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Miriam Edelman

Miriam is an organisational psychologist. She teaches tikkun olam to rabbinic students at Leo Baeck College, and Jewish ethics at Wimbledon cheder. A fully bilingual American who’s lived in London since 1994, she has been a Limmudnik nearly as long, and coordinates Limmud’s tzedakah project.

Miri Eisin

Miri Eisen served in Israeli intelligence, retired as a Colonel in 2004 and was the Israeli Prime Minister's international media adviser (2006-2007). Miri teaches at the IDC, is a fellow at the center for international communication at Bar Ilan University and an associate at the ICT Institute for Counter-Terrorism.

David el Shatran

Musician and teacher of Latin and Jewish dances, David El Shatran transmits his passions in retreats across Europe. He is the founder of JewSalsa, an alternative cultural community that gathers young unaffiliated Jews. He is the director of the Klezmer Salsa Orchestra: Cigarillos en El Shtruddle.

ELAL Ambassadors

The El Al Ambassadors programme was setup to give El Al aircrew the opportunity to share their personal stories of life in Israel and spread the beautiful face of Israel by reinforcing the identity of society and state.

Benjamin Ellis

Benjamin Ellis is a co-founder and trustee of Keshet UK. After studying at Yeshivat Har Etzion, he completed Cambridge and UCL medical school, and studied public health at Johns Hopkins. He works as a rheumatologist in London, and sings in Jewish and LGBT choirs.

Yehoshua Engelman

Yehoshua Engelman, psychotherapist, taught at Yeshivot, Heb.U and other adult education frameworks, founded Yakar in Tel Aviv and is working on his fifth album of compositions for Jewish and Israeli poetry. His reading of texts and forthcoming book of Torah essays are inspired by his clinical practice.

Ilana Epstein

Ilana is half of the rabbinic team at Cockfosters and Southgate US. Together with her husband, Daniel, they provide spiritual guidance to more than 1,100 shul members. In 2015, she joined the Living nd Learning Department of the US, where she develops educational content and delivers programmes and resources.

Marc Epstein

Marc Michael Epstein is the author of numerous works on art produced by and for Jews, including "The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, & Religious Imagination" (2011 TLS "Best Books Of The Year") and "Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Manuscript Illumination" (2015 National Jewish Book Award).

Karen Ettinger

Karen Ettinger leads European educational projects of the National Library of Israel dedicated to promoting use of primary sources in education. Born in Birmingham, Karen made Aliyah at the age of 11. She has an MA in Learning Technologies and vast experience in the field of online education.

Estelle Eugene

Estelle Eugene (BWY.Dip) formerly worked at Yakar and has presented many yoga sessions for Limmud. She co-founded The Jewish Yoga Network. Estelle teaches Chair Yoga for the Stroke Organisation and U3A.

Michael Even David

Mijael was born in Chile, made Aliyah in 2005 and did rabbinical and MA studies in Jerusalem. Had positions in Omer, Ashkelon and Karmiel in Israel, and was Noam Israel's rabbi. Today he is the rabbi of Edgware Masorti Synagogue. He served in the IDF, participating in its last four campaigns.

Raya Even David

Director of Education and rebbetzin of Edgware Masorti Synagogue, Jewish Learning Leader in Alma Primary School (Whetstone), Hebrew language tutor, born and raised Israeli living in London for over 2 years, Raya Even David holds a degree in Judaism and education from Hebrew University.

Elan Ezrachi

Elan Ezrachi PhD is a Jerusalem-based Jewish Peoplehood educator and researcher, and the CEO of Melitz. Elan is also a community activist in Jerusalem.