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Challah Hub's Challah Braiding Workshop Room 10 My Ethiopian Journey to Israel Room 13 Witnessing: The Ethics of Representing Refugees Room 12 A World of Wonder: The Religious Vision of Abraham Joshua Heschel Room 11

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My Beloved is Knocking, "Can Your Voice Come Out and Play?" Room 6 The Countdown to an Israel-Iran War Has Begun: A Behind the Scenes, Intimate Account of What’s Afoot Room 11 Creating a Future in the Shadow of a Difficult Past: Reflections on Living a Year of Jewish Life in Berlin Room 13 Always Seeking One Thing and Only One Thing: To Be at Home with Ourselves. Are You? Room 12

5:15pm SAST

Musical Candle Lighting with Leigh Nudelman Sussman and Johnny Sklar Foyer

5:40pm SAST

Orthodox Service Room 8 Partnership Minyan Room 11 Progressive Service Room 6 Syria 2.0: The Current Situation in Syria and How It Affects Israel Room 10 Sing the Night in Room 13

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Shabbat Dinner Kgotla

9:00pm SAST

Spoken Word and Storytelling from Rachel Rose Reid Room 6 Interview: From Holocaust Survivors to Darfur: An Odyssey of a Jewish Activist Room 10 The Struggle for an Equitable Israel: A View from the Front Lines Room 7 Growing Tall Poppies: Developing Entrepreneurship Among South African Youth Room 13 Mishpat Versus Mercy: An Exploration of the Nature of God Room 8

10:15pm SAST

A Wider Bridge: The LGBT Jewish Experience, Israel, and the BDS Movement Room 7 Bukharian Jews and The Silk Road: What is the Connection? Room 10 Sexuality and Sanctity: How to Build a Jewish Sexual Ethic Room 6

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Breakfast Bishop's Court

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The Four Tribes of Israel: Educating for the Future Room 11 Shabbat Stretch: A Yoga Class Room 10 The Book of Joshua: More Than Just a Sequel Room 12 Services TBA

9:20am SAST

“I Followed the War Wherever I Could Reach It”: What’s It's Like to Risk One’s Life for a News Story – The Adrenalin and the Anecdotes Room 10 The Incredible Story of the Secret Jews and Their Dream of Settling the Promised Land Room 13 Dilemmas of Identity: My Personal Journey Room 12 Parashat Eikev: Standing on a Precipice Room 11

10:30am SAST

Kiddush Bishop's Court

11:00am SAST

A Strategic Overview of the Middle East: Competing Blocs, Emergent Processes Room 7 The French Revolution and the Jews Room 12 Who Am I? Conversations on Identity Across Three Post-Holocaust Generations Room 11 Lech Lecha - Go To Yourself - Heeding the Still Small Voice Within Room 13 We Are What We Eat: The Ethics and the Pleasure of Gustatory Practices Room 10 International Beit Din (IBD) and Other Solutions to the Agunah Crisis Room 6 The Secret to Jewish Survival Room 8

12:10pm SAST

David Ben-Gurion: A Modern Jewish Leader Like No Other Room 6 Difficult Past, Complex Present: Recent So-Called "Holocaust Law" in Poland and Its Consequences Room 7 A Diet for My DNA?! Foods That Best Fit My Jeans Room 12 Defending the "Guilty": Ethical Conundrums of a Jewish Lawyer Room 11 It Is Not in Heaven: The Mechanics of the Halachic Process Room 13 The Revolution in Jewish Women’s Spiritual and Religious Leadership Room 8

1:15pm SAST

Shabbat Lunch Kgotla

2:45pm SAST

Love Me Tender: Singing the Beloved on Shabbat Afternoon Room 10 Political Islam: Between Reformation and Restoration Room 8 Sign Language at Your Fingertips Room 6 Rupture, Reconciliation and Falling Off a Roof: Stories on Erev Yom Kippur Room 7 It All Began with Eve Room 11 Three Twentieth Century Approaches to Halacha Room 12

4:00pm SAST

Israel Update: Making Sense of the Latest News Room 8 Enriching Jewish Prayer Through Meditation and Contemplation Room 11 The Secret Life of the Rabbi's Wife Room 10 Wide Open Spaces Room 6 "It Is Not Good for a Person to Be Alone". Really? Then Why Were We Created This Way? Room 7

5:15pm SAST

Mincha, Seudah Shlishit & Song Room 8 It's Complicated – The Jewish/Polish Relationship Today Room 6 Howard Jacobson: The Reluctant Zionist Polemicist Room 11 Up Close and Personal with Islamic State – The Deadliest Terrorist Organisation in the World Room 7 The Riddle as Seduction: King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba’s Unusual Courtship Room 10

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Havdalah with Johnny Sklar Bishop's Court

7:00pm SAST

The Economic Dance: An Adaptation of “As It Is” by Thabiso Pule Room 10 25 Years of the Film Schindler’s List: Oskar Schindler and His Factory, the Film Story, and Memory Room 8 Napoleon and the Jews Room 13 The Camera Never Lies? Photo Bias in the Media Room 6 Judaism in Our Backpack: Celebrating Our Judaism Wherever We Find Ourselves Room 11 Saltwater, Circles, Spices: Ritual Lore of Sephardi Women Room 14 Stories of Influence Room 7 Halachic and Ethical Reflections on Jewish Divorce וְשִׁלְּחָהּ מִבֵּוית Room 12

