Presenters: J

Dan Jacobs

Dan is a board member of the Jewish Vegan Society and a regular supporter of Grassroots and Limmud.

Ivor Jacobs

Director/Trustee of Friends of LouisJacobs.org. Semi-retired from his hybrid software/print business. Co-founder of the New North London Synagogue and Masorti in the UK. Aged rock and roller still available for gigs!

Zöe Jacobs

As cantor at FRS, Zoe is a passionate advocate for innovation within liturgical and Jewish music. Inspired by outstanding song leaders and cantors in her studies at HUC-JIR in New York, Zoe believes in the power of music to inspire Jewish life and created the biennial Shirei Chagigah conference in 2011.

Ruth Jacobson

Ruth studied painting and etching at the Slade and architectural glass at Central St. Martins, London. Her work is an exploration of her Jewish identity. In 2004 the Victoria and Albert Museum commissioned a glass panel for the Judaica display, Sacred Silver and Stained Glass Gallery.

Elliot Jebreel

A proud Jewranian and bureaucrat by trade, Elliot helps make the Jewish community embrace it's diversity; fighting ashkenormative & heteronormative attitudes in our structures and mindsets. He’s a trustee of Sephardi Voices UK, alum of Adam Science & a member of the ROI community. Elliot is one of the Programming co-Chairs this year. If you have any issues with the programme, please contact co-Chairs Sarah & Ezra.

Caleb Jennings

A graphic designer who has previously worked with Reform Judaism UK on Real Conversations, and with Lior Kaminetsky, the rabbi of Birmingham Central United Synagogue on several design projects. The most recent of these is a documentary about Jewish communities in small communities in Middle America.

London Male Jewish Choir

Founded in 1926 in London’s East End, London Jewish Male Choir has entertained audiences worldwide with quality performances across the spectrum of Jewish music. Britain’s oldest Jewish choir, its repertoire includes liturgical, Yiddish, Ladino, Chassidic , Renaissance, folk and contemporary music.

UK Jewish Film Festival

UK Jewish Film showcases a wide range of feature films, documentaries and shorts, which tell varied stories of Jewish and Israeli life, to be enjoyed by the widest possible audience. Since inception in 1997, our UK and international film festivals have reached over 150,000 visitors.

Lyn Julius

Lyn is the author of 'Uprooted: How 3,000 years of Jewish civilisation in the Arab world vanished overnight' (Vallentine Mitchell, 2018). She co-founded Harif, blogs at Point of No Return and has written for Times of Israel, JC, Guardian, Huffington Post and JNS News.