Limmud is a British-Jewish educational charity[1] 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.

[4][5] Taking CAJE's volunteer ethos, not paying presenters and not using people's titles, Limmud has grown to be a large international movement.

[10] Limmud held its first conference in 1980 for 80 people organised by Alastair Falk, Michael May, Jonathan Benjamin and Clive Lawton, inspired by a visit to the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) in North America.

International conferences were now held in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Hungary, Atlanta, Buenos Aires, Bulgaria, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Poland, Stockholm, Ukraine, Germany, Turkey, Toronto, New York and France.

New Limmud groups include Arizona, Mar del Plata, Australia, Tel Aviv, Chile and Essen.

In 2017 Limmud was also awarded the Jerusalem Unity Prize for contribution to Jewish life, presented by Israeli President Rivlin.

[5] In 2018 and 2019, formal legal entities were set up to co-ordinate and support Limmud teams in North America and Israel.

[18] A typical day at Limmud Festival includes around 200 sessions spanning religious, cultural and political aspects of Jewish life.

[24] It involved camping as well as staying indoors,[24] had a less intense programme centred on Shabbat and was more cultural and outdoors-focused than its winter sibling.

Day and weekend Limmuds are now held at a number of venues in the UK, including Birmingham,[25] Cambridge,[26][27] Harrow,[28] Hull,[29] Leeds,[30][31] Liverpool,[32][33] Manchester,[34] and the Thames Valley.

[42][1] More than ninety communities in 42 countries on six continents have hosted Limmud events including Hong Kong,.

[51] Controversy erupted again in 2013 when newly elected Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis announced his decision to attend.

[49] Subsequently, a public notice signed by seven leading Orthodox rabbis including Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu and Rabbi Avrohom Gurwicz was published in the Jewish Tribune, highly critical of pluralism and urged "God-fearing Jews" not to participate in Limmud.

[49] This sparked condemnation by non-Charedi communal leaders, with Jewish Leadership Council chairman Mick Davis, Board of Deputies president Vivian Wineman and United Synagogue president Stephen Pack writing to The Jewish Chronicle, describing the statement as showing "a shocking failure of leadership".