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Goldblatt: Behind the Lens Room 13 La Serena: A Participatory Concert Room 8 Latter Day Jew Room 7 The Untold Story About Bukharian Jews During WWII: Movie Screening and Discussion Room 12 Nahala: Circle of Remembrance Room 11 A Cocktail for Every Simchah Room 10 Limmud Quiz 3.0 Room 6

10:40pm SAST

Goldblatt: Behind the Lens Room 13 Limmud Quiz 3.0 Room 6 Melaveh Malkah Room 10 Silent Disco Room 8 Silent Disco Room 8

7:00am SAST

Breakfast Bishop's Court

8:00am SAST

Beyond Language: Art as a Tool for Self Discovery Room 10 CAP: Changing the Face of Security Room 11 Ferguson Lessons Learned: Race in America and Changing Perceptions Room 7 Healing Across Divides in Israel Room 8 Walking the Exodus Room 12 Age, Assets, and Abundance: Strategies for Successful Retirement Room 14 Cycles & Spirituality: Judaism as a Women's Wellness Practice Room 6

9:15am SAST

"Burning Violins" - Depictions of the Holocaust in Modern Music Room 11 Eyes Wide Shut: Jerusalem as a United/Divided City Auditorium Is There Hope for Better Jewish-Muslim Relations? Room 7 The Grumpy Fordsburg Chazzan Who Wrote Hava Nagila Room 13 Parliamentary Parents: Democratic Models for Governing your Family Room 10 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Cryptocurrency* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) Room 14 "In the Eyes of God and Man": Orthodoxy, Torah min HaShamayim, and Academic Bible Studies Room 8 Holy Herbs: Medicines in the Bible Room 12

10:30am SAST

Jazzanut: The Influence of Chazzanut on Jazz Room 10 Survival No Matter What: A Performance of Stella Goldschlag by Fiona Ramsay as the Blonde Poison Room 6 70 Miraculous Things About Israel Room 7 Continental Rift: African Security in the 21st Century Room 8 The Journalist and the Jailbird: It Could Be Me, It Could Be You Room 11 Twenty-Nine Shades of Green: A View on Economics from Jewish Nobel Prize Winners Room 14 Per Ardua ad Astra: Through Struggle to the Stars Room 12 My Body is a War Zone: From Victim to Activist Room 13 A History of Chutzpah Auditorium

11:45am SAST

Golden and Shameful? French Cinema Before, During, and After the Nazi Occupation Room 10 From Pride to Protest: Personal Reflections on Israel at 70 Room 13 The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust Room 6 The Comeback of the Russian Bear: Implications for the Middle East and Israel Room 8 Breaking Bones: Fracturing Faith Room 12 Limmud Shark Tank Auditorium Hugo’s Greenhood: A Young Man's Vision to See the Unseen Room 7 The Land is Ours: The Story of South Africa's First Black Lawyers Room 1 Mitzvot: What's All the Fuss About? Room 11

1:00pm SAST

Knock Knock. Jews There? - Jews and Comedy Room 8 Patriotism and Poetry: Uncovering the Story of Hatikvah Room 13 Fighting Anti-Israel Media Bias: Time for Some Honest Reporting Auditorium Women and Wellness: What Happens When Nice Jewish Girls Get Perinatal Depression? Room 11 "Future Uncertainty": Key Trends That Will Change the World in the Next 10-20 Years Room 6 For You Were a Stranger in a Strange Land: Understanding Migrants' Challenges in South Africa Room 12 Women and Ordination: The End of Modern Orthodoxy? Room 7

2:15pm SAST

Goodbye Columbus, Goodbye Philip Roth Room 1 What's Wrong with You? LIVE Podcast Recording Room 6 Jewish and Democratic? Israel at 70 Auditorium Days of the Fall: My Journey in the Syria and Iraq Wars Room 8 Rabbit out of the Hat: Getting Ramaphosa Elected to Head the ANC Room 10 “We Are Against Anti-Semitism, But We Fight Zionism as Jewish Nationalism…” Anti-Zionism in Poland in 1950s and 1960s - Edyta Gawron - (History, Politics & Society) Room 11 Parenting Modern Day Children Using Traditional Jewish Principles and Laws - David Abrahamsohn - (Holistic Jew) Room 12 The Psychology of Happiness and Judaism - Linda Saacks - (Holistic Jew) Room 13 Rachel's Cry: Give Me Children – Single Women and Birth Room 7

3:30pm SAST

Telling Stories: Literature, Music, and Astrophysics Room 12 Workshop: Making a Beaded Magen David Room 10 African Asylum Seekers in Israel: “For You Were Strangers in the Land of Egypt” Room 6 March of the Living: The 30th Anniversary Room 11 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Through the Media Lens Auditorium Who Are Bukharian Jews? An Interactive Discussion on the Bukharian Jewish Culture, Heritage, and Life Cycle Events Room 7 Feeling Emoji-nal? Using Images to Express What We Can’t in Words Room 13 Survivorship and Life After Cancer Room 8 Title Deeds for Township Dwellers: An Approach to Land Reform Room 1

4:45pm SAST

Jewish Divas: The Role Jewish Women Play in Defining LGBT Culture Room 6 Join Us on the Journey Home: An Experiential Workshop Room 10 Ways of Staying: Making Meaning of White People’s Lives in South Africa Auditorium Red Lines: the Eight Categories of Media Bias Room 7 Forty Years in the Wilderness: My Journey to Authentic Living Room 8 Creating Sexual and Non-Sexual Space Using Mikva: Does it Work? Room 11