Limmud Oz Melbourne 2025

This talk will present the influence of Jews in American Theatre in the 1930s and then show how Jewish topics are part of Broadway from Fiddler on the Roof to Falsettos. I will show a three-step process: first, Jews created musical with utopian ideals to express their desire to be American Jews, without Jewish content; second, showcasing Jewish life in that despite the challenges Jewish tradition remains; third, American Jewish life is full of challenges

The intimate relationship between medical practitioners and the development of the inhumane policies of Nazi Germany is generally poorly understood. But topic should be taught to student health practitioners during medical ethics units to product history-informed morally resistant practitioners.

Many words and lyrics by Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan are drawn from Jewish religious and Jewish historical sources, in particular, the Holocaust and the Tanach. By examining selective words and lyrics, plus relevant quotes from both ‘artists’ and analysts of their work, we will see how their Jewish backgrounds contributed essential elements to some of their most famous works. We will hear some Yiddish from Leonard and a bit of Hebrew from Bob.

Linda has been a journalist for three decades but covering the Gaza war has been different than any previous conflict. Journalists were not able to enter Gaza which made coverage difficult. Also, the home front was the same as the war front with missiles landing all over Israel. The fact that hundreds of Israelis were being held hostage in Gaza had never happened before.