Limmud Bay Area Festival 2019 has ended

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Limmud Bay Area Festival 2019

12:20pm PDT

Before the Festival Meditation - Intention Setting I Dry Creek Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Larry Yermack Hope in Times of Darkness Knights Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Mimi Micner

1:30pm PDT

Before the Festival Meditation - Intention Setting II Dry Creek Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Larry Yermack Belief, Relationship and Practice: Jewish Responses to Tragedy Ballroom B (Student Center, 3rd Floor)George Altshuler

2:30pm PDT

LIFE IN BODY: Owning My Expertise Knights Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Emily JK Holtzman On This Day in History Dry Creek Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Mila Wichter The Physics of Tennis Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Shmuel Goldberg YINSHAMA - Yin Yoga For the Heart and Soul Bennett Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Helaine Sheias

3:50pm PDT

#TVGoneJewy Sonoma Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Esther Kustanowitz Colors Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Elina Golder Dance, Dance, Dance! - A Jewish Ecstatic Dance Meditation Ballroom B (Student Center, 3rd Floor)Don Abramson Sacred Space and Prayerful Resistance –Lessons Learned by a Jewish Doctor at Standing Rock Dry Creek Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Ami Goodman Revisiting The Megillah - A New Look at the Story of Esther Bennett Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Joel Landau

6:00pm PDT

Opposites Attract - Opening Session Student Center Plaza (Outside)Jason Harris

6:45pm PDT

Mincha Services Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)

6:50pm PDT

Kabbalat Shabbat Be'Yachad Student Center Plaza (Outside)David J. Cooper • Ami Goodman

7:45pm PDT

Shabbat Dinner Ballroom A (Student Center, 3rd Floor)

9:00pm PDT

Life Coaching with Creativity Tools (mini session)FULL Dry Creek Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Elena Gold Walk With Me, Talk With Me mini-sessions: A Taste of Jewish Spiritual DirectionFULL Student Center LobbyAlissa Flores

9:20pm PDT

Women, Payos, and Beards: Bodies or Gender? Knights Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Jamie Schwartz How to Spot a Typical Israeli Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Emanuel Ben-David Black Holes Don't Suck (At Least, No More than Regular Objects) Darwin 102Moshe Elitzur Mixed Messages about Jewish Poverty: Ancient Times and Now Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Avi Rose

9:30pm PDT

Life Coaching with Creativity Tools (mini session)FULL Dry Creek Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Elena Gold

10:45pm PDT

Jews' Line is it Anyway? Basic Improv for Jews and the People Who Love Them (Late Night Limmud) Suite 4104 (Sauvignon Village)Esther Kustanowitz

7:30am PDT

Breakfast Ballroom A (Student Center, 3rd Floor)

8:45am PDT

Orthodox Shacharit Service Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)

9:30am PDT

Walk With Me, Talk With Me mini-sessions: A Taste of Jewish Spiritual DirectionFULL Student Center LobbyWendie Bernstein Lash Harnessing the Immense Power of Humility! Darwin 103Hanan Harchol Egalitarian Shacharit Service Darwin 102 The Problem of Prayer and the Face of America – The Next 50 Years Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Henry Shreibman

10:15am PDT

Walk With Me, Talk With Me mini-sessions: A Taste of Jewish Spiritual DirectionFULL Student Center LobbyWendie Bernstein Lash

10:30am PDT

Walk With Me, Talk With Me mini-sessions: A Taste of Jewish Spiritual DirectionFULL Student Center LobbyAlissa Flores

10:50am PDT

Growth Hacking to Increase Jewish Engagement Sonoma Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Bradley Caro Cook Indian Jews and their Synagogues -A New Guide to 30+ Synagogues in India Reflecting the Diverse Jewish Communities of India Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Janice Farber • Marian Scheuer Sofaer Israel: A Light Unto the Nations? Darwin 103Raphael Danziger Dead Bodies To Baristas: Constructing a Talmud For Today Bennett Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Greg Marcus Tishrei -Nisan, Sun-Moon - Exploring the Jewish Calendar Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Michal Kohane

12:10pm PDT

Lunch Ballroom A (Student Center, 3rd Floor)

1:10pm PDT

Community Beit Midrash Ballroom A (Student Center, 3rd Floor)Aviva Lauer Golbert • Michal Kohane • David Kasher

2:20pm PDT

Doing It Differently: How Progressive Jewish Movements are Changing the Religious Conversation in Israel Bennett Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Yonatan Melamed Brainfulness: A Short Guide Into the Origin of Mental Illness Darwin 102Michael Levin Speed Talmud: On One Foot, In One Hour (and 10 minutes) Sonoma Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Peretz Wolf-Prusan Make Your Own Besamim (Havdalah Spices) Bundle Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Emily Freed

3:40pm PDT

It Isn’t Just Neil Diamond Singing Kol Nidre: the Influence of Traditional Jewish Melodies on Classical Music Darwin 102Brian Wilson Believe it or Not: Spirituality discussion for Believers and Non-Believers Under the Oak (Outside)David J. Cooper Beyond the Family Tree: Introduction to Jewish Genealogy Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Dale Friedman Creativity and Pluralism in Joseph Soloveitchik's Halakhic Man and Halakhic Mind Sonoma Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Daniel Lehmann I Got Torah in My Bag, Swag: the Intersection of Jewish Literature and Pop Culture Knights Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Jenna Stein Turow Death, Divorce, Disaster: A Conversation About Loss and Restoring Our Lives Ballroom B (Student Center, 3rd Floor)Esther Kustanowitz • Susan Hamlin • David Weinberg

