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Tracy Tharissa Maria Pater

Tracy was born and raised on Curacao, known for having one of the oldest synagogues in the Caribbean, with the floor covered with sand from the Sinai dessert. Her personal view is that in order to understand other faiths a knowledge of Judaism and Hebrew is essential.

Dan Patterson

Dan is a television writer and producer responsible for shows such as Whose Line Is it Anyway? Room 101 and Mock the Week. He has also written plays such as The Duckhouse. He is a former member of Habonim-Dror and therefore likes a good sing-along.

Sammy Patterson

Sammy is a filmmaker, working part-time as a cinema programmer at JW3. Working with homeless refugees in Calais and Paris for the last 5 years, she started by taking pop up cinema to refugee camps and most recently has been documenting a clown troupe tour the children's refugee camps in Lebanon.

Nathan Peres

PhD candidate at Sorbonne university on the history of the Jews of Lebanon. Nathan is a Young Jewish Diplomat at the World Jewish Congress and works at the Jewish Cultural Center FLEG, Marseille. Nathan graduated in Government at the IDC Herzliya and in Middle Eastern Studies at Hamburg university

Phil Peters

Despite his mother's protestations, Phil gave up a 'steady' job at Tesco to join Zing Zing in 2016 and has overseen the Chinese takeaway chain’s rapid growth since. In his spare time, Phil is the vice chair of the Maccabi Football League and former Chair of BBYO.

Jared Peysner

Jared is a young professional working on some of the UK's biggest entertainment TV shows. Having grown up in a Modern Orthodox household, Jared prioritised work over all other aspects of his life in order to build his career and is now trying to figure out where religion fits in his lifestyle.

Michael Picardie

Michael Picardie has a M.Phil. and a Ph.D. in theatre aesthetics and post-modern critical theory and an M.A. in psychiatric social work. He taught social and developmental psychology at Barnett House, Oxford University, and at Cardiff and Botswana Universities. He teaches yoga and kabbalah.

Sarah Pinch

Sarah Pinch is one of the three co-chairs for this year's Limmud Festival. In her spare time and work life she is a social media supremo and an avid spag bol slurper...having pioneered Spaghetti Blogonese, a blog about the hunt for the best spag bol. If you have any issues with the Limmud programme, please contact her co-chairs Elliot & Ezra.

Marcia Plumb

Marcia Plumb is the rabbi of Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Boston MA. She is passionate about Mussar and has taught and studied it for over 20 years. She is a trained Jewish spiritual director and Jewish meditation facilitator.

Hilary Pomeroy

Hilary is an honorary research fellow at UCL, where she taught the culture and history of the Jews of Spain and the Sephardi diaspora. A specialist in Ladino language and literature, she has published many articles in academic journals and a book on Ladino ballads from Morocco.

Tirtsa Posklinsky Shehory

Tirtsa is a poet, she graduated from the Tmura- International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, has a Msc in Industrial Engineering & Management, majoring in IT and Financial Management from Ben Gurion Universitv. Her poetry books include "Transparent jellyfish goes" and "Cache of geckos"

Chloe Pourmorady

Chloe is a Persian-Jewish musician & composer influenced by the rich musical language of her roots and by the countries she has travelled. Chloe is passionate about creating camaraderie through music, blending different styles together, and pushing the narrative of her roots into the future.

Frederick Powell

Frederick is a Talmud enthusiast and a barrister specialising in human rights law. He is an alumnus of Yeshivat Hadar and the Conservative Yeshiva. He founded and helps to organise Ohel Mo'ed, an independent, halakhic-egalitarian minyan, and loves hummus to an extent that some find implausible.

House Band Programming

Participant Care Programming

The Limmud Participant Care Team is here to help you get the most out of your time at Festival.

Shabbat Programming

The Limmud Shabbat Team is so excited to welcome you for Shabbat this year. Please join us for some exciting sessions over the next twenty five hours!

Social Programming

The Limmud Social Programming Team are here to make your Limmud experience a more social one! Look out for a range activities and sessions that will help you to meet new people, try out new skills, have some time to relax and much more.