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Welcome to the program for Limmud Oz Melbourne 2025!

Join us for an immersive weekend festival of Jewish ideas and culture, with >100 presenters and sessions to choose from.
From Ben-Gurion to bagels, Yentl to yoga, we always have something for everyone. Limmud is an opportunity for you to cultivate a personal Jewish experience and learn from presenters you might never come across otherwise.

Tickets are available here
Saturday, June 7
 

3:30pm AEST

Why do people kill each other? A case study of the first murder in history BM OzAlex Sinclair
 
Sunday, June 8
 

10:45am AEST

What is woke ideology and why is it bad for the Jews? SG.12 - Rm 7Melinda Jones Chains of dilemma: Judaism, ethics and hostage deals M1.05 (Informal) - Rm 3Jeremy Stowe-Lindner Talmudic stories: from history to literature MG.04 - Rm 1 (MPR)Jeffrey Rubenstein

12:00pm AEST

Medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust SG.10 - Rm 5Jack Green

1:30pm AEST

These are her names: remarkable Jewish women you should meet SG.12 - Rm 7Sidra Moshinsky Talmud in a nutshell M1.03 - Rm 2Raphael Dascalu

2:45pm AEST

Emotional men and proactive women - how women shape Jewish history M1.05 (Informal) - Rm 3Lindsay Simmonds

4:00pm AEST

The four sons and their stories RG.04 - Rm 11Gabrielle Shroot Ashamed to Admit podcast live SG.12 - Rm 7Dash Lawrence • Ralph Genende • Allison Conyer • Tami Sussman
 
Monday, June 9
 

10:45am AEST

Not in our community: addressing Melbourne’s Jewish youth homelessness RG.03 (theatrette) - Rm 9Leah Boulton • Dassi Erlich What’s new under the sun? Past, present and future explorations MG.04 - Rm 1 (MPR)Sidra Moshinsky • Julie Szego • Melissa Castan • Ralph Genende Whither the Jewish future? The wisdom of five daughters from Torah, Tevye and Jane Austen M1.03 - Rm 2Esther Jilovsky

12:00pm AEST

Ransoming hostages: an halachic perspective M1.03 - Rm 2Ronnie Figdor “I was not living until the day I began teaching”: A medieval Jewish woman explains to Moses Maimonides why she became a Bible teacher MG.04 - Rm 1 (MPR)Alan Verskin

1:30pm AEST

Synagogues of Melbourne: the diversity of our Jewish community SG.11 - Rm 6Alex Kats

4:00pm AEST

When are Jewish texts not relevant? SG.10 - Rm 5Shamir Caplan
 
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