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The original UK-based, volunteer-led, cross-communal Limmud. Est. 1980. Inspiring Limmud groups around the world. Reaching 7,000 people in UK each year

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Bigger, Better and...BACK! 🚨 Limmud Festival 2023: 22nd - 27th of December 2023. You can be there. You can be part of THE celebration of Jewish life, learning and culture. Book now:
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why is it important for Jewish communities and communities of colour to stand together against anti-black racism and antisemitism? @nadinebh_ , @temasmith and @BlewishAnd will tackle this timely question and more... Book here:
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#Limmud ’s youngest ever participant, Ella Lawton (9 days old) meets #LimmudFestival23 ’s oldest participant, Ruth Shire (102) #intergenerational
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Our final session is done, thanks to our 3000 participants from across 47 countries for tuning in to #LimmudTogetherUK and a special shoutout to our eldest participant at 98 years old. And thanks to our wonderful presenters and our amazing volunteers, you make Limmud
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A HUGE Limmud thank you to all of the presenters, moderators, volunteers and to all of you for joining us today for an incredible day of Jewish learning, culture & community! THANK YOU!
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FLORENCE SCHECHTER is a science communicator, comedian and founder of the world's first bricks and mortar @vagina_museum . She came Highly Commended in the Women of the Future Awards in the Arts & Culture category. See her at #LimmudTogetherUK 5/
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We are in full agreement with @chiefrabbi - we cannot be a silent witness to the Uighur plight. We are pleased that @MahmutRahima , will be joining us at Festival to talk about her work on this critical issue.
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📢 INTRODUCING #LimmudTogetherUK - Sunday 3rd May It's the Limmud you know and love but from the comforts of your own home. It’ll be virtually the same experience of a day Limmud, with outstanding presenters, discussions and learning. /1
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Right now, you're one of over 2,500 Jews from 5 continents who are learning from each other and sharing ideas #LimmudTogetherUK
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3 years
We are approaching the end of Limmud Festival 2021... As a final post from me, your Marcomms chair, I present to you the team that brought this year's Festival to you! Limmud Festival is still happening for the rest of the day, with our final sessions starting at 9pm!
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30,000 meals later, we think Celia, Mark & team save earned their break!
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And so we say goodbye to an empty dining room @limmud #limmudfestival2019 and we loved joining you for a week of meeting old friends & new. We look forward to seeing you next year and feeding you all once again. Safe journeys home everyone
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Thank you #Limmud Festival, love from your Steering Group #MadeByYou
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The #limmudfamilies team, festival team, & a band of merry volunteers have been working hard (and late into the night) to make our families’ hotel beautiful and welcoming for our youngest participants. We can’t wait to greet you! #limmudfestival19 #discoversomethingnew #madebyyou
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| ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄| | OH WOW | | IT'S | | #LIMMUD | | _______| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || /   づ #LimmudFestival19
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We are looking forward to hearing from @PeterBeinart at Limmud Together UK Summer! 🔸Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the Newmark School of Journalism. 🔸 Editor-at-Large of @JewishCurrents . 🔸 Contributor to the @TheAtlantic and CNN.
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Communal lighting for 8th night Chanukah! 🕎 #LimmudFestival22
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On the final day of Limmud Festival 2021 make sure to thank the Team for their endless hours, emails, and care throughout the year! As just a taste of what has been going on over Festival alone, here are some Ben Facts... We hope you enjoy the rest of the day <3
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Over one month after the UK went into lockdown, life has changed beyond recognition. Limmud invites people to "take one step further on their Jewish Journey" - #LimmudTogetherUK brings you "one step closer to you", with 3000 people from across the world.
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You know you've hit the big time when you get a shout-out on @ITVChase . @MarkLabbett is welcome to come along to our next event and brush up on his Jewish general knowledge - there's a place reserved for #TheBeast at the famous Limmud Pub Quiz.
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So many beautiful hannukiyot here! Chag Chanukah Sameach everyone! #ChanukahSameach #LimmudFestival19 🕎
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555 signed in to hear 'The cabinet minister’s silk underwear and the Jews: adventures and misadventures in diplomacy' from 3 British Jewish diplomats stationed abroad #LimmudTogetherUK
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4 years
Thanks for all the patience if you're struggling to access our website - we are working to get it up and running ASAP!
