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In Partnership

Limmud & JW3 Come Together for Online Late Night Shavuot Programme

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A pioneering partnership between Limmud and London’s Jewish Cultural Centre JW3 created a different kind of learning opportunity around the festival of Shavuot.

Described by one educator as “the best quality cultural Jewish programme I’ve seen in years”. 300 people engaged with presenters from the UK, US, Canada and Continental Europe, gathering the night before the festival at a virtual Mount Sinai.

Sessions included a Yiddish version of The Lord of the Rings, discussion of the Women’s Midrash, an exploration of trauma and inner darkness, and the event finished at 3:30am Central Europe Time/2:30am UK time with everyone dancing on video to the Rebbetzen’s Disco.  

(This event took place on Wednesday 27 May 2020)

For press coverage see below:

JW3 hosts late night learning marathon featuring Lord of the Rings in Yiddish – The Jewish News

Bring Your PJs to Limmud Festival

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PJs in Residence – a special partnership between PJ Library and Limmud Festival

PJ Library and Limmud Festival fit together like a hand in a glove: PJ brings Jewish books and ideas into people’s homes; Limmud brings people together to take them one step further on their Jewish journeys.

Limmud Festival has a whole branch designed for families – with a dedicated hotel, dining room, and children’s programmes day and night.  Families @ Limmud Festival is the perfect home for PJ library to snuggle down in the winter. We have been working hand in hand for many years: the PJ pop-up library makes a regular appearance, and we were once joined by a giant dreidel made out of PJ book covers!

This year, we are taking the partnership one step further.  Our vision on the Limmud families team is to help families share meaningful Jewish experiences and make memories that will last.  We know that PJ books help children engage in Jewish ideas in a way that is meaningful and fun for them, so we are planning a raft of activities and sessions to make this happen at Limmud Festival too: storytelling sessions, crafts and activities based around the books, themed channukah candle-lighting, and some of the characters may even come to life in surprising ways…

Limmud Festival 2019 runs from Sunday 22 – Thursday 26 December in Birmingham, UK, with Limmud Shabbat on 20-21 December.  We’d love to see lots of PJ families (and PJ graduates) there.  Places for children fill up first, and there is an excellent super early bird discount available until 10 September*.  To book, go to https://limmud.org/festival/

*A family of four coming for 5 days can save £326 by booking early.

Madeleine Fresko-Brown and Corrine Westwood Servi
Families Co-Chairs, Limmud Festival 2019