Limmud Archives

Limmud is a Jewish communal organisation based in London and founded in 1980. It launched its archive programme a couple of years ago and has been working on cataloguing material it already holds as well as encouraging people who have played a part in Limmud’s story, either as an organiser, a volunteer, or a participant to help fill the gaps in its collection.

Read more about that here: Limmud Needs You!

Archive Description

The Limmud Archive holds records and ephemera documenting 44 years of conferences, festivals and other activities in the UK and internationally. The archive material centres around the yearly Limmud festival, for which programmes exist from 1980 to the present day, as well as regional events and international programmes of education.

Some of the highlights include programmes from the early 1980s Limmud Conferences, as well as some of the early editorial content that supports them, such as ‘Limmud Life’ and the first ‘Limmud Journal’ from 1983.

The archive also contains financial, administrative, marketing and constitutional records. Audio-visual and photographic material also forms part of the archive, as well as ephemera including posters, postcards and merchandise.

An online catalogue is to be launched in 2025, with some digitised material available. Limmud is looking to deposit the archive with an appropriate collecting repository.

Access Information

The archives are currently stored off-site and access is at the discretion of the Project Archivist.

One month advance notification is required to access the archives and enquiries can be made to the project archivist at the following address: martin@limmud.org.

You’ll need photographic ID containing details of your home address.

Online / Digital Accessibility

Online catalogue for the archive to be launched Autumn 2025. Digitised material available in 2026.

Street Address

Shield House, Harmony Way, London, NW4 2BZ

https://limmud.org/