Presenters: G

Clive Gabay

Clive is a senior lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. I (try to) publish on race and religion, and still entertain thoughts of ditching it all in for a career as a DJ.

Hadar Galron

Writer, actress, comedienne, director, and songwriter for cinema, tv and theatre. Artistic Director for ISF (International Shalom Festival) at the Edinburgh Fringe. Amongst my better-known works: Mikveh (play), The Secrets (film), Passion Killer (satirical cabaret). Academic teacher and lecturer.

Ian Gamse

Many years ago, Ian was the first full-time UJS education worker, having studied at Yeshivat Or Etzion and Cambridge. Then he met R. Micky Rosen z'l and helped him, just a little, in changing the world. He teaches Talmud to women at the LSJS Midrasha and teaches frequently at Magen Avot in Hendon.

Philippa Gamse

Philippa has over 20 years of online experience. She is Professor of Digital Marketing & Social Media at Hult / Ashridge International Business School, has spoken at conferences in 8 countries and is a certified Management Consultant. She is the author of “42 Rules for a Web Presence That Wins”.

Tova Ganzel

Tova Ganzel, is the director of the Midrasha in Bar-Ilan University, and one of Nishmat's first trained yo'atzot halakha (women's halachic advisors). She completed her PhD in the Bible Department at Bar-Ilan University (2005).

Eli Gaventa

Eli is a photographer, activist and educator. He has worked in Ghana, Hungary and the UK and studied Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at University of the Arts: London. As an activist/educator, Eli has worked with many communal groups including Bnei Akiva UK, United Synagogue, NIF and RESHET.

Hannah Gaventa

Hannah works in international development, including Ghana, India & the Philippines; focusing on women, education and livelihoods. Hannah is co-chair of Limmud Festival 2017 MarComms team, has presented at Limmud in the UK, China and New Zealand & is the founder of a monthly women's group in London.

Amir Gazit

Amir Gazit works in the Northern Galil - Great Britain Partnership of UJIA and the Jewish Agency. He has lived in Mizpe Hila in the Galilee since 1996 and is also a certified tour guide.

Shannyn Gelbart

Ahavat Hinam is a super-group of Jewish musicians, Max Jared (USA) and shannyn.art (Aus). Ahavat Hinam create Jewish inspired music to bring people together. Since their formation, they have performed all over the world, from Texas to Sydney, and are currently launching their debut album.

Jay Geller

Jay Geller, Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Culture, Vanderbilt University, is author of On Freud’s Jewish Body (2007) and The Other Jewish Question (2011). His sessions draw from his latest monograph: Bestiarium Judaicum: Unnatural Histories of the Jews (2017).

Nick Gendler

Nick is a cyclist, a double bass player, and a career coach and psychotherapist, who is currently enjoying a bit of space after six years as co-chair of Masorti Judaism. He loves Limmud and doesn't care whether it's a conference or a festival.

Selwyn Gerber

Selwyn is a CPA, economist and wealth manager based in Los Angeles. He and his wife Glynis together with their entire family emigrated from South Africa. He is the proud father of four and grandfather of thirteen, and is a passionate Jew with numerous community involvements.

Andrew Gilbert

Currently chair of UJIA UK Programmes and a trustee of the London Jewish Forum, Andrew recently chaired the first Limmud-style JLM Conference and there will be another in 2018. In the past he chaired Limmud for 7 years before setting up and chairing Limmud International for 5 years.

Julian Gilbey

Julian is a Limmud veteran having been involved with Conference for many years; he is now returning after a big break. By day, he teaches maths and designs teaching resources. Julian has taught in a variety of Jewish contexts, and is a long-standing member of Kol Rina, a Jewish a cappella group.

Malcolm Ginsberg

Malcolm Ginsberg, 75, is a public relations expert and writer, specialising in transport and travel. As an eight-year-old he ‘cruised’ to Australia, a £10 Pom. His family returned after a year, but he kept his love of the sea. Editor in Chief of Business Travel News, the award-winning weekly. Malcolm is also the travel correspondent for Jewish Weekly.

Lara Glantz

Lara is a youth movement worker for RSY-Netzer having recently graduated from Bristol with a degree in Theology and Religion. She is interested in the place of women in religion, and wrote her dissertation on how oppression, both religious and institutional, determine the status of women in Israel.

Ilan Glazer

Ilan Glazer is a rabbi, freelance speaker, maggid, and transformation coach based in Silver Spring, Maryland. He teaches widely, using Jewish wisdom to help others find meaning, healing, happiness, spirituality, and success in all areas of life. He hosts the Torah of Life podcast, found on iTunes.

Leah Golan

Leah Golan is JAFI’s Central Shlicha & Executive Director Head of Delegation, UK. Recently, Leah was CEO of the Orr Shalom association for children & youth at risk- Israel’s largest non-profit.

Ian Gold

Ian is baal tefila at local shuls Birmingham & Biyamina, and still rocking after all these years. For fun, advocating in the criminal courts.

Jessica Gold

Jess Gold is a singer songwriter, one third of Miriam's Sister and has produced Project Earth Rock, a multimedia resource about climate change for primary schools. She gives concerts in schools & chederim and is a freelance synagogue singer with a passion for creating beautiful prayer experiences.

Daniel Goldfarb

This will be Daniel Goldfarb‘s 18th (chai) Limmud. A native of Boston and 40+ years in Israel, he practiced law in Jerusalem and was Director of the Conservative Yeshiva and editor of the Torah Sparks parasha weekly. He continues to teach Torah at Limmuds and synagogues around the world.

Daniel Goldman

Daniel is founder of Goldrock Capital and chairs Gesher, building bridges between secular, religious & haredi society in Israel. He publishes op-eds in the Israeli English & Hebrew press. He has developed expertise in understanding the points of contact and conflict between haredi & Israeli society.