3:45pm PDT

Walk With Me, Talk With Me mini-sessions: A Taste of Jewish Spiritual DirectionFULL Student Center LobbyWendie Bernstein Lash

4:30pm PDT

Rabbi Bar Hallway (Student Center, 2nd Floor)

5:00pm PDT

Master Class for Entrepreneurs Darwin 102David J. Blumberg Judaism and Islam: History and Hope Bennett Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Henry Shreibman Does Forgiving Someone Who has Wronged You Mean that You are a Sucker? Darwin 103Hanan Harchol How the Zohar Re-Imagines God Sonoma Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Daniel Matt Are You My Type? Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Vicky Rybka

6:15pm PDT

Mincha Services Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor) Laila Tov - Bedtime Songs and Stories for Families with Young Children Dry Creek Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Jen Myzel

6:30pm PDT

Walk With Me, Talk With Me mini-sessions: A Taste of Jewish Spiritual DirectionFULL Student Center LobbyAlissa Flores

6:45pm PDT

Dinner Ballroom A (Student Center, 3rd Floor) Conflict Brings Tikkun: Restorative/Transformative Justice and Teshuva Ballroom B (Student Center, 3rd Floor)Noam Vered Lerman

8:00pm PDT

Let's Spice Things Up! An Israeli Cuisine - It's a Journey! Darwin 103Aliza Grayevsky Somekh Zionism: No State Necessary, Thanks! Bennett Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Jason Harris Satellites and Rockets, Explained Darwin 102Shmuel Goldberg Did Abraham Really Just Agree to Murder His Son? A Literary Reading of the Binding of Isaac Sonoma Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Aviva Lauer Golbert Israel: A House for All People? Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)David J. Cooper American Mussar Yoga: The New Spiritual Davening? Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Helaine Sheias • Greg Marcus

9:00pm PDT

Walk With Me, Talk With Me mini-sessions: A Taste of Jewish Spiritual DirectionFULL Student Center LobbyAlissa Flores

9:15pm PDT

Ma'ariv Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)

9:20pm PDT

Havdalah Student Center Plaza (Outside)

10:00pm PDT

Love Sick, the Musical Person TheaterOfra Daniel On the Foolishness of Optimism...and the Advantages of Practicing it Anyway Knights Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Mollie Feldman

11:15pm PDT

Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: Relics, Monsters, Treasure and More Suite 4104 (Sauvignon Village)Jason Harris

7:30am PDT

Breakfast Ballroom A (Student Center, 3rd Floor)

8:00am PDT

Orthodox Shacharit Service Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)

8:30am PDT

Walk With Me, Talk With Me mini-sessions: A Taste of Jewish Spiritual DirectionFULL Student Center LobbyWendie Bernstein Lash Alan Dershowitz in Conversation with Abraham Sofaer Ballroom A (Student Center, 3rd Floor)Alan Dershowitz • Abraham Sofaer

9:15am PDT

Walk With Me, Talk With Me mini-sessions: A Taste of Jewish Spiritual DirectionFULL Student Center LobbyWendie Bernstein Lash Shuk: A Marketplace of Things & Ideas Hallway (Student Center, 2nd Floor)

9:30am PDT

Happily Ever After Ballroom A (Student Center, 3rd Floor)Ya'ara Keydar Simply Sounds And Colors: Unleash Your Creative Potential Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Elena Gold Can You Dig It? New Technologies and Recent Discoveries in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel Darwin 102Alexis Boutin 2nd Beginning & the Women of the Exodus Dry Creek Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Michal Kohane Magical Halacha Knights Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Jonah Peretz-Lange

10:00am PDT

Walk With Me, Talk With Me mini-sessions: A Taste of Jewish Spiritual DirectionFULL Student Center LobbyWendie Bernstein Lash

10:50am PDT

Creativity for Busy People Knights Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Flora Tsapovsky Exploring Loss through Art Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Susan Hamlin Israeli Tech Innovation in the Last 70 Years and the Next 70 Years Darwin 103David J. Blumberg Terrarium Design: Reuniting the Jewish People Darwin 102Bradley Caro Cook Why is King David Seen as the Ultimate Jewish Rock Star? Russian River Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Aviva Lauer Golbert

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Ballroom A (Student Center, 3rd Floor)

1:20pm PDT

How Marketers Like Me Prey on People Like You (aka The Underbelly of the Internet) Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Alex Furmansky Hebrew Lettering as an Expression of Judaism - A Hebrew Calligraphy Workshop Dry Creek Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Peretz Wolf-Prusan Inter-Religious Learning, Leading and Living: Vignettes from My First Year as the First Jewish President of the Graduate Theological Union Sonoma Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Daniel Lehmann A Jewish Genetic History Darwin 102Natalie Telis Bring Back The BAN Bennett Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor) Packing for the Next Phase of the Jewish Journey : Creating a Collective List Under the Oak (Outside)Estee Solomon Gray • Wendie Bernstein Lash

2:40pm PDT

You ARE the Architect of the Future Limmud - Come Dream With Us! Ballroom B (Student Center, 3rd Floor) The Making of an Animation - Behind the Scenes with a Professional Animator Alexander Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Hanan Harchol 1969 Fifty Years Later: Peace, Love and Chaos Bennett Valley (Student Center, 2nd Floor)Jon Wolf