Limmud Dallas 2025

11 AM – 12 PM

Jewish Life on Campus Before and After 10/7

Heidi Coretz

Magic in the Bible and in the Ancient Near East

Rabbi Seymour Rossel

We Say God So Often-But What Does It Mean?

Rabbi Michael Kushnick

The Haggadah’s Hidden Hero

Rabbi Ariel Rachovsky

What's Your Israel Story?

Sissy Zoller

Unlock Your Authentic Self: Meaning & Purpose in Jewish Mysticism

Dini Druk

Making Jewish Memories

Rabbi Amy Rossel

12 PM – 1 PM

From The Shtetle to The Smoker: A Jewish-Texan History of Brisket

Eli Cohn-Wein

How Jewish Texts Shaped America: Prophecy and Protest

Lior Klirs

Rooted Together: Building Community Through Food, Faith, and Action

Brad Boa, Gretchen Reynolds, Deidre Cizon

Tragedies and Miracles: Embracing an Imperfect Theological System

Rabbi Ari Sunshine

When Gravestones Lie

Janette Silverman

Jewish Identity, Diversity, and Narratives

Joshua Mitchell-Arbital

Five Levels of the Soul According to Kabalah

David Patterson

1 PM – 2 PM

A Taste of Sefarad: Sephardic Recipes and Culinary Texts in America

Nathalie Ross

Beauty, Ugliness and Confrontation: A Group Analysis of a Deeply Misunderstood Talmudic Story

Rabbi Nasanya Zakon

Confronting Contemporary Antisemitism

Dr. Ayal Feinberg

Five Questions that Keep the Rabbi Up at Night

Rabbi Adam Roffman

Situational Awareness Training

Roy Gray

Teaching Israel in a New Reality: Strategies for a Changing World

Orly Fass

Racial Equity, DEI, Jewish Identity: What Does this All Mean?

Leili Herlinda Davari

2 PM – 3 PM

G-d is in my Teacup: How a Zen Tea Ceremony Can Strengthen Our Connection to Judaism & G-d

Adam Meyer

Solving for Belonging

Melissa Friedensohn

The Other Jewish Language: Ladino

Rachel Bortnick

Uncovering Your Own History’s Mysteries

Beri Kaplan Schwitzer

How to Win Hearts and Change Minds: Combatting Antisemitism

Alex Horn

Where Faith Meets the Future: The Impact of AI on Religion

Andrew Bloom

3 PM – 4 PM

Elijah at Mt. Sinai – Religious Success or Moral Failure?

Rabbi Andrew Paley

From Oy to Joy: Combating Antisemitism on Campus

Abbii Cook

In a Single Moment

Rabbi Neal Katz

Jewish Values to Live By – What REALLY defines how you live!

Laura Seymour

Meaningful Approaches to Individual and Family Tzedakah

Megan Hyman & Emily Hargrove

Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Transformative Paradigm for the World

Zvi Drizin

The Jewish Mafia: A Journey Through History and Identity

Justin Waldrip