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5 years
🎺 Today is the day! 🎺 🎶" It's beginning to look a lot like Festival" 🎶 Shabbat Shalom from a very busy but very excited Festival. #LimmudFestival19 soon will be well and truly underway.
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Presenter Announcement time! Welcome @BenMFreeman We are extremely lucky to be learning with a wide variety of people with diverse backgrounds. We’ll be announcing presenters every week until Festival. Could it be you? Be part of Festival 2021:
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The #Limmud Festival 2017 team couldn't resist one last get together. If you want to join the team for 2018 then email jonathanr.limmud @gmail .com
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Shavua Tov! What are you up to tomorrow? We'll be attending an online event with: 🔹 2,500 Jews from Chile to China, Jamaica to Jerusalem, Vancouver to Victoria (Australia, of course) 🔹 Sessions running from 9:30am till late /1
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Just a peek at @AbbyChavaStein and her immense popularity at #LimmudFestival19
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4 years
We're back! 🙌🏽 Did you miss us? We are delighted to announce Limmud Together UK Summer. 📅 Sunday 2 August ⌚ 10:00-22:00 (BST) 💷 £10 💜 Concessionary rate of £1 for those who have been financially impacted by Coronavirus. 🔗 Book here:
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The registration desks are open, the volunteers are at the ready, and sessions are running... after 14 months of work, welcome to #Limmud Festival 2017! #MadeByYou
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500 people had their first Limmud experience today at #LimmudTogetherUK . Thank you for joining us!
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Catch @AviMayer at 5pm talking about the state of antisemitism in America, drawing on national surveys. #LimmudFestival22
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I am absolutely delighted to be back in Birmingham for #LimmudFestival22 ! 🎉 I’ll be speaking twice: 7:30 PM today: Zionism and Anti-Zionism Deconstructed 5:10 PM tomorrow: The State of Antisemitism in America See you there!
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We are back! Dave Rich will be joining us for Limmud Together UK Summer talking about online antisemitism and what can be done about it. Appropriate. @daverich1 is director of policy for @CST_UK . You can book and view the programme here:
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"Limmud is a banquet of ideas and discussion, the range of subjects being debated here ... is truly extraordinary and staggering" - @JoJohnsonUK #Limmud #MadeByYou
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And so we welcome almost 700 people(!) for Shabbat Limmud. Can't wait for Friday night dinner! Shabbat shalom 🕯🕯🍷🍞
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Every seat and inch of floor space taken for #Limmud Festival regular @yaffaepstein @pardesinstitute #madebyyou
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The age difference between the oldest and youngest participants is 35,234 days, or 96 years, 5 months, 17 days #Limmud #MadeByYou
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4 years
🚨 THE PROGRAMME IS LIVE 🚨 Over 60 sessions from presenters all across the world will be bringing Limmud one step closer to you. View the programme now:
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SUPER SUNDAY ANNOUNCEMENT - @idanraichel will be coming to @limmud festival 2019 in collaboration with @WorldZionistOrg . Fresh from Eurovision, see the Idan Raichel Project perform at festival this year!
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4 years
We are incredibly excited to announce that @Keir_Starmer will be joining us for a session at Festival!! Supported by The JC, Limmud Festival's media partner
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8 years
The Limmud Conference team have started setting up before you arrive this weekend! Looking forward to seeing these rooms full soon
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Welcome back, We missed you. Limmud Festival is the 26th-28th of December and the sign-up form goes live tomorrow morning (Wednesday 20th October) #HappyLaunchWeek
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👀👀👀 Tomorrow, 9am BST.
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5 years
Our BIGGEST GALA EVER has raised over £36000 tonight. Help us reach our matching target of £40000 tonight at #LimmudFestival19
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4 years
THREAD. In under a week, Limmud Festival will unite communities and delve into the best that Judaism has to offer. With over 2000 participants and 300 sessions, we're excited to spotlight some of our brilliant history and politics presenters:
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The last of our 1000+ sessions have wrapped up, and it's time to put the next #Limmud Festival in your diaries! See you on 23rd December 2018! #MadeByYou
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After thousands of volunteer hours and one amazing #Limmud Festival, it's probably time for a rest.
