Ha'aretz has a totally bizarre report on
Limmud, Britain's annual 5-day 'festival of Jewish learning' which concludes today. Bizarre, because although Limmud
is supposed to be leaning liberal, from
Ha'aretz's description it comes across as a total sex-fest. You'd never know there were more than 750 sessions led by some of the leading activists, academics, media personalities and religious figures in the world. In
Ha'aretz's account, the sessions seem to range from discussions of anal sex to talks about how to discuss sex with your children. Heck, this is how they describe the "hundreds" (actually, 1,800) of Jewish participants:
"adults and youngsters, men and women, Orthodox, Reform and secular, emphatically modest and astoundingly sexy..."
'Astoundingly sexy'? Are these Brits we're talking about? (Just kidding....) Since when is 'modest' the polar opposite of 'sexy'? And is
Ha'aretz a broadsheet or a tabloid?
In any case, if there are any Bloghead readers out there who went to Limmud, we want to hear from you. Was this year a success? Who were the really good speakers? Drop us a line!
