 Limmud's largest group of volunteers are in their 20s and 30s.Around half of the UK "Forty under 40" (a community-wide initiative to identify the future leaders of British Jewry, published by "Jewish News") have volunteered for Limmud and a former Chair of Limmud, Elliott Goldstein, topped the list.Limmud held its first conference in 1980 for 80 people organised by Alastair Falk, Michael May, Jonathan Benjamin and Clive Lawton, inspired by a visit to the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) in North America.