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Who is left, right, or centre on the political spectrum is insignificant in the coming Israeli election, according to Haaretz reporter Linda Dayan, who spoke at Limmud Johannesburg. “When we talk about left and...
Education is often understood as a pathway to opportunity. But what happens when a child’s education is shaped almost entirely by the religious community into which they are...
Every time I find myself on a Ben Yehuda street in Israel, I think of how Eliezer Ben-Yehuda recreated the Hebrew language, a story I first...
People often ask me what justice looks like. At Limmud Johannesburg, an archaeologist and survivor of 7 October taught me something else. He taught me what justice sounds like. ...
The animated characters of Bart and Lisa Simpson are unlikely to be front of mind when considering the Talmud, but in one classic episode of The Simpsons, the siblings turn to Jewish texts to...
Long before Hollywood became Hollywood, a Jewish immigrant arrived in South Africa with no money and an extraordinary ability to see opportunity where others didn’t. Isidore William...
From a queer-centred yeshiva to an artist-driven synagogue and young adults turning their homes into Jewish gathering spaces, new models of Jewish life are challenging traditional...
Who is left, right, or centre on the political spectrum is insignificant in the coming Israeli election, according to Haaretz reporter Linda Dayan, who spoke at Limmud Johannesburg. “When we talk about left and...
Goldsteins weren’t necessarily in the gold business, Rosenbergs didn’t come from a mountain of roses, and Eisenfelds certainly weren’t growing iron in fields. Some of the surnames we immediately recognise as...
“We want to take the rabbis’ authority seriously because the rabbis spend their lives immersed in and devoted to this law, trying, putting what they perceive as...
Spending a weekend absorbing information from so many exceptional and learned people, as we do at Limmud every year, is phenomenal. Every year, I come home at the end of...
For most of their lives, Batyah* and Gila* understood themselves to be Muslim. Yet, woven through generations of their family was a Jewish identity they did not fully understand. The...
For Israel, the battle is no longer only a military one. Dan Feferman told Limmud Cape Town that the information space is as strategic a battlefield, capable of shaping public opinion, political decisions,...
Investing can seem like something reserved for people with substantial savings, financial expertise, or a high tolerance for risk. A Limmud Cape Town session challenged all three...
Right-wing voters who no longer want Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition to be in power could decide Israel’s election in October. It could also hinge on the cost of living, military service, and whether Netanyahu can...
