Limmud NY 2016: Full Schedule

8:45pm EST

How to Talk to the Creature in Your Car: A Survival Guide for Parents of Teens

Please attend if you are a parent/grandparent seeking tips on how to create healthier conversations with your teen or if you want validation on the successful things that are already working. Scott reveals secrets most teens keep from their parents, giving important tips on how to help them. This talk deals with difficult issues: suicide, eating disorders, depression, and sex. Every teen wants the tender presence of a loving other & permission to be whomever they are becoming. Let's help them!

Presenters

Scott Fried

Scott Fried is an international public speaker, health educator, author and three-time guest at Limmud, England. He has been living with HIV for over 28 years, making him one of the longest Jewish survivors of the disease. Scott is the author of three books and lives in NYC.

Friday February 12, 2016 8:45pm - 10:00pm EST
Springdale

Love Relationships & Sexuality Parenting

Learning Modality Lecture

1:45pm EST

Jewish Parenting Panel: Stories of Daily Joy and Challenges

Join a group of parents, with children ranging in age from babies to adults, as they share personal stories and discuss the joys and challenges they face daily.

Presenters

Shoshana Razel Gordon Guedalia

Doctoral Candidate & Teaching Fellow, Harvard University

Shoshana Razel Gordon Guedalia is mother-of-five, scholar, teacher, writer, poet, activist, aspiring rabbi and doctoral candidate in comparative theology and law. Her work appears in Jewish papers, literary journals, academic publications, and in her online Torah. Her poetry book... Read More →

Anna Hanau

Grow and Behold Foods

Anna runs Grow and Behold Kosher Pastured Meats with her husband, Naftali. She has a BA from JTS in Bible Studies and Barnard College in Urban Studies. She has a background in Jewish environmental and food education, and worked for several years at Hazon, where she co-authored several... Read More →

Rachel Kanter

Rachel Kanter is a fiber artist who creates new Jewish ritual objects using traditional quilting, sewing, and embroidery techniques. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Jewish Museum and has been exhibited across the US and Israel. Rachel is on the executive board of the... Read More →

Bill Plevan

Bill Plevan holds rabbinic ordination from JTS and recently completed his doctorate in Religion at Princeton University on the thought of German-Jewish philosopher Martin Buber. He currently teaches Jewish thought at HUC and JTS. Bill also served as President of the Board of Matan... Read More →

Sivya Twersky

Sivya is a life long learner and assumed learning daf yomi (a daily page of Talmud) this cycle as a personal challenge to herself and in memory of her father, Pesach Levovitz, of blessed memory, who studied the daily page of Talmud for as long as she can remember. Join her in this... Read More →

Saturday February 13, 2016 1:45pm - 3:00pm EST
Grove

Parenting

Learning Modality Panel Discussion

3:30pm EST

How To Teach Your Kids (and Yourself) to Talk To God

In many Jewish contexts, especially schools, prayer is presented as words one must learn to say. How can we make prayer into a meaningful experience of connection and reflection? Join us to see the innovative Koren Educational Siddur Series, and learn about the vision that inspired it. Then, participate as a classroom teacher with experience using these materials presents a model lesson of how this can be put into practice. Learn techniques for tefillah that might help your kids (and you!)

Presenters

Daphna Bittan

Daphna is a Hebrew and Judaic teacher at a Montessori day school in Brooklyn, NY. Her students come from all over the religious spectrum, and she always looks to bring new angles of study into her classroom. She loves to learn, see new perspectives, and meet people who share her passion... Read More →

Koren Publishers Jerusalem

Sales Director, Koren Publishers Jerusalem

Books (especially Siddurim!)

Saturday February 13, 2016 3:30pm - 4:45pm EST
Belltown

Parenting Prayer

Learning Modality Interactive

5:15pm EST

What Does Judaism Teach Us about Parenting?

In this session, we will engage in text-study from the Tanach and from the Talmud to understand what Judaism teaches about parenting. We will also see the possibilities that arise from using middot as a basis for our parenting. Through all of these aspects, we will begin to define the role Judaism can play in creating joy and connection in our families.

