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{{short description|Jewish-British educational charity}}
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| type                = Jewish educational [[Charitable organization|charity]]<ref name="Charity">Limmud is registered with the [[Charity Commission]] as charity no. 1083414. According to the Charity Commission, Limmud operates throughout England and Wales and also in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States of America.  {{cite web | url=http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-charities/ | title=Limmud | publisher=[[Charity Commission]] | work=Find charities |date= 2 January 2014 |access-date=7 January 2014}}</ref>
| founded_date        = 1980
| founders            = [[Clive Lawton]], [[Alastair Falk]], Michael May, Jonathan Benjamin
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'''Limmud''' is a [[British Jews|British-Jewish]] educational charity<ref name="Charity"/> which, in the UK, produces a large annual winter festival and several other regional events throughout the year on the theme of Jewish learning. Limmud is not affiliated to any strand of [[Judaism]], stating "We have no part to play in the debates between/across denominations" in its mission statement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://limmud.org/inside-limmud/about-limmud/mission-values/|title=Mission & Values|website=Limmud|language=en-GB|access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref> Limmud markets itself as open to "anyone interested in Jewish learning". The Limmud event in the UK has inspired a worldwide movement of Limmud groups, so the name 'Limmud' now refers both to the UK charity and the worldwide network (Limmud itself only operates in the UK). Its motto is "wherever you find yourself, Limmud will take you one step further on your Jewish journey."
Limmud ({{ety|he||to learn}})<ref name="Jeffay">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/dec/16/limmud | title='It's more academic than academia' | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=16 December 2008 | access-date=7 January 2014 | author=Jeffay, Nathan}}</ref> was originally a conference for "educators",<ref name="Jeffay"/> basing itself on [[CAJE]], the Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education of North America.<ref name="Falk interview">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/122247/the-man-leading-front-class | title=The man leading from the front of the class  | work=Interview with Alastair Falk in [[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=5 September 2014 | access-date=5 September 2014 | author=Oliver, Charlotte}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Taking CAJE's volunteer ethos, not paying presenters and not using people's titles, Limmud has grown to be a large international movement. During the 1990s there was the significant change as Limmud reinvented itself as a community gathering, giving rise to a significant increase in the number of attendees and leading it to be described as "British Jewry's greatest export".<ref name="Export">{{cite news | url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/all-jewish-all-the-time-1.335748 | title=All Jewish, all the time | work=[[Haaretz]] | date=7 January 2011 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Harman, Danna}}</ref> The Limmud model has now spread to many other countries.<ref name="Charity"/><ref name=":0" />
A distinctive feature of Limmud is that the events are organised by volunteers,<ref name=" Kustanowitz ">{{cite news | url=http://www.haaretz.com/misc/iphone-article/.premium-1.557408 | title=Seven ways to disrupt a Jewish conference | work=[[Haaretz]] | date=11 November 2013 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Kustanowitz, Esther D}}</ref><ref name="Tulane">{{cite web|url=https://tulane.edu/news/newwave/030810_limmud_fest.cfm |title='Volunticipants' Needed for Jewish Fest |publisher=[[Tulane University]] |work=New Wave |date=8 March 2010 |access-date=14 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116085307/https://tulane.edu/news/newwave/030810_limmud_fest.cfm |archive-date=16 January 2014 }}</ref> who also take part as equals in what is now called the Limmud Festival (held in the UK).