Kadimah 2024

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Kadimah 2024

Welcome to Kadimah!

This conference is about taking your Jewish education to the next level.

We’re moving forward, looking to the future, advancing our learning and pushing forward the conversation about what it means to live a meaningful Jewish life.

8:00am AEST

Year 11 Registration, Breakfast and Optional Tefillah (GPS & Traditional) H116

8:30am AEST

Year 12 Registration & Breakfast H125

8:45am AEST

Year 11 Introduction H126

9:00am AEST

Year 11 Keynote address by Amanda Miller H125

9:15am AEST

Year 12 Keynote address by Avi Posen H116

10:00am AEST

Finding God in hip hop and jazz HB32Rabbi Noam Sendor • Adam Starr Confronting Evil: How Australia spiralled into Antisemitism HB39Dr. Dvir Abramovich Jewish Deathcare HB36Simon Weinstein Will your Grandchildren be Jewish? HB40Arik Singer Stories from the Ground: Trends in Israeli society before and after October 7th H125Tobi Siegal The Top 5 Zionist Moments Every Jew Needs to Know H126Avi Posen From Auschwitz to Africa: Telling other people's stories (in conversation with Sasha Fink) H116Suzy Zail

11:00am AEST

11:15am AEST

How to Write a Sefer Torah H116Rabbi Sammy Brygel Enough of Jewish HIStory, let's learn about Jewish HERstory H125Sidra Moshinsky Innovation - Shaping the Future of Jewish Life HB40Tracie Olcha Unpacking Israel's Big Questions: Occupation and Apartheid H126Avi Posen How to find God in half an hour HB32Rabbi Noam Sendor Dreaming Beyond the Bible: Finding Ourselves in Ancient Stories HB36Lilach Presser How is Pirkei Avot (Ethics of our Fathers) still relevant for us today? HB39Leon Blacher

12:15pm AEST

Gett stuffed! HB36Esther Althaus Is disability inclusion just a nice thing to do? Or is it something we are obligated to do? HB32Keren Zelwer Looking at October 7th Through Israeli Music HB39Matti Borowski Unpacking antisemitism on social media during a time of war H126Avi Posen A Palace in Flames: The Midrash at the heart of the thought of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks that changed the world H125Rabbi Dr. Daniel Rose Honouring your parents H116Rabbi Sammy Brygel Pouring out change - a shiur on Women leading Kiddush HB40Rav Jonny Brull

1:15pm AEST

Lunch and Optional Mincha H116

2:00pm AEST

How to Jew H116Dan Samowitz From Debate to Dialogue: Tools to Talk Across Difference H126Dan Heller The Hamas-Israel war and the future of the Israeli-Palestinian relations in the context of the wider Middle East HB40Dr Bren Carlil Where have all our heroes gone? Who will be the next Jewish Deadpool? HB36Itzik Sztokman Cultural and Spiritual Resistance in the Holocaust HB39Dr Simon Holloway Can we find truth in other religions? The controversy that almost ended Rabbi Sacks' career H125Rabbi Dr. Daniel Rose Opting in and Opting out of Judaism: Stories from the Tanach HB32Shula Lazar

3:00pm AEST

3:45pm AEST

Optional Session: Why a land and why this land? Why is Judaism the only monotheistic religion tied to a specific place? H116Rabbi Dr. Daniel Rose

8:15am AEST

Year 12 Registration, Breakfast and Optional Tefillah H116

9:00am AEST

Year 12 Keynote address by Josh Frydenberg H126Josh Frydenberg

9:15am AEST

Year 11 Registration & Breakfast H116

10:00am AEST

Did the Jews create Hollywood? HB40David Slucki Hope meets Chuppah: A fearless approach to Jewish leadership H125Alon Casuto Jewish NameAlchemy: Transforming Identity into Art H116Simona Weinstein Keeping a Holy Home: Understanding the Jewish approach to relationships and intimacy HB39Shira Cooper-Kfir Leading in a Chaotic World HB32Adele Stowe-Lindner Unpacking the Campus Protests H126Avi Posen Making sense of evil: Can we understand why bad things happen? HB36Rav Yoni Rosensweig

11:00am AEST

11:15am AEST

Adoption in Judaism: a personal story H116Ora-Tali Korbl How to be Jewish HB39Evan Thornley Judea and Samaria, Bill Clinton and the Moshiach: The Secret Israelis Aren't Telling You HB40Josh Feldman Jewish History Unfolding: How to Make a Golem HB32Alec Sachs How can we use Halacha to fight stigma in mental health HB36Rav Yoni Rosensweig Navigating the boundaries of gender in Judaism H126Rabbi Shamir Caplan Struggling with Tefillah: Finding personal meaning in prayers written thousands of years ago H125Rabbi Dr. Daniel Rose

12:15pm AEST

12:45pm AEST

Closing session with Matti H116

9:00pm AEST

Oneg Shabbat Q & A: Answering the tough questions about Israel TBAAvi Posen