The Best of Limmud 2026

Interviews with the Limmud Johannesburg team and local and international presenters

• Warren Sher (Rabbi and Limmud Johannesburg Chair, Johannesburg) on the Limmud programme and what makes it special
• Yehudis Fletcher (activist and author, Manchester) on her story of abuse in the Haredi community
• Zvi Hirschfield (Orthodox Rabbi, Jerusalem) on his reflections as a Jewish educator at Pardes Institute
• Ted Botha (author, Cape Town) on his book, “Hollywood on the Veld”
• Marc Friedman (avid Limmudnik, Johannesburg) on attending 19 out of 20 Limmuds
• Yoram Haimi (Holocaust archaeologist, Gaza Envelope) on this new type of archaeology and its impact
• Batya and Gila (sisters, Cape Town) on growing up Muslim and learning they were Jewish
• Kim Nates (Chair of Limmud Marketing and Registration, Johannesburg) on planning Limmud 
• Sherre Hirsch (Rabbi, author, and speaker, Los Angeles) on becoming a conservative Rabbi