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UID:pretalx-limmud-2026-JT7XTW@programm.limmud.de
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DESCRIPTION:Can a video game be Jewish? It sounds like the setup to a joke 
 — but it's actually one of the more interesting questions you can ask ab
 out contemporary culture.\nMillions of people encounter Jewishness for the
  first time through a screen and a controller. Jewish characters appear in
  blockbuster games\; Jewish history gets dramatized\, romanticized\, or qu
 ietly erased\; players are sometimes placed inside moral dilemmas that res
 onate — knowingly or not — with centuries of Jewish ethical thought. A
 nd yet almost nobody is asking what any of this means.\nThis workshop does
 . Drawing on ongoing PhD research at the University of Potsdam at the inte
 rsection of Jewish education\, game studies\, and learning sciences\, the 
 session explores how contemporary commercial and independent games constru
 ct\, challenge\, and sometimes distort representations of Jewish identity\
 , history\, and ethics.\nWe will look at specific examples\, think togethe
 r about what we find\, and explore questions like:\n\nHow is Jewishness re
 presented — or conspicuously absent — in popular games?\nWhat does it 
 mean to play a Jewish character\, narrative\, or ethical position?\nCan ro
 le-taking in a game foster genuine reflection\, or does it risk flattening
  complexity into stereotype?\nAnd\, seriously: can a video game actually b
 e Jewish?\n\nThe session combines short visual inputs with guided discussi
 on — no passive lecture\, no controllers required. We'll close by reflec
 ting honestly on both the educational potential and the real limitations o
 f bringing video games into Jewish learning spaces.\nWhether you're a game
 r\, an educator\, a parent skeptical of screens\, or simply curious about 
 where Jewish culture turns up in unexpected places — this one's for you.
DTSTAMP:20260504T131532Z
LOCATION:(EG) Grimm
SUMMARY:Game Over\, or: Can a Video Game Be Jewish? - Uriel Aiskovich
URL:https://programm.limmud.de/limmud-2026/talk/JT7XTW/
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UID:pretalx-limmud-2026-M9ESJ7@programm.limmud.de
DTSTART;TZID=CET:20260501T184500
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DESCRIPTION:For the first time at Limmud Deutschland\, Judaísmo Pop presen
 ts the Latino Kabbalat Shabbat: a service that brings the warmth\, musical
 ity\, and inclusive spirit of Latin American Jewish communities — Ashken
 azi\, Sephardic\, and across denominations — that flourished throughout 
 the past century in Latin America. A meaningful\, joyful\, dynamic\, and i
 nteractive Kabbalat Shabbat\, open to everyone regardless of background or
  level of knowledge.\n\nLatino Kabbalat Shabbat – Judaísmo Pop\nFor the
  first time at Limmud Deutschland\, Judaísmo Pop presents the Latino Kabb
 alat Shabbat: a service that brings the warmth\, musicality\, and inclusiv
 e spirit of Latin American Jewish communities — Ashkenazi\, Sephardic\, 
 and across denominations — that flourished throughout the past century i
 n Latin America. A meaningful\, joyful\, dynamic\, and interactive Kabbala
 t Shabbat\, open to everyone regardless of background or level of knowledg
 e.
DTSTAMP:20260504T131532Z
LOCATION:(1OG) Stresemann
SUMMARY:Latino Kabbalat Shabbat with Judaísmo Pop - Uriel Aiskovich\, Dani
 ela Rusowsky
URL:https://programm.limmud.de/limmud-2026/talk/M9ESJ7/
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UID:pretalx-limmud-2026-3ZRB7J@programm.limmud.de
DTSTART;TZID=CET:20260502T103000
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DESCRIPTION:What if morning prayer looked like a walk in the forest?\nThis 
 Shabbat\, Judaísmo Pop invites everyone — dog owners\, dog lovers\, fam
 ilies with kids\, anyone craving fresh air — to an alternative Shacharit
  in nature. We'll take a guided walk together\, then sit for a few minutes
  among the trees for a reflection on the weekly parasha and on the deep co
 nnection between Torah and the care of animals.\nJewish tradition has long
  honored and protected the natural world and the creatures we share it wit
 h. This session brings those sources into conversation with the modern rea
 lity of multi-species families — because for many of us\, our dogs are n
 ot pets. They are family.\nThe session will be held in English and is desi
 gned for all ages. Dogs are more than welcome — they're founding members
  of the club.
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LOCATION:Foyer
SUMMARY:The Shabbat Dog Club: An Alternative Morning Prayer — for the fir
 st time at Limmud Deutschland - Uriel Aiskovich\, Nicole Glass
URL:https://programm.limmud.de/limmud-2026/talk/3ZRB7J/
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UID:pretalx-limmud-2026-ZSVFQA@programm.limmud.de
DTSTART;TZID=CET:20260502T150000
DTEND;TZID=CET:20260502T155000
DESCRIPTION:In 2023\, Argentina elected a president who quotes Torah in spe
 eches\, holds study sessions with his personal rabbi — now appointed as 
 Argentina's ambassador to Israel — visits the tomb of the Lubavitcher Re
 bbe\, wears a kippah at public events\, and publicly declares his intentio
 n to convert to Judaism. This session does not ask whether Javier Milei's 
 connection to Jewish tradition is sincere — it argues that sincerity is 
 beside the point. What matters is how Jewish symbols\, messianic narrative
 s\, and sacred texts are being instrumentalized to legitimize a specific p
 olitical project\, and what that means for Jewish communities\, democratic
  institutions\, and the public image of Judaism itself.\nDrawing on the co
 llective volume Las fuerzas del cielo: Argentina\, Milei y los judíos (20
 24) and the presenter's own chapter in it\, this lecture examines the dang
 ers of messianic political grammar\, the distortion of Jewish textual trad
 ition in the service of far-right libertarianism\, and a global pattern in
  which the far right increasingly claims Jewish and Israeli symbols — re
 gardless of its historical relationship with antisemitism. The session inc
 ludes original Spanish-language sources with translation and commentary\, 
 and closes with open discussion.
DTSTAMP:20260504T131532Z
LOCATION:(3OG) Bibliothek
SUMMARY:When the President Cites the Torah: Messianism\, Instrumentalizatio
 n of Judaism\, and Democratic Erosion in Argentina - Uriel Aiskovich
URL:https://programm.limmud.de/limmud-2026/talk/ZSVFQA/
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