Ritual Reconstructed Revisited: continuity and signalling the future. Aka. “Ritual Reconstructed: The Online Hanukah Edition

We are delighted to invite you to take part in an online interdisciplinary symposium which builds and expands upon the AHRC funded project Ritual Reconstructed: challenges to disconnection, division and exclusion in the Jewish LGBTQI+ community.

For 2020, we present: Ritual Reconstructed Revisited: continuity and signalling the future.

Half-day panels and events will take place during December on the

15th (am) 9.30-1.30pm Day 1 of 3: Ritual Reconstructed Revisited: Hanukah Symposium

16th (pm) 12.00-5.30pm Day 2 of 3. Ritual Reconstructed Revisited: Hanukah Symposium

17th (am) 9.30-2.30pm Day 3 of 3. Ritual Reconstructed Revisited: Hanukah Symposium

To book on to one or all of the events, follow this link here eventbrite.co.uk/o/ritual-reconstructed-ritualre-ritualrehanukah-31779946231

Full programme to follow.

Keynote: LGBTQI+ Jews: impacting religious practice and social justice

Panels

1. LGBTQI+ (Physical and Metaphorical) Jewish Space
2. LGBTQI+ Interfaith Panel
3. LGBTQI+ Jewish Representation in the Arts
4. Mental Health and Well-Being : the LBGTQI+ Jewish experience
5. LGBTQI+ Jewish Intersectional Identities
6. LGBTQI+ Religious Identities in a Pandemic
7. The representation of LGBTQI+ Jewish Women and Non Binary People in Ritual Practice
8. Looking to the Future New LGBTQI+ Jewish Rituals

TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF PARTICIPANTS AND SPEAKERS, PRE-BOOKING WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO ENABLE ATTENDANCE AT THESE ONLINE EVENTS. Contact email address is ResearchUnit@bucks.ac.uk

Professor Margaret Greenfields Buckinghamshire New University

Shaan Knan Liberal Judaism

Dr Searle Kochberg University of Portsmouth

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Dr. EJ Milne Coventry University

The Ritual Reconstructed team are committed to promoting equality and inclusivity in all events and activities. All Ritual Reconstructed event participants receive equal treatment regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, sex and sex characteristics, faith/belief/religion, ethnic, racial or socio-economic background, immigration status, age or ability.

We operate a zero-tolerance approach to any delegate or project participant being subjected to harm, threats of harm, bullying and harassment, discrimination, or any inappropriate behaviour or language, and reserve the right to remove event delegates who display abusive and harmful behaviour from the symposium, with immediate effect.

The Ritual Reconstructed team are committed to equality, inclusivity and diversity and we stand in solidarity with BAME/PoC colleagues and communities.

To illustrate our core commitment to inclusivity and recognition, we utilise the Progress Pride Flag in our project materials (which incorporates the Trans flag colours, and references LGBT+ PoC), alongside the Ritual Reconstructed logo (by Wyman Babbage)  and the Intersex Jewish Pride Flag specially created by Martin DiMaggio for this event in recognition of communities who are not routinely included in LGBT+ iconography.