Jake Goldman

Jake currently works as a development officer at The Together Plan charity, reviving Jewish life in the former Soviet Union. He previously held the role of President of Durham University Jewish Society, where he studied History and English after growing up in Shenley, active in a Reform community.

Hedva Goldschmidt

Hedva is founder and Managing Director of leading Israeli Film distribution company Go2Films. Hedva serves as distribution consultant for Gesher Multicultural FilmFund and is regular speaker in film festivals. Hedva is co-founder of Women of Faith for Peace, recently awarded the Golden Lion Award for Peace.

Aaron Goldstein

Aaron is one of the Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue rabbis, and is Chair of Liberal Judaism's Rabbinic Conference. His motto is to, ‘Count Jews in, not out.’

Susy Goldstone

Susy Goldstone is a final year student currently reading History at the University of Leeds. She’s a bogeret of FZY and a madricha in North Manchester. At Leeds, she’s involved in her J-Soc, secretary of Opera Society and a member of Ballroom and Latin Dance.

Lili Goldwein

Born in 1952 in Bucharest, Lili made aliyah in 1962. She lived in Rehovot where she graduated from the "De Shalit" high school. She served 2 years in the IDF during the Yom Kippur war. She is married to Mickey and has 4 children and 8 grandchildren.
 She is a blind user of a guide dog.

Jenny Goodman

Jenny Goodman is a doctor specialising in Ecological Medicine. She also has a master's degree in psychotherapy. She began questioning the practice of Brit Milah after observing it closely may times, researching the effects, and listening to mothers.

Martin Goodman

Martin Goodman is Professor of Jewish Studies at Oxford University and President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. He has written many books on Jewish and Roman history, and his latest book, A History of Judaism, has just been published by Allen Lane.

Nigel Goodrich

Nigel has set up 12 Friends of Israel groups in Scotland which advocate for Israel. He is also the founder and CEO of the International Shalom Festival which brings Israeli performers from all backgrounds to the Edinburgh Fringe, winning support from all major political parties.

Simon Gordon

Simon has served as assistant editor of Mosaic Magazine in New York and as speechwriter to both former Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub and ex-MP Douglas Carswell. He is currently reading for an MA in Political Economy at King's College London. He regularly writes for the Institute for Free Trade.

Adit Goschalk

Adit is a teacher and artist who is passionate about international development. Whilst living and working in India she brought her interests together to set up the 'Naya' initiative; a creative women's empowerment paper-recycling initiative in the slums of Mumbai.

Stephen Grabiner

Stephen Grabiner is a media investor. He has worked with the Portland Trust supporting economic development in Palestine and is currently Chair of the Jewish Chronicle.

Sam Grant

Sam is the campaigns manager for René Cassin. RC get the UK Jewish community more involved with human rights issues including modern day slavery & discrimination. RC provide a platform for the Jewish community to engage on human rights issues that connect to Jewish values and experience.

Emily Green

Emily Green founded GesherEU, a charity which supports formerly hareidi individuals. She teaches English at Crest Academy in Brent & lives in Finchley with her 6 children. Her story has been reported a number of times and in December 2016 she appeared in the BBC Radio 4 documentary 'Faith or Family'

Michael Green

Michael Green is an environmental consultant during office hours and can be found foraging in the forgotten corners of parks and forests at most other times. He has been gathering edible plants and fungi for five years after deciding to expand his culinary horizons beyond his vegetable patch.

Norman Green

Norman Green is a California tax and estate planning lawyer. A native of Los Angeles, he and his wife Rachel have two sons and two grandchildren. They daven at a Conservative (Masorti) synagogue in Los Angeles. He is not a Karaite but is interested in Karaite Judaism.

Rachel Green

Rachel Rubin Green is a retired Biology teacher and an active member of the Library Minyan of Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles. She is Chairperson of the Southern California chapter of the Kindertransport Association and a board member of the KTA.

Joanne Greenaway

Jo is a lawyer at the United Synagogue and a participant in the Chief Rabbi’s Ma'ayan programme, training to advise women in women’s health and family purity laws. She lectures at LSJS and across the community. She is an alumnus of Gamechangers, Bradfield and Cambridge and listed in the 40 under 40.

Suzanne Griffel

Suzanne Griffel is a liberal rabbi who has served in congregations and as a hospice chaplain. Saul Weiner is a physician and health care researcher who describes himself as a "secular atheist Jew". Their daughter Karen Weiner, a Jewish day school graduate, is a sophomore at Oberlin College.

Dex Grodner

Dex is a genderqueer Jew, a historian, poet, drag queen, stylist and political activist. Wearing many hats (and wigs) they explore the borders and binaries which divide states, genders and generations. Their work aims to making a nuisance of itself, disrupting to create space for reflection.

Aryeh Grossman

Aryeh is Development Executive at Koren Publishers Jerusalem, described by a Limmud tweet as "the rock and roll of Jewish publishing". Born and bred in the UK before moving to Israel in 2014, Aryeh is a qualified teacher and has a BA in Jewish History from UCL.

Roi Grufi

Roi is the son of Jewish Yemenite immigrants and led the formation of Mizrahi student groups at universities in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Beer-Sheba. Roi manages "Bamizrah", a Facebook page dedicated to the history, politics and culture of Mizrahi Jews. He lives in Jerusalem.

Oded Gvaram

Oded Gvaram is the Jewish Agency Shlicha for Redbridge JCC. Previously Oded was a Community Organiser in Jaffa and Jerusalem and a social entrepreneur. He has also served as an Israel Fellow at Hillel at Davis and Sacramento CA. Oded was born in Nir Galim in Israel.