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Announcing Limmud’s new professional leaders

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The Trustees and Executive of Limmud are delighted to announce the appointment of Adam Rossano as the new Executive Director, and Joe Hyman as Limmud’s first Director of Innovation and Engagement. Both leaders will take up their positions in autumn 2022. Adam Rossano has a formidable track record of leadership in the Jewish … [Read more...] about Announcing Limmud’s new professional leaders

Ending 2021 as one Festival community

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Around 2000 participants from more than 40 countries worldwide came together for Limmud Festival 2021  Limmud is thrilled to have been able to bring people together again as a community of learning, despite the ongoing pandemic, for a programme … [Read more...] about Ending 2021 as one Festival community

What to expect at this year’s Limmud Festival

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The fully online lineup features David Lammy, a cocktail tutorial and pre-Shabbat challah-making Simon Rocker, Jewish Chronicle, 23 December 2021 Despite being entirely online for a second year in a row, this year’s Limmud Festival holds many of the typical treats: cocktail-making, lots of opportunities for networking and … [Read more...] about What to expect at this year’s Limmud Festival

Limmud moves children’s sessions online in wake of omicron wave

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The whole festival will now be digital Simon Rocker, Jewish Chronicle, 20 December 2021 Limmud has cancelled the in-person sessions for children and families that had been scheduled as part of this year’s Festival owing to the surge in the omicron variant of coronavirus. A spokesman for the festival, which begins on … [Read more...] about Limmud moves children’s sessions online in wake of omicron wave

Limmud: When British Jews enjoy a few days of Utopia

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The annual festival is a chance to explore what an ideal community might look like Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, Jewish Chronicle, 13 December 2021 Once again Limmud Festival is on the horizon, though still sadly diminished by the limits imposed by the pandemic. Like last year, Festival 2021 will be an online event … [Read more...] about Limmud: When British Jews enjoy a few days of Utopia