<ref name="Export"/><ref name="Eisner"/> Limmud Festival's largest group of volunteers are in their 20s and 30s.<ref name="Eisner">{{cite news | url=http://forward.com/articles/190369/what-limmud-can-teach-us/ | title=What Limmud Can Teach Us | work=[[The Forward]] | date=7 January 2014 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Eisner, Jane | location=[[New York City|New York]]}}</ref> Around half of the UK "Forty under 40" (a community-wide initiative to identify the future leaders of British Jewry, published by ''[[Jewish News]]'') have volunteered for Limmud and a former Chair of Limmud, Elliott Goldstein, topped the list.<ref name="Elliott">{{cite news | url=http://archive.totallyjewish.com/news/elliott-is-number-one/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826120511/http://archive.totallyjewish.com/news/elliott-is-number-one/ | title=Elliott is number one | url-status=dead | work=[[Jewish News]] | date=17 June 2010 | access-date=1 January 2020 |archive-date=26 August 2016 | author=Marin, James | location=London}}</ref>
== History ==
Limmud held its first conference in 1980 for 80 people organised by [[Alastair Falk]], Michael May, Jonathan Benjamin and [[Clive Lawton]], inspired by a visit to the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) in North America. Its aim was to build bridges between professional and nonprofessional educators and between those of differing religious commitments. The next year participation had doubled and all aspects of Jewish learning were covered.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://limmud.org/inside-limmud/about-limmud/history/|title=History|website=Limmud|language=en-GB|access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref>
By 1996 the main Limmud conference had expanded and moved to Oxford with attendance of over 1,000, 250 sessions and 140 speakers, becoming the largest Jewish conference in Europe. During this period the organisation also held smaller one day events in Glasgow and Leeds.<ref name=":0" />
In 1999 the first non-UK Limmud was held in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]].<ref name=":0" />
2006 saw Limmud appoint its first full-time Executive Director, [[Raymond Simonson]]. Prior to this Limmud had been run by part-time directors.<ref name=":0" />
The late 2000s saw Limmud participation in the UK grow dramatically. In 2007 Limmud held their conference at Warwick University, with 2,000 participants and 600 at Limmud Fest, a smaller summer festival. With numbers more than doubling in 2008 to 7,000 for their UK events. International conferences were now held in [[Cape Town]], [[Johannesburg]], [[Hungary]], [[Atlanta]], [[Buenos Aires]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Poland]], [[Stockholm]], [[Ukraine]], [[Germany]], [[Turkey]], [[Toronto]], [[New York City|New York]] and [[France]].<ref name=":0" />
Limmud Conference moved to [[Birmingham]] for Conference 2015, with a record 2,800 participants. New Limmud groups include [[Arizona]], [[Mar del Plata]], [[Australia]], [[Tel Aviv]], [[Chile]] and [[Essen]].<ref name=":0" />
In 2017 Limmud Conference became Limmud Festival. Limmud set up affiliates in [[North America]] and [[Israel]]. Limmud estimates there are 40,000 participants annually in a Limmud worldwide, run by 4,000 volunteers. In 2017 Limmud was also awarded the [[Jerusalem Unity Prize]] for contribution to Jewish life, presented by Israeli President Rivlin.<ref name=":0" />
In 2018 and 2019, formal legal entities were set up to co-ordinate and support Limmud teams in North America and Israel. A structural review in 2020 recommended the creation of a new global entity to represent Limmud groups around the world.
==Organisation==
Limmud is a company and a charity. It is run by a board of directors and trustees, all of whom are volunteers. Initially, there was no difference between Limmud the organisation and Limmud Conference, the annual event, so the chairs of the Conference/Festival team were the chairs of the organisation. In 1990, a chair for the organisation who was separate from the Conference chairs was appointed for the first time. In 2006, [[Limmud International]] was created, as a separate unit within Limmud to manage relationships with other Limmud groups around the world. Limmud International was absorbed back into Limmud at the end of 2016.
