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Limmud is a British-Jewish educational charity which produces a large annual winter conference and several other events around the year on the theme of Jewish learning. Limmud it is not affiliated to any strand of Judaism and markets itself as open to "anyone interested in Jewish learning".¹ Conceptually the conference and organisation originally based itself on CAJE, the Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education of North America, that had been formed 4 years earlier in 1976.² From CAJE, it took a volunteer ethos, not paying presenters, not using titles, and whilst the connection was distant at times, these values continue the experience. Howver CAJE and the original Limmud were strictly aimed at those involved in education and as such Limmud was a conference for "educators". During the 1990s it was the significant change to a community gathering, a retreat, a youth camp for all ages, a JCC without walls that has led Limmud to become British Jewry's greatest export. On the face of it Limmud might seem a conference a group of professionals could make happen. So what is the big story? Limmud is organised by volunteers who participate as equals in the conference. Today around the Jewish world there are thousands of volunteers creating Limmud conferences. Limmud's largest group of volunteers are in their 20s and 30s making it unique in the Jewish world where leadership and power are rarely invested in this age-group and hence they are rarely involved. Around half of the UK 40under40 recently published by London Jewish News have been involved in Limmud and the recently retired Chair, Elliott Goldstein topped the list. Founded in 1980 and is run by volunteers, with a small staff to give background support. Limmud comes from the Hebrew word meaning "learning," and is a name meant to reflect the goal of the organisation. In its first decade, Alistair played the core role in the development of the organisation with figures such as Steve Miller, Tina Elliott and Alan Wilkinson. During this period Limmud was a conference for "educators". Funding bodies were concerned by the number of full time educators present. There were sticky moments such as when a venue cancelled just weeks before a conference. After initial growth, numbers at the annual conference varied between 150 and 250. The second decade was dominated by first challenges to the base funding, then challenges to the organisation's existence, before Limmud was able to turn these into the basis of the incredible success story that exists today. A key moment took place in a back garden in Brighton in 1990 when after Alistair stood down as Chair the committee faced an uncertain future. None of the committee felt equipped to take on the leadership though it was a group of committed Limmudniks that filled the vacuum as Andrew Gilbert was convinced to become the Chair (a position he was to hold for the following seven years. Then came the people crisis as the Conservative Minister of Education introduced training days for professional educators greatly reducing the availability of teachers to construct the programme. First somewhat randomly the vacuum was filled with younger dynamic people who were graduates of youth and student movements such as Simon Klarfeld, Joel Levy, Gideon Sylvester and Rob Rabinowitz. However by 1994 this had become more of a flood led by Natan Tiefenbrun large groups of UJS and youth movement activists became central to the leadership of Limmud. In 1992 a dream had been set for a 5 year plan towards a conference of 500 people with Debbie Friedman, Rabbi Yitz and Blu Greenberg and Avraham Infeld as well as extended home lead presenters. This was achieved in 1994 as the UK Conference hit 500 with those guests. Going from strength to strength Limmud's UK conference taking place at Universities around the UK between Xmas and New Year now achieves a gathering of nearly 3000 Jews, about 1% of British Jewry. Over the Nineties and Noughties the volunteers continued to come forward to lead Limmud Conference and develop new initiatives such as Limmud Fest (a summer more outdoor version) and Limmud should honour all those incredible volunteers by naming at least the Chairs of each conference, fest and regional event in this article. Whilst Limmud constantly struggles with keeping everything done by volunteers and allowing some professional back-up to allow volunteers to be more effective. In the early days volunteers were heavily involved in catering and even in avoiding using printers for handbooks, however with so many volunteers Limmud has moved towards a small back room team. Its first professional appointment in 1998 was of Clive Lawton as the Part Time Executive Director (1 day per week), who gradually became backed by a full time administrator. In 2006 Limmud recruited its first full time Executive Director .³

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Limmud is a British-Jewish educational charity which produces a large annual winter conference and several other events around the year on the theme of Jewish learning. Limmud is not affiliated to any strand of Judaism and markets itself as open to "anyone interested in Jewish learning". Limmud (from the Hebrew word meaning "to learn") was originally a conference for "educators", basing itself on CAJE , the Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education of North America, formed in 1976. From CAJE, it took a volunteer ethos, not paying presenters, and not using titles. 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". The Limmud model has now spread to many other countries. A distinctive feature of Limmud is that the events are organised by volunteers who, as "volunticipants", also take part as equals in the conference. Limmud's largest group of volunteers are in their 20s and 30s. Around half of the UK "Forty under 40" (a community-wide initiative to identify the future leaders of British Jewry, published by The Jewish News ) have volunteered for Limmud and a former Chair of Limmud, Elliott Goldstein, topped the list. Limmud is registered with the Charity Commission as charity no. 1083414. Interview with Alastair Falk in The Jewish Chronicle .

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Limmud is a British-Jewish educational 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. Limmud markets itself as open to "anyone interested in Jewish learning". Limmud (from the Hebrew word meaning "to learn") was originally a conference for "educators", basing itself on CAJE , the Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education of North America. Taking CAJE's volunteer ethos, not paying presenters and not using people's titles, Limmud has grown to be a large international organisation. 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". The Limmud model has now spread to many other countries. A distinctive feature of Limmud is that the events are organised by volunteers, who also take part as equals in what is now called the Limmud Festival. Limmud's largest group of volunteers are in their 20s and 30s. 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. Limmud is registered with the Charity Commission as charity no. 1083414. Interview with Alastair Falk in The Jewish Chronicle .

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Jewish-British educational charity Limmud is a British-Jewish educational 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. 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 (from Hebrew ' to learn ' ) was originally a conference for "educators", basing itself on CAJE , the Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education of North America. 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". The Limmud model has now spread to many other countries. A distinctive feature of Limmud is that the events are organised by volunteers, who also take part as equals in what is now called the Limmud Festival (held in the UK). Limmud Festival's largest group of volunteers are in their 20s and 30s. 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. Limmud is registered with the Charity Commission as charity no. 1083414. Interview with Alastair Falk in The Jewish Chronicle .

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