Limmud

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


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

Limmud confab in Moscow debates

Gathering draws 1,000 Russian-speaking Jews for lectures on subjects ranging from anti-Semitism to minority rights.

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