'''Chairs of Limmud Conference/Festival'''
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* 1980–1981 Alistair Falk, Michael May, Jonathan Benjamin, Clive Lawton
* 1982–1984 Steve Miller
* 1985 Tina Elliott
* 1986 Jonathan Benjamin
* 1987 Alan Wilkinson
* 1988 Madeline Ismach
* 1989 Alistair Falk
* 1990–1994 Andrew Gilbert
* 1995 Natan Tiefenbrun
* 1996 Yvonne Krasner, Marc Soloway, Judy Trotter
* 1997 Micah Gold, Jonny Persey, Marc Soloway
* 1998 Micah Gold
* 1999 Jacqueline Nicholls, Claire Straus
* 2000 Andrew Levy, Abe Sterne
* 2001 Claire Mandel, Carolyn Bogush
* 2002 Juliet Simmons
* 2003 Fleurise Luder, Eliot Kaye
* 2004 Batya Elliott, Paul Turner
* 2005 David Century, Shoshana Bloom
* 2006 Jason Caplin, Natalie Grazin
* 2007 Kevin Sefton
* 2008 Libby Burkeman, Charles Darwish
* 2009 Rebecca Lester, David Israel
* 2010 Danielle Nagler, Steven Fisher
* 2011 Shoshana Bloom, Jonathan Walters
* 2012 David Renton
* 2013 Oliver Marcus, Richard Verber
* 2014 Shana Boltin, Jonathan Robinson
* 2015 Joanna Ish-Horowicz, Michael Gladstone, Claire Samuel
* 2016 Benjamin Crowne, Steven Weller
* 2017 Abigail Jacobi, Anna Lawton
* 2018 Jonathan Robinson
* 2019 Ben Lewis, Hannah Brady, Dan Heller
* 2020 Robert Simmons
* 2021 Ben Combe
* 2022 Jonathan Robinson
* 2023 Hannah Gaventa
}}
'''Chairs of Limmud'''
* 1990–1997 Andrew Gilbert
* 1998–2001 Judy Trotter
* 1998–2000 Natan Tiefenbrun
* 2001–2003 Claire Straus
* 2003–2005 Claire Mandel
* 2006–2009 Elliott Goldstein
* 2010–2012 Carolyn Bogush
* 2013–2015 Kevin Sefton
* 2016–2019 David Hoffman
* 2019–2020  Shoshana Bloom
* 2020 – Carolyn Bogush, Elliott Goldstein
'''Chairs of Limmud International'''
* 2006–2009 Andrew Gilbert
* 2010–2012 Uri Berkowitz, Helena Miller
* 2013–2014 David Hoffman
* 2015–2016 [[David Bilchitz]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Limmud Conference / Festival handbooks|year=2002–2017}}</ref>
'''Chairs of Limmud Global Board'''
* 2020 – Shoshana Bloom
'''Chairs of Limmud UK Executive'''
* 2021 – Ysabella Hawkings, Abigail Jacobi
===Staff===
Limmud's first professional appointment in 1998 was of [[Clive Lawton]] as part-time Executive Director; he gradually became backed by a full-time administrator. In 2006 Limmud recruited its first full-time Executive Director, Raymond Simonson, former Director of UJIA Makor: The Centre for Informal Jewish Education.<ref name="Simonson">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/70784/limmud-leader-simonson-heads-jcc | title=Limmud leader Simonson heads for the JCC | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=2 August 2012 | access-date=7 January 2014 | author=Lipman, Jennifer}}</ref> When Simonson became Chief Executive of London's Jewish Community Centre,<ref name="Simonson" /> now [[JW3]], in 2012 he was succeeded by Shelley Marsh.<ref name="Marsh">{{cite news | url=https://www.thejc.com/community/community-news/limmud-picks-shelley-marsh-for-top-job-1.36808 | title=Limmud picks Shelley Marsh for top job | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=4 October 2012 | access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref> She stepped down from the role in 2015.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/132571/limmud-director-steps-down | title=Limmud director steps down | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=25 March 2015 | access-date=27 March 2015 | author=Doherty, Rosa}}</ref> Mike Schindler was the Limmud Director of Operations and the senior professional in the organisation between March and August 2015,<ref name="Structure">{{cite web|url=https://limmud.org/volunteers/structure/ |title=Limmud the organisation&nbsp;– who's who |publisher=Limmud |access-date=2 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203174601/http://limmud.org/volunteers/structure/ |archive-date= 3 February 2016 }}</ref> and then Dani Serlin was Acting Executive Director until February 2016. In February 2016, Limmud appointed Chief Executive, Eli Ovits, as senior professional.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2016/02/01/global/global-limmud-names-jerusalem-us-eli-ovits-as-executive-director|title=Global Limmud names Jerusalem U's Eli Ovits as executive director|date=1 February 2016|website=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]|language=en-US|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> Ovits left in 2020.
