The conference was packed with dozens of activities and lectures, hundreds of participants attended.

The Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Zinaida Greceanii : "Our task is to preserve and amplify this tradition"

The partnership was born with the goal of enriching and inspiring NGF alumni, Limmud FSU volunteers and new participants alike and for creating the opportunity for cross-communal and cross-country collaborations

"Not everyone who supports BDS is an anti-Semite. However - if you look at the organisational papers of the BDS movement, and listen to what the people behind it say, it is clearly antisemitism - plain and simple."

The pluralistic program included dozens of sessions on a wide range of topics with a multiple selection of activities each hour

Deputy Mayor of Odessa Pavel Vugelman: "Best people of the world come to Odessa, share their experiences, educate our youth and pass on the centuries-old wisdom of the Jewish people."

The international educational organization, Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) celebrated its bat-mitzvah – 12 years of educational activities in Israel with a three-day festival which this year took place for the first time in the city of Ashdod.

At Limmud in Johannesburg I had occasion to listen to and to chat with Denis Goldberg, one of the speakers at the conference.