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LimmudFest Nola 2023

LimmudFest is back in person for a weekend of celebrating, learning, and doing Jewish.

LimmudFest New Orleans is a weekend festival of Jewish learning, arts, culture and spirituality featuring 70+ sessions from local, regional and national presenters. It is part of a global movement inspired by the idea that when Jews from diverse backgrounds come together to celebrate and learn about everything and anything Jewish, the entire community is enriched.

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5:30pm CDT

Registration Congregation Gates of Prayer Lobby

6:30pm CDT

Candlelighting Congregation Gates of Prayer Board Room Babysitting Congregation Gates of Prayer Room 13

7:00pm CDT

Conservative Shabbat Kabbalat Service Congregation Gates of Prayer Bart Room Alternative Shabbat Kabbalat Service Congregation Gates of Prayer Outdoor Sukkah Orthodox Shabbat Kabbalat Service Congregation Gates of Prayer Lake Library Reform Shabbat Kabbalat Service Congregation Gates of Prayer Sanctuary

8:00pm CDT

Oneg Shabbat Congregation Gates of Prayer Lobby Shabbat Dinner Congregation Gates of Prayer Social Hall

9:00pm CDT

Shabbat Tisch Congregation Gates of Prayer Sanctuary

9:00am CDT

Conservative Shabbat Morning Service Congregation Gates of Prayer Sanctuary Orthodox Shabbat Morning Service Congregation Gates of Prayer Lake Library Babysitting Congregation Gates of Prayer Room 13

10:00am CDT

Tot Shabbat Congregation Gates of Prayer, Room 12 Metivta-Style Meditative Shabbat Service Congregation Gates of Prayer Outdoor Sukkah Reform Shabbat Morning Service Congregation Gates of Prayer Bart Room

10:45am CDT

Let's Dress Up and Act Out the Passover Story! Congregation Gates of Prayer, Room 12

11:45am CDT

Shabbat Lunch for Everyone Congregation Gates of Prayer Social Hall

12:15pm CDT

Tempos & Tunes for the Tatteles Congregation Gates of Prayer, Room 12

1:00pm CDT

From Dream to Reality: The Louisiana Community Mikvaah Congregation Gates of Prayer Board Room From Biblical Apocalypse to US Foreign Policy In Jerusalem Congregation Gates of Prayer Lake Library Join the Brand-New LimmudFest Choir, the Lyrical Limmudniks Congregation Gates of Prayer Room 1 Adam and Adamah, Dust and Home Congregation Gates of Prayer Adult Lounge Study the Torah Portion with Your Peers Congregation Gates of Prayer Bart Room

2:00pm CDT

Shabbos Mincha Congregation Beth Israel

2:15pm CDT

What is Going on in Israeli Electoral Politics? Congregation Gates of Prayer Bart Room Reproductive Freedoms: How Jewish Women in the US and Abroad Are Fighting Back Against Dobbs and Other Restrictions Congregation Gates of Prayer Lake Library From the Seder Table to Cafe Du Monde Congregation Gates of Prayer Board Room Moses and Monotheism: What Did Freud Think about Judaism Congregation Gates of Prayer Room 1

3:30pm CDT

Strange Bedfellows? The Growing Relationship Between Jews and Pro-Israel Evangelical Christians Congregation Gates of Prayer Room 1 Understanding Trends in Contempory Jewish Life: A Guide for the Perplexed and the Curious Congregation Gates of Prayer Lake Library Leon Godchaux: A New Orleans Legend, His Creole Slave and His Jewish Roots Congregation Gates of Prayer Board Room Jewish Meditation: Building the Temple Within Congregation Gates of Prayer Sanctuary Reish Lakish and Masculinity Congregation Gates of Prayer Adult Lounge

4:45pm CDT

Reporting Live from Yiddishland Congregation Gates of Prayer Lake Library A ‘Warm Peace’ in the Middle East? Cultural Diplomacy and the Abraham Accords Congregation Gates of Prayer Bart Room Cancel Culture in the Torah? Congregation Gates of Prayer Sanctuary

6:00pm CDT

Antisemitism in the Region Congregation Gates of Prayer Lake Library The Power of the Niggun, a Wordless Melody Congregation Gates of Prayer Sanctuary On God, Changing the World, and True Dedication: Three Empowering Statements of Maimonides Congregation Gates of Prayer Board Room The Mystery of Good and Evil Congregation Gates of Prayer Adult Lounge

