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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


‘Let my people go!’

A look at some of the individuals embedded in the history of freeing Soviet Jewry.

LIMMUD FSU founder Chaim Chesler shows off a photograph of the hotair balloon he flew to bring awarness to Soviet Jewry.

Limmud FSU holds Jewish conference in Belarus

Founder of movement says he is inspired to hold historic conference in the "capital of culture" of former Soviet Union.

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A Dose of Nuance; From Limmud to Lapid

Jewish learning for everyone, not just haredim, part of Lapid's 'wind of change'.

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Russia-US Jews to honor Ed Koch at Limmud event

Over 600 participants to attend Limmud FSU Summit in New Jersey, where special conference will be held for former NY mayor.

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Limmud to mark Begin's 100th birthday anniversary

Limmud FSU will hold a world celebration of the 100th anniversary of birth of former PM Menachem Begin in Vitebsk, Belarus.

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Rain doesn’t douse exuberance at Limmud UK

The Conference brought together 2,500 Jews from across the globe to over 1,000 sessions on Torah and Talmud.

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A Jewish renaissance in Ukraine

Renewing a vibrant, pluralistic and inclusive Jewish community devastated by the holocaust.

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Limmud FSU St. Petersburg: Another view

The Limmud FSU project came into being to provide an answer to those many years of estrangement from Jewish values.

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Ups and downs at Limmud FSU St. Petersburg

A project which addresses educational and cultural issues, seeks to strengthen the identity and the connection of its participants to Judaism.

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Limmud FSU: A unique phenomenon

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

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