Nic Abery

Nic Abery is the Director of LooktoLearn and an education consultant for EFI and PaJeS. Her most recent achievement was creating Israel70: Building Artistic Connections which is being showcased at Festival, having been previously on display at JW3 and Israel.

Vanessa Abraham

Vanessa loves to laugh. Vanessa is a qualified Psychotherapist. She is passionate about her work and promoting wellbeing. Her enthusiasm has lead her to facilitate laughter wellbeing sessions and she takes this seriously and will be delighted to bring this to Limmud this year.

Robert Abrams

Rob is a co-founding member of the group 'Na'amod, British Jews against Occupation'. Previously involved with the All That's Left Collective and the Centre for Jewish Nonviolence, he completed an MA in Transitional Justice and Human Rights at the Hebrew U while living in Jerusalem.

Eli Abt

Apart from his work in architecture and music, Eli's interests include the often surprising meanings behind the striking images in medieval Hebrew manuscripts. He has spoken and written on this subject for many years in the UK and abroad and is currently working on a book on the Catalan Haggadah.

Amira Aharonovich

Amira is the deputy director general and COO of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Amira holds an MA in Business Management and is a graduate of the Mandel Educational Leadership Institute in Jerusalem. Amira has been working for more than 22 years at The Jewish Agency for Israel in management positions

Mohinder Ahluwalia

Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia is the chairman and visionary for the Nishkam Group of Charitable Organisations. One of top 100 most influential Sikhs in the world, he has received many awards for his service in propagating the Sikh faith and engagement in interfaith work.

Vivian Aisen

Vivian started her diplomatic career at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs more than 20 years ago. Prior to her current mission, she served at the Israeli Embassy in Brussels, in London, in Chile and in Kazakhstan. Born in Brazil, she moved to Israel 30 years ago. She is fluent in English, Hebrew, Portuguese, Spanish and French.

Luke Akehurst

Luke has been director of We Believe in Israel since 2011. We Believe in Israel is a BICOM initiative and is a broad coalition of over 17,500 supporters of Israel. Outside of work he was a Hackney Councillor for 12 years, has stood for Parliament twice and served on the Labour Party NEC.

Jamal Alkirnawi

Jamal is the founder and executive director of A New Dawn in the Negev. A passionate visionary, the now 10-year-old organization is a manifestation of his desire to raise the level of education for the Bedouin community in Israel’s Negev region.

Ellen Allard

Ellen is a recording artist, music educator, composer, performer, has a BA in Music, Master’s in Education, is a health coach, teaches kid’s yoga/music and lives in Boston. She has 2 daughters, 2 sons-in-law, 5 grandkids, 2 granddogs, and she extolls the virtues of eating dark chocolate daily.

Daniel Allen

Danny is a consultant psychiatrist working for the NHS and privately. He has a special interest in Jewish medical ethics and his practice is also doing pioneering work with a new Israeli-developed treatment to help people suffering from Alzheimer's.

Emma Alter

Emma is a professional musician and Feldenkrais teacher. She has twenty years experience of both world-class performance and teaching, specialising in working with performers. Her clients come from all walks of life and share a desire to improve their quality of life, through how they move.

Shulamit Ambalu

Shulamit Ambalu recently joined Sha'arei Tsedek, North London Reform Synagogue, as it's new Principal Rabbi. She has taught rabbinic literature as well as vocational skills at Leo Baeck College for some years, and sees teaching and learning as the heart of her Jewish life.

Daniel Anderson

Daniel presents and facilitates thought-provoking lectures, discussions and workshops. He aims to leave attendees with more questions than answers and can be found at CNSS in North London. A former Limmud Programming Chair, in another life Daniel is Deputy Leader on Enfield Council.

Martine Therese Andrevon Gottstein

Therese Martine is a scholar of Jewish-Christian relations. She has studied changes in Christian theology of Judaism and the formation of the landmark declaration Nostra Aetate, in which the Catholic Church made the most dramatic theological about-face, with reference to its teaching in Judaism.

Jane Ansell

Jane founded Sleep Scotland, supporting families of children and young people with additional support needs and sleep problems, and TEENS+ post-school special needs education programme. She co-founded the Edinburgh Jewish Dialogue and Cultural Centre, and delivers various Jewish learning programmes.

Itai Arik

Having worked for various Jewish organizations in the UK, Israel and Canada, Itai decided to make a twist in his career and pursue his culinary passion. After founding Jaffa Mama back in Israel, a social enterprise connecting people through food, he created Lev&Tine and a co-founded Market Polo Group.

Yakov Ashkenazi

Yakov is Israeli in origin and has lived in the UK for seven years. He studied economics at Kings College London and is currently working at Bloomberg LP

Gefiltefest at Limmud

Gefiltefest is the biggest Jewish food event in Europe and brings people together to experience the connection between Judaism and food. Education, enthusiasm and exploration are at the heart of this proud, cross-communal celebration of Jewish food. These values make a perfect fit for Limmud Festival.

Joely Axelrod

Joey is a history teacher. In her final year studying History, she came across one sentence in an article on suffragettes that just said 'the Jewish League for Women's Suffrage existed'. This sparked her interest and so she turned one sentence into a 9000 word dissertation. The rest is history.

Gabor Balazs

Gabor received his PhD. at Bar Ilan University in Israel. He is a professor of Jewish and Israeli Philosophy at the University of Jewish Studies, and he is active in numerous frameworks of Jewish adult education.

Banot Band

Banot is a NYC based band, created for the love of Jewish & Israeli music. Co-founded by Berklee graduates Yonit, Tali, Ella Joy, Mikhal, Marian, and Lihi, they seek new ways to interpret traditional Jewish & modern Israeli music. Banot recently released their debut album Bakesh Shalom.

Daphna Baram

Daphna is Jerusalem born, London based, director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolition, UK Chapter (ICAHD UK) and a stand up comedian, with background in journalism and human rights law. Her book Disenchantment: The Guardian and Israel, was published in 2004.

Isabel Bard

Isabel is in her final year at the University of Birmingham, studying English Literature and Philosophy. She's an alumna of the Drisha High School Programme, Yeshivat Hadar, and the Conservative Yeshiva. Her interests include the philosophy of charitable obligations, and tzitzit.

Genna Barnett

Originally from Scotland, Genna has lived and worked in London, Tel Aviv, Burundi and Ghana. She was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome at the age of seven. After years of feeling embarrassed by it, she’s happy to share her experiences and embrace it as a unique and interesting part of her identity.

Nikki Barnett

Nikki is currently studying International Development at Sussex University. She was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome and ADHD at five years old, and has experienced cycles of severity of the conditions throughout her life. She is happy to share her experiences and what she has learned.

Eldad Beck

Berlin-based Europe-Correspondent of the daily "Israel Hayom", author of "Beyond the Border - Travels to forbidden countries", "Germany, at Odds“, "Merkel, Israel and the Jews". Born in Haifa, Eldad studied Arabic and Islam at the Sorbonne, Paris

Barbara Bell

Barbara is a teacher and artist. As well as exhibiting her paintings, she has also contributed to the Raul Wallenberg Foundation Art book, set up Community Arts projects and initiated Interfaith study groups. In her current work, Barbara explores the relationship between faith and the Shoah.