7:00pm CDT

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

7:45pm CDT

Havdalah and Melavah Malkah Congregation Gates of Prayer Sanctuary

8:30am CDT

Registration JCC Lobby

9:00am CDT

Israel Zangwill's *The Melting-Pot* (1908): The Play that Tried to Change History JCC 208/209 Sew...Who Knew Jews Quilted? A History Lesson and a Hands-on Workshop JCC Older Adult Lounge The Ethics of Organ Retrieval....Jewish Views JCC Grant Board Room The Ancient Synagogue: Origin, Form, and Function JCC Library It's All about the Plagues JCC Teachers Lounge

9:30am CDT

Giant Bubble Making: For Kids & Families JCC Nursery School Playground

10:15am CDT

Passover Jam JCC Auditorium Portals and Personal Symbols JCC Art Room Giant Bubble Making: Finding the Spiritual and Sublime -- For Adults Only JCC Nursery School Playground The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine JCC Grant Board Room The Sixteen Jewish Cemeteries of New Orleans, 1828-2023 JCC Older Adult Lounge Grief and Joy (and Bringing Cake): A 2023 Mourner's Guide JCC 208/209 Both/And: What's Our Southern and Jewish? JCC Teachers Lounge Wish You Were Okay JCC Dance Room It’s Rocket Science: Torah Teachings from Space Travel JCC Library Living Legacy Torah Workshop JCC Teen Lounge

11:15am CDT

Hands-On Passover JCC Auditorium Storytime Yoga JCC Babysitting Room

11:30am CDT

3D Judaica: Laser Cut Your Own Passover Art JCC Art Room The Missing Jew: Reading and Discussion with Rodger Kamenetz JCC Teachers Lounge Adam and Adamah: People and Planet JCC Older Adult Lounge Pandemics and Other Plagues: A Jewish Bioethical Response JCC Library Black-Jewish Relations Across the Iron Curtain: Paul Robeson and the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee JCC 208/209 "You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught": Tikkun Olam and the American Musical Theater JCC Grant Board Room The Map to Menschhood: How Taking Care of Kids at Camp Gets You Ready for Your Future JCC Teen Lounge Beyond the Music: Chanting the Torah JCC Dance Room

12:30pm CDT

Lunch for Everyone! JCC Auditorium

1:00pm CDT

Book Signing with our Presenter Authors JCC Lobby

1:30pm CDT

Where Does Jewish Culture and Ancestry Live In Our Bodies? A Movement Exploration JCC Dance Room Spring Holy Days: Passover & Easter – What Do They Share in Common and What Makes Them Holy? JCC Teachers Lounge Keeping It Holey JCC Kitchen To Bigotry No Sanction: Exploring the Historical Context of American Jewish Identity JCC 208/209 Ben Jaffe: My Life in Music JCC Grant Board Room Join the Brand-New LimmudFest Choir, the Lyrical Limmudniks, Part II JCC Teen Lounge Animating Jewish Community: Four Rabbis' Trip to Paradise JCC Older Adult Lounge The Pikuach Nefesh Principle: Saving One Life at Another’s Expense? JCC Library Passover Fun with PJ Library JCC Covered Outdoor Space

2:45pm CDT

Holy Ink and Climate Change JCC Art Room Laughter, Tears, Curtain: A Yiddish Theatre Workshop JCC Auditorium Antisemitism and Racism in Sports: Can Jewish and African American Athletes and Leaders Effectively Combat It? JCC Older Adult Lounge Infertility: Ancient Curse, Modern Blessings JCC Library The Kids Are All Kids JCC Dance Room How Do We Relate to Israel Now? A Mediated Discussion JCC Teachers Lounge The Music and Culture of Middle Eastern & North African Jews (Mizrachi) in Israel JCC Grant Board Room Navigating the Wilderness of Grief JCC 208/209

4:00pm CDT

Get Up and Dance like an Israeli! JCC Dance Room The Israeli "Second-Generation" in Literature and Film JCC Grant Board Room How Do We Relate to Israel Now? A Mediated Discussion (for Limmudniks who did not attend the previous session) JCC Teachers Lounge Queer Nigun Circle (Queer-Centered, Open to All) JCC Teen Lounge New Voices for Civil Rights: Treating Drug Addiction as a Disability and Empowering the Formerly Incarcerated JCC 208/209 "Enigma of the Torah": A Play JCC Auditorium The Book of Esther; Chance, Providence, Prudence? JCC Library

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Closing Session JCC Auditorium