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Dani Rotstein, pointing, explains to German tourists about a church that used to be a synagogue in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Feb. 11, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
May 11, 2019, 5:11 am
Spanish island of Mallorca hosts largest Jewish event in centuries
Limmud conference brings 150 people, including 45 presenters from abroad; program includes memorial event for victims of the Inquisition
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Participants gather at Limmud Jerusalem in 2012. (Rocco Giansante)
June 6, 2018, 2:36 pm
How do you turn students into leaders? Have them volunteer, says new study
Research by the Limmud adult education initiative cites increased rates of Jewish participation and leadership from those who donate their time to the organization
By Yaakov Schwartz
The town of Valldemossa, on the island of Mallorca, Spain seen on May 4, 2003. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)
April 24, 2018, 11:03 pm
On tiny Mallorca, Limmud learning festival aims to spark a Jewish revival
Spanish island’s first-ever Jewish educational program includes cooking classes, book clubs, hiking trips, and Shabbat dinners
By JTA
Imam Salahuddin Barakat, left, and rabbi Moshe David Hacohen. (Courtesy of: Amanah, the Muslim and Jewish Trust and Faith Project)
April 5, 2018, 11:51 pm
In infamous Malmo, a rabbi and imam seed trust with audacious grassroots project
New dialogue efforts between an Israeli settler and Yemen-trained imam forge bridges in the Swedish city with an international bad rep for its roiling immigrant community
By Rossella Tercatin
Speaker Florence Schechter addresses an audience at a Limmud Festival in Birmingham, England, December 28, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
January 6, 2018, 5:51 am
This Jewish woman is creating the world’s first vagina museum
Florence Schechter has heard every joke on the subject since announcing her new project, but aims to shed light on serious issues facing women today
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jo Johnson, government policy adviser and brother of then London mayor Boris Johnson, attends the Conservative party conference on September 30, 2014, in Birmingham, England. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images via JTA/File)
December 27, 2017, 11:28 pm
UK minister: Universities that ban controversial speakers may face fines
Move could open doors for Israel advocates, but also for terror supporters lecturing on British campuses
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Londoner Edwin Shuker visiting his native Baghdad in 2015. (Courtesy, Edwin Shuker)
December 26, 2017, 12:13 am
Iraqi Jews’ expulsion highlighted at UK Limmud festival
Documentary on first home purchased by a Jew in country in decades features alongside vagina museum and pictorial siddur at flagship event
By JTA
Guests listen to a speaker at Limmud FSU in Westchester, New York. The conference ran from May 14-16, 2017. (Limmud FSU)
May 17, 2017, 1:46 am
In New York, Russian-speaking Jews say ‘da’ to Limmud FSU
Feeling marginalized from ‘mainstream’ American Jewry, people from the former Soviet Union gather for a conference that speaks to them
By Julie Masis
Limmud FSU attendees like their lectures, and are serious about attending them (Courtesy Boris Bukhman)
April 14, 2017, 11:51 pm
Moscow Limmud sees record enrollment of 2,500
Israel’s Justice Minister Shaked to speak at next week’s Jewish learning conference, which will feature 250 sessions
By JTA
Audience members applaud during a Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) session in footage from a video celebrating ten years of the conference's existence. (Screen capture/YouTube)
March 16, 2017, 9:56 am
Jerusalem Unity Prize going to Limmud and first non-Jewish winner
Prize was developed in 2015 mayor Nir Barkat, along with the Fraenkel, Shaer and Ifrach families in memory of their slain sons
By JTA
Limmud 2015 conference (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 7, 2016, 7:47 am
Limmud gets official hub in North America
Worldwide Jewish education initiative setting up US non-profit to share ideas and cater to local demand
By JTA
September 3, 2016, 5:58 am
European, Israeli Jews gather undisturbed in predominantly Muslim city in Russia
Limmud FSU, Jewish music festival and European Jewish culture day events kick off Friday in downtown Kazan
By JTA
File: Participants at Limmud FSU's first-ever conference in Belarus, which took place in 2013 in the city of Vitebsk. (Courtesy)
May 15, 2016, 1:47 am
Belarus capital receives first Limmud Jewish learning event
The fledgling Jewish community in ‘Europe’s last dictatorship’ is making a comeback, say organizers
By JTA
Participants in the Lsaran conference, which was inspired by the Limmud Jewish learning events, in Moscow, May 22, 2015. (Lsaran/ via JTA)
April 13, 2016, 11:21 pm
Despite rising emigration, 2,000 expected at Limmud Moscow
The Jewish learning conference is expecting record-setting attendance for the four-day event
By JTA
File: High schoolers from Columbia at the 19th Maccabiah (photo credit: Aaron Kalman)
March 1, 2016, 8:06 am
Colombia Jews host first Limmud learning festival, with Muslims
Orthodox, liberal, atheist, feminist and LGBT Jews learn together, along with local Palestinians
By JTA
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