LimmudLA in the News
Articles
The Message | February 22, 2008
Thank you. That's the profound message of this column: Thank you. The instigators, organizers and volunteers who brought Limmud to Los Angeles last weekend deserve our gratitude for challenging one of the long-held orthodoxies of the L.A. Jewish community: There is no Jewish community.
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LimmudLA: Chance Encounters, Many Choices | February 22, 2008
We have 27 minutes until Shabbat, and we need to check in to the Costa Mesa Hilton, register at the LimmudLA desk, unpack and get three children and two adults showered and into our Friday finest before candle lighting. More...
LimmudLA - By the Numbers | February 22, 2008
A complete demographic breakdown of LimmudLA participants by age, religious practice, and geography. More...
A Different Taste | December 21, 2007
Last Saturday night, my husband and I were invited, along with many others -- most of whom didn't know each other -- to the home of Lorin and Linda Fife. The occasion was not a party, but rather a "Taste of Limmud," a precursor to something called LimmudLA. The Presidents' Day weekend conference will be volunteer-led, and organizers expect it to bring together hundreds of local Jews of all denominations for three days of conversation and learning. More...
Volunteers drive eclectic learning at LimmudLA | October 26, 2007
At the Limmud conference in England three years ago, Angeleno Judy Aronson attended a session on the Jews and the Beatles, where she sat next to the former neighbor of Beatle's manager Brian Epstein. She tried to keep up with Romanians teaching Israeli folk dance, she learned a new way to understand the "Shema" and she discussed Chasidic stories with secular Israelis. More...
Limmud brings FSU Jews together | October 23, 2007
The excitement and diversity at the first Limmud Jewish educational conference in the former Soviet Union prompted some longtime observers to wonder if this signaled the beginning of the end of Jewish factionalism and infighting in Russia. More...
LimmudLA | September 14, 2007
We would like to correct an inaccurate description of LimmudLA in your article regarding our Jewish Community Foundation's Cutting Edge grant ("Jewish Community Foundation Picks 'Cutting Edge' Programs," Aug. 31). More...
Jewish Community Foundation Picks 'Cutting Edge' Programs | August 31, 2007
The Jewish Community Foundation has identified 10 local nonprofits to receive a combined $1.5 million in Cutting Edge grants, awarded to innovative programs tackling social problems and improving Jewish life. More...
Limmud LA Conference on the Calendar | May 11, 2007
A lay-led effort to bring the Limmud Conference to the West Coast gained momentum this month when leaders hired an executive director to help organize the multidisciplinary, multidenominational, multicultural Jewish conference scheduled for next President's Day weekend. More...
How to Love a Jew You Hate | March 23, 2007
What do you do when you can't stand another Jew? When their political views make you sick, or when you feel completely alienated from their lifestyle -- whether because they are too religious, or too secular, or simply too unfamiliar? More...
Press Releases
LimmudLA Receives Cutting Edge Grant From Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
Jewish Community Foundation Announces Cutting Edge Grants Totaling Nearly $1.5 Million
