Presenters: T

Myriam Tangi

Myriam was born, lives and works in Paris. She is a painter, photographer, and poet with awards in these three disciplines and exhibitions in France and abroad. Her photographic essay: "MEHITZA. Seen by women" was published in Israel and USA. She has three books of poetry (Académie française award), and also leads writing workshops.

Lea Taragin-Zeller

Lea Taragin-Zeller is the Jewish chaplain for Cambridge and East Anglia universities. She is also a research fellow at the Woolf Institute and an affiliated researcher at the Reproductive Sociology Research Group (ReproSoc) at the University of Cambridge.

Lev Taylor

Lev is a second year rabbinic student at Leo Baeck College. Prior to training for the rabbinate, Lev worked as a campaigner for a number of charities.

Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

Lindsey studied Archaeology & Anthropology at Cambridge, Prehistory at the Hebrew University, and completed a PhD at UCL on the religious lives of Orthodox women. She's a Teaching Fellow at LSJS, has lectured at Cambridge, Oxford, & SOAS, & edits books for the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization.

Limmud Chavruta Team

Chavruta - studying in pairs - is an iconic Jewish practice and a Limmud tradition. Here on Festival, we invite you to join us to engage with some carefully selected texts in an accessible, friendly environment. No prior experience, Hebrew knowledge or a partner needed.

Brian Teeman

With a background in RSY-Netzer and Jewish community activism, Brian has never been slow to express an opinion. As a believer that software should be open, Brian has been a leading internet pioneer for over 20 years.

Bruce Thompson

Bruce is a church leader and co-founder of Methodist Friends of Judaism. He is also a writer and broadcaster.

Rob Thompson

Rob is Senior Programme Manager at the Council of Christians and Jews. He works particularly in Holocaust education, dialogue on Israel-Palestine, and public policy. Rob is a Local Preacher in the Methodist Church and is studying part-time for an MA in Jewish History and Culture.

Emily Thornberry

Emily Thornberry is the shadow foreign secretary and Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury.

Amy Todd

Amy is the public engagement officer for the Layers of London project. Layers of London brings together digitised historic maps, photos, stories and memories of London via an online map-based history project.

Luz Toff

Luz is a lifelong Limmudnik. One of her passions is learning Jewish texts and trying to make authentic Judaism meaningful and relevant to our lives now.

Penelope Toff

Penelope is a doctor working in public health and as a hypnotherapist and coach. She is passionate about freeing people from whatever is holding them back from a life and work they love. She is a long-time Limmudnik and a former Chair of the Limmud Conference UK Arts and Culture programme.

Lesley Trenner

Lesley is a qualified and experienced life coach specialising in midlife change, career development and coping with ageing parents. She is an advisor at Resource (Jewish employment). Lesley combines empathy with ‘tell it like it is’ and has the ability to switch seamlessly from serious to funny.

Francis Treuherz

Francis has been in private and NHS practice since 1984. He is a Board member of the Society of Homeopaths and teaches, writes, and works on the Homeopathic Helpline. He sees patients in London and Letchworth. He is a member of the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, London.

Gil Troy

Gil is an American presidential historian who has written nine books on the US presidency, and a Zionist activist who has written three books about Zionism. His latest, 'The Zionist Ideas', invites people into a broad conversation about what Zionism means today, left to right, religious to secular.

Louis Trup

Louis, sometimes known as DJ Van Der Kleij, has DJ-ed at Simchas in a grand total of 3 different British counties. When it comes to music, food and jokes, he specialises in cheese. He still maintains that 'A-ba-ni-bi' is Israel's greatest ever Eurovision song.

Noru Tsalic

Noru is Jewish by identity, Romanian by birth, Israeli by citizenship, British by current residence. He writes for Politically-incorrect Politics and Times of Israel, presents and participates in debates. A former IDF soldier, he serves as UK envoy for the Israeli organisation Reservists on Duty.

Irina Tsukerman

Irina is a human rights and national security lawyer/analyst. She writes about Jewish issues, international relations, the Middle East, and geopolitics. She is on the board of Moroccan Americans in New York, promoting Moroccan culture/the cultural attache for American Sephardi Federation.

Jonathan Turner

Jonathan Turner is a barrister and co-founder of UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), which he chaired from its formation in 2011 until earlier this year when he became its Chief Executive.

Linda Turner

Linda is director and co-founder of Mavar, a charity set up in 2013 to support Charedi men and women exploring paths beyond ultra-orthdoxy. She previously produced theatre education projects and worked in arts marketing and fundraising for the Israel Museum, the British Museum and the Arts Council.

Nahum Twersky

Nahum Twersky holds an MBA and an MA in Jewish Philosophy, with Semiha from Yeshiva University. He is a Modern Orthodox innovative presenter on contemporary themes and chair of multi denominational/pluralistic groups in New York. He has also worked with marketing executives to Fortune 100 corporations.

Wojciech Tworek

Wojciech is a Ray D. Wolfe Postdoctoral Fellow at the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. His forthcoming book (SUNY 2019) explores temporality in the teachings of Shneur Zalman of Liady. His current research project concerns Hasidism in interwar Poland.