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Yona Taub

Yona is an ambassador for Project Impact, an organisation that works to encourage young people to become involved in volunteering in the Jewish community and beyond. Yona is rosh (head) of his local synagogue Bnei Akiva.

Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

Lindsey studied at Cambridge, Hebrew University, UCL, and now Yeshivat Maharat. She teaches at King's College London and is a research fellow at the London School of Jewish Studies. Her first book 'Challenge and Conformity: The Religious Lives of Orthodox Jewish Women' comes out in 2021. She is now a post-doctoral fellow at Manchester University, researching the history of Limmud!

Brian Teeman

Brian is an advocate for internet and software freedom believing that only by working together as communities can we repair the world. Brian has been an internet pioneer for over twenty years and is a regular speaker at events across the world. He is a university drop-out like so many successful participants in the Digital Revolution.

Rossella Tercatin

Rossella Tercatin is the archaeology reporter at The Jerusalem Post, where she also writes on the Jewish world and innovation. Born and raised in Milan, she is also an editor at the Italian Jewish paper Pagine Ebraiche and her articles have appeared on major Italian publications including Corriere della Sera and La Stampa. She lives in Jerusalem.

Hilary Thomas

Hilary has written four books on Northern Jewish communities in Bolton, Oldham, Wigan and Blackburn. She wrote the history of the Manchester Jewish Representative Council in celebration of its centenary in 2019 and was co-chair of Manchester Limmud that year. Hilary has been a member of Menorah Synagogue (Cheshire Reform Congregation) for 45 years and served twice as its chair.

Pete Tobias

Pete Tobias is rabbi of The Liberal Synagogue Elstree. He is a published author, having written ‘Liberal Judaism: A Judaism for the 21st Century’ (published 2007), Never Mind the Bullocks (2009), ‘Why Am I Here?’ (2012). His most recent publication, ‘Putting the ‘o’ in God’ was published at the start of 2020.

Anna Tooms-Yun

In 2017 Anna and some friends started feeling the lack of a progressive Jewish community in Korea, and decided to do something about it. Since then, they have received a grant from Israel's Ministry of the Diaspora to assist in growing their community to almost 50 members!

House of Tour of Britain

Limmud UK organises day events throughout the UK which are just like Limmud Festival only smaller and with a regional focus. This year also saw the first online event "Limmud Tour of Britain" showcasing Jewish life in the UK's regions.

Noru Tsalic

Noru is Jewish by identity, Romanian by birth, Israeli by citizenship, British by current place of residence. He writes for The Times of Israel, presents and participates in debates. A former IDF soldier, he serves as UK envoy for the Israeli organisation Reservists on Duty. This is Noru’s 8th year as a Limmud presenter. No eggs were thrown so far!

Ethan Tucker

Ethan Tucker is Rosh Yeshiva at Hadar and directs Mechon Hadar’s Center for Jewish Law and Values. Ethan was ordained by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and earned a doctorate in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a BA from Harvard College.

Tom Tugendhat

In 2015, Lt Col Tom Tugendhat MBE was elected as Member of Parliament for Tonbridge, Edenbridge and Malling. In July 2017 he was elected Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, which he also Chairs in this current Parliament. Tom previously served in the British Army on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and as the military assistant to the Chief of the Defence Staff. He has visited Israel and has studied and worked in the Middle East. Tom studied Theology at Bristol University and Islamics at Cambridge University. He is passionate about charity – from working in a homeless shelter in Bristol to his work today as a Dementia Friend and an active supporter of the Alzheimer's Society.