previous J-TED talks
At our April 2016 J-TED night
Robert Rinder, a criminal barrister, star of ITV’s premier show ‘Judge Rinder’.
Judge Robert Rinder, a criminal barrister, who stars on ITV’s premier show ‘Judge Rinder’ - a reality TV court show (similar to Judge Judy in the US). For anyone who has not seen his show, Rob is an amazing TV personality and brings his wit and judgement to decide on a variety of legal cases including disputes over consumer issues and business, personal, neighbourhood disputes! The show is very entertaining and informative. Rob will speak to us about his career, Jewish identity and how he deals with being a recognisable face in the UK!
At our Feb 2016 J-TED night
Michal Banai - actress
Improvisational theatre is a form of theatre where most or all of what is performed is created at the moment it is performed. In its purest form, the dialogue, action, story, and characters are created collaboratively by the players on the spot without use of an already prepared, written script.
When it's good, it seems like magic. As an actress performing mainly in Improvised comedy I have been dealing on a daily basis for the past decay with the question of why it is so hard for us to “improvise” on our day to day life? Why is it so hard for us to just say what’s on our mind, why do we get “stuck” when we’re put on the spot and why can’t we just be ourselves without judging everything we want to say before it comes out of our mouth?
In her talk Michal will present a few improvisation rules, that if you stick to in real life you might find communication and creativity come much easier than usual.
Jeremy Langford - Glass Artist and Sculptor
Jan 2016
An evening on Art, Spirit and life BEFORE death.
Jeremy Langford (Born London, England, 1956) is a British/Israeli glass sculptor and designer. He is the son of British/Israel television director and producer Barry Langford. Major works of his include monumental glass installations at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the ancient tomb of the Matriarch Rachel in Bethlehem, three massive sculptures for the Trump International Towers at Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, and the new Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jerusalem.
Langford is also trained in Classical Homeopathy, natural medicine and is an expert on the use of sound in order to facilitate changed and beneficial states of consciousness. The main tool he uses to study and experience higher states of consciousness is the isolation tank (floatation tank). He has been known to do extended float sessions in order to tap into his own creativity.
At our Dec 2015 J-TED night
Ray O'brien - about his talk:
Mid week I had a voice in me saying to me 'Raymond, you are going to die' . The following Sunday I had my first Near Death Experience (NDE) in the back of an ambulance and an ER room, not once but in total ten times in the space of an hour.
I recovered from the cardiac arrests ,but I realized I came back from the other side with more than I had left with.
I was at the Cardiac Rehab Center for a check up and was asked about that night by one of the Cardiac Sisters ,I told her I came back with a tool of 'seeing' , 'what is this tool and what do you see' she asked , 'I see cancer sometimes' I replied. 'Do I have cancer Raymond?', she asked, I was stunned by this question because clearly I could 'see it' it in her, 'yes you do' I replied.
From this moment I was asked did I want to work on the chemo-unit here to help those who have a fear of death, it was on this chemo-unit that realized what I needed to do in life. The interview for the post of Healer was very interesting to say the least!.
The learning continued as people got to know about me, I was getting very busy at the hospital ,those who were there that night of my death in the ER room would tell me about what had happened, some of the events were and I quote 'bizarre' .The life changes these experiences have brought to me are incredible, almost to a point of self actualization and I shall go into much much more detail at the talk.
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