LimmudFest 2013 | Limmud Atlanta + SE: Full Schedule

Welcome to Your Jewish Community

Limmud Atlanta + SE is a unique Jewish community: a place where the agenda is set by volunteers for volunteers – by you. LimmudFest is a place where you are encouraged to be creative, take risks: try new things. Everyone teaches and everyone learns. Everyone is responsible for the experience this weekend. You make it happen. That’s why there are no participants or volunteers at LimmudFest: instead, everyone is a volunticipant.

6:30pm EDT

Friday Night Acoustic Shabbat

Sunmoon Pie (Bonnie Puckett & Michael Levine) lead this alternative Shabbat service on guitar & piano, using original & adapted traditional melodies.

Presenters

Rachael Bregman

Rabbi, Temple Beth Tefilloh

Rachael Bregman is the rabbi for Temple Beth Tefilloh in Brunswick, GA. Rachael earned Smicha at Hebrew Union College in New York as well as an Education Master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has served as a chaplain candidate in the US Navy, studied at Pardes... Read More →

Michael Levine

Musician/ Music Producer, Watertown Studios

Michael Levine is a man of many hats (to cover his elegantly shaved head). As a singer-songwriter, he has released 4 CDs and has opened for acts such as Dave Matthews Band, Counting Crows and many others. As a record producer, he has won national awards and runs Watertown... Read More →

Sunmoon Pie

Band, Sunmoon Pie

Sunmoon Pie is an Atlanta-based Jewish music group, writing a blend of spiritual yet often quirky songs that explore the human condition through the lens of Jewish & Kabbalistic themes. They serve as music leaders of the alternative Shabbat services at Ahavath Achim (AA) Synagogue... Read More →

Bonnie Puckett

Friday August 30, 2013 6:30pm - 7:15pm EDT
Lakeside Pavilion

Prayer, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes.

AV Sound only
Special Instructions Private Speaker with Mic - Remote Location. Can provide own PA if needed.
Tags Music

9:15pm EDT

Tisch

Join this joyous celebration of Shabbat: rich with storytelling, nigunim, and refreshments.

Presenters

Karmi Ingber

The Kehilla & Young Kehilla

Karmi Ingber is a renowned eclectic rabbinic figure & popular keynote speaker. His lectures are inspiring experiences: merging humor, stories & drama with deep life lessons. In Israel he trained over 300 rabbis to be community leaders worldwide. Karmi is also an experienced therapist... Read More →

Friday August 30, 2013 9:15pm - Saturday August 31, 2013 12:00am EDT
Mountainside Dining

Prayer, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes.

Tags Spirituality

9:30am EDT

Hebrew Kirtan Shabbat Chanting Service: Meditative Chanting & Prayer

Sunmoon Pie (Bonnie Puckett & Michael Levine) lead this meditative Shabbat service influenced by an ancient form of chanting in yoga traditions called kirtan. Saturday morning prayers are adapted to Hebrew mantras. Through repetition and singing, one can enter meditative states of devotion and connection to the Divine. Upbeat sections of the service can even inspire joyful dancing and clapping!

Presenters

Michael Levine

Musician/ Music Producer, Watertown Studios

Sunmoon Pie

Band, Sunmoon Pie

Bonnie Puckett

Saturday August 31, 2013 9:30am - 11:30am EDT
Lakeside Pavilion

Prayer, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes.

11:40am EDT

Community Kiddush & Singing

We are trying something new this year- a community gathering for Kiddush and song, pre Shabbat Lunch. Let's enjoy the beauty of Shabbat together.

Saturday August 31, 2013 11:40am - 12:00pm EDT
Main Dining

Prayer, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes.

1:15pm EDT

Shabbat After Lunch Celebration

CANCELLED. See Karmi Ingber's other session instead. Continue the ruach of Shabbat by enjoying extended Shabbat lunchtime prayer, singing, and community with Karmi Ingber.

Presenters

Karmi Ingber

The Kehilla & Young Kehilla

Saturday August 31, 2013 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
Mountainside Dining

Prayer, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes. | Updated, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes.

4:15pm EDT

Mincha

Saturday August 31, 2013 4:15pm - 4:35pm EDT
Spiritual Center

Prayer, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes.

4:15pm EDT

Shabbat Alternative Body-Mind-Spirit Service: Torah Yoga; Jewish Meditation; Jewish Chanting

The body is the "house" of the spirit. Drawing from Hatha Yoga poses and deep breathing, join Mitch Cohen, Steve Gold and Michael Levine as they guide participants to personally experience the weekly Torah portion through gentle movement (led by Mitch), Jewish meditation (led by Steve) and Jewish chanting (led by Michael).

Neshama can mean breath / spirit - the breath of life (nishmat chaim) breathed by G-d into Adam. Celebrate Shabbat, nourishing your Neshama with the wisdom of Torah through the body-mind-spirit experience.

No prior Yoga experience required - just bring a Yoga mat, a thick blanket and optional Yoga blocks.

Presenters

Mitch Cohen

Neshama Interfaith Center

Mitch Cohen is the spiritual leader of Congregation Shalom B’Harim in Dahlonega, GA, a progressive, post-denominational congregation of 50 families from across North Georgia. Mitch is also a certified Life Coach and a 200-hour certified Hatha Yoga teacher. He teaches Torah Yoga... Read More →

Steven Gold

Founder/Director, Yoga and Judaism Center

Steven J. Gold, BA Antioch College, Philosophy and Religion; JD Emory Law School, is the founder/director of the Yoga and Judaism Center in Atlanta, GA and the author of Yoga and Judaism (2007), Ivri: The Essence of Hebrew Spirituality (2010), and other books. He has been an initiate... Read More →

Michael Levine

Musician/ Music Producer, Watertown Studios

Saturday August 31, 2013 4:15pm - 5:30pm EDT
Mountainside Pavilion

Hands-on-Experience, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes. | Prayer, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes. | Recreation, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes.

AV No AV required
Noise Level Not overly loud
Preferred Venue Outdoor Pavilion, Sukkah
Tags Health, Spirituality

9:30pm EDT

Who Shall Live...?: A Dramatic Reading For Erev Selichot

At Selichot we prepare ourselves for the spiritual journey of the High Holidays. "Who Shall Live...?" introduces us to four Jews from different backgrounds as they struggle with the themes and issues with which many of us are challenged as we come face to face with the words of the prayers and the realities of our lives. In these four characters we see pieces of ourselves. The reading will be followed by a discussion of its themes as we prepare for the spiritual journey of this season.

Presenters

Jeff Bernhardt

Play Write

Jeff Bernhardt is a writer, licensed clinical social worker, and Jewish educator. He is the Community of Caring Director at Temple Aliyah (Woodland Hills, CA). His book On Sacred Ground: Jewish and Christian Clergy Reflect of Transformative Passages from the Five Books of Moses was... Read More →

Saturday August 31, 2013 9:30pm - 11:00pm EDT
Multi-purpose Room

Hands-on-Experience, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes. | Prayer, Shabbat Appropriate? Yes.

AV Sound only
Noise Level Lively Discussion
Preferred Venue Indoor Room
Special Instructions Private Speaker with Amp/Mixer? Need multiple mics. Stage. Break-out Rooms. (I believe that this is scheduled for Motzei Shabbat and would be in a large room with an elevated area of the performers. Ideally discussion would be in smaller break out groups either in different parts of a larger room or in adjacent rooms.)
Tags Spirituality