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We’re excited to welcome all our #limmudfamilies this weekend! #limmudfestival19 @PJLibrary
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In 1⃣2⃣ hours time, you can join over 1⃣5⃣0⃣0⃣ people for 1⃣2⃣ hours of Jewish learning, culture and community at Limmud Together UK Summer! 🗓️ Sunday 2nd August 🕙 10am - 10pm You can book and view the full programme here:
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We are excited to officially announce the launch of Limmud Festival 2019! Book by 10 September and save 20% off the standard price. Limmud Festival 2019 is the place for you to discover something new #DiscoverSomethingNew Book your place now
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*NEW PRESENTER ALERT* David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, Shadow Foreign Secretary. Be part of our growing Limmud Festival community, and book your place here: Supported by @JewishChron
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👉🏿👉🏿👉🏾👉🏽👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👈🏽👈🏾👈🏾 👉🏿👉🏿👉🏾👉🏽👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👈🏽👈🏾👈🏿 👉🏿👉🏾 #LimmudFestival19 👈🏾👈🏿 👉🏿👉🏿👉🏾👉🏽👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👈🏽👈🏾👈🏿 👉🏿👉🏿👉🏾👉🏽👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👈🏽👈🏾👈🏿
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Couldn't have put it better ourselves #limmud #rebetzinsdisco http://t.co/BE4584aJXG
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How amazing was #LimmudFestival19 ?? Tell us some of your highlights
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There's something for everyone at #LimmudFestival19
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John Ware, the journalist who investigated Labour Party antisemitism for Panorama in 2019, will delve into the journey of the documentary with journalist David Aaronovitch. @DAaronovitch Book here:
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Who is ready for Conference? We certainly are! 🕎🎉⭐️
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Shavua Tov from the #Limmud team. We're in Birmingham planning, getting everything set for Festival...
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Welcoming Shula Mola to Limmud Together UK Summer! 🎊 🔸 Shula co-founded 'Mothers on Guard' - mothers protesting police brutality against Ethiopian-Israeli youth. Read more here: 🔗
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You can hear @AvivaDautch on Sunday at #LimmudTogetherUK by registering at P.S. Mazal tov Aviva! 👑
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Acclaimed poet, academic and curator who has worked with the British Library and Tate Modern, Dr Aviva Dautch, will take over as executive director of Jewish Renaissance
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The recently-appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Kate Green, makes her Limmud debut, in conversation with JLM's Peter Mason at Limmud Together UK Summer! You can book here: @KateGreenSU @_petermason
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🎉🎉 #limmudfestival2020 is only a few hours away, and it is officially our biggest Festival ever! And if you haven't booked yet, it isn't too late - Supported by The JC, Limmud Festival's media partner
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***The wait is over! The Limmud Conference 2016 programme is now online!***
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A 🧵of The Limmud Festival 2021 Team’s Furry Friends currently in attendance #PetsOfLimmudFestival
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There are 14 Limmudniks at #LimmudFestival19 born since last year's festival, which means that we're one short of a @limmud rugby team come 2040.
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Limmud Festival's Shabbat starts at Midday on Friday. Will we see you there? Join us for one or several days of Festival: Want to know what's going on? Check out our programme: Supported by @JewishChron
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SARA NATHAN is co-founder of @RefugeesAtHome , a charity which has placed 2,222 refugees and asylum seekers with somewhere to stay for a total of 162,926 nights. See her at #LimmudTogetherUK 10/10
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#Limmud Festival's youngest and oldest participants (and Anna, who says she's the tiredest!)
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Take a look at the programme for Festival 2021, LIVE NOW! Which session are you looking forward to attending the most? Be part of our growing Limmud Festival community, and book your place here: Supported by @JewishChron
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Thank you for all your amazing work to ensure we're all well-fed over so many days!
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shavua tov from #Limmud 2015!!
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We are about to favebook live steam Havdallah and Chanukah candle lighting. Head online now!
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Our wonderful cohort of Young Leaders enjoying a happy hour in the bar after their first training session! Joined by volunteers and Limmud trustees, building the next generation of the Jewish community 🍻 #limmudfestival22
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We are very very excited to announce that our app is now LIVE!! Just download the guidebook app, and search for ‘Limmud Festival 2018’. Oh, and then look at ALL of those sessions you want to go to, and tell your friends how excited you are!
