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Yael Maayan

Yael Maayan joined The Abraham Initiatives in 2018 as the director of the Education and Training for a Shared Society department. Her expertise lies in diversity training in the workplace and academia. Previously Yael served as the co-director of the Education for Peace department at Givat Haviva - The Center for a Shared Society.

Naomi Magnus

Naomi is based in Glasgow, where she works for the Scottish Government. She is on the Board of 'Na'amod: British Jews against Occupation', having been a member since its launch in late 2019. She holds an MPhil in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge, with a focus on the politics of the Middle East.

Natasha Mann

Natasha Mann serves as a rabbi at New London Synagogue and Mosaic Masorti, and works with Noam Masorti Youth. Natasha is from an interreligious, interracial, and intercultural family; her father’s parents immigrated from India due to their intermarriage (Muslim and Sikh). Natasha has worked in human rights advocacy.

Stephen Marcus

Stephen is a 58 year old primary school supply teacher and father who has been involved with Extinction Rebellion since April 2019. He has often volunteered for non-violence and de-escalation at their activities. He has also attended some XR Jews events. Stephen is a member of the Ruach Chavurah, a Jewish Renewal community in London.

Ezra Margulies

Ezra’s history of Limmud programming started in 2016. His ambition since has been to become Chief Programming Officer for Anglo-Jewry. He co-chaired the 2018 Festival Programming team; chaired the Limmud Together UK Programming team in 2020; worked on the Limmud/JW3 online series, 'It Says What?!?' and now leads the Programming and Jewish Content team on Limmud Exec. He chaired the programme for the Open Talmud Project in 2019 and volunteers in various capacities. He works for Student Beans.

Joshua Margulies

Joshua Margulies is a consultant in an energy boutique. Prior to his current position, Joshua read Jewish Studies at Oxford where he specialised in the political philosophy of the far-right in France

Shira Marili Mirvis

Shira Marili Mirvis is the rabbanit of the Shirat HaTamar congregation in Efrat. She was a certified at Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Institute for Halachic Leadership. She has a Vlog on the daily Gemarah portion with "Hadran" and a podcast about the weekly parsha (Torah portion) with Makor Rishon. Shira is a member of the Beit Hillel Rabbinical Organization.

Kayla Martell Feldman

Kayla is an Anglo-American writer and director currently based in London. She has been commissioned by JW3, Canada Water Theatre, Watch Your Mouth, and Vashti Media. Writing with a focus on themes of identity, family history, mental illness, and womanhood, Kayla recently published her debut poetry collection, TIKVA.

Johanna Marx

Johanna is 27, from North London and works in classical music. She is a volunteer with the Limmud Festival programming team this year. Johanna is a third-generation Holocaust survivor and granddaughter of Kurt Marx, with whom she will be presenting about Holocaust education alongside their friend and Cologne-based political scientist, Larissa Schmitz.

Kurt Marx

Kurt Marx is 96 years old and was born in Cologne. He came to London on the Kindertransport with the Jawneh School in 1939. Kurt has spoken about his experiences in schools both in the UK and Germany. He recently collected a British Empire Medal for services to holocaust education.

Cassie Matus

CEO of March of the Living UK. Our flagship programme is a 5 day educational journey in Poland culminating with the unforgettable March of the Living International event that brings people from all over the world on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, to march from Auschwitz to Birkenau.

Alex Maws

Alex is the head of educational grants and projects at the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR), in addition to being the producer and host of the AJR’s Kindertransport podcast and a member of the UK's International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) delegation. Prior to joining the AJR, he was head of education for the Holocaust Educational Trust for ten years.

Ofek Meir

Ofek Meir is a rabbi, and the headmaster and managing director of Leo Baeck Education Center, Haifa. A teacher and educator, Ofek has an MA in Jewish Education, rabbinic certification from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, and a musician’s degree in classical guitar from London’s Royal College of Music.

David Mendoza-Wolfson

David is the Board’s youngest-ever Vice President. A Deputy for Reform Judaism, David previously sat on the Board’s International Division – which he now chairs. He has experience working to support the Jewish community in the UK and abroad, having previously worked as the Incident Analyst at CST, and as a Fellow at Geneva-based NGO UN Watch.

Helena Miller

Helena Miller is the Director of Degrees, co-Head of Teacher Training programmes and Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS). She has a PhD in Jewish Education and has taught, researched and written widely. Helena co-chaired Limmud International 2009-12.

Ross Milnes

Ross Milnes will appear on a panel led by Owen Power called ‘What might an accessible & inclusive Community look like?’.

John Minkes

John Minkes grew up in Birmingham but his family were all from South Wales and he has lived in Cardiff since 1990. He has been a trustee of the Jewish History Association of South Wales since its foundation in 2017.

Chava Mirel

Chava is an internationally acclaimed singer, musician, composer and prayer leader known for rich, luxurious vocals and rhythmic phrasing. She is the daughter of a rabbi and an opera singer, and the cantorial soloist at Temple de Hirsch Sinai, Seattle. Chava has recently been featured on two Grammy Award winning albums and headlined the Earshot Jazz Festival.

Gary Mond

Gary Mond is the Board of Deputies’ senior vice-president and chairs the Communities and Education Division. He is the Deputy for JNF UK. Gary is a trustee of the London Jewish Forum and serves on the advisory boards of Conservative Friends of Israel and the Jewish Weekly newspaper.

Rachel Montagu

Rachel Montagu teaches Biblical Hebrew and Jewish Studies at City Lit and to private students. She volunteers in the archives of the S&P Sephardi Community. She studied at Leo Baeck College London, Machon Pardes Jerusalem and Heythrop College London. She met her husband Francis Treuherz at Limmud and they live in London.

Amy Montague

Amy Montague will appear on a panel led by Owen Power called ‘What might an accessible & inclusive Community look like?’.

Robin Moss

Robin Moss is the Chief Executive of Unitas, Barnet's amazing youth zone, providing open-access activities for young people across the borough and beyond seven days a week. He previously spent 12 years working in the Jewish community in informal education and Israel engagement. He is also the Editor of 'Limmud On One Leg' and a trustee of KeshetUK.

Jane Myers

Jane Myers and Sara Garfield, both from Edgware, have been arranging an all female Hallel on Zoom for Rosh Chodesh and festivals since May 2020. It's become a global phenomenon, with attendees from all over the world including Finland, Australia and the USA. Join to learn about this unique project and how it's helped women over the last 18 months.