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.

|ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA
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

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

|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."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Jerusalem in 2009.

Grapevine: Viva Italia

Italy's 74th Republic Day was marred by the impact of coronavirus.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Borderline Views: Critical friends of Israel

If the recent JPR Institute of London survey is any indication, it seems one can be both pro-Israel and pro-peace.

AUGUST 2, 2010ByDAVID NEWMAN
The Jerusalem Post

Bringing popular study seminar to Russian-speakers

The Jerusalem Limmud Festival opens on Wednesday.

JULY 19, 2010ByGIL STERN STERN SHEFLER
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Jerusalem Limmud FSU event to highlight Nobel prize theme

Jewish learning festival for Russian speakers follows successful events in Ukraine, Moscow.

MAY 6, 2010ByJONAH MANDEL
The Jerusalem Post