As usual, I am sitting in the bar with the LimmudATL crowd, schmoozing and debriefing on the day with other ATL folks and also with various other Limmudniks--this evening we are sitting with volunticipants from Limmud LA and Limmud NY.
I have been thinking about the variety here at Limmud and have seen some things that I definitely wish to take home to the ATL. Examples include panels (debating the coolest and lamest phenomena in contemporary Jewish culture), "Tell Me Text" sessions (in which big name speakers are interviewed in a panel settting to reveal their favorite texts in all of Jewish literature), interview sessions (Deborah Lipstadt being asked what are the ten quotes from Jewish literature that best define her Jewish identity), Jewish comedy, sampler sessions (an hour featuring a song or a joke by ten of the week's most exciting arts entertainers), and films. I have really enjoyed going to movies when my attention span can't handle a lecture. The variety here helps to keep my attention and allows different indiviuals to find a session that suits their interests. No one really feels that they are compromising during a time slot-- no one is forced to do anything but what they choose.
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