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Marie van der Zyl

Marie van der Zyl is President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. She has been crucial in the fight against antisemitism and has energetically pursued interfaith relations. Marie was at the forefront of the successful campaign against the North London Coroner's ‘cab-rank’ policy on burial.

Isla van Tricht

Isla is a playwright and lyricist whose work has been produced in London, across the UK, and NYC. To date she has written 10 plays and the book and lyrics for a new musical. Isla has given talks to thousands of students, staff and parents nationwide, about topics including pornography and consent.

Laura Vaughan

Laura is a professor of Urban Form and Society at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. She has been studying the historical patterns of Jewish life in cities since the start of her academic career. The topic of spatial segregation remains central to her research to this day.

Ian Vellins

Ian Vellins is a retired lawyer and immigration judge and has MA degrees in Law, Holocaust Studies and Modern History at the universities of Oxford, Manchester and Leeds. In 2019 he co-authored the History of Leeds Jews in the 20th Century published by Manchester University Press.

Frank Vigon

Frank has been a secondary school headteacher and is currently an education consultant lecturing on education. He lectures on a variety of topics and is a copyist of well-known works of art. Frank also directs plays and writes and performs comedy.

Sonja Vilicic

Sonja Viličić is an informal educator and activist and an executive director of NGO Haver Srbija. She is coordinator of the educational program of the Federation of Jewish communities of Serbia, facilitator at Masa Leadership Centre, a Schusterman Fellow and Limmud International volunteer.

Rachel Vogler

Rachel is the students and young people coordinator at Jewish Women's Aid. She travels the UK engaging JSocs, youth movements and young professionals in conversations about sexual assault and domestic violence. She also works as an anti-sexual violence activist in education and across the Arts.