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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.

 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).
 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

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Jerusalem in 2009.

Grapevine: Viva Italia


Former Soviet Union Jews convene for first major West Coast conference

The weekend marked the inaugural convention on the West Coast for Limmud FSU, an organization dedicated to sparking a cultural renaissance among Jews who trace their roots back to the USSR.

The Limmud FSU West Coast conference, from left to right: Limmud FSU Founder Chaim Chesler, Limmud FSU Chair Matthew Bronfman, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, Rabbi Marc Schneier, and Limmud FSU Co-Founder Sandra Cahn

First-ever Limmud FSU West Coast conference to feature Bento Box story

Limmud FSU West Coast will feature an array of prominent speakers, including Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.

BENTO BOX Animation CEO Scott Greenberg relaxes at his Burbank, California, office

Limmud UK touts ‘start-up community’

“Israel describes itself as a ‘start-up nation’ and I think Limmud is a sort of startup community."

From left: Limmud Conference 2015 Co-Chair Michael Gladstone, Limmud FSU Founder Chaim Chesler, outgoing Limmud Chair Kevin Sefton, MP John Mann, Conference Programming Co-Chair Deborah Blausten, Curator Yoram Dori, and Int'l Steering Committee Chair David Bilchitz

Sparks fly over Turkey at Limmud FSU parley

Herzog says deal comes too late, while Liberman calls it ‘dangerous’ for Israel.

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog speaks at a Limmud FSU gathering at Kibbutz Ginosar, December 18, 2015

Netanyahu meets with Limmud FSU leadership

In addition to the prime minister, the group met with an array of politicians from all sides of the political map.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Limmud FSU leadership

Promoting Jewish identity and dialogue to strengthen Israel

A dialogue with philanthropist and social activist Matthew Bronfman.

Matthew Bronfman

Revisiting Rabin’s ancestral home in Ukraine – 20 years after the assassination

Limmud FSU founder located the birthplace of late prime minister's father, even though the Rabin family thought it impossible.

A memorial tablet carrying the bronze image of Nechemia Rabin flanked by his two children, Yitzhak and Rachel

Edelstein, Sharansky call to preserve memory of ‘heroic’ Soviet aliya

Knesset hosts special event to mark 25 years since ‘the opening of the gates.’

KNESSET SPEAKER Yuli Edelstein looks at 50 historic photographs from the Soviet Jewish exodus exhibited by Limmud FSU and ‘The Jerusalem Post’ at a special ceremony marking 25 years since ‘the opening of the gates’ in the Knesset’s Chagall Hall yesterday.

Magic, demons and Judaism: what to do with troubling texts?

The Jerusalem Post

Limmud reaches the Volga

Three day conference expected to attract several hundred participants.

 Limmud FSU founder Chesler (left), Tatarstan’s Chief Rabbi Gorelik, Tatarstan President Minnikhanov, Russian Chief Rabbi Lazar, Tatarstan’s Grand Mufti Kamil Semigullin