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LimmudFest New Orleans 2016

*All sessions are temporarily scheduled for Friday at 5:00 p.m. Check back in mid-February for the real schedule.

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9:00am CDT

Conservative Shabbat Morning Service Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary Orthodox Shabbat Morning Service Gates of Prayer -- Library Shabbat Contemplative Prayer Service Gates of Prayer -- Room 13

10:00am CDT

MagneticShul: A Shabbat Experience for Young People Gates of Prayer -- Room 12 Reform Shabbat Morning Service Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room

10:45am CDT

Shabbat Sing-Along with Rabbi Judy Caplan Ginsburgh Gates of Prayer -- Room 12

11:45am CDT

Shabbat Lunch Gates of Prayer -- Social Hall

1:00pm CDT

From Shalom Aleichem to Birkat Hamazon and Everything In Between: Enhancing your Home Practice Through Song Gates of Prayer -- Room 13 Soil and Soul in New Orleans: The Importance of Soil in Urban Farming and in Jewish Thought Gates of Prayer -- Board Room Passover Cooking for All Ages: Shabbat Friendly Gates of Prayer -- Room 12 Scotch, Schnapps, Shul and a Vort Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge Changing the World with the "Social Action Wheel" Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary Dreaming in Jewish: Imagination and the "World of Formation" Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room Addressing Fear: The Hidden Hope in "Adon Olam" Gates of Prayer -- Room 3 So You Fell Asleep During Services - Do You Still Count For a Minyan (And Other Neglected Texts That Are Loaded With Jewish Values!) Gates of Prayer -- Library

2:30pm CDT

“But I Don’t Want to Go to Sunday School!” – Cultivating Jewish Identity Outside the Walls of the Synagogue Gates of Prayer -- Room 13 Not Your Bubby's Bubby: Grandparenting in the Age of Facebook and Pokemon Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge A Pinch of This and a Dash of That: Exploring Jewish Cookbooks and Family Recipes Gates of Prayer -- Board Room An Improbable Hope: Can Two Women’s Friendship Offer Clues to Solving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Gates of Prayer -- Room 12 Fall and Rise of the Jewish South: Did You Save Your Dixie Kiddish Cups? Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room Walking the Path of the Jewish Mystic: How to Expand your Awareness and Transform your Life Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary It’s All Relative: King David’s Relationships with Michal, Jonathan, and Batsheva Gates of Prayer -- Library

4:00pm CDT

Rabbi, Rabba, Maharat, Morateinu : Orthodox Women Breaking New Ground in Jewish Religious Leadership Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room Creating a Sustainable and Joyous Passover Gates of Prayer -- Board Room From ISIS to BDS: How Financial and Energy Markets Shape Political Movements Gates of Prayer -- Room 13 Defend the Poor and Fatherless, Do Justice to the Afflicted and Needy: Jews and Criminal Justice in New Orleans and the South Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary Into the Wilderness: Bentonville, Arkansas, and the "Walmart Jews" Gates of Prayer -- Room 12 Yoga for the Jewish Soul Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge Three Patriarchs Walk into a Bar: A Humorous Look At the Ill Effects of Testosterone in the Book of Genesis Gates of Prayer -- Library

5:15pm CDT

Modern Yiddish Poetry: A Bridge to the World Gates of Prayer -- Room 12 "An Old Jewish Man Goes to Gan Eden and Gehinnom": A Play Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary What's Black and White and Jewish All Over? The Journalistic Ethics, the Pitfalls, and the Fun of Covering the Southern Jewish Tribe for a Quarter-Century Gates of Prayer -- Room 13 Infertility: Ancient Curses, Modern Blessings Gates of Prayer -- Adult Lounge Chocolate and the Jews – A Mostly Sweet Story Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room Blacks, Jews, and Civil Rights in New Orleans: A Complicated History Gates of Prayer -- Library Esther's Story: Two Versions of Purim Gates of Prayer -- Board Room

6:30pm CDT

Shabbat Mincha Service Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room

7:00pm CDT

Seudah Shlishit: The Third Shabbat Meal Gates of Prayer -- Social Hall

8:00pm CDT

Orthodox/Traditional Havdalah Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room

8:15pm CDT

Communal Havdalah Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary

8:30pm CDT

"I Am Jewish": A Spoken Word Performance Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary ABOVE AND BEYOND: The Untold True Story (Documentary) Gates of Prayer -- Bart Room