Limmud

Limmud LA to return in 2027 with more than 100 Jewish learning sessions

The Los Angeles festival, scheduled for Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, is expected to attract more than 1,000 participants and is accepting proposals from prospective presenters.

 [FILE PHOTO] About 500 people attended the first full-weekend Limmud FSU gathering in the United States since before Covid, at a site in suburban New Jersey, May 2022.
 Limmud FSU volunteers pause for a photo with Israel's ambassador to Azerbaijan George Deek (in center with red tie), former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubenstein (in foreground), and Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chesler (in dark suit).

Jewish festival returns to Azerbaijan, one sign of Baku’s growing ties with Israel

 Limud conference in Baku in 2022.

First ever conference of Jewish learning in Azerbaijan

Some 1,000 Moscow Jews attended the first Limmud FSU face-to-face event since the start of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, Sunday, May 23, 2021.

Limmud FSU returns to frontal programming with one-day festival in Moscow


Limmud FSU: A unique phenomenon

Over 500 young Jewish adults from the former Soviet Union participated in Limmud FSU.

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Hadad sings at Olympics ceremony in Upper Nazareth

Some 3,000 people attended the concert, among them Limmud families, participants in the Jewish Agency’s Masa program.

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Limmud to focus on Jews in sports at confab

Educational organization to team up with Israel Olympic Committee to celebrate the achievements of Jews in sports.

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Borderline Views: The original globalization

The 12th cycle of the Siyum HaShas, has come to an end, and hundreds of thousands of Jews are celebrating.

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Encountering Peace: On Apartheid

We must be a free people in our land; in order to do that the Palestinians must also be a free people in their land.

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Limmud to reach milestone with first gathering in China

Confab to debate future of Jews in the country in light of its growing economic and political clout.

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‘Grandma, you are a celebrity!’

Marian Keren relates his wife’s story of survival during the Holocaust in the sewers of Lvov.

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Limmud FSU Princeton: A profound self-discovery

Limmud FSU Princeton was an especially unique event for me. As usual, I learned more than I taught.

Mira Stroika performs

Limmud expands conference to three-day affair

More than 500 members of the US Russian Jewish community sold out the event at Princeton

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Lag Ba'omer: Celebration or tragedy?

Prof. Kolbrener and Dr. Hazony talk about the significance of the upcoming holiday.

Lag Baomer bonfire