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Michie Yana-Berger

Michie is a Susi Bradfield graduate, a rabbanit and a financial analyst. Originally from Japan with family connection to Harbin, she now lives in Borehamwood via NY & London. She enjoys discovering lesser known Jewish texts and Jewish history and making them relevant to contemporary audiences.

Iris Yaniv

Iris is a secular humanistic Rabbi. Iris established and is leading a secular humanistic congregation in Haifa. Iris has a doctorate about teaching Bible in non-religious schools in Israel and is an expert in teaching Bible in a secular way.

Mia Yellin

A London based American millennial, Mia holds Jewish Studies degrees from the Universities of Maryland and Pennsylvania. She spent five years working with Jewish students from both sides of the pond, first at Hillel and then joining KAHAL to focus on British Jewish students studying abroad.

Ben-Dror Yemini

Ben-Dror Yemini is a researcher, speaker and a senior journalist with the Yediot Aharonot daily. His latest best-seller, Industry of Lies, (2017, by ISGAP), researches anti-Israeli propaganda. Yemini argues that anti-Israeli propaganda is a one of the biggest obstacles to peace.

_ Yiddishspiel

The theatre which was founded in Tel Aviv-Jaffa is the only Yiddish-Jewish theatre in Israel and is a central anchor in preserving the Yiddish language and culture. The theatre was founded in 1987 out of a mission to recapture the lost respect of the Yiddish language and its culture.

Madeline R Young

Madeline is a performer, dancer and instructor, actress, and singer. She founded and directed Latin dance companies in the USA, France and UK. In parallel, she is a university lecturer in business ethics and international relations, as well as director and trustee for several UK Jewish organisations.

Roderick Young

Roderick studied English at Oxford, Jewish Studies at Jewish Theological Seminary and was ordained by Hebrew Union College. He has been rabbi to: Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York, Leicester Progressive Jewish Community, West London Synagogue and Finchley Reform Synagogue. He is now a freelance rabbi, living and writing in the UK and Italy.

Debbie Young-Somers

Rabbi and community educator for Reform Judaism. Writer and broadcaster. Interfaith activist since her late teens (it has made her the Jew she is!). Teaching about Mikveh in Progressive and cross communal spaces for a decade and is passionate about creative ritual and craft. Dabbles in storytelling and comedy.