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| Founded | 2006 |
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| Founders | Chaim Chesler, founder (Israel); Sandra F. Cahn, co-founder (United States) |
| Type | 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization |
| Focus | To restore the traditions of lifelong Jewish learning and strengthen Jewish identity among Jews with roots in the Former Soviet Union through informal Jewish education |
| Method | Limmud FSU raises funds among its partners and donors to create relevant programming and underwrite participation for low-income Jewish youngsters and adults, so everyone can attend their local Limmud FSU conference. |
Key people | Matthew Bronfman, chair of the Limmud FSU International Steering Committee; Aaron Frenkel (Monaco), President; Natasha Chechik, Executive Director |
| Website | www.limmudfsu.org |
Limmud FSU (Former Soviet Union) is an international Jewish education organization that focuses on giving young Jewish adults that have roots in the Former Soviet Union the opportunity to revitalize and restore Jewish learning and to strengthen Jewish identity in their communities.[1] It was developed in 2006 by Chaim Chesler, founder (Israel); Sandra F. Cahn, co-founder (United States). Limmud (from the Hebrew word meaning "to learn")[2] was originally a British-Jewish educational charity, which produces a large annual winter conference at Warwick University and several other events around the year in the UK on the theme of Jewish learning.[3]
Drawing on centuries of Jewish tradition, the Limmud model, first developed in the UK, has now spread to many other countries. According to the Charity Commission, Limmud operates throughout England and Wales and also in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States of America.[4] Nearly 70 communities in 34 countries on six continents have hosted Limmud events including, in 2013 for the first time, Hong Kong, Peru, India and Montenegro. There are 18 Limmud communities in the United States and eight in Israel.
- ^ "Limmud FSU-About us". www.limmudfsu.org. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- ^ Jeffay, Nathan (16 December 2008). "'It's more academic than academia'". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ Kahn-Harris, Keith (2010-12-29). "Limmud: a great Jewish alternative to Christmas | Keith Kahn-Harris". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- ^ "Limmud". Find charities. Charity Commission. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.