Ep. 35- Live @ Limmud Miami 2020

Of the many hats that I wear, one is my involvement in the South Florida Jewish community. Not only did I get to present a workshop but I got to interview some of the guest speakers at this years Limmud Miami including:

• Rabbi Andrew Hahn aka the  Kirtan Rabbi 
• Danny Reed- Education Coordinator at The Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach and Limmid Miami Co-Chair
• Evelyn Goldfinger- Children's Book Author, Song Leader and Drama Teacher
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• Jacob Markey- Jewish Community Relations Counsil Associate at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
• Jimmy "Yaakov Yisrael" Costello aka The Musical Maggid
• Lionel Mitttlepunkt- Founder of 248
• Luna Goldberg- Education Manager at the Jewish Museum of Florida in collaboration with  Florida International University
• Rabbi Guido Cohen- Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center

Limmud Miami is an annual Jewish learning festival in South Florida and there are Limmud events across the Jewish globe.

It's core values and principles are:
LEARNING

• Learning embraces personal development, knowledge and skills
• Learning changes people, inspires action and opens new worlds
• There are many inspirations that can offer opportunities for learning
• Everyone can be a teacher and everyone should be a student
• We encourage the creation of a learning environment in which people are able to reflect and grow

COMMUNITY & MUTUAL RESPONSABILITY

• Limmud is a community of learning
• We can achieve more together than we can individually
• We both gain and should give something back to the Jewish and the wider community

EXPANDING JEWISH HORIZONS

• Limmud strives to create collective and communal experiences, through which we strengthen and develop our Jewish identity

EMPOWERMENT

• We inspire people to be ambitious about their contribution
• We challenge people and trust them to rise to that challenge
• We see the potential of individuals and communities, and support their development
• We empower people to make choices, and provide the information to make informed choices

PARTICIPATION

• Volunteerism is a key feature of almost everything we do
• We are all responsible for each other and for the communities we create, everyone has an important contribution to make
• We encourage participants to take an active part in all we doDIVERSITY
• We value diversity in all that we do
• We value choice in form, content and style
• We believe in the richness of our diverse community and create cross-communal and cross-generational experiences
• We value accessibility, and aim to be accessible to all
• We encourage people not to stereotype others

ENABLING CONNECTIONS TO BE MADE

• We aim to create opportunities for communities and individuals to connect
• We recognize the strength of providing a space where spiritual, emotional and intellectual connections are made

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