Euroasian Jewish News
CIS Limud Honorary Chairman Matthew Bronfman (left) and EAJC Executive Vice President Yuri Raskin
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Limud Conference Under Moscow
19.04.2010
The educational conference "Limud Moscow - 2010" took place on the 15-18 of April, at the "Meadows" resort near Moscow. The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) was, traditionally, one of the partners of the conference.
The organizers of the project define its essence as follows: "Limud is the first and only Jewish educational, cultural, and recreational event that is for absolutely everybody. Limud is the only conference where you can choose your own program from many diverse options, or where you can become a lecturer yourself, and share your knowledge and experience with others."
The Moscow conference gathered around 600 attendees. The lecturers numbered many famous people from Russia and Israel, in particular including the Ambassador of Israel to the Russian Federation Anna Azari, Honorary Chairman of CIS Limud Matthew Bronfman, the scholars Leonid Katzis and Leonid Matsih, the writers David Markish and Lev Rubinstein, the political scientists Elena Nosenko and Zeev Hanin, the journalists Natella Boltyanskaya and Lev Novozhenov, the artists Alexander Levenbook and Grigoriy Melsky.
As EAJC Executive Vice-President Yuri Raskin underscored after visiting the conference, "Limud is the most successful Jewish project in the cultural and educational spheres. The idea itself is successful, but so is the form, and the management."
EAJC President Alexander Mashkevich noted, when commenting on Congress participation in the support of Limud, "Limud is a living manifestation of deep national connections in time and space. This project creates ties between the now-living Jews with their centuries-old history, with the roots of their culture, but at the same time it connects the Diaspora Jews with the Jewish state. The importance of Limud is that it supports the feeling of unity for our people, no matter where we may live."
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