Yachad at Limmud 2025

We are pleased to be running some of our sessions with our valued partners New Israel Fund UK, Standing Together, and Breaking the Silence.

Email us at info@yachad.org.uk if you have any queries about our sessions, and find out more about Limmud Festival by clicking here.

Sunday 14:40 – British Jewish youth movements and their changing relationships to Israel-Palestine

With Dalia Blass, Yachad Youth and Student Worker

Join Yachad for a discussion with movement workers/madrichim/ot from several British Jewish youth movements. We’ll consider how each movement approaches Israel-Palestine education and how/why this is changing.

Sunday 18:40 – Ask a Palestinian

With Eliah Levin, Angela Mattar, and Atira Winchester

In this open Q&A, activist Angela Mattar (Standing Together) shares personal stories and insights into Palestinian society, culture and daily life.

Sunday 21:20 – Breaking the Silence

With Luiz Aberbuj and Inbal Morag

Lecture on the IDF’s methods of control in the Palestinian territories, Breaking the Silence’s founding and goals.

Monday 10:40 – Israeli Activism

With Eliah Levin, Luiz Aberbuj, Inbal Morag, Angela Mattar, and Atira Winchester

What does it take to spark real change? Activists from Breaking the Silence and Standing Together share lessons from global protest movements, what’s affective, the challenges of the Israeli context, and how civil disobedience fits into the activist toolkit.

Monday 12:00 – Israeli and Palestinian activism on university campuses

With Dalia Blass, Inbal Morag, Eliah Levin, and Angela Mattar

Join Yachad in conversation with Standing Together and Breaking the Silence to find out about the campus activism of Israelis and Palestinians.

Monday 16:00 – From trauma to a viable future

With Magen Inon, Eliah Levin, Angela Mattar, and Atira Winchester

How can societies scarred by violence build a shared future? Peacemaker Magen Inon, who lost his parents in the October 7th Hamas attack, joins activists from Standing Together to reflect on trauma, resilience, and the work of building peace.

Monday 20:00 – Reflections on our Israel-Palestine trip: Hebron, the Gaza border, Masafer Yatta and East Jerusalem

With Dalia Blass

Hear from recent participants on Yachad’s Youth and Student Trip to Israel-Palestine and hear the youth perspective on the current situation on the ground.

Tuesday 9:20 – What the hell is going on in the West Bank?

With Luiz Aberbuj, Inbal Morag, and Ella Tirosh

Speakers from Breaking the Silence will unpack the situation in the West Bank focusing on the Occupation, settler violence, annexation and more.

Tuesday 13:20 – Voices of women from Israel/Palestine

With Eliah Levin, Angela Mattar, Ella Tirosh, and Inbal Morag

Israeli and Palestinian women activists Angela Mattar and Eliah Levin will explore how gender challenges authority and shapes protest, the risks and opportunities it brings, and why women’s voices are essential to building lasting change.

Tuesday 17:20 – The war in Gaza: an invitation to a difficult conversation

With Magen Inon, Inbal Morag, and Luiz Aberbuj

This session invites us to face complexity, confront uncomfortable truths, and listen across differences, with speakers from Standing Together and Breaking the Silence, and peace-maker Magen Inon, whose parents were killed on October 7th.

Join us