==Limmud events in the UK==
===Limmud Festival===
'''Limmud Festival''' (until 2017 known as '''Limmud Conference'''), takes place every year in the last week of December<ref name=" Kahn-Harris">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/dec/29/limmud-conference-jewish | title=Limmud: a great Jewish alternative to Christmas | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=29 December 2010 | access-date=7 January 2014 | author=Kahn-Harris, Keith | author-link=Keith Kahn-Harris }}</ref> and is the organisation's [[flagship]] event.  It was inspired by the [[CAJE]] conference in the United States [http://www.caje.org/] and now attracts more than 2,000 participants annually;<ref name="Jeffay"/><ref name=" Kahn-Harris"/> in 2015 the numbers rose to 2,750.<ref name="2015 pictures">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/galleries/news-galleries/limmud-2015-pictures | title=Limmud 2015 in pictures | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=31 December 2015 | access-date=2 January 2016}}</ref> A typical day at Limmud Festival includes around 200 sessions spanning religious, cultural and political aspects of Jewish life.  After the first conferences at [[Carmel College (Oxfordshire)]],<ref name="Growth"/> Limmud Conference has been held at [[University of Portsmouth|Portsmouth Polytechnic]] (1984),<ref name="Growth">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/114276/how-limmud-has-grown | title=How Limmud has grown | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=23 December 2013 | access-date=7 January 2014 | author=Easterman, Daniel}}</ref> [[Oxford Brookes University]] (1986–1994),<ref name="Growth"/> Worcester (1995–96), Manchester (1997), the [[University of Nottingham]] (1998–2006) and [[Warwick University]] (2007–14).<ref name="Growth"/> From 2015 to 2019 this annual event was held at the hotels surrounding Pendigo Lake, near [[Birmingham]].<ref name="Conference 2015">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/151538/limmuds-new-venue-should-make-year-best-conference-yet-say-organisers | title=Limmud's new venue should make this year the best conference yet, say organisers | work=[[the Jewish Chronicle]]| author=Rocker, Simon | date= 21 December 2015|access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Jackman ">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/127523/limmud-2014-organisers-promise-bigger-event-next-year | title=Limmud 2014: Organisers promise bigger event next year | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=31 December 2014 | access-date=31 December 2014 |author1=Dysch, Marcus |author2=Firsht, Naomi |author3=Jackman, Josh }}</ref> The 2020 and 2021 festivals, held during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], were online events.<ref name="Crowne">{{Cite news |last=Crowne |first=Ben |date=1 January 2021 |title=Limmud – where next? |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |url=https://www.thejc.com/comment/opinion/limmud-where-next-1.510321?highlight=limmud+festival |access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rocker |first=Simon |date=14 October 2021 |title=Limmud Festival will be online again this year |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |url=https://www.thejc.com/community/community-news/limmud-festival-will-be-online-again-this-year-1.521472 |access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref>
===Limmud summer events===
Limmud held a summer event in the last week of August which was called Limmud Fest from 2004 to 2012 and Limmud in the Woods from 2013 to 2016.<ref name="Sheinman">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/110132/limmud-goes-camping-woods | title=Limmud goes camping in the Woods | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=11 August 2013 | access-date=7 January 2014 | author=Sheinman, Anna}}</ref> It involved camping as well as staying indoors,<ref name="Sheinman"/> had a less intense programme centred on [[Shabbat]] and was more cultural and outdoors-focused than its winter sibling. Limmud Fest had a peak attendance of 650 people; Limmud in the Woods was attended by around 200–250 young adults and young families.<ref name="Sheinman"/>
===Day and weekend Limmud events===
The first Day Limmud was in Sheffield in the early 1980s, followed by Leeds in the mid-1990s. Day and weekend Limmuds are now held at a number of venues in the UK, including Birmingham,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://limmud.org/day/birmingham-wm/ |title=Limmud Birmingham WM 2016 |publisher=Limmud |publication-date=2016| access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> Cambridge,<ref name="Cambridge 2013">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/112992/cambridge-the-rolls-royce-day-limmuds | title=Cambridge: 'The Rolls-Royce of day Limmuds' | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=11 November 2013 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Rocker, Simon}}</ref><ref name="Cambridge 2011">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/58071/limmuds-cambridge-education-finds-a-highly-receptive-audience | title=Limmud's Cambridge education finds a highly receptive audience | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=10 November 2011 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Josephs, Bernard}}</ref> Harrow,<ref name="Harrow">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/103136/hundreds-flock-harrow-limmud | title=Hundreds flock to Harrow Limmud | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=11 March 2013 | access-date=14 January 2014}}</ref> Hull,<ref name="Hull">{{Cite web |url=http://www.leedsjewishcommunity.com/join-in/2017/03/01/limmud-in-hull/ |title=Book your place at a unique 'pop up' day Limmud in Hull – the UK city of culture – 7th May 2017 |date=1 March 2017 |publisher=Leeds Jewish Community |access-date=31 August 