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Alicia Jo Rabins

Alicia is a writer, musician and Torah teacher based in Oregon. An award-winning poet and performer, she is the creator of hybrid music projects Girls in Trouble and A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff and author of two poetry books, Divinity School and Fruit Geode. Alicia's participation was made possible with generous support from The Covenant Foundation.

Karen Radkowsky

Karen heads Impact:NPO, helping nonprofits achieve greater impact through branding, communications and measurement. Earlier, she spent 20+ years at global marcoms agencies: Ogilvy, BBDO & Ketchum. A member of Limmud’s International Advisory Council, she was previously the trustee overseeing marcoms.

Onjali Rauf

Onjali founded Making Herstory, tackling abuse and trafficking of women and girls. She delivers emergency aid for refugees in France. She specialises in Women's Studies at the University of Oxford. The Boy at the Back of the Class is her first novel. Onjali is a key part of Nisa-Nashim.

Yigal Ravid

Yigal Ravid is a TV and radio personality, reporter and editor on Channel 1 and Channel 2 along with Israel’s national radio and Jewish-Israeli radio in the USA. He was the host of Eurovision 1999.

Alma Reisel

Alma is a KeshetUK trustee, the charity working so that no one has to choose between their Jewish and LGBT+ identity. Alma is also a life-long Limmudnick, feminist, family social worker, and Jewish educator.

Daniel Reisel

Dan is an O&G Specialist Registrar and a Senior Research Associate at UCL, where he teaches graduates and undergraduates and participates in research into epigenetics and patient outcomes.

Anthony Reuben

Anthony is a senior journalist with the BBC's fact-checking Reality Check team. His book about how to avoid being misled by dodgy stats is due to be published next year.

Danny Rich

Danny has been the senior rabbi & chief executive of Liberal Judaism since the middle of 2005 and was the rabbi to Kingston Liberal Synagogue for nearly two decades. He is a Justice of the Peace, a hospital and prison chaplain and a former president of the Council of Christians & Jews.

Angela Ripoff

Angela is a much admired and well known British television journalist. Known for reporting, presenting the news and even hosting the Eurovision Song Contest. Awarded the STD on the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to ball-gowns. She has a species of arctic penguin named after her.

Marcus Roberts

Marcus Roberts, founder and director of JTrails, researches and creates Anglo-Jewish Heritage trails and Holocaust trails, as well as carrying out community heritage work. JTrails is the UK leg of the ‘European Routes of Jewish Heritage’, part of the official ‘European Routes of Heritage’.

Russ Roberts

Russ spends his time trying to make economics understandable to normal human beings. He is the host of the EconTalk podcast, the author of three economic novels, and co-creator of the Keynes-Hayek rap videos. His latest book is How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life.

Yael Roberts

Yael Roberts is Young Adults Community Organiser for Reform Judaism. She has taught at Alyth, BIMA, and Nesiyah, and has studied at the Pardes Kollel and the CY. She is on the team for the Open Talmud Project and this year's Limmud Beit Midrash. She also works as an independent artist-printmaker.

Jonathan Robinson

Finally Jonathan has found his USP - he is the only person to have chaired both a Limmud Conference and a Limmud Festival - and he is taking the opportunity at Festival to scale new heights and challenges...

Ruti Roche

Ruti grew up in Leeds. Her gap year was on Machon Lemadrichim, including the Six Day War. Her degree is in English and Hebrew. She and husband Nahshon live in Ilford, whilst their three children and grandchildren live on Bnei Akiva Kibbutzim and a Moshav.

Simon Rocker

Simon is assistant editor (education) at the Jewish Chronicle, editing its education, Judaism and diary sections. He is co-writer of A Rocky Road, the memoirs of Rabbi Abraham Levy, which was published last year.

Anna Roiser

Anna Roiser is the Engagement and Outreach Coordinator at the New Israel Fund, a charity supporting Israeli organisations promoting democracy, equality and human rights. Previously a family lawyer, in 2017 Anna spent time living in Jerusalem developing her passion for progressive Israeli causes.

Ella Rose

Ella is the former director of the Jewish Labour Movement and previous Public Affairs Officer at the Israeli Embassy and President of the Union of Jewish Students, where she is now a trustee. She is the Chair of Catering for Limmud Festival 2018, so please send all food related comments to her.

Hannah Rose

Hannah is the President of the Union of Jewish Students, the representative organisation for the 8,500 Jewish students in the UK and Ireland, and the umbrella body for 65 J-Socs. She recently graduated from Bristol University, where she studies Spanish and Portuguese.

Judi Rose

Judi is the daughter of the legendary Evelyn Rose and collaborated with her mother on articles, recipes & books. Previously a BBC science & technology producer, she followed in Evelyn’s footsteps as a cookbook author, food writer and chef instructor. Judi runs the Cookery Studio in West London.

Rachel Rose

Rachel Rose is a keen traveller and social activist, who recently graduated from the University of Sussex in History and Sociology. She is currently working for Noam, is an NIF New Gen fellow, and is the co-chair of the ZYC.

Hannah Rosen

Hannah is delighted to be coming to Limmud this year as a YTL madricha. She is also representing Sadeh Farm at Gefiltefest and is looking forward to sharing her enthusiasm for the UK’s first Jewish farm of her generation.

Jeanette Rosenberg

Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain (JGSGB) Dedicated to promoting Jewish family history and genealogy, we encourage research and preservation of Jewish genealogy records. Library, databases and specialist advice available. enquiries@jgsgb.org.uk - www.jgsgb.org.uk

Joel Rosenberg

Joel is a second year RSY-Netzer Movement Worker. He has been involved in RSY-Netzer since he went on Israel Tour in 2011 where he fell love with the community and ideology. After his gap year travelling, he went to the University of Leeds to study Biochemistry and graduated in 2017.

Phil Rosenberg

Phil is Public Affairs Director at the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Until standing down in May 2018, he served as a Labour Councillor in the London Borough of Camden, where he still chairs the Faith Leaders Forum. Previously, he was Executive Director of the Faiths Forum for London.

Daniel Roth

Daniel is the director of the Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution. He also teaches graduate courses on religion and peace building at Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University and is a regular lecturer for National Geographic/MEJDI Tours.

Caroline Rothstein

Caroline is a New York City-based internationally touring and award-winning writer, poet, performer, and educator. Her work has appeared in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Buzzfeed, Narratively, NYLON, The Forward, Kveller, and elsewhere. She was called a “very inspiring woman” by Lady Gaga.

Isaiah Rothstein

Isaiah is the rabbi-in-residence for Hazon. He was central to founding the Union Street Sanctuary, the Beis Community and his musical collaborative Zayah projects which celebrate Jewish Diversity. Isaiah is a Jew of Colour and lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Emma Rozenberg

Emma researches mamzerut as a contemporary issue in the British Jewish community. She is a PhD student at King's College London, a former matrimonial lawyer, and a longstanding Limmudnik. To participate in her research, or for more information, please contact emma.rozenberg@kcl.ac.uk.