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Limmud: Everyone catered for at a cross-communal gathering with an extra festive flavour

Four thousand doughnuts have been stockpiled in Birmingham as the city plays host for the second time to the biggest annual Jewish education event: the Limmud winter conference.

December 23, 2016 11:45
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Simon Rocker,

Simon Rocker

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This year’s cross-communal gathering will enjoy an extra festive flavour as it opens on Sunday on the first day of Chanukah.

Ben Lewis, the former Reform youth movement worker who has co-chaired the Shabbat and Chanukah programme with recent Union of Jewish Students president Hannah Brady, says: “We see it as a real opportunity to do something special.”

Whereas Limmud-goers have sometimes braved the elements to kindle a menorah outside, this year they will be able to take part in a communal lighting in the shelter of a large marquee.

A half-hour slot has been reserved in the schedule for remembering the miracle in the Temple. “We have invited some of the top speakers and performers to help with the celebration each night in what hopefully will be an exciting and suitably festive environment,” he said.