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Last month, we asked you to donate to our Azara crowdfunding campaign. We’ve been blown away by the response: 161 of you gave whatever you could, from £5 to £2,000. We raised £11,670 – more than meeting our £10,000 goal. Thanks to you, we can announce that this summer, participants will contribute through a ‘pay what you can’ model. While we are dependent on participants’ contributions, we’re letting people decide for themselves what they are able to pay. Nobody will… Read More »Thanks to you, we did it

We are running a Chanukah crowdfunder! The Azara summer programme will be the first ever coed yeshiva programme in Europe’s 2,000 year Jewish history. For one month, participants of all backgrounds will come together to immerse in Jewish texts and form a community of learners. We’ve already received a significant number of applications—now we just need the financial resources to make it happen. This is an investment in our community. The learning wont stop at the end of the summer—we… Read More »Azara Chanukah Crowdfunder

There have been not one, but two pieces in the Jewish Chronicle about our launch! “The UK’s first cross-communal yeshivah has been launched in London to extend the reach of advanced Jewish study. Azara, which takes its name from the Temple courtyard where Jews would gather in ancient times, hopes to open text learning to all, regardless of denomination, background or gender. As well as running classes through the year, it is planning an intensive month-long residential programme in Edinburgh… Read More »Azara in the JC

The Scotsman today featured Azara’s launch, and our plans to run a yeshiva summer programme in Scotland. “Jewish learning is to return to Scotland following the first ever cross-communal Jewish group launch from Azara, a new hub for education in the UK. Being the first ever organisation to offer deep inclusive Jewish text learning in Scotland, Azara will begin with a month-long summer programme in Edinburgh next year. The group aims to work…” Read the full article here.