Presenters: C

Daniel Cainer

Daniel is a multi-award-winning songwriter, storyteller and broadcaster. Winner of the Galway Fringe Award for Excellence 2017, Fringe Review Highly Recommended Show 2015, 2016 & 2017, SoHo Playhouse New York: Best of Edinburgh and NYC Fringes 2014/2015/2016, Winner: Three Weeks Edinburgh Award 2013

Michael Capek

After 32 years, Michael is still going strong as a practicing GP and hypnotherapist. He has degrees in Medicine, Health Psychology, and mathematical subjects. He believes that future major advances in knowledge and thinking will need to be cross-disciplinary.

Graham Carpenter

Graham is the Community Coordinator for New Israel Fund UK. He grew up in LJY-Netzer and is now the Officer for Music for Liberal Judaism. He also represents the UK on the World Union for Progressive Judaism’s Executive Board and co-chairs its strategic committee for Inspiring the Next Generation.

Hirsh Cashdan

Hirsh was brought up in a Liverpool family known for scholastic achievement. He had a close relationship with his father who was a consummate ba'al kore. Since retiring Hirsh has focused on voluntary work in international development and in Jewish music - including leyning at Richmond synagogue.

David Cassuto

David Cassuto studied law in Holland, Scotland and Israel. He is a modern orthodox Jew who lives in Jerusalem since 2015. He still lectures law in Holland. In Israel he studies Jewish and non-Jewish sources. He develops a vision on traditional masculine values in the postmodern Western world.

Adam Chalom

Adam Chalom is dean for North America of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism (IISHJ) and rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation in suburban Chicago. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan and rabbinic ordination from the IISHJ.

Sarah Charak

Sarah has been at various points a coffee-addicted Sydney-sider, Brovenders girl, batmitzvah teacher, Bnei Akiva Rosh Chinuch, and History/Law student at Sydney University and KCL. Dragged by her parents to Limmud Oz since she was 10, Sarah is excited to be at her first Limmud UK, & without her mum.

James Charles

James has taken the totally financially responsible decision to leave a career in engineering to pursue music full time. He has left the critically acclaimed Tom McCartney Band in Nottingham for session work in London and is a student at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance.

Jaclyn Chernett

Jaclyn Chernett is the first UK female chazzan, ordained in 2006 at the Academy for Jewish Religion, NY. She is the founder and director of Studies of the European Academy for Jewish Liturgy, teaching leaders of synagogue prayer internationally. She is a Vice President of Masorti Judaism UK.

Michelle Citrin

Michelle is an award-winning singer/songwriter and producer. From holiday videos to creative worship, Michelle enjoys “taking what’s old and making it new.” With a soulful presence & knack for composing memorable melodies, Michelle brings to life the spirit of our tradition through song & prayer.

Jonathan Clingman

Jonathan Clingman is Development Coordinator at The Together Plan, a charity working to build empowered, self-sufficient community in the former Soviet Union. Their work connects communities in the UK and FSU to each other to enable everyone to benefit from each others' experiences and expertise.

Shulli Clinton-Davis

Shulli Clinton-Davis is a technology consultant who was brought up in Finchley's modern Orthodox community as a member of Bnei Akiva. Whilst studying at the University of Birmingham she came out as LGBTQ and now acts as a Diversity Champion at her firm.

Adrian Cohen

Adrian Cohen is chair of the London Jewish Forum and chair of Labour Friends of Israel. He is a trustee of the Jewish Leadership Council, former chair of the Union of Jewish Students and, by day, partner at Clifford Chance.

Lawrence Cohen

Having reached three score and ten, Lawrence has acquired much knowledge but little wisdom. Regretfully, there is little he can teach anyone. Nevertheless, there are one or two enthusiasms which he would like to share while there is still time.

Lucy Cohen

Lucy completed a Jewish Service Corp fellowship in Mumbai, India. She was the manager of a women’s empowerment social enterprise, Naya, as well as an Income Generation Programme Director for The Urja Trust. Alongside international and community development Lucy is a Bollywood and belly dancer.

Michael M. Cohen

Michael M. Cohen is a graduate of the University of Vermont and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Presently he is the rabbi emeritus of the Israel Congregation in Manchester Center, Vermont and is on the faculty of the Arava Institute and Bennington College.

Oren Cohen

Oren is 35 and lives in London with his wife Rutie. A year ago he founded Zen Educate, an online platform connecting schools to supply teachers, using technology to save the education system millions of pounds a year. Oren's experience includes hiring talent, growing teams and enterprise sales.

Richard Cohen

Richard I. Cohen is the academic director of the Israel Center of Research Excellence (ICore) for the Study of Cultures of Place in the Modern Jewish World and the former Paulette and Claude Kelman Chair in French Jewry Studies at the Hebrew University.

Liat Cohen Raviv

Liat, Executive Director of Diller Teen Fellows, has served on the staff since the programme’s inception. As part of her rich educational background, Liat was awarded a National Excellence Award by the MoEd and holds an MA in Public Policy and a BA in Educational Systems Development.

Henry Cohn

Henry is an author and lecturer in European history after a career teaching at Glasgow, Leicester and, for 37 years, Warwick universities. He is a member of Birmingham Progressive and Alyth Reform synagogues. He recently made aliyah to Barnet, the most Jewish UK borough.

Stella Creasy

Stella Creasy was elected as the Labour and Co-operative MP for Walthamstow in May 2010. Prior to her election in 2010, she worked as head of campaigns at the Scout Association and as deputy director of the thinktank Involve. She holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics

Mark Creeger

Mark Creeger has worked in Jewish education and IT, separately and together, teaching at primary, secondary, and university level and working on national and international projects for UK and Israeli companies. A regular speaker at Barnet Synagogue, has also worked with youth, children and families.

Rachel Creeger

Rachel Creeger is an award winning stand up comedian, director, and writer. Her solo show “It’s No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl” won Best Comedy at the Greater Manchester Fringe 2017 and went on to sell out during the Edinburgh Festival. Rachel is a sought after speaker at communities around the UK.

Ben Crowne

Ben Crowne works as a forensic accountant, serially volunteers for and writes about the Jewish community. His most recent communal role was as Chair of Limmud Conference 2016, and he is currently writing the 'Better Know a Jewish Charity A-Z' series, in 26 instalments.