We need to move beyond offering just a gateway to the Jewish community and Judaism 101 experiences but also a way for young adults to continue growing Jewishly. by Yasha Moz Ten years ago I was a university student in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Studying international relations was good, but as a local Hillel activist at the time, my most memorable education came from my involvement in Jewish life. Working at Jewish camps, going on Birthright, learning about Judaism at Hillel seminars and then sharing it with my peers and the larger community made for a very busy but also incredibly rewarding time. Still to this day, the connections I made all over the FSU form the core of my social and professional networks. … [Read more...]
Record Numbers Attend Limmud FSU Moscow
Posted on April 16, 2013 Written by
Over 1,100 participants gathered in Moscow, Russia, last week for the largest Limmud FSU Moscow event to date. Considered to be one of the most prestigious of Jewish cultural events in the former Soviet Union, Limmud FSU conferences provide a festival of Jewish learning featuring a packed program of lectures, workshops, round-table discussions and music along with a wide-range of cultural events. by Maryna Gaidak Just a week ago I started working as a volunteer chair of the PR committee for the Limmud FSU Ukraine conference this Fall. Following a very productive trip to the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk and meeting with members of the organizing committee, I traveled to Limmud FSU Moscow. I have never attended Limmud before and with that in mind I entered backstage something I knew … [Read more...]
Limmud FSU US: An Immigrant Community Comes Into Its Own
Posted on March 20, 2013 Written by
At Limmud FSU, I witnessed a strong Russian-Jewish community that is interested in its future and its place in the wider North American Jewish world. by Lea Zeltserman I spent this past weekend in Princeton, at Limmud FSU USA. It was a weekend of firsts, starting with the simple fact that I have never been surrounded by so many Russian speakers before. And now, here were over 750 of them, taking up the entirety of the Marriott Hotel where the conference was held. I rarely speak Russian with people I’m not related to, and I've never been anywhere where Russian is the first language of most interactions. It was at once entirely familiar and unfamiliar. … [Read more...]
Limmud FSU-USA Kicks Off Today in Princeton
Posted on March 15, 2013 Written by
New York, March 15, 2013 - Over 600 young Russian-American Jews from across the country will come together this weekend in Princeton, NJ, for the 4th Limmud FSU Conference in the United States. Limmud FSU is a festival of Jewish learning featuring a packed program of lectures, workshops, round-table discussions, music and a wide-range of cultural events presented in three languages - Russian, English and Hebrew. … [Read more...]
The Jewish Journey Called Limmud
Posted on January 28, 2013 Written by
by Clive Lawton I was one of the four that started Limmud in 1980 in Britain. British Jewry in that time was neither a dynamic, educated nor exciting community. It was nearly impossible to find learning for adults and the community was deeply divided between the different denominations, between different age groups and even geographically. The vast majority of Jews in Britain did not know and did not want to know that there were Jews anywhere else - or if they knew it they were pretty sure they couldn’t learn anything from them. … [Read more...]
Limmud FSU Belarus Event to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Begin’s Birth
Posted on January 14, 2013 Written by
Limmud FSU will hold its first-ever event in Vitebsk, Belarus, during late May 2013. 450 participants are expected for a multi-day program that will be built around the theme Limmud-ART. Vitebsk is known as the birthplace of Marc Chagall. Chaim Chesler, Limmud FSU's founder, told eJP, "Belarus is a new and exciting project for Limmud FSU and we're so proud to launch another, our 8th Limmud FSU project worldwide." The Vitebsk program will be preceded by a Limmud FSU sponsored ceremony in Vishnevo, the birthplace of Israel President Peres, that will include the dedication of a museum in Peres's honor showcasing personal items from the Peres collection. The Vishnevo event is being planned in conjunction with the Tel Aviv based Peres Center. The following week an additional event will take … [Read more...]
