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Happy mass gathering of Jews...

Tens of thousands of Jews have let their hair down according to SomethingJewish.

More than 25,000 people have attended the first celebration of Jewish culture to take place in London's Trafalgar Square which also marked the 350th anniversary of Jews being readmitted back to England.

Limmud takes on New York

Proving that New York isn't always the inventor of all good Jewish things, Limmud, the British Jewish educational event has inspired a second New York Limmud.

Yes, the British are coming, well at least the concept is...

Jewschool takes up the story:

A few highlights:

• Elliot Dorff, Gordon Tucker and Judith Hauptman discuss the future of the Conservative movement
• Ruth Gruber's eyewitness account of the voyage of the ship Exodus 1947
• Jewish and secular perspectives on adoption with Moshe Bleich
• Ben Dreyfus of Kol Zimrah, Musician Debbie Friedman, Pardes Rosh Yeshivah Danny Landes and Daniel Siegel on "The Difficulty of Davening"
• Jewish Week editor Gary Rosenblatt looks at the growing gap between American Jewry and Israel
• Loolwa Khazzoom on Women, Music and Sephardic Culture
• The kabbalah of money with Conservative Brazilian Rabbi Nilton Bonder, who is also president of the Institute for Religious Studies (the largest forum for civil rights in Latin America)
• Ruth Messinger on genocide in Darfur
• A Jewish songwriting and music making workshop with Basya Schechter of Pharaoh's Daughter
• Voices of Jewish Women of Color with Yolanda Shoshana

Go on, make a difference

If you have some free time on Sunday, then make full use of it and do a mitzvah.

Mitzvah Day is at Britannia Hampstead Hotel, Primrose Hill Road London NW3 and you can find out more about how you can voluntreer you time to a variety of good causes.

Organised by the Jewish Community Centre for London, more information can be found on their website.

Do your bit for charity

Jewish groups don't want your money?  So what's the catch?

Well, if you've got a few hours to spare on November 6, you can get to meet and find out how you can help a number of Jewish groups.

Organised in association with the Jewish Community Centre for London, Mitzvah Day is a good idea to introduce the public to the work these groups do.

From the JCCfL website:

This is a chance to make a meaningful contribution to a charity that doesn’t involve money. We want your time. On just one day (November 6), here are some of the possible activities: making quilts for abused women; singing at an old people’s home; packing clothes in a charity warehouse; clear a garden: and children could help out making cards.

A good idea and something the community should try and get involved in.