Room 124Stuart Cohen Letting Children Lead: Jewish Parenting Lessons and Reggio Emelia Encounters the Talmud Room 110Justin Sakofs The Jews and Modernism Room 122Morton Levitt Have Fun Learning Improv Room 128Rick Dronsky Music Together Room 130Stephanie Romay Lunch Outside Tent

12:00pm EST

Israeli Dance, Rikudim for All: Fun & More than Just Dancing Left BallroomSilvio Berlfein New Jewish Iconography & Block Printing Workshop Right BallroomElke Reva Sudin NOSHtalgia: A Cinematic Kosher Journey of South Florida Kosher Establishments Room 120Aaron Davidson Tikkun Olam: A Theology of Human Responsibility Room 115Lauren Berkun Let’s Talk about God … or Maybe Not Room 126Frederick Klein Torah as Metaphor: Why Didn't They Teach This in Hebrew School Alcove NorthGoldie Milgram Adoption and the Jewish Couple: How Judaism Views Adoption Alcove SouthMichael Gold Art as a Form of Midrash: The Akedah in the Arts Room 117Sandra Lilienthal From Jaffa Oranges to Iron Dome: Start-Up Nation and the Miracle of Israeli Innovation Room 124Lyon Roth Revolution, Radicalism, and Rebellion in Judaism Room 122David Kalb Sex Abuse: A Conversation on How to Keep Our Children Safe Room 114Melissa Brail Tenements, Cabanas, and Barrios: Where North & South Jewishkeit Meet Room 110Andrew Gottlieb • Chaim Lieberperson Lunch Break Outside Tent Lunch Break Outside Tent Lunch Outside Tent

12:30pm EST

Make an Impact on the Life of a Baby! Outside TentThe Jewish Volunteer Center

1:00pm EST

Miguel Ángel, el Renacimiento y la Imagen del David Bíblico Room 117Batia Cohen Raiders of the Lost Ark: A Text Study Room 115Jeremy Barras Changing the World from the Inside Out: Jewish Wisdom for a Lifetime of Making a Difference Alcove NorthDavid Jaffe Jewish Ghouls, Demons, and Magical Things that Go Bump! in the Jewish Night Room 110Peter Eckstein Contemplation: Beyond Mindfulness Room 122Mitchell Chefitz Niggun and Singing Workshop Left BallroomNoah Aronson Power, Passion, & Politics: What Can We Learn from King David? Room 124Andrea Weiss The Bible in American Politics: Is THAT in our Torah? Room 114Marsha B. Cohen What We Know Now That We Didn’t Know Then Right BallroomAley Sheer Creating the Container: Forging Intimate Jewish Community Alcove SouthGreg Lawrence Paying for Kidneys: Illegal? Immoral? Room 126Robby Berman Rockin' Rikuddim Room 128Silvio Berlfein Jamboree Room 130Batsheva Ganz Lunch Outside Tent The Abraham Play Room 120Chantal Pavageaux • Jon Adam Ross

2:00pm EST

Instant Choir Room 122Norman Cohen Falah Three Creation Stories Room 115Michael Gold Getting Better All the Time: A Timeless Guide to Awesome Aging Room 114Simcha Gottlieb • Frumma Rosenberg-Gottlieb The Paradox of “Relational” Judaism Room 126David Baum Jewish Yoga and Meditation: Engage and Connect the Body and Mind Alcove SouthArielle Shimko Mapping Your Mikvah Mandala: An Artful Healing and Spiritual Guide Room 117Judith Levitin Media 101: Reading Between the Lines of How the Media Reports on Israel Right BallroomMatt Weisbaum What Do the BDSers Really Want? When Failure Succeeds, Something Always Sticks Room 110Samuel Edelman Biblical Secrets to Business Success Left BallroomBob Diener The Controversy Over Conversion Alcove NorthDavid Kalb When Ben becomes Bat: The Transgender Experience Room 124Amy Miller Art Attack Room 128Lindsey Melnick Magnetic Shul Room 130Justin Sakofs

3:00pm EST

Jewish Film in 2009: A Serious Man Versus Inglourious Basterds Room 120Saul Sudin The Rebirth of Ladino and Its Culture: Our Lost Ladino Brethren Return Home Room 117Judy Kaplan • Rose Allen • Daniel Hadar • Mordechai Lichy Bruce Jenner and Transgender Issues: Counting in the Minyan? Room 115Eliot Pearlson Exploring the Meaning of Being Jewish Room 124Goldie Milgram Life Transitions and the Spiritual Journey to Transformation Right BallroomCheryl Weiner Living and Leaving Your Legacy: Writing an Ethical Will and More Room 122Merle R. Saferstein Yiddishkeit in the Israeli Mlitary: Too Much? Too Little? Room 114Stuart Cohen Out of the Box: A Story of Agunot and Agunim Room 126Batsheva Ganz Scaling Up: How Effective Jewish Nonprofits Employ Best Practices Room 110Elise Scheck Bonwitt • Gil Bonwitt GROW Room 128Kids Grow Staff Joogalkids: Meditation in Motion Room 130Devora Benchimol The Art of Hebrew Kirtan: Opening Your Heart to Meditation through Music Left BallroomAndrew Hahn

4:00pm EST

Klezmer is Happening! An Overview of Traditional Klezmer Music Room 124Jay Marder Mendel’s Daughter: A Graphic Memoir Room 117Martin Lemelman Between the Strong Ones of Israel and Pious Ones of Babylonia: Does Location Matter? Room 115Yaffa Epstein Kabbalah through the Lens of Tarot Room 126Kim Lerner The Power of Words Alcove SouthElla Levy Star of David Candle Holders from Fimo Right BallroomVanina Tarlovsky Jewish Diplomacy and the United Nations Room 122Efraim Chalamish The Islamification of Europe: Filling the Jewish Void in a Post-Holocaust Europe Room 120Leon Weissberg Eating Disorders and the Jewish Community Room 110Sammi Siegel Star of David Candle Holders from Fimo Right BallroomVanina Tarlovsky Whacky Music Room 128Batsheva Ganz Art Attack Room 130Lindsey Melnick

5:00pm EST

Megillat Lester: A Purim Movie Room 120 Gala Performance Outside TentNoah Aronson