Amir Ben Hur

As JAFI’s emissary in Leeds, Amir aims to engage the community to become actively involved in securing a vital Jewish future. He studied music and biomedicine, took part and led “HaZamir”, and was involved in youth movements and voluntary organisations. Amir served in the Air Force Military Band.

Geoffrey Ben-Nathan

Born in London 1944, Geoffrey was educated at St. Paul's and SOAS with a degree in Anthropology and Ethiopian Studies. He has authored two books and conducts private research on Israelites, Canaanites, Jews and Palestinians.

Aaron Benderski

Aaron is from Ashdod and is an emissary on campuses throughout the UK. He has a B.A. in Political Science and IR from Hebrew U, is a former tour guide in the Knesset and was involved with an Israeli-Palestinian program through which he interned in U.S Congress. Aaron was born in Belarus and is fluent in Russian, Hebrew and English.

Jon Benjamin

A lawyer with over 20 years’ senior leadership experience in the charity sector, Jon now runs a busy consultancy, advising charities (and others) on how to navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment, and trustees on their responsibilities and good governance.

Siona Benjamin

Siona is a painter from Bombay, now living in the US. Her work reflects her background of being brought up Jewish in a Hindu and Muslim India. She combines the imagery of her past with the role she plays in America today, making a mosaic inspired by illuminated manuscripts.

David Benkof

David is a Jerusalem-based teacher whose sessions at Limmuds worldwide analyze Jewish cultural products – fiction, poetry, musicals, films, lyrics. His other hats include Jewish historian, political analyst, six-language polyglot, essayist, theater enthusiast, philanthropist, and trivia buff.

Janet Berenson

Teacher, author, poet, meditator, imperfect Kabbalist, procrastinator, singer and God-wrestler. These don't sum Janet up, but explain why she seeks enlightenment in every encounter. After working in the Reform movement she now offers courses, day study and personal guidance.

Jake Berger

Jake was born and raised in Manchester. He previously lived in Helsinki, spent a year at Pardes in Jerusalem, and holds a B.A. in Psychology & Philosophy from the University of Oxford (where he also founded the Oxford Schnitzel Society). Jake now works at the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Rahel Berkovits

Rahel is a senior lecturer in Mishnah, Talmud and Halachah at the Pardes Institute. She is the halachic editor of JOFA’s Hilkhot Nashim, to be published by Koren and serves on Shirah Hadasha’s halachah committee. Rahel received Rabbinic Ordination from Rabbis Herzl Hefter and Daniel Sperber.

Linda Berkowitz

While teaching Film in Brighton 22 years ago, Linda joined the Board of UK Jewish Film (it was Brighton Jewish Film Festival) & has remained associated ever since. She looks forward to joining the wonderful Limmud audiences in appreciating the wide range & high quality of films from UKJF .

Uri Berkowitz

Uri is a graphic designer whose clients are often Jewish. He was originally drawn into the web of Limmud by designing the second chavruta book. 20 books later he has since volunteered on programming, training, the board and Limmud internationally. Uri is a graduate of Lead’s Gamechangers programme.

Adele Berlin

Adele Berlin is Professor Emerita of Biblical Studies at the University of Maryland. She is especially interested in biblical narrative and poetry, and in ancient and modern interpretations of the Bible.

George Berlin

George Berlin was Professor of Jewish History and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the Baltimore Hebrew University. He is now Professor Emeritus at Towson University. His specialty is American Jewish History.

Robby Berman

Robert Berman graduated from Harvard University, Baruch College, Yeshiva University (MPA, MBA, BA), Gruss Kollel and Yeshivat Hakotel. Published in the Jerusalem Post and Ha’aretz, he is the founder and director of the Halachic Organ Donor Society and the Alliance for Organ Donor Incentives.

Yoni Berrous

Yoni was born in France and made Aliyah with his family in 1992. He is the Head of the European Jewish Programming at the International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem.

David Bilchitz

David is a Professor of Fundamental Rights at the University of Johannesburg and Secretary-General of the International Association of Constitutional Law. He co-founded Limmud South Africa, co-chaired the first Limmud Connect event for Global Limmud Volunteers and is on the Limmud Board.

Shoshana Bloom

Shoshana created LivLuv, a disability inclusion consultancy to enable the meaningful inclusion of people with additional needs in their communities. A passionate Limmudnik, ROIer, Schusterman Fellow & Makaton teacher, she’s also a Limmud trustee & founder of the international Limmud L’Am programme.

Rebecca Blumenfeld

Rebecca (Bex) lives in Oxford with her husband and young son. Ordained as a chazzan with a Masters in Jewish Studies from Hebrew College, she works with several Masorti communities in the UK, focusing on Jewish liturgy, text, music and family education.

Sam Blustin

Sam is a fourth year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He is also the co-founder of Shira B'dira, a bi-monthly prayer community specialising in beautiful, traditional egalitarian davening.

Kenneth Bob

Kenneth Bob is national President of Ameinu, Chair of Project Rozana USA, on the J Street Board of Directors and a member of the Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governors Executive Committee. Ken’s “day job” is a management consultant, having previously served as CEO for technology companies.

Yoni Bock

Yoni has more than 15 years international disaster relief/humanitarian assistance experience, participating, leading, and educating on best practices and civil-military coordination. He is a proud Bostonian and alumnus of Orthodox high school, Israeli yeshiva, McGill and Tufts Universities. Yoni married his husband in 2011.

Alexander Bodin Saphir

Alexander is a filmmaker and writer who produced and co-directed the award-winning film, 'Who's Gonna Love Me Now?'. He is currently the publisher of the Jewish Quarterly. And his new play, 'Rosenbaum's Rescue' about Denmark during WWII, will premiere at Park Theatre in January 2019.

Shana Boltin

Originally from Melbourne, Shana works as an children's occupational therapist. A coffee, Ottolenghi and Yiddish enthusiast, she previously chaired Limmud Conference and is currently a Limmud Board member with a volunteer training support role. But most excitingly, she is DJing again this year!

Bat-el Borenstein

Bat-el is an actress, writer, producer, and lecturer. She is the sole creator and performer of the enormously successful and inspirational one-woman show I am Bat-El viewed by over one million people in Israel.

Emma Boyar

Emma is passionate about promoting the power of giving. A Senior Consultant for Charidy Australia, Emma partners with amazing causes to help them achieve their philanthropic outcomes and exceed fundraising budgets.

Hannah Brady

Passionate about women's and disabled empowerment, Hannah loves to start challenging conversations with a touch of humour. She works in public health marketing, delivering high profile national campaigns such as Change4Life, Drink Free Days and the upcoming mental health campaign Every Mind Matters.