2017}}</ref> Leeds,<ref name="Leeds 2011">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/46452/leeds-loves-limmud-experience | title=Leeds loves Limmud experience | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=11 March 2011 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Kalmus, Jonathan}}</ref><ref name="Leeds 2012">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/89997/leeds-ignites-limmud-fireworks | title=Leeds ignites Limmud fireworks | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=8 November 2012 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Fisher, John}}</ref> Liverpool,<ref name="Liverpool 2012">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/local-news/65581/limmud-shows-its-political-influences | title=Limmud shows its political influences | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=22 March 2012 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Greenberg, Sue}}</ref><ref name="Liverpool 2010">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/31443/liverpool-loves-limmud | title=Liverpool loves Limmud | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=6 May 2010 | access-date=14 January 2014}}</ref> Manchester,<ref name="Manchester">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/114566/manchester-gears-its-own-limmud | title=Manchester gears up for its own Limmud | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=10 January 2014 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Kalmus, Jonathan}}</ref> and the Thames Valley.<ref name="Thames">{{cite news | url=https://www.thejc.com/community/community-news/thames-class-act-at-limmud-1.18820| title=Thames' class act at Limmud | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=14 October 2010 | access-date=31 August 2017}}</ref>
Limmud events have also been held in Bournemouth,<ref name="Bournemouth 2010">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/32169/limmud-sunny-bournemouth | title=Limmud in Sunny Bournemouth | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=27 May 2010 | access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref> Brighton,<ref name="Brighton 2011">{{cite news | url=https://www.thejc.com/community/community-news/brighton-rocks-to-the-beat-of-limmud-1.23391| title=Brighton rocks to the beat of Limmud | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=26 May 2011 | access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref> Glasgow,<ref name="Glasgow 2012">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/92788/scots-love-their-limmud | title=Scots love their Limmud | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=29 November 2012 | access-date=14 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="Glasgow 2010">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/28323/scotlands-limmud-weekend | title=Scotland's Limmud weekend | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=18 February 2010 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Brickman, Stephanie}}</ref> [[Hackney, London]],<ref name="Hackney 2008">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/galleries/the-guest-list/a-big-crowd-flocks-hackney%E2%80%99s-first-limmud | title=A big crowd flocks to Hackney's first Limmud | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=3 October 2008 | access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref> [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], South London<ref name="South London">{{Cite web |url=http://limmud.org/day/south-london/ |title=South London Day Limmud – 1 July 2012 |website=Limmud |access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> and South East London.
===Other Limmud events in UK===
Other events run by Limmud in the UK, either on their own or in partnership with others, have included music events and the [[Florence Melton]] Adult Mini-School, organised in partnership with the [[London Jewish Cultural Centre]].
==Limmuds around the world==
{{Main|Limmud International}}
The Limmud model has now spread to many other countries.<ref name="Maltz">{{Cite news |last=Maltz |first=Judy |date=30 December 2013 |title=Lessons From Limmud: The Empire Is Growing, Both in Size and Substance  |work=[[Haaretz]] |url= https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-limmud-empire-grows-1.5306005|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Charity"/> More than ninety communities in 42 countries on six continents have hosted Limmud events including Hong Kong,.<ref name="Maltz"/><ref name="HK">{{Cite web |last=Lyons, Erica |date=13 March 2013 |title=Hong Kong is Finally Limmud Trending |url=http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/hong-kong-is-finally-limmud-trending/ |access-date=17 February 2014 |publisher=eJewish Philanthropy}}</ref> Peru,<ref name="Maltz"/><ref name="Peru">{{Cite news |date=15 October 2013 |title=Limmud debut in Peru draws more than 600 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |url=http://www.jta.org/2013/10/15/news-opinion/world/limmud-debut-in-peru-draws-600#ixzz3FY3MkWiq |access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref> India,<ref name="Mumbai">{{Cite news |last=EJP |date=5 November 2013 |title=First Limmud Mumbai Event Draws Jews from Across the Subcontinent |work=Jewish Philanthropy |url=http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/first-limmud-mumbai-event-draws-jews-from-across-the-subcontinent/ |access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref> Montenegro,<ref name="Maltz"/> Majorca<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 January 2021 |title=Webinar explores story of Jewish refugees’ escape to Majorca during the Shoah |work=[[Jewish News]] |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/webinar-explores-story-of-jewish-refugees-escape-to-majorca-during-the-shoah/ |access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref> and Jamaica.
