The program is subject to change. Updated program is available at https://www.centermakor.org/event/limmudboston-fall-2026/
Join us for a day of engaging speakers, workshops, music, and activities celebrating Jewish learning and culture.
Schedule
All day in Social Hall:
- Learn about Community organizations, small businesses, sponsors.
- Support Ukraine and buy Ukrainian products. Support Israel and buy Israeli products.
- Learn more about volunteer opportunities at LimmudBoston at Center Makor.
- Exhibition: Andrey Gagarin photography.
10:30–11:00 a.m.
Registration and Welcome table
11:00 – 11:50 a.m.
- Room M8B: Rabbi Dan Rodkin: Chasidism in the USA and the world. Myths and facts.
- Panel. Panelist: Robert Leikind, Regional Director, AJC New England. Role of AJC in Jewish community leadership.
12:00 – 12-50 p.m.
- Room M8A: Martin Bodek, the author of fourteen books, which include seven parody haggadahs. He will discuss the pre-history of the haggadah, its development, and where the industry stands in the present day.He will also provide the origin stories of each of his seven haggadot, with a primary focus on his most popular version, The Emoji Haggadah.
- Room M8B: Marina Aptekman, associate teaching professor, Tufts University. Remarkable Mizrahi journey through history, theater, literature, cinema, and music and their unique place in Israeli culture. How did a culture once pushed to the margins become the heartbeat of Israel? Beginning with the mass immigration of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa and their difficult struggle for recognition in the new state, this talk follows the remarkable Mizrahi journey through history, theater, literature, cinema, and music and discusses their unique place in Israeli culture that is often overshadowed by the achievements of Ashkenazi Eastern European Jews.
- Social Hall: Liliana Glik. Anthology of the Yiddish songs and melodies. Sing along with Liliana.
1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
Social Hall: Community hour and lunch Enjoy a tasty kosher lunch.
Social Hall: Tasting amazing salads by Coral Charter. Discover creative ideas and simple techniques for making beautiful salads that will decorate your Shabbat and holiday table.
Social Hall, 1:20 p.m.: Steven Elfant: Animals and structures from air balloons.
2:00 – 2:50 p.m.
Social Hall: ???? Hands-On Challah Bake Workshop. Rebbetzin Sarah Rodkin: High Holidays bread or Rosh Havit of the Jewish household. Join us for a hands-on challah baking experience! Learn a variety of beautiful braiding techniques while discovering the special meaning and significance behind each ingredient. Knead, braid, bake, and take home your very own delicious challah!
MINI LIMMUD
2:45–3:00 p.m.
Welcome and Registration
3:00–5:45 p.m.
Presentations by Rabbi Barbara Penzner and Reb Moshe Waldoks.
Participation is available in person or via Zoom. When purchasing tickets, please indicate your preference so we can estimate the number of people joining us in person. Everyone will receive the Zoom link.
Light refreshments will be served. Program is subject to change.
MINI LIMMUD PROGRAM DETAILS
Rabbi Barbara Penzner
Hiding in Plain Sight: Finding Wisdom in Unexpected Places
Biography: Rabbi Barbara Penzner served Temple Hillel B’nai Torah from 1995 until 2023, when she became Rabbi Emerita. She is currently Interim Executive Director of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. She is among the founders of Mayyim Hayyim, co-chaired the New England Jewish Labor Committee, and served as president of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis and the RRA.
Reb Moshe Waldoks
What’s Kabbalah? Myths and Truths About Kabbalah
Reb Moshe will present a short history of Kabbalah and its impact on Jewish life. Participants will be introduced to the “Tree of Life,” the Kabbalistic “Big Bang Theory,” major Kabbalistic teachers and their descendants, and more. There will be time for questions and comments.
Biography: Reb Moshe is Rabbi Emeritus of TBZ, Temple Beth Zion, an independent congregation in Brookline, Massachusetts. He earned his doctorate in Jewish intellectual history at Brandeis University and was ordained as a non-denominational rabbi by Rabbis Zalman Schachter and Everett Gendler, of blessed memory, and Rabbi Arthur Green. Reb Moshe was one of the founders of the Tibetan-Jewish dialogue and is co-editor of The Big Book of Jewish Humor.
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