Limmud conference

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

New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly at a press conference, May 24, 2012

Former NYPD commissioner warns US Jews: Protect your communities


Israel announces visa waiver program with Belarus

The decision was reached after negotiations between the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem and the government of Belarus.

THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE’S new Belarus country director Alex Kushnir lights 100-year-old philanthropist Ralph Goldman’s birthday cake in Vitebsk with Limmud founder Chaim Chesler and event performers looking on.

Bronfman: Limmud FSU deserves government support

NGO for Russian-speaking Jewry lobbies for funding, invites Peres to September conference in his hometown.

Limmud FSU leadership in their meeting with President Shimon Peres

Limmud FSU weekend in Moldova city celebrates regional Jewish renaissance

Over 300 Jews of all ages from Moldova, southern Ukraine, Belarus and Russia gathered in the city of Chisinau for a long weekend of Limmud FSU from May 23 to 25.

Participants in front of Chisinau’s Institutul Muncii Center, where Limmud FSU Moldova is being held.

Satu Mare Jewish community welcomes Limmud FSU founder

The namesake city of Satmar Hasidism, located in was is now Romania, once hosted a vibrant Jewish community that largely perished in the Holocaust.

Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chesler (R) with Nicolae Decsei head of the Satu Mare Jewish community.

Jews in Russia balance Jewish culture and Russia’s place in the world

Limmud conference highlights maintaining Jewish culture for young community; Ukraine crises takes second place at Moscow gathering.

Participants watch a presentation on making gefilte fish by Chagall restaurant chefs at Limmud FSU.

More than 1,000 Jews from former Soviet Union gather for Limmud in Moscow

The confab, which takes place from April 24 to 27, is considered the largest Jewish gathering in the FSU.

PARTICIPANTS OF Limmud FSU’s Odessa conference

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Limoud 2014, forum de la vie juive en France

Limoud est un rendez-vous unique dans le paysage juif français, le seul capable de réunir en un même lieu des Juifs de toutes tendances cultuelles, culturelles, politiques ou sociales

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