Sam Brandman

Sam is CEO of Two Generations, a new Social Enterprise that matches older people (looking for a bit of company and help around the house) with friendly younger people (looking for cheaper accommodation).

Laurence Brass

Laurence is a retired asylum judge who spent six years as vice president of the Board of Deputies, which is a different type of asylum! He is now a JCORE trustee and vice chair of Oasis of Peace UK which promotes "Neve Shalom/Wahat-al-Salam" Israel's unique peace village.

Aviva Braun-Finkler

Aviva Braun L.C.S.W. is a feminist psychotherapist with a private practice in NYC. She is a speaker, writer and photographer. Her exhibit the emBODYment of Jewish femininty (2016). She has been profiled and has been a contributor to The Sisterhood blog of the Forward and Parents.com.

Alina Bricman

Alina is the elected president of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS). She grew up in Bucharest and studied Political Science in universities in Bucharest and Budapest. Before taking over her current role, Alina volunteered and then served as EUJS Program Officer between 2015-2017.

Robert Brody

Robert has been a tenor soloist for over 50 years presenting both secular and cantorial music with many Jewish choirs as well as recording with the BBC Singers for Radio 3. He has acted as chazan in many countries and recently was soloist in an international cantorial conference in Prague.

Sarah Bronzite

Previously a social researcher, now a primary school teacher, Sarah's current academic research aims to change the UK sex education curriculum so that it meets young people's needs. She also writes about childfree women and gender-based violence. Judaism is her second religion, after choral singing.

Mekella Broomberg

Mekella Broomberg is head of Arts and Culture at JW3, the first Jewish Community Centre and arts venue of its kind to exist in London. The team curate year-round events which showcase the very best of Jewish music, film, theatre and literature.

Leilah Broukhim

Flamenco dancer and artistic director Leilah Broukhim moved to Madrid from New York after receiving a B.A. from Columbia University. She performs in Spain's principal tablaos, teaches workshops globally and currently tours with her own dance company in international theaters and festivals.

Sara Bucciarelli Zanardo

Sara has taught and worked with modern foreign languages in Europe and Israel for over 10 years. Currently Sara lives in Hove with her husband, three children and Amelia the cat, where she teaches MFL, including Hebrew, in schools, after school clubs and cheder.

Libby Burkeman

Libby is Head of Grants for a Trust that supports the work of other charities. She has volunteered & worked in education at Reform Judaism, Tzedek, the Science Museum & even Limmud! She's DJed at Limmud since 2013 & is excited for 2018. Libby likes lunch for £4, follow her on Insta & join the hunt!

Georgina Bye

Georgina has been heavily involved in building inclusive, cross-communal Jewish communities and is a seasoned Jewish educator. She works for JDC Entwine and OLAM, organisations involved with international development. She's also passionate about women's spaces, feminism, food and travelling.

Daniel Cainer

Daniel is a multi-award-winning songwriter, storyteller, performer, broadcaster, several other words ending in ‘er’, and a regular favourite at Limmud. Currently touring his ever-evolving, one person show of Jewish themed stories-in-song. He also writes music for TV, theatre, radio and synagogues.

Daniel Carmel-Brown

Daniel Carmel-Brown is Chief Executive Officer of Jewish Care, has lived in Redbridge, Israel, Finchley and now back in Redbridge.

David Cassuto

David Cassuto studied law in Holland, Scotland and Israel. He is a modern Orthodox Jew who lives in Jerusalem since 2015. He still lectures law in Holland. In Israel he studies Jewish and non-Jewish sources. He develops a vision on masculinity in the modern world.

Harrie Cedar

Harrie is an academic in homeostasis and health, a chaplain in a central London NHS hospital and runs a Post Graduate Certificate in Multi-faith Healthcare Chaplaincy. The training promotes meaningful encounters for the patients and staff who hold a diversity of faiths and beliefs.

Ela Cenudioğlu

Ela is an international lawyer. Having practiced commercial law in Luxembourg, she reengaged with the local Jewish community in various leadership roles, and recently returned to practice in Istanbul. Ela is also a member of the World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps.

Susan Chalom

Susan has been educating teenagers for over 15 years and she loves being in the modern, dynamic classroom. She has an honours in creative writing and has written for the Jewish Observer magazine for five years. She is currently teaching at Yeshiva College in Johannesburg.

Chaim Chesler

Chaim is founder and chairman of the Executive Committee of Limmud FSU. Chaim served as an executive director of the Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry, headed the Jewish Agency's delegation to the FSU and the USA and served as treasurer of the Jewish Agency.

Beit Midrash Chevrah

The Limmud Beit Midrash Chevrah are a small group of volunteers who build, teach and study in the Limmud Beit Midrash. The LBM provides detailed textual learning in a Beit Midrash setting morning, afternoon and night, around the theme of Night and Day. We're also running a tisch!

Anne Clark

Anne was the founder and director of Jewish Resource Centre at the University of Roehampton, London. She has worked as a Jewish educator in the UK with Jews and non-Jews of all ages and is a UJIA Ashdown Fellow. Now semi-retired, she divides her time between Jerusalem and London.

Celia Clyne

Celia and her team are responsible for feeding you at Limmud. She has worked her entire life in the food industry – from teaching, to running restaurants to large scale events. She has become a household name in Kosher food with an unrivalled reputation for great food and event experiences.

Adrian Cohen

Adrian is a serial macher, with involvement in communal affairs for 35 years. He’s lay chair of Labour Friends of Israel & London Jewish Forum and a Jewish Leadership Council trustee. He’s also a trustee of Reprieve, campaigning against the death penalty and a partner in an international law firm.

Angy Cohen

Angy is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Cultural Studies (Tel Aviv University). She researches the construction of identity among Spanish-Moroccan Jews. She is a member of the Sephardi feminist Beit Midrash Arevot (Jerusalem) and coordinator of education of Makom Sefarad in Spain.

Ariel Cohen

Originally from New York City, Ariel made aliyah three years ago. She has been at OLAM for two years and is their operations and communications manager. Ariel holds a BA in History and International Development and Conflict Resolution and an MA in Conflict Resolution and Mediation.

Elaine R. S. Cohen

Elaine is a retired Jewish educator and an active community volunteer in Teaneck, NJ. Professionally, Elaine was a head of school and served as the national director of the Schechter Day School Network. Elaine now enjoys having more flexibility to pursue her many interests.

Eliot Cohen

Eliot is a law student in London, and recently returned from studying in Israel in Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa. He also spent the summer studying in Yeshivat Hadar in New York. Eliot has an MPhil and BA in Philosophy of Religion from the University of Cambridge. This is his first Limmud event!

Hayden Cohen

Hayden is a writer, performer, educator and podcaster from Leeds currently living in London. His proudest achievement remains playing Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof aged 8.

Jenny Cohen

Jenny is an active member of Northwood US. Having no brothers, she said kaddish for her father last year and appreciates the great support received from the Northwood and Pinner minyanim. In her spare time, Jenny is a professor of public health at UCL and editor of the Journal of Transport and Health.

Lawrence Cohen

Having reached three score and ten, Lawrence has acquired much knowledge but little wisdom. Regretfully, there is little he can teach anyone. Nevertheless, there are one or two enthusiasms which he would like to share while there is still time.

Tal Cohen

Tal is a Jewish Israeli and has spent the last 5 years in Nepal working for Tevel b'Tzedek- an Israeli Jewish organization committed to sustainable community development in developing countries. We draw our work from Jewish Values and believe in our Jewish responsibility to help repair the world.

Rotem Cohen Kahlon

Rotem is the youngest woman council member ever in the city of Ramle. A social activist for the periphery in Israel. Director at ISEF Foundation. Rotem served as a parliamentary adviser in the 'Kulanu' party of Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon.

Henry Cohn

Henry was a historian of Germany who for 43 years lectured at three British universities, latterly at Warwick, and then made aliyah from Birmingham to North London.

Liat Collins

Liat Collins was born in the UK, moved to Israel in 1979 and joined the IDF. She has a BA in Chinese and international relations and an MA in communications from The Hebrew University. She has worked at The Jerusalem Post since 1988, edits The International Jerusalem Post and writes a weekly column.

Jeremy Conway

Jeremy is a property solicitor and the rabbi of The Queenshill Synagogue in Leeds. My semicha (rabbinical ordination) is in the Laws of Shabbat.

Ann Conway-Jones

Ann is an honorary research fellow at the University of Birmingham, specialising in early Jewish-Christian relations and biblical interpretation. She has been involved in interfaith dialogue for over thirty years, and is Chair of Birmingham CCJ.

Belinda Copitch

Belinda is a TCK: a Third Culture Kid. Born in South Africa, teen years in Israel, adulthood in UK. She was variously schooled in a convent in SA, Jewish schools in SA and Presbyterian mission school in Israel. She was so motivated to find out who she was that she got a PhD in Identity Development.

Esther Craven

Esther is the youth & student outreach worker at Yachad, the pro-Israel pro-peace movement in the UK. A University of Manchester graduate, she has been involved with Jeneration and creating progressive Jewish spaces in Manchester. Now back in London, she is a member of New Stoke Newington Synagogue.

Mark Creeger

Currently working in Corporate Ethics and Compliance software, Mark has taught Jewish Education and IT at primary, secondary, and university levels. A regular speaker and davener at Barnet Synagogue, he has also taught Barmitzvah for 33 years. He is married to fabulous comedian Rachel Creeger.

Rachel Creeger

Rachel Creeger is an award winning comedian, director and playwright, and currently the only practising orthodox Jewish female comedian on the mainstream UK circuit. Rachel is a respected Jewish educator and sought after speaker at communities around the country. As heard on BBC Radio London and 3CR.

Katharine Crew

Katharine Crew is Campus Leadership Manager at the Council of Christians and Jews. She has been running the Campus Leadership Programme since its inception in 2016 and is involved in CCJ’s work with young professionals. She is training as a local preacher in the Methodist Church.

Ben Crowne

Ben lives in, serially volunteers for, and writes about the Jewish community. He serves as a trustee or advisor to several charities, and is Limmud's representative on the Board of Deputies, having previously chaired Limmud Conference.

Natalie Cumming

Natalie worked as PA to Lord Kissin of the Guinness Peat Group and then worked as PA to Lord Jacob Rothschild before retiring. Made Freeman of City of London 1983 and Member of the Guild in 2003. She is a supporter of Missing People Charity from 1986 where she served as Trustee for 16 years and is still involved with them.

Sharon Darwish

Sharon is a Neuroscientist-turned-writer. Since graduating from King’s College London, she has developed pieces ranging from science blogs for the Guardian to journalistic content for traders, techies and more. She is now exploring some of the most interesting parts of the tech world at what3words.

Aviva Dautch

Aviva Dautch teaches English Literature and Creative Writing at the British Library, Jewish Culture at Roehampton University and Modern Jewish Literature at JW3 and the London School of Jewish Studies. She has a PhD in poetry and her poems, reviews, and literary essays are widely published.

Jono David

Jono is a British/American independent photographer who specializes in documenting Jewish life, culture and history. His archives include more than 100,000 images from 110 countries.

Josephine Davidoff

Josephine is a graduate from Coventry University, passionate about Interfaith education, hate crime prevention and positive social action. She currently work for Streetwise by Maccabi GB, giving workshops in schools to Jewish youth across the UK.

Oli Davidson

Oli is the co-founder of Laviot, a social group for queer, Jewish women, and this year’s Families Shabbat Coordinator. She runs the children’s service for Kol Rina Partnership Minyan and presents science themed birthday parties all across London, alongside her academic career in zoology.

Amy Decker

Amy Decker is a movement worker for RSY-Netzer. She recently graduated with a degree in Speech and Language Sciences from the University of Sheffield where she specialised in adults with learning difficulties.

Sarah Derriey

Sarah is an ambassador for Save A Child’s Heart. She was introduced to the humanitarian organisation that facilitates paediatric cardiac surgery throughout the developing world. Sarah’s background is in law and politics but now runs an event curation company Backyardlondon.

Judith Devons

Judith is a freelance printmaker, painter and ceramicist with a love of experimentation. As well as exhibiting her own work and undertaking commissions, she leads workshops for all ages and abilities in schools and community venues, as well as leading master classes in her London home/studio.

The Not The Gala Directorate

At the 53rd annual meeting of the Not The Gala International Congress, it was resolved by the People's Not The Gala Revolutionary Committee to establish a Directorate to ensure that Not The Gala 2018 will be even less amusing than Not The Gala 2017.

Angela Donen

Angela is a lawyer and mediator who is intrigued by the bible as A recipe book. Using it as a starting point she has developed a menu which might have sustained our ancestors.

Max Donen

Max is an avid videogame blogger and Jewish history enthusiast. His session, considering the issue of Holocaust elements in videogames, received excellent feedback at Nottingham Progressive Jewish Community. He now invites Limmud to consider this topic’s challenges to 21st Century Judaism.

Omer Drori

Omer is a Jewish Agency Shlicha for FZY. She works in Manchester and Leeds leading meetings and leadership programmes for the youth, working to increase their connection to Israel. Omer Grew up in Saad, a religious Kibbutz near the Gaza strip. She served in the IDF as a commander for lone soldiers.

John Dunston

John has sung both on "Top of the Pops" and with the Hamburg State Opera. He conducts the Oxford Jewish Community choir and directed the Maidenhead Synagogue choir in Carl Davis's work about the Kindertransport, "Last Train to Tomorrow". He is Director of Music at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.

Joseph Dweck

Joseph Dweck is the Senior Rabbi of the S&P Sephardi Community of the UK. He is American born and studied under, and received Semikha from, former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef z”l. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies and a Master of Arts Degree in Jewish Education.

Leigh Dworkin

Leigh is Chairman of the JGSGB (Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain). He has been researching his mainly Polish family for the last 30 years, but also tries to research into Lithuania and Belarus, where his surname originates. He regularly presents at JGSGB Regional Groups, Special Interest Groups and Conferences.

Miriam Edelman

Miriam is an organisational psychologist, and teaches tikkun olam to rabbinic students at Leo Baeck College, and Judaism and ethics for teens at Wimbledon Synagogue. A fully bilingual American who has lived in London since 1994 and has been a Limmudnik nearly as long. Miriam is Limmud’s Treasurer.

Dovid Efune

Dovid is editor and CEO of The Algemeiner. He regularly appears on major TV channels including CBS, CNBC, Fox News and CNN and has met with both US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Netanyahu. Efune is a popular public speaker and has been widely published.

Yehuda Efune

Yehuda has been the rabbi to the Chelsea Synagogue community in central London, since 2011.

Daniel Eisenberg

Daniel grew up in London. He studied German and French at university and was a Noam movement worker. He spent a year at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem and now lives in London where he helps run Ohel Moed, a halachic-egalitarian minyan. He works in children social services.

Sheila Eizensharf

Born in Israel, Sheila grew up in Latvia and started doing Israeli dance at the age of 13. She works with children, teenagers, adults, volunteers for Baltic Israeli Arts festival “Inbal” and organises “Riga Rokedet” Israeli dance Baltic workshop. Participates in Machol Europa annual Israeli dance teaching course.

Judith Elkan

Judith is chair of UK Friends of the Bereaved Families Forum. Born in Jerusalem, she is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist living in the UK. She has been involved all her life in building bridges between Israelis and Palestinians to live peacefully and creatively side by side.

Benjamin Ellis

Benjamin helped establish and is now chair of KeshetUK, the organisation working so that no one should ever have to choose between their Jewish and LGBT+ identity. He enjoys cycling, swimming, cooking vegetarian food, and sings in Jewish and LGBT+ choirs.

Tamar Elram

Tamar Elram is an ObGyn and expert in HealthCare Admin, trained at Hebrew University (MD) and Harvard (MPA) as a Wexner fellow. Current director of Hadassah Mt Scopus. Past assistant to director general of the Health Ministry, deputy director of Hadassah Ein Kerem and director of Misgav Ladach Hospital.

Nadine Epstein

An award-winning journalist, Nadine reported for the Chicago bureau of the New York Times. Nadine holds a B.A. & M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and was a University Fellow in Columbia University. Nadine has written several books and a documentary film shortlisted for an Academy Award.

Lucas Espinosa Menendez

Photographer by vocation, Design Anthropologist by profession, Talmudist aficionado. Colombian and Spanish Passports. German Resident.

Estelle Eugene

Estelle has been offering yoga sessions at Limmud for many years. She worked as administrator for the Yakar Educational Foundation and co-founded The Jewish Yoga Network with Marcus Freed.

Limmud Families Team

The Families team are here to make sure there are fantastic families provisions at Limmud Festival 2018.

David Farbey

David Farbey has lectured widely, including at Oxford, Bradford and Westminster universities and is the author of several books. He has made a particular study of eta and opera singers, on which he lectures extensively.

Howard Feldman

Howard volunteers as a mentor for Mavar, supporting charedim who wish to transition to the modern world. He is also a technical and management consultant in satellite communications, and is an executive coach and mentor.

Miriam Feldmann Kaye

Miriam is interested in the impact of postmodernism in contemporary Jewish philosophy. As a Post-Doctoral lecturer at the Hebrew University, and project director of the Israel branch of the Faith and Belief Forum, she is author of ‘Jewish Theology for a Postmodern Age’.

Leon Fenster

An artist who creates intricate, exuberant dream-scapes. Get lost in whimsical worlds which capture the totality of an experience: A city, a life, an architectural fantasy, or a Midrashic story. Current projects include depictions of Israeli cities, a Haggadah and a Sino-Israel exhibition.

Sarah Feuer

Sarah is a Research Fellow at Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies and a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. In 2017 she made Aliyah and she currently lives in Tel Aviv.

David Finlay

David is a writer of songs and performance pieces which bring to life Jewish history. In this 70th anniversary year of the creation of the State of Israel David presents A Promised Land: Those who Dared to Dream, based on the words of those who brought the dream to reality.

Ellen Flax

Ellen Flax is a longtime member of Limmud's International Chavruta team and has worked as a grant maker, director, and consultant at several foundations. She received her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Dalia Fleming

Dalia is KeshetUK’s first executive director, working to ensure no Jewish LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans) person has to choose between their LGBT+ and Jewish identity. Responsible for the strategic direction of KeshetUK, Dalia has been involved in the UK Jewish and LGBT+ community for over 10yrs.

David Ford

David Ford is Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Selwyn College. In the 1990s, with Peter Ochs and Dan Hardy, he co-founded the practice of Scriptural Reasoning. He serves in the Rose Castle Foundation and the Elijah Interfaith Institute, Jerusalem.

Jessica Foster

Jess is a tutor in interfaith engagement at a training college for Christian ministers. She is also policy advisor to the Bishop of Birmingham and is heavily involved in interfaith work in the community. She has participated in two CCJ study tours in Israel-Palestine.

Batsheva Frankel

Batsheva is the author of The Jewish Educator’s Companion, developed the award-winning LaunchBox products and Lenses of Questioning method. She has given workshops all over the US and is director of New Lens Educational Consulting and co-director of The Areté Institute.

Harry Freedman

Harry writes books for anyone- Jewish or not- who is interested in the history of classical Jewish texts. His next book, Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, will be published by Bloomsbury in January. His previous books include The Talmud: A Biography and The Murderous History of Bible translations.

Paul Freedman

Paul studied Physics at Bristol, Education at Cambridge and for the rabbinate at Leo Baeck College, where he has also taught Biblical Hebrew. He is Senior Rabbi at Radlett Reform Synagogue, final editor of the Reform Haggadah and coeditor of the forthcoming High Holyday Machzor. His 23rd Limmud!

Sigalit Freeman

Sigalit Freeman is the Jewish Agency Central shlicha for student activity in the UK. Previously Sigalit organised Birthright programmes in Israel and served as a Jewish Agency shlicha in Miami, Florida. She has a degree is special education development. She is married with two young children.

Rachael Fried

Rachael identifies as a Destigmatist, using her social work and systems design backgrounds to approach taboos and to reduce stigmas and biases. She is Deputy Director at JQY, a nonprofit in New York that supports LGBTQ youth from Orthodox homes. In her spare time, Rachael creates lovable monsters.

Mordechai Friedman

Mordechai Fridman is the director at the Institute of Research of Zionism in the JNF, previously academic director in the Central Zionist Archive, Jerusalem. He is the author of the books: "The bush is burning and consumed - Herzl Zionist Journey" and "Moshe Sachs a yeke a haredi and a Zionist".

Eva Frojmovic

Eva grew up in Czechoslovakia and Germany, before moving to the UK in 1993. She has been teaching history of art and Jewish studies at the Uni of Leeds since 1995. Her main interests are Jewish art, Jewish-Christian polemics (medieval), Jewish museums and Heritage.

Hadassah Fromson

Hadassah is a psychologist and a rebbetzin (GGS). For her PhD she studied religion & sexual satisfaction and now teaches Torah and has a practice in focussing on parenting, relationships, and work with teens. Hadassah was born in Israel, raised in Gibraltar and studied in UCL, Michlalah and Matan.

Sam Fromson

Sam is a rabbi, husband, dad and entrepreneur. He went to CLS and learnt in yeshiva in Jerusalem before studying NatSci in Cambridge and then completing smicha. Sam is assistant rabbi in Golders Green Shul, whilst running an insurtech startup, yulife.

Ran Gabrieli

Ran is an Israeli educator, lecturer worldwide and founder of ELSE foundation in the US. He is the father of Ayala and Noga and partner for life to Naama. He has an M.A. in gender studies from Tel Aviv University and is author of the viral (18,000,000 views) TEDx Talk "Why I stopped Watching Porn".

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 can be found at Magen Avot and LSJS in Hendon, and occasionally at Yakar in Jerusalem.

Philippa Gamse

Philippa is usually known as a digital marketing expert. However in her other life she has studied "Soul Memory Discovery" with her teacher Ellen Kaufman Dosick and others since 2005 and has recently been researching the topic of reincarnation from a Jewish perspective. Come and hear her gleanings!

Joshua Garroway

Joshua teaches at HUC-JIR in Los Angeles. He was ordained at HUC-JIR and earned his PhD from Yale. He has written two books on Paul and many articles about Judaism and Christianity in antiquity. A native of New York, Josh currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their three boys.

Eli Gaventa

Eli is an Israel engagement educator at UJIA where he works with Jewish youth movements and other community partners. As an educator and activist, he has worked with many community groups as an education worker at Bnei Akiva and as community director at Muswell Hill Synagogue.

Hannah Gaventa

Hannah Gaventa is IsraAID’s country director for the island of Dominica, supporting the recovery of the Caribbean region after Hurricane Maria. In the past year, Hannah has led humanitarian work in Puerto Rico, Guatemala and Dominica, meeting many unique local Jewish communities along the way!

Julia Gazdag

Julia Gazdag is a filmmaker, photographer, and feminist writer. Her work has appeared on HG, Huffington Post, and The Representation Project, and she has worked with the White House on women's issues. She performs comedy, such as stand-up at New York's UCB theatre and improv in London at The Miller.

Jonah Geffen

Jonah Geffen is a rabbi and the spiritual leader of Congregation Shaare Zedek and Senior Jewish Educator at the Hunter College Hillel. He was the National Rabbinic Director for the J Street Education Fund and lives in Harlem with his beloved, Julia Mannes, and their two daughters.

Peter Geffen

Peter is Founder (1981) of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School in NYC and of KIVUNIM (1999). This unique international gap-year program is based in Jerusalem, combining study and travel from Morocco to India. Students receive a nuanced appreciation of the Jewish historical experience. Peter's participation was made possible with generous support from The Covenant Foundation.

Noa Gendler

Noa Gendler is a journalist by day and a yeshiva bocher by night. She is constantly looking for ways to combine these alter egos.

Merissa Nathan Gerson

Merissa Nathan Gerson's writing on sexuality, disability, Judaism, and the body appears in Tablet, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Playboy and beyond. She was the inherited trauma consultant to Amazon's Transparent, and founded Ken Means Yes, a Jewish sexual consent education initiative.

Liam Getreu

Liam has been been involved in the Australian Jewish community for many years including as president of AUJS, an executive member of the Zionist Federation of Australia and columnist at the Jewish News. He has been director of NIF Australia since 2013 and has presented at many Limmud Oz conferences.

Sheila Gewolb

Sheila Gewolb DL was elected Senior Vice President in 2018. She now chairs the Board of Deputies International Division. Sheila has represented Cardiff United Synagogue as a Deputy since 2009. In 2015, she was elected Vice President and became chair of the Community and Education Division.

Andrew Gilbert

Andrew is a trustee of London Jewish Forum and helps create interesting lists for Jewish News. A highlight of his wide communal involvement was his time as chair of Limmud from 1990-97 and as the first chair of Limmud International from 2004-10. Recent gigs include chairing the JLM conference.

Malcolm Ginsberg

Malcolm is a long-established UK specialist air and business travel journalist and successful public relations practitioner, publisher and writer. He is Editor in Chief of Business Travel News and writes on travel, motoring, cruising and aviation matters, appearing from time to time on TV.

Paul Ginsberg

Involved with both IT and nonprofits since leaving school, Paul is impassioned about how IT can unlock potential. This year Paul won the first ever Netherlands "Golden Hoodie", an award from the largest CRM/database provider in the world (Salesforce), in recognition of his community work.

Talia Glantz

Talia is one of the movement workers for RSY-Netzer. She has recently graduated from the University of Leeds, with a degree in Biomedical Sciences. Her interest in genetics has grown since the completion of her dissertation on the genetics behind kidney disease.

Nicky Gluch

Nicky Gluch is the 2018-19 Junior Conducting Fellow with the Zemel Choir, London. Hailing from Sydney, Nicky has worked for various organisations combining her passions for music and writing. She is a current PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, exploring leadership in conducting.

Leah Golan

Leah is The Jewish Agency’s Executive Director Head of Delegation, UK. She held various senior positions in JAFI including Deputy Director General of Programs and more. Leah was the CEO of the "Orr Shalom" association for children and youth at risk - Israel’s largest non-profit organization.

Ian Gold

Ian is the baal tefilla at Moseley Minyan, Birmingham. Just for fun he is a police court hack in Midlands Magistrates’ & Crown Courts.

Micah Gold

Micah is a consultant specialising in public services, housing, social enterprise & charities. He has previously been a Limmud chair and Board member.

Sasha Gold

Sasha made aliyah six years ago from London, and now lives in South Tel Aviv where she works as the Director of Education and Leadership in the international department of BINA - a non-profit dedicated to bringing together the worlds of Jewish learning, social action and community.

Daniel Goldfarb

Daniel is 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 parashah weekly. He continues to teach Torah in Jerusalem and at Limmuds and synagogues around the world.

Mark Goldfarb

Mark is the CEO of a Jerusalem tech startup. He was an early pioneer of the application of technology into businesses and education. Mark has managed companies in both the US and Israel. He brings experience of dealing with governmental institutions, investor relations, and team management.

Eric Goldman

Eric is an adjunct professor at Yeshiva University. He co-hosted, on Turner Classic Movies TV, “The Jewish Experience on Film” and currently hosts “Jewish Cinematheque” on JBS-TV. Author of “The American Jewish Story through Cinema,” Eric is currently writing a book on Israeli society through cinema.

Naomi Goldman

Naomi is the rabbi of Kol Chai Hatch End Reform Jewish Community. Her first career was as a journalist for BBC News. For the last 30 years she has been a member of the Ruach Chavurah, a Jewish Renewal community. She has two sons, aged 9 and 13 who teach her a lot.

Aviva Goldschmidt Kaufmann

Aviva set up one of the first women's megilla readings in the UK and works hard to increase women's engagement in orthodox Judaism. She is on her shul board and teaches maths to young adults who need an extra helping hand. She started dating at Limmud and now have four children.

Mark Goldsmith

Mark is rabbi at Alyth-North Western Reform Synagogue. He teaches Jewish Life Cycle and Homiletics at Leo Baeck College and has written and taught extensively on Judaism and business ethics. He is fascinated by new ways of discovering Jewish spirituality and loves teaching and studying Talmud.

Aaron Goldstein

Aaron is senior rabbi of Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue and chair of Liberal Judaism's Conference of Rabbis and Cantors. He ‘Counts Jews In, Not Out’ and championed the Equal Marriage campaign for LJ. He loves cycling and digging on the allotment.

Harry Goldstein

Harry is founder of North London Friends of Israel and a longstanding advocate for Israel. An early career in far left politics has given him some insights both into left-wing anti-Zionism and the need for supporters of Israel to match the anti-Zionists in local presence and organisation.

Jonathan Goldstein

Jonathan is the Chair of the Jewish Leadership Council, the umbrella body of Anglo Jewry’s central organisations and charities. He was elected to this position in May 2017.

Yoni Goldstein

Yoni is the editor of the Canadian Jewish News, Canada's national Jewish newsweekly. His work has also appeared in Ha'aretz, the Jerusalem Report, and the Wall Street Journal.

Andres Gomberoff

Andrés is a theoretical physicist. He obtained is PhD at University.de Chile in 1996. Currently a professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, his research work is focused on gravitational theory and black hole physics. He has published various books for the general public.

Marian Gomez Villota

Originally from Madrid, Spain, Marian is a Latin Grammy-nominated studio and live sound engineer, producer and guitar player based in Brooklyn, New York. Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music, she is currently working with many emerging and established artists in the US.

Jenny Goodman

Jenny Goodman qualified as a doctor back in 1982, and for the past 20 years has been specialising in Ecological Medicine, looking at how nutritional and environmental factors affect our health. She also has a master's degree in psychotherapy. Her first Limmud was in 1987.

Simon Gordon

Simon Gordon served as speechwriter to Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub and Douglas Carswell MP. Previously, he was the assistant editor of Mosaic Magazine in New York. He represents Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue on the Board of Deputies. He chaired the History & Politics track for Limmud Festival.

Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Alon is an orthodox rabbi, scholar of Rabbinics and a leading theoretician and activist in the field of interfaith relations, He has spent the past 20 years convening the world's premier religious leaders in thinking together, cultivating friendship and deepening understanding between religions.

Mark Gottlieb

Mark is Senior Director of the Tikvah Fund. Previously, he led two historic institutions in the US: the Maimonides School and Yeshiva University HS for Boys. His writing has appeared in First Things, Jewish Review of Books, and Public Discourse. Mark lives in NJ with his wife and family.

Celia Gould

A Christian within the Anglican tradition, Celia Gould was a Student Leader for the Council of Christians and Jews for 2017-2018, based at the University of Birmingham. In this role, Celia organised interfaith activities on campus and also participated in branch and national events organised by CCJ.

Alan Grabinsky

Alan is a writer based in Mexico City covering travel, cities, and Jews. His work has appeared in Tablet, Haaretz, The Guardian and many more. Alan currently works as a copywriter in the humanitarian agency CADENA.

Louis Graham

Louis is a movement worker for RSY-Netzer. He studied philosophy at the University of Liverpool and has a passion for music within prayer.

Michael Green

Michael is an environmental consultant during office hours and a forager at most other times. He leads guided wild food walks and is passionate about how wild edibles connect us with nature and Jewish traditions, as well as the role fungi play in sustaining the health of people and planet.

Joanne Greenaway

Jo is excited to be incoming CEO of LSJS and looks forward to seeing you there! She started life as a lawyer in the City before moving to the London Beth Din as Get Case Director. She is one of the Chief Rabbi's first Ma'ayan cohort and graduate of the Bradfield and Gamechangers leadership programmes.

Lauren Gross

Lauren Gross is a non-profit strategic adviser. She has spent the last four years in communications roles in the Middle East and East Africa, and is focused on growing philanthropy. She is a fellow with Jews United for Justice, manages Flames of Giving, and serves on the Development Team for ASYV.

Jason Guberman

Jason is a summa cum laude graduate of Sacred Heart University, co-founder of the Diarna Geo-Museum of MENA Jewish Life, & alumnus of Tikvah & Core18. Jason is a social entrepreneur who specializes in building broad coalitions & melding intellectual & technical innovation.

Oded Gvaram

Oded is the Jewish Agency Shlicha for the community of Redbridge (JCC) Previously Oded was a Community Organizer in Jaffa and Jerusalem, and a Social Entrepreneur. He has also served as an Israel Fellow at Hillel at Davis and Sacramento CA

Caroline Hagard

Caroline has been teaching for many years in religion schools. A storyteller, songwriter and creator of children's services for the High Holy Days, Caroline is passionate about Judaism & her sessions are great fun. In her spare time she is a full-time medical secretary.

Matthew Halfin

Matt is the founder of Unstoppable!, a coaching business that helps people be at their best mentally and emotionally at times of significant change or challenge. He is an accredited IHEART facilitator delivering emotional resilience programmes for students in schools and further education.

Eve Harow

Eve is an Israeli tour guide, veteran radio personality and international speaker whose expertise is giving history a modern context. A longtime resident of Gush Etzion and mother of 7, she's passionate about her people, faith and land.

Laurence Harris

Laurence is a professional genealogist specialising in Jewish family history, tracing ancestors and living individuals around the globe. He has researched and presented on the BBC “Who Do You Think You Are?” TV series, and is a former Chairman of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain.

Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko

Elizabeth is Director at the Council of Christians and Jews. She served as a Director at the New Israel Fund in Jerusalem and as Public Affairs Director at the Board of Deputies of British Jews. She is a trustee of Abraham Fund and holds an MA in Contemporary Jewry and MSc in Charity Management.

Lihi Haruvi

Lihi is an accomplished Israeli musician and performs around the world. She worked with many artists including UNESCO Artist for Peace Danilo Perez, “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame” drummer Max Weinberg, and the multi-platinum Israeli artists David Broza, to name a few.

Fleur Hassan Nahoum

Fleur is a Jerusalem councilwoman, and the most senior British born political leader in Israel today. Widely known as Jerusalem's "Ambassador to the World" she is the leading voice for the advancement of women, economic development and pluralism in the City of Jerusalem.

Holly Blue Hawkins

Natural Deathcare advocate, author, educator and Rosha of a Chevra Kadisha in Santa Cruz, California, Holly Blue provides training in a wide variety of end-of-life subjects in both Jewish and secular settings, including Kavod v'Nichum conferences, and studies with Gamliel Institute.