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Presenter Announcement time! Welcome @Sara_Rose_G We are extremely lucky to be learning with a wide variety of people with diverse backgrounds. We’ll be announcing presenters every week until Festival. Could it be you? Sign up for Festival 2021 here:
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Busy room for session with @lukeakehurst - director of @WeBelieveIsrael and former Labour NEC member - and @BBCPanorama whistleblowers on #LabourAntisemitism #LimmudFestival19 #antisemitism
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A learning moment from none other than @rabbisacks to start the day #LimmudConnect
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Setting the scene... #Limmud Festival is just 12 days away!
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Announcement Time! Limmud Festival will be hosted on Hopin ~ One room on Hopin can hold over 3,000 people and host 20 speakers, making this year's Festival more accessible than ever! Sign up for Limmud Festival 2021 now here: Supported by @JewishChron
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Over 30,000 meals are prepared and eaten at #Limmud Festival @CeliaClyne
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This year's Shuk will be run on Hopin. You'll be able to talk to the exhibitor over video or text chat, with the ability to purchase with the click of a button! Limmud Festival 2021 begins in 2 days! Secure your place now: Supported by @JewishChron
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#LimmudFestival2019 is just around the corner! As well as a few half Festival places left (Tuesday-Thursday), there are opportunities to come to #LimmudFestival2019 for single days. Why not consider coming up for #Wednesday of #LimmudFestival2019 and you could see Idan Raichel!!
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#LimmudFestival23 brought in Shabbat with @Andy4wm Mayor of the West Midlands. He welcomed volunteers, trustees and attendees to Birmingham and spoke of the “dignity, moderation, tolerance, and respect” amongst faith communities in the West Midlands.
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🔹Liberal, Progressive, Zionist: Reclaiming Intersectionality Join @HenMazzig as he shares the story of his family arriving to Israel from Arab lands, the plight of Mizrahim and discussing why being progressive and Zionist, just makes sense.
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Thank you to everyone who made #Limmud Conference 2015 such an amazing event!
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Shabbat Shalom! Make sure to show us your wonderful homemade candles or completed booklets- we got a little head start... Take a look at our programme and consider joining us? You can book here: Supported by @JewishChron
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Next years co-chairs Abi & Anna introduce Mutasim Ali to begin our communal #Chanukah lighting #RefugeeDay
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We have officially launched! Sign up for Limmud Festival 2021 now here: Need help signing up? Access our FAQ's: Or perhaps follow our written guide: #HappyLaunchWeek
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Limmud is deeply saddened to hear of the horrific loss of life at last night’s Lag B’Omer celebrations in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers this Shabbat are with all of those affected by this tragedy, and we wish them great comfort in the difficult days ahead.
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Delighted to welcome our two oldest participants - Ruth and Jess! Both super excited for today's programme!
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Thanking @HiltonBhamMet , @CeliaClyne , @WMPolice , @CST_UK , the paramedics, the volunteers, and presenters.
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Training our Young & Teen Limmud madrichim @JW3London with the help of @UJIAcharity @UJIA_IED - ready for a great YTL programme @klutzface1
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"One of the great strengths of our higher education sector is academic freedom" - @JoJohnsonUK #Limmud #MadeByYou
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The smart folk at the BBC asked @richardverber - a former #Limmud Conference co-chair - what he does over Christmas. You can imagine his response...
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Happening now! Listen to @MoSeitler talk about “bridging the digital divide: how the Jewish community is empowering refugees in the U.K.”, and his organisation @ScreenShareUK . #LimmudFestival22
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Important, in-depth, insiders view of anti-semitism / anti-Muslim hate with Julie Siddiqi and Nathan Servi. Different histories, similar experiences, creating positive futures for British Muslims / Jews. @nisanashim #discoversomethingnew #limmudfestival19
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Come to festival to hear @vrfreedman give a session exploring these letters from UCL!
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UCL HJS Collection
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Newly digitised @UCLSpecColl MS MOCATTA/26: a fascinating series of letters between Charles Dickens and Eliza Davis, a Jewish woman who objected to the portrayal of Jews in Oliver Twist. With handy transcriptions if you can't make out the handwriting
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Did you spot the #Limmud Festival chairs Anna and Abi on the front page of this week's @JewishChron ? Festival is just round the corner!
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