Presenters

Elisa Weindling

Make the Connection Parenting

Elissa Weindling is a Parenting Coach who has taught all ages in general, special & Hebrew school settings. She is a mentor & educational coach & has led workshops at natl. education conferences, has written NYC’s diversity curriculum, & was cited for her affective teaching expertise... Read More →

Saturday February 13, 2016 5:15pm - 6:15pm EST
Westover

Parenting, Family & Life Cycles

Learning Modality Lecture

3:30pm EST

Beyond Noah's Ark: Towards Meaningful Art and Ritual Objects for the Modern Youngster

Jewish art for kids and young adults is often cute, but limited to the superficial.
This session explores avenues through which Jewish art and ritual objects for children can enrich religious practice, promote reflection, and deepen experience. Beginning with text study and visual examples, we will seek to articulate a vision of what Jewish art needs to be for young people today. We will also brainstorm how teachers can turn the making of art by their students into arenas for spiritual encounter.

Presenters

Adina Polen

Adina Polen has studied music, fine art, graphic design, and Jewish texts. She taught middle school, scanned rare books, and gave birth to two fine kiddos. Adina has spent more hours than is probably wise reading children's books and pondering what separates the wheat from the chaff... Read More →

Sunday February 14, 2016 3:30pm - 4:45pm EST
Glenbrook

Arts & Performance Parenting

Learning Modality Interactive

5:15pm EST

Coming Out as an Orthodox Parent

A panel of Orthodox parents will discuss the challenges of having an LGBTQ child in the religious community. How does an Orthodox parent come out to their rabbi? Should they tell their friends? If so, when is the right time? What if the child wants to fulfill the dream of Torah AND Chuppah? Parents will tell their stories and present some strategies they have used to help them cope with their own challenges, as well as help their children live as an LGBTQ person in their Orthodox community.

Presenters

Linda Barat

Linda has lived her spiritual life in the three main branches of Judaism. She continues to find the balance of living as an out parent of a gay child, loving both her children unconditionally and being respectful of the Orthodox community she is a part of. Her professional background... Read More →

Emily Herzfeld

Emily Herzfeld is a nursery, religious school, and yoga teacher. She is also the mother of a gay teen who wants to belong in the Orthodox Jewish community.

Miryam Kabakov

Executive Director, Eshel

Miryam Kabakov is the Executive Director of Eshel, an organization that supports and advocates for Orthodox LGBT individuals and their families. Miryam is the editor of Keep Your Wives Away From Them: Orthodox Women, Unorthodox Desires, a collection of writings about the challenges... Read More →

Bernard Kabakow

Bernard Kabakow is an oncologist who had a private practice in New York up until recently, was the founder and director of Beth Israel Medical Center's Oncology Unit, and clinical professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Amongst his many accomplishments, he is... Read More →

Steve Kay Kupietzky

Steve is a founding member of Limmud NY. He served on the Board of Directors, as Treasurer, and is a past Honoree. He practiced law before becoming a Professional Skater and grew up in the Family Catering Business, Kay Caterers. He owns a Receptive Tour Operator Business and is legal... Read More →

Sunday February 14, 2016 5:15pm - 6:30pm EST
Elm

Jewish Identity LGBT Orthodoxy Parenting

Learning Modality Panel Discussion

7:00pm EST

Talking to Your Kids About Sex

We will discuss the importance of talking to your children about sex and sexuality, what stops us as parents, how we can get more comfortable doing so, and the appropriate parameters to discussion with each age. The session use a "Jewish Lens."

Presenters

Bat Sheva Marcus

Clinical Director, Maze Women's Sexual Health

The New York Times called her "The Orthodox Sex Guru". Bat Sheva Marcus, is one of the founders and the Clinical Director of Maze Women's Sexual Health. One of the largest centers of its kind in the world, the center is dedicated to helping women with a wide variety of sexual issues... Read More →

Sunday February 14, 2016 7:00pm - 8:15pm EST
High Ridge

Love Relationships & Sexuality Parenting

Learning Modality Lecture

10:15am EST

Seeing the Spiritual in the Mundane

In this session, we look at how brachot (blessings) can help our children (and ourselves!) to become more aware of the spiritual in the mundane. We will learn new brachot, work with traditional ones to make them more meaningful, and write new ones for events particularly relevant to our families.

Presenters

Elisa Weindling

Make the Connection Parenting

Monday February 15, 2016 10:15am - 11:30am EST
High Ridge

Parenting, Family & Life Cycles, Prayer

Learning Modality Interactive