Limmud Winnipeg’s Values & Principles
Limmud Winnipeg’s values & principles are an important part of what guides us in our efforts to promote Jewish learning, thought and culture.
Core Value: Learning
Learning embraces personal development, knowledge and skills
Learning changes people, inspires action and opens new worlds
There are many inspirations that can offer opportunities for learning
Everyone can be a teacher and everyone should be a student
We encourage the creation of a learning environment in which people are able
to reflect and grow
Core Value: Community & Mutual Responsibility
Limmud is a community of learning
We can achieve more together than we can individually
We both gain and should give something back to the Jewish and the wider community
Core Value: Expanding Jewish Horizons
Limmud strives to create collective and communal experiences, through which we strengthen and develop our Jewish identity
Core Value: Empowerment
We inspire people to be ambitious about their contribution
We challenge people and trust them to rise to that challenge
We see the potential of individuals and communities, and support their development
We empower people to make choices, and provide the information to make informed choices
Core Value: Participation
Volunteerism is a key feature of almost everything we do
We are all responsible for each other and for the communities we create, everyone has an important contribution to make
We encourage participants to take an active part in all we do
Core Value: Diversity
We value diversity in all that we do
We value choice in form, content and style
We believe in the richness of our diverse community and create cross-communal and cross-generational experiences
We value accessibility, and aim to be accessible to all
We encourage people not to stereotype others
Core Value: Enabling connections to be made
We aim to create opportunities for communities and individuals to connect
We recognize the strength of providing a space where spiritual, emotional and intellectual connections are made
Limmud’s Principles: Commitment to Respect
Limmud expects all participants to be respectful of one another, and to recognise that all volunteers are also participants
Personal attacks are not acceptable within session material
To ensure that informed choices can be made, we ask presenters to provide biographies
Limmud’s Principles: Arguments for the Sake of Heaven
Limmud does not participate in legitimising or de-legitimising any religious or political position found in the worldwide Jewish community. Anyone who comes to Limmud events seeking opportunities for this will not find it
Limmud has no part to say in the debates between/across denominations. Limmud will programme its events in such a way as to avoid religious or political conflict. However we do recognise and appreciate that ‘arguments for the sake of heaven’ can make a positive contribution to furthering our education and understanding. Sessions should therefore be educational and not polemical
Limmud’s Principles: Religious Observance
Shabbat and kashrut are observed in all public areas. We recognise that in private areas people will behave as they wish
Should participants wish to hold a prayer group, they may do so providing they supply all resources and are responsible for the session or prayer group in its entirety
THERE’S A PLACE FOR YOU!
Inspired, led and run by volunteers, there is always something for everyone, for all ages, all religious or non-religious affiliations! From over 50 communities worldwide participating in this journey, explore Jewish culture, Israel, current affairs, Jewish thought and More!
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ASPER JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMPUS
123 Doncaster Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
204.557.6260