Limmud events around the world have included:
'''UK'''<br/>
Limmud Bristol SW, Limmud Cambridge, Limmud Festival, Limmud Harrow, Limmud Hull, Limmud Leeds, Limmud Liverpool, Limmud Manchester, Limmud Midlands, Limmud Scotland, Limmud Thames Valley
'''Africa, Asia and Australasia'''
Australia: Limmud Canberra, Limmud Oz Melbourne, Limmud Oz Perth, Limmud Oz Sydney<br />
Limmud New Zealand <br />
Limmud China: Limmud Beijing, Limmud Shanghai <br />
Limmud India <br />
Limmud Réunion <br />
'''South Africa'''
Limmud SA: Limmud Cape Cape Town, Limmud Durban, Limmud Johannesburg
'''North America'''
USA: Limmud AZ, Limmud Bay Area, Limmud Boca, Limmud Boston, Limmud Chicago + MW, Limmud LA, Limmud Miami, Limmud Michigan, Limmud NOLA, Limmud NY, Limmud Philly, Limmud Seattle,
Canada: Limmud Kingston, Limmud Ottawa, Limmud Toronto, Limmud Vancouver, Limmud Winnipeg
'''Latin America'''
Argentina: Limmud Buenos Aires, Limmud Mar Del Plata
Limmud Bogota
Limmud Caracas
Limmud Chile
Limmud Costa Rica
Limmud Mexico
'''Europe'''
Limmud Baltics (covers Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania)
Limmud Czech Republic- Slovak Republic
Limmud ExYu (covers Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia)
Limmud France- Limmud Paris, Limmud Marseille
Limmud Germany- Limmud Berlin, Limmud Cologne, Limmud Essen, Limmud Frankfurt A.M, Limmud Freiburg, Limmud Hamburg, Limmud Munich
Limmud Helsinki
Limmud Hungary
Limmud Italia -Limmud Italia in Jerusalem
Limmud Keshet Bulgaria
Limmud Latvia
Limmud Lithuania
Limmud Netherlands
Limmud Oresund (covers Copenhagen, Lund and Malmo)
Limmud Poland- Limmud Wrocław
Spain: Limmud Barcelona, Limmud Madrid, Limmud Mallorca
Limmud Stockholm
Limmud Turkey
Limmud Vienna
'''Israel'''
Limmud Arava
Limmud Galil
Limmud Golan
Limmud Haifa
Limmud Jerusalem
Limmud Modi'in
Limmud Tel Aviv
Limmud Yeroham
'''FSU'''
Limmud FSU Belarus
Limmud FSU Canada
Limmud FSU Europe
Limmud FSU Israel
Limmud FSU Moldova
Limmud FSU Moscow
Limmud FSU NY
Limmud FSU St Petersburg
Limmud FSU Ukraine
Limmud FSU Volga-Urals
Limmud FSU West Coast
'''Events based upon the Limmud concept'''
Russia: Lsaran<br />
Switzerland: Jom Ijun<br />
United Kingdom: British Islam Conference<br />
United States: Tidewater Yom Limmud, Jewish Community Day of Learning Naples
Other international Limmud entities:
'''Chair of Limmud North America'''
2017–2019 Shep Rosenman<ref>{{Cite book |title=Limmud Conference / Festival handbooks |year=2002–2018}}</ref>
2019–2021 Faye Rosenberg-Cohen, Sivie Twersky
2021–   Tony Abrams
'''Chair of Limmud Israel'''
2018–2020 Danielle Nagler<ref name="Nagler">{{Cite news |last=TOI Staff |date=15 October 2018 |title=Times of Israel Presents: Limmud Israel — Tel Aviv After Dark, on Oct. 22 |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/spotlight/times-of-israel-presents-limmud-israel-tel-aviv-after-dark-on-oct-22/ |access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref>
2021–   Eli Ovits
'''Chair of Limmud FSU (Former Soviet Union)'''
2006–    Chaim Chesler, Sandy Kahn
==Relationships with Orthodoxy in Britain==
The former London [[United Synagogue]] [[Beth Din]]'s Head [[Dayan (rabbinic judge)]], [[Chanoch Ehrentreu]], advised Orthodox rabbis not to attend Limmud Conference.<ref name="Lebens">{{cite news | url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/the-jewish-thinker/.premium-1.553846 | title=Why Orthodox rabbis shouldn't boycott Limmud | work=[[Haaretz]] | date=22 October 2013 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Lebens, Samuel}}</ref> However, in the UK many United Synagogue pulpit rabbis have attended Limmud. In December 2010 Rabbi [[Yitzchak Schochet]] of Mill Hill United Synagogue, who had been seen as a notable absentee and critic of Limmud, attended, took part in and taught at Limmud's 30th annual Conference. Following this he wrote on the synagogue's website: "upon return all I could ask myself was, 'where was I until now?'"