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.

JULY 21, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

[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

The June 11 event was the second gathering in under a year in Azerbaijan for Limmud FSU.

JUNE 27, 2023|ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA

First ever conference of Jewish learning in Azerbaijan

"Azerbaijan, and the country’s president, are a role model for other Muslim countries where relations with Israel are concerned," said Marc Schneier.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022|BySARA WEINSTEIN

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

Participants were delighted to return to face-to-face programming. For Viktoria, age 27, it “felt like a true return to normal life after such a difficult year."

MAY 27, 2021|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF