Presenters: K

Deborah Kahn-Harris

Deborah is the principal of Leo Baeck College, where she also teaches Megillot. She holds a PhD in Bible from Sheffield, specialising in feminist bible criticism. She is married to Keith and they have two children, one cat, two budgies and an aquarium full of sea monsters.

Keith Kahn-Harris

Keith Kahn-Harris is a sociologist and writer. He is a senior lecturer at Leo Baeck College and runs the European Jewish Research Archive at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. His sixth book, ‘Strange Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and the Limits of Diversity’ was published in June.

Joanne Monica Kanarek

Joanne Monica can only be described as a peculiar mix of candidly cheeky, and an energetic individual who is an unrestrained dreamer and a zealous doer. Because of the Helix Project, Soviet Yiddish literature has a special place in Joanne Monica's heart (and her historical crush is Moyshe Kulbak).

Gabriel Kanter-Webber

Gabriel is nearly halfway through his rabbinic studies. He works with communities from Manchester to Wimbledon, crochets, does archery and occasionally takes the government to court under the Freedom of Information Act. Following his marriage he is now a Kanter with a K but not a cantor with a C.

Anita Kantor

Anita is a senior rabbinical student with teaching background. Originally from Hungary she is a board member of Limmud Hungary. After finishing her studies, Anita will return to Hungary and will serve as an educator-rabbi, in cooperation with the Rabbinical Seminary in Budapest.

Agnes Kaposi

Agnes Kaposi was in slave labour camps in Austria during the holocaust. Graduating as an engineer, she left Hungary in 1956 and settled in Britain. She is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, grandmother of five and a holocaust educator. Her life story has been published in 'Yellow Star, Red Star'.

Elliott Karstadt

Elliott is a final year student rabbi at Leo Baeck College. He has served a number of communities across the Liberal and Reform movements, and is currently completing a placement at West London Synagogue. Elliott enjoys bringing Jewish texts to life with adults and teens in community settings.

Charley Katan

Charley grew up in the United Synagogue before joining RSY-Netzer, where she is currently a movement worker. Inspired by Nava Tehila, in 2018, Charley and other partners established Veranenu, an egalitarian, progressive community which holds monthly musical Kabbalat Shabbat services around London.

Adina Katz

Adina is an award-winning artist in theatre, comedy, film, and music, often using her work for Tikkun Olam. She recently created “Be a Good Girl,” a one woman, multi-media show about sexual assault, which The Canadian Jewish News describes as, “a work of art - and a laudable one at that.”

Michael Kay

Michael works in digital education and spends a lot of time thinking about how people learn. Jewish education has always been important to him - and he tries to build bridges between Orthodoxy and the secular world. Michael attended Pardes for a summer and dreams of going back!

Lauren Keiles

Lauren Keiles is the community engagement officer at the Board of Deputies of British Jews and is passionate about both intra-faith and interfaith work. She has received leadership awards from UJS, WUJS and the UJIA. Lauren has been recognised as one of 21 Faith Leaders for the 21st Century.

Harry Kelly

Harry graduated from the University of York studying Politics and International Relations in 2019. He is now one of the Noam Movement Workers, and enjoys all things youth movement related.

Melanie Kelly

Melanie is Israel education and program manager at UJIA. More importantly she finds pleasure in life through knitting, crochet and embroidery. She is married to another communal professional, her eldest son is a movement worker for Noam and her youngest son has just starting university.

Andrea Kelmanson

After senior roles with national charities, mostly in Volunteering Development, Andrea 'went it alone' as a Voluntary Sector Consultant 22 years ago. Majoring in 'organisation development' of charities, she remains passionate about the potential of volunteering to 'change the world'! eg: Limmud!?

Maureen Kendal

Maureen is a producer and author. Her latest book is: ’Cyber and You’, published October/November 2019. She is the director of CyberCare which delivers cyber security advice to individuals and communities. Maureen is also the director of dreamstudio.io which produces artist productions and innovative media immersive experiences.

Roman Kogan

Roman Kogan is the Executive Director of Limmud FSU. Roman was born in Tallinn, Estonia. A graduate of Hebrew University’s Department of International Relations and Journalism. Roman joined Limmud FSU in 2010 as chief operations officer and was promoted to the executive director in 2014.

Magda Koralewska

Magda is a graphic designer, community builder, social entrepreneur and activist. She is particularly passionate about social change at the intersection of education and the arts. Co-director of FestivALT, she also serves as Limmud's Regional Coordinator for Central and Eastern Europe.

Ali Kosiner

Ali Kosiner is Head of Education at JW3 Gateways. Having taught for over fifteen years at various schools around London, Ali went on to do private work, specialising in GCSE English. This led to Ali becoming an examiner, which she has found to be most beneficial to her work.

Elie Kraft

Elie Kraft began performing comedy after becoming a finalist in the renowned Chortle Student Comedy Award and has featured in sketches for Comic Relief. He entered 'Jewish Comedian of the Year' but was not accepted, either for not being funny enough or not being Jewish enough.

Jackie Kramer

Jackie holds a MA in Social Work and has a background in youth & community. She has worked in the Jewish community for over 25 years and is passionate about combating loneliness through community engagement. Jackie is one of Jewish Care’s Social Work & Community Support Team Managers.

Sue Krisman

Sue Krisman is a novelist, lecturer, formerly Creative Writing Fellow at Reading University. Her third novel about Yiddish theatre led to "You Don’t Have to be Jewish" before her own programmes on BBC. Sue’s from Portsmouth, then Reading, now Stanmore. She has two children, and four grandsons.

Miriam Kunin

Miriam has studied at Yeshivat Hadar and the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. A longtime Limmudnik, Miriam helped organise the 2018 Limmud Beit Midrash track. Originally from Leeds, she now lives in Oxford, where she spends her spare time learning Jewish texts and Medieval literature.

Sara Kupfer

Sara Kupfer, founder of Fit Jewess, is a fitness coach with the mission of empowering Jewish women worldwide and fostering a community united through body positive and weight neutral fitness. She is a CrossFit L1 trainer and HAES advocate, and coaches women and girls in person and online.