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Sara Radivan

Sara Radivan is the regional manager for the Board of Deputies of British Jews. She is the first port of call for regional Jewish communities and supports the communities’ volunteer lay leadership and Deputies. Sara is originally from Liverpool but now lives in Manchester and has a good understanding of the smaller Jewish regional communities.

Esther Raffell

Esther Raffell is a campaign officer for René Cassin, the Jewish voice for human rights. She campaigns against modern slavery, immigration detentio, and hate speech. Her current focus is on community organising across British Jewry, from students and Moishe Houses to synagogue volunteers, combining grassroots work with political lobbying.

Michael Rainsbury

Michael Rainsbury is the Head of Adult Education at the London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS), the creator of the first dedicated English language tours of the Israeli President’s Residence in Jerusalem and a tour guide for Jewish heritage trips with JRoots.

Agata Rakowiecka

Agata Rakowiecka has been involved in informal Jewish education for over 15 years. In June 2012 Agata became the CEO of the Jewish Community Center in Warsaw, which was opened in October 2013 and since then has provided thousands of workshops and events connecting the Jews of Warsaw and building a modern, pluralistic Jewish community.

Sonti R Ramirez

Sonti is a London-based secondary school history teacher and alumna of University College London's Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies. She has trained in growth mindset and play learning and is a keen advocate for well-being in schools. Her spiritual practice is greatly inspired by the Jewish mystical tradition, having spent considerable time in Eastern Europe.

Daniel Randall

Daniel Randall is a railway worker and trade-union activist based in London. He is a supporter of the socialist group Workers' Liberty. He has written extensively about antisemitism on the left; his book 'Confronting Antisemitism on the Left: Arguments for Socialists' was published in September 2021 by No Pasaran Media.

Miriam Rappaport

Miriam is a supervisor, an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and a member of the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists. She has been a therapist for 28 years. Previously she was a probation officer; she has an Honours Degree from the University of Toronto in Criminology/Sociology.

Manuela Rathaus-Alper

Manuela Rathaus-Alper is originally Italian and grew up in Israel. She moved to the UK to study 24 years ago, married +3. She is an architect, urban designer and developer of Independent Senior Living. She is active in the London Israeli community, being head of Tzofim (Israeli Scouts) in Łondon and an ambassador for Zikaron BaSalon.

Krish Raval

Krish Raval OBE is the Founder and Director of Faith in Leadership, Britain’s main leadership development organisation for senior religious leaders. Krish is the only practicing Hindu to have facilitated the College of Bishops; run the Muslim Youth Fellowship; and the Teach to Lead programme for the London School of Jewish Studies.

Samantha Reuben

Samantha Reuben holds degrees in Literature and Library Science, and is the librarian at the London School of Jewish Studies. Sam is a keen bibliophile, enjoying both literature and books as physical art forms. Sam has written and performed stand up comedy, and promises to bring a fresh, entertaining new voice to her literary presentations.

Dave Rich

Dave Rich is Director of Policy at the Community Security Trust where he oversees CST's work researching antisemitism and threats to the Jewish community, as well as CST's work with victims of antisemitism. Dave is the author of The Left’s Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Antisemitism and writes regularly about antisemitism and extremism.

Benjy Rickman

Benjy Rickman is an experienced educator and religious broadcaster. He is considered a very relatable educator. He also serves as an educational consultant, advising and guiding parents. Benjy has a unique ability to understand his audience and communicate a message that is both timely and relevant.

Albert Ringer

Albert Ringer’s work as a rabbi in the Netherlands is informed by his knowledge of art history. Albert is a member of the board of Limmoed, a group of Limmud aficionados pledged to bring Limmud’s understanding of what it means to be Jewish to the Netherlands again.

Sarita Robinson

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

Joel Rosen

Joel Rosen is a history student at Cambridge and is the President-elect of the Union of Jewish students which represents 8,500 students across the UK and Ireland. A former President of the Cambridge Union, he has interviewed speakers including Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May. He is a keen advocate of LGBT inclusion within Orthodox spaces.

Laurie Rosenberg

Laurie is a Jewish educator and teacher with a wide and varied professional background within and beyond the Jewish community in the UK. