Presenters: W

Adam Wagner

Adam is a barrister specialising in human rights. In 2015 he founded RightsInfo, an award-winning human rights public education charity. He tweets a lot.

Julia Wagner

Dr Julia Wagner is a writer, lecturer and public speaker specialising in film. She is film reviewer for the Jewish Quarterly journal and her blog on film and memory is published on the Huffington Post UK. She holds a PhD in Film Studies from UCL.

Mikael Wahl

Mikael grew up in France and settled in Jerusalem. He has lectured and worked as an interpreter for over a decade. Consumed by a passion for history and archeology, he recently qualified as an Israeli tour guide, and now enjoys spending time on the (bumpy) roads of the country.

Alison Walsh

When her fifteen year old son came out as gay, Alison did not know who she could talk to. Alison is the convenor of Jewish Parents of Gays and Lesbians, which was set up in May 1996 to support parents when their child comes out as gay.

Jeffrey Ward

Jeff Ward is an engineer born in the US, trained in the UK, and currently working in LA. He is president of Congregation Tikvat Jacob in Manhattan Beach. He joined his synagogue board specifically to assist in rabbinical transition. He has also served as Chairman of LimmudLA.

Dawn Waterman

Dawn Waterman is Government Affairs Officer at the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Sarah Waxman

In 2015, Sarah Waxman founded At The Well. Sarah’s life has taken her from being an overweight kid to a national champion athlete, from a student of sociology to a student of holistic medicine, and from a passionate member of the Jewish community to an organiser of an international women's network.

Garry Wayland

Currently teaching Maths at an independent school in Hampstead, Garry Wayland has worked as rabbi at Woodside Park United Synagogue, focusing on youth and young families. He has also been Jewish student chaplain in Scotland.

Naomi Webber

Naomi is a law student and lifelong Limmudnik, with a particular interest in children's rights.

Michael Wegier

Michael is chief executive of UJIA. Apart from running this amazing charity, Michael also loves teaching with a focus on texts dealing with history, literature and identity. Michael has lived and worked in Israel, the USA and the UK.

Joshua Weinberg

Josh Weinberg is president of ARZA. He made Aliyah in 2003 and served on faculty for NFTY-EIE program. He is a reserve officer in the IDF Spokesperson’s unit and studied for an MA at Hebrew University in Jewish Education. He was ordained from the HUC-JIR Israeli Rabbinic Program.

Chaim Weiner

Chaim Weiner is one of the leading Masorti rabbis in Europe. He founded and heads the European Masorti Bet Din and Masorti Europe, developing and supporting new communities. Chaim is known for innovative work in Jewish education and fascinating tours to destinations around the world.

Arthur Weiss

Arthur is a market researcher/trainer who helps clients find intelligence they thought it couldn’t be found. Previous Limmud talks include "Great Jewish Spies", "Pimps and Prostitutes: the Jewish white slave trade" and "Defending Israel: using the internet to find the truth behind anti-Israel propaganda".

Anna Wexler

Anna Wexler is a documentary filmmaker and writer, currently completing her PhD in the Department of Science, Technology and Society at MIT. She co-directed the feature documentary film Unorthodox (2013), which follows three rebellious Orthodox Jewish teenagers as they struggle with their faith.

Michael Whine

Mike Whine is Government and International Affairs Director at the Community Security Trust and the UK Member of ECRI, the Council of Europe human rights monitoring commission which inspects and advises Member States.

Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson is a fellow at the Henry Jackson Society where he focuses on Middle Eastern politics and counter extremism. Tom regularly appears on television and radio and has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Independent, the Jerusalem Post, the Spectator, Commentary and Standpoint.

Atira Winchester

Atira Winchester is the director of programming for New Israel Fund UK. Her past roles include head of creative learning at JW3 and section editor at the Jerusalem Post. She holds an MA in English Literature and is passionate about Hebrew, Israel and civil rights.

Irene Wise

Irene Wise is an artist and senior lecturer in Media and Culture at University of Roehampton. Irene is an Imperial War Museum Fellow in Holocaust Education and a creative educator at the British Library. She has written and illustrated articles and books and has written/curated an app on Anne Frank.

Jonathan Wittenberg

Jonathan Wittenberg is rabbi of the New North London Synagogue and Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism. Interests are pastoral and interfaith work, environment and history. He likes people, animals, nature and literature. He's married to Nicola Solomon and they have three children and a dog.

Maurice Wren

Maurice Wren is chief executive of the Refugee Council, the leading organisation working with refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

Tamra Wright

Tamra Wright is director of Academic Studies at LSJS and a visiting lecturer at King’s College London. A specialist in 20th century Jewish thought, she teaches modules on Jewish philosophy as part of the LSJS/King’s MA in Jewish Studies, and is programme leader for the LSJS MA in Jewish Education.