JTalk - Does biblical archaeology prove the bible is true?Rabbi Sa'ar Shaked will talk about biblical archaeology and the fascinating information we can learn from it about the daily lives of people who lived in biblical times.

JTalk - The Incredible Story of Spain’s Secret JewsThis week’s talk will be presented by Daniel Barnett, former chairman of Limmud SA and presenter at Limmud UK and Australia. Intense anti-Semitism in 14th century Spain resulted in thousands of Jews converting to Christianity. Despite this, many continued practicing Judaism, usually in secret. Susp…

Professor Ruvi Ziegler of the University of Reading explores the precarious status of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers in Israel. Having crossed the Israeli-Egyptian border without authorisation, they are defined as ‘infiltrators’, a charged term which dates back to border-crossings by Palestinian Fedayeen in the 1950s. While Israel refrains fr…