Shirah Hecht

Shirah Hecht, Ph.D., is a sociologist/evaluator, Jewish formal and informal educator for adults and children, and aspiring story-teller who loves text and meaning. She studied egalitarian minyanim for her thesis (Chicago) and about Israel (SIIS/Brandeis). She is 2018 Limmud Boston Program team lead.

Stuart Hecht

Stuart teaches theatre at Boston College and is Editor of New England Theatre Journal. His book Transposing Broadway: Jews, Assimilation and the American Musical led to the Peabody Award winning documentary, “The Broadway Musical: a Jewish Legacy.”

Daniel Heller

Daniel works in NHS management, hails from South London, and was recently shocked to hear that some people have never heard of a Womble. Daniel has been an active Limmud volunteer, both in the UK and further afield, for over a decade and has presented on a range of topics.

Paul Heller

Paul is cantor at Belsize Square Synagogue, and member of the Cantors Assembly, European Cantors Association. He has held positions at the Great Synagogue in Stockholm, Sweden, and Quito, Ecuador. In his native Colombia combined with his dental practice, he studied at Yeshiva in Jerusalem and Jewish Theological Seminary N.Y.

Charlotte Hempel

Charlotte is a professor of Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism at University of Birmingham. She is currently working on a project supported by the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council on Ezra's Legacy and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Annika Hernroth-Rothstein

Annika is a political journalist who writes for the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Jerusalem Post and the Washington Examiner. Annika has just finished her first book, "Like Diamonds- stories from the Jewish diaspora", to be published by Bombardier Books in the fall of 2019.

Michael Hilton

Michael is Scholar in Residence at Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London, lectures at Leo Baeck College, and is an Hon Research Fellow at Manchester Uni. He is the author of “The Christian Effect on Jewish Life” and “Bar Mitzvah: A History.” He is trying hard to learn Arabic and Yiddish.

Sherre Hirsch

Sherre is a rabbi, author, speaker and media expert for the Today Show. As Hillel International’s senior rabbinic scholar she serves 550 campuses. She has published We Plan, God Laughs and Thresholds with Random House. She lives in LA, is married with four children, a foster son and dog, Latke.

Avital Hochstein

Avital is President of Mechon Hadar in Israel and research fellow at the Hartman Institute. She is author of "Women out, women in: the place of women in midrash" along with the late Prof. Hana Safrai, and a graduate of the Rabbanut Yisraelit Hartman/Oranim program.

David Hoffman

David is a Jewish rock musician and songwriter, with several albums out, including ‘Blues for Jews’, ‘Kadosh’ and ‘Ancient Inspiration’, available online. He leads ‘Shir Chadash’ musical services based in Manchester. He is also a longstanding Limmud volunteer, currently chair of Limmud.

Vered Hollander Goldfarb

Vered loves to learn and teach Tanach, which she does at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem and at the Hartman Midrashiya. She asks the self-study questions (sometimes without knowing the answers) for the weekly Torah Sparks on the Parasha.

Noemi Holtz

Noemi Holtz is a Gestalt psychotherapist, educator, passionate reader and writes in Swiss German.

Gil Hovav

Born in Jerusalem in 1962, Gil Hovav is an Israeli author, TV personality and restaurant critic. His memoir Candies from Heaven was recently published in English and Chinese.

Ernie Hunter

Ernie is a volunteer Holocaust educator at the Manchester Jewish Museum and president of his Bnai Brith Lodge. He is invited annually by the Museum of Christians and Jews in Laupheim, Germany, to give talks on his family. He gives similar talks in the UK. He is also happy to be a working Grandpa!

Jonathan Hunter

Jonathan spends a large amount of his non-Limmud leisure time at various modern jive events around the country, and is very much looking forward to sharing the fun of dancing with all at Limmud Festival this year!

Monawar Hussain

Monawar Hussain is an Imam and the Muslim tutor at Eton College, Windsor; Muslim Chaplain to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; founder of The Oxford Foundation and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham.

Joseph Hyman

Joe is an Orthodox LGBT activist working towards greater inclusion for LGBT Jews in our community. He grew up in an Orthodox community where he has grappled with issues of sexuality and religion his whole life.

Adam Ifield

Adam studied in yeshivot in Israel and studied law at LSE before training as a solicitor. Adam lives in London with his family and currently works at the Competition and Markets Authority. He recently completed a masters in philosophy, writing his dissertation on philosophy and religious experience.

Maya Ilany

Maya is the deputy director of Yachad. She has previously worked in Parliament for senior Labour MP Ian Austin. Growing up in Israel, Maya served in the IDF for three years as a journalist and presenter in the official forces radio station, broadcast across the country.

Marjorie Ingall

Marjorie is a columnist for Tablet Magazine and author of Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jewish Mothers Do to Raise Successful, Creative, Empathetic, Independent Children. She's a regular contributor to The New York Times Book Review and co-creator of the apology watchdog site SorryWatch.com.

Stephen Innes

Stephen is the Scholar in Residence at the Council of Christians and Jews, and is also a Visiting Lecturer at Strathclyde University, where he teaches philosophy. He did his doctoral research on the work of Emmanuel Levinas, and uses his work as a model for interfaith relations.

Ben Gurion International

Like his chanteuse mother Orly, Ben is famous since winning the Shiru-Shir-Negev-regional-contest aged 8. His dream Eurovision almost came when he was joint 7th in the Israel-Song-for-Europe-Contest. Ben has many fans in Israel - also in FYROM/Bulgaria. When not entertaining the nation he’s a dental-assistant.

Dana International

World-famous singer and LGBT advocate, Dana is best known as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 with the song “Diva.” She has since released many albums and hits, and in 2011 became a judge on the Israeli TV music talent contest Kokhav Nolad.

Carol Isaacs

A musician, Carol has worked with Sinead O’Connor (Ireland), Indigo Girls (USA), Natacha Atlas (Egypt), Ahmed Mukhtar (Iraq) and Phongsit Kampee (Thailand). She is a founder/member of London Klezmer Quartet & Hamsa. AKA The Surreal McCoy cartoonist: published in New Yorker, Spectator, Sunday Times, Jewish News.

Judith Ish-Horowicz

A passionate advocate of uniting the generations, Judith is co-founder and director of Apples and Honey Nightingale, a social enterprise and the UK's first co-located nursery within a care home, Nightingale Hammerson. She now supports others to develop a variety of intergenerational models.

Shoshi Ish-Horowicz

Shoshi is an educator, book blogger and long-term Limmudnik. She does freelance educational technology consultancy, is on the editorial board for Jewish Renaissance magazine and fits in as much reading as she can between these commitments and her job as a Learning Technologist at the LSE.

Joseph Israel

Joey has a traditional yeshiva background from 3 years at Yeshivat Har Etzion (Gush). He has particular interest in holistic analysis of talmudic sugyot and is a fan, student, teacher and former organiser of Limmud Beit Midrash. He lives and teaches Talmud in NW London and works in private equity.

Dan Jacobs

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