<ref name="Schochet">{{cite web | url=http://www.shul.co.uk/readArticle.php?article=301 | title=When Lightning Didn't Strike | publisher=Mill Hill, [[United Synagogue]] | work=Rabbi's Blog | date=3 January 2011 | access-date=7 January 2014 | author=Schochet, Yitzchak | author-link=Yitzchak Schochet }}</ref>
[[Jonathan Sacks]] did not attend Limmud whilst being Chief Rabbi but attended when he was the head of [[Jews College]]. Sacks, when looking back on his rabbinate, considers Limmud to be one of the great successes of his time.<ref name="Big Think">{{cite web | url=http://bigthink.com/videos/big-think-interview-with-lord-rabbi-jonathan-sacks | title=Big Think Interview With Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | publisher=Big Think | date=12 July 2010 | access-date=7 January 2014 | author=Liebman, Jessica}}</ref>
Controversy erupted again in 2013 when newly elected Chief Rabbi [[Ephraim Mirvis]] announced his decision to attend.<ref name="Lebens"/> Subsequently, a public notice signed by seven leading Orthodox rabbis including Dayan [[Chanoch Ehrentreu]] and Rabbi [[Avrohom Gurwicz]] was published in the ''[[Jewish Tribune (UK)|Jewish Tribune]]'', highly critical of pluralism and urged "God-fearing Jews" not to participate in Limmud.<ref name="Lebens"/> This sparked condemnation by non-[[Charedi]] communal leaders, with [[Jewish Leadership Council]] chairman [[Mick Davis]], [[Board of Deputies]] president [[Vivian Wineman]] and United Synagogue president Stephen Pack writing to ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'', describing the statement as showing "a shocking failure of leadership".<ref name="Backlash">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/112475/limmud-backlash-over-visit-chief | title=Limmud backlash over visit by Chief | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=17 October 2013 | access-date=7 January 2014 | author=Rocker, Simon}}</ref> ''The Jewish Chronicle'' itself described the statement as "crass, ill-judged and ultimately self-defeating".<ref name="Silence">{{cite news | url=https://www.thejc.com/lets-talk/all/chief-rabbi-mirviss-dignified-silence-1.49918 | title=Chief Rabbi Mirvis's dignified silence | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=17 October 2013 | access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref> Mirvis's attendance at the 2013 Limmud Conference was well received by fellow participants.<ref name="Mirvis">{{cite web | url=http://www.jewishtelegraph.com/limmud_2.html | title=Mirvis: Great to be Jewish at Limmud | work=[[Jewish Telegraph]] | year=2013 | access-date=14 August 2015}}</ref> At least nine other United Synagogue rabbis also attended the event.<ref name="US rabbis">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/node/114428 | title=We'll be there again next year, say US rabbis | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=2 January 2014 | access-date=14 January 2014 | author=Rocker, Simon}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Clive Lawton]]
*[[Limmud FSU]]
*[[Limmud International]]
*[[Limmud South Africa]]
==Notes and references==
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==External links==
* [https://www.limmud.org Limmud] (UK parent organisation)
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