Limmud conference

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

Zionist youth movements celebrate Lviv roots with over 900 Ukrainian Jews

"Lviv is one of the most important cities in the Jewish history, and in particular in the Zionist history."

NOVEMBER 13, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF

Zionist Youth Movements in the Lviv Opera with Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovoy (back row, center left) and Limmud FSU Founder Chaim Chesler (back row, center right.

Limmud FSU honors Edgar Bronfman at New Jersey conference

Video tributes included messages from former Israeli President Shimon Peres, Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein as well as opposition leader Isaac Herzog.

APRIL 3, 2016ByDANIELLE ZIRI

Limmud FSU International Steering Committee Chair and philanthropist Matthew Bronfman speaking at tonight's tribute to his father, Edgar Bronfman.

Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons raps dialogue at first ever West Coast Limmud FSU event

Def Jam founder Russell Simmons and Rabbi Marc Schneier talk Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and why Trump won’t win presidency.

JANUARY 31, 2016ByLAURA KELLY

Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons arrives at the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar party

Promoting Jewish identity and dialogue to strengthen Israel

A dialogue with philanthropist and social activist Matthew Bronfman.

NOVEMBER 12, 2015BySAM SOKOL

Limmud remembers Rabin

NOVEMBER 5, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF

Hundreds attend Limmud South Africa conference in Johannesburg

David Bilchitz, chair of Limmud International, and Chaim Chesler, chair of Limmud FSU were among those who officiated the event.

AUGUST 4, 2015ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

In the photo(left to right) : David Bilchitz- Chair of Limmud Intl. , Chaim Chesler – Chair of Limmud FSU ,and local Limmudnikit.

Rekindling the Jewish flame

Limmud FSU has helped Russian-speaking Jews develop Jewish awareness and identity following the dark Soviet era in which they were cut off from their roots.

JUNE 22, 2015ByCHAIM CHESLER, SANDRA CAHN

Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chessler, center with cake, together with secretarygeneral Diane Wohl and participants at Limmud FSU Art Jerusalem in 2012.

‘Let My People Know!’

The 30,000 Russian-speaking Jews who have participated in Limmud FSU worldwide are evidence of the success of our mission to redress the consequences of 70 years of Communist repression.

JUNE 22, 2015ByAARON FRENKEL, DIANE WOHL, MATTHEW BRONFMAN