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The conference attracted approximately 750 people from across the countries of the FSU; about 150 had participated in prior Limmud events, and many young people participated in Taglit-birthright israel.

Russian Jews assert their independence at the second-annual Limmud-Moscow. Limmud-Moscow participant Yelena Berlin at breakfast.

The Limmud grassroots Jewish learning extravaganza is coming into its own in the former Soviet Union, becoming self-sustaining and spreading in the region.

MOSCOW (JTA) -- Standing still for what seemed like the first time in days and looking at the sprawl of Jewish communal activity around him, Chaim Chesler finally paused for a moment to take it all in.

"If you ask me what I personally believe," says the leader of one of the major Jewish organizations at Limmud, "of course I think that what happened ninety years ago in Armenia was a genocide, but I'm never going to say that on record."

Over 700 community activists age 18-45 years old from throughout the former Soviet Union are expected to join the first-ever Limmud FSU.