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09:00 SAST

Journey to the “heart of darkness”: Poland and Rwanda Milnerton (Room 3)Richard Freedman The Holocaust via Art, as Seen through the Eyes of Talented High School Lithuanian Learners Vredehoek (Room 17)Glenda and Abel Levitt

10:20 SAST

Calvinia: From nowhere to nowhere to somewhere. A fictional memoir of a South African dorpie Sea Point (Room 20)Shirley Kantor Thank you Comrade Stalin: what Totalitarianism taught me about Community Conflicts Zonnebloem (Room 1)Josh Hovsha When those who are there to help, exploit: Sexual abuse in the humanitarian world Central Library (Library/Media Centre)Orly Stern

11:40 SAST

25 years of Afrika Tikkun: how an unpopular idea grew from cradle to career Vredehoek (Room 17)Ann Harris Why do they hate us? The roots of Antisemitism Zonnebloem (Room 1)Ronnie Gotkin

14:20 SAST

85 yrs of Progressive Judaism in South Africa – why is it not bigger than Orthodoxy? Zonnebloem (Room 1)Greg Alexander • Irwin Manoim

15:40 SAST

Perspectives from Parliament Muizenberg (Room 18)Chaya Singer

17:00 SAST

Art as protest: What happens when Jews use the crucifixion motif to protest human rights abuses – ostracism, bannings, blasphemy trial and abuse Muizenberg (Room 18)Gwynne Robins Israel: A democracy or a Jewish State? Zonnebloem (Room 1)Dennis Davis

09:00 SAST

Rescuers: How Rescuer Behaviour Can Change the World Milnerton (Room 3)Leora Kahn “We are against Anti-Semitism, but we fight Zionism as Jewish Nationalism…” Anti-Zionism in Poland in 1950s and 1960s Sea Point (Room 20)Edyta Gawron

10:20 SAST

Eyes Wide Shut: Jerusalem as a United/Divided City Central Library (Library/Media Centre)Sarah Kreimer Fake News, Truth and Propaganda Baxter Auditorium (Media Centre Lecture Hall)Paula Slier

11:40 SAST

Days of the Fall- My journey in the Syria and Iraq Wars Zonnebloem (Room 1)Jonathan Spyer

13:00 SAST

African Asylum Seekers in Israel Zonnebloem (Room 1)Yehudah Livneh The Countdown to an Israel-Iran War has Begun. A Behind the Scenes Intimate Account of What’s Afoot Baxter Auditorium (Media Centre Lecture Hall)Paula Slier Witnessing: the Ethics of Representing Refugees Vredehoek (Room 17)Leora Kahn

14:20 SAST

Difficult Past, Complex Present. Recent so-called ‘Holocaust Law’ in Poland and its consequences Muizenberg (Room 18)Edyta Gawron The Struggle for an Equitable Israel: A View from the Front Lines Zonnebloem (Room 1)Sarah Kreimer

20:45 SAST

The Untold Story about Bukharian Jews During WWII: Movie Screening & Discussion Baxter Auditorium (Media Centre Lecture Hall)Manashe Khaimov

21:45 SAST

TIME CHANGE: Dilemmas of Identity - My Personal Journey Zonnebloem (Room 1)Yehudah Livneh

09:00 SAST

Bukharian Jews and The Silk Road. What is the Connection? Central Library (Library/Media Centre)Manashe Khaimov Refugee law and policy: an African and Jewish perspective Vredehoek (Room 17)Anton Katz Up Close and Personal with Islamic State – the Deadliest Terrorist Organisation in the World Baxter Auditorium (Media Centre Lecture Hall)Paula Slier

10:20 SAST

A strategic overview of the Middle East: competing blocs,emergent processes Baxter Auditorium (Media Centre Lecture Hall)Jonathan Spyer

11:40 SAST

Healing Across Divides in Israel Central Library (Library/Media Centre)Yehudah Livneh Israel in South Africa: the political, academic, social and media landscape Sea Point (Room 20)Rowan Polovin Revival of Jewish Life in Poland Zonnebloem (Room 1)Edyta Gawron

14:20 SAST

Syria 2.0: the current situation in Syria and how it affects Israel Baxter Auditorium (Media Centre Lecture Hall)Jonathan Spyer The Four Tribes of Israel: Educating for the Future Central Library (Library/Media Centre)Sarah Kreimer

15:40 SAST

A Wider Bridge: The LGBT Jewish Experience, Israel, and the BDS Movement Baxter Auditorium (Media Centre Lecture Hall)H. Alan Scott Traces of the Past, Message to the Future. Jewish Heritage in Poland today Zonnebloem (Room 1)Edyta Gawron

17:00 SAST

Jewish and Democratic? Israel at 70 Central Library (Library/Media Centre)Sarah Kreimer “I Followed the War Wherever I Could Reach it” - What’s it Like to Risk One’s Life for a News Story – the Adrenalin and the Anecdotes Baxter Auditorium (Media Centre Lecture Hall)Paula Slier