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January 2010

ROI Community  /      01/27/10

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We are excited to present to you the list of participants and staff for the 2010 European Gathering for the Paideia and ROI Communities (bios to come)! We hope that you'll reach out to them to welcome them to the network and introduce them to your projects as they join our ROI/CLI family.
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Esther Kustanowitz  /      01/22/10
Marcus Freed, performer and Bibliyogi extraordinaire, competed with a raucous crowd of 400 Jews as he performed this original piece at the Night of Unity fundraiser for Jewlicious Festivals and JConnectLA (an LA-based group for Jewish professionals also run by Rabbi Yonah Bookstein).

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Esther Kustanowitz  /      01/19/10
If you had to guess which ROIer was on the red carpet at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Hollywood, accosting celebrities and narrating their arrivals, there'd be no contest...it'd have to be Michelle Collins. Just press play to relive the magic as Michelle -covering the event for VH1's Best Week Ever -interrogates Stanley Tucci, high-fives Woody Harrelson, and misses Sandra Bullock and James Cameron's hair while gawking at Sir Paul McCartney.

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Esther Kustanowitz  /      01/17/10

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[Limmud participants gather for the closing gala.]

[This and other photos of Limmud UK at: www.flickr.com/photos/limmud/]

ROIers were out in force at the recent Limmud conference – Limmud Mothership, as several referred to it – in Coventry, UK, which was the biggest Limmud in its 29-year history, drawing 2,500 Jews for learning, networking, socializing, singing, dancing and enjoying. As Joel Stanley, performance and music track co-chair and theater performer, noted, “Limmud was, as ever, a fantastic festival of Jewish innovation, learning and collaboration.”

Here are some more reflections from Joel and others who represented the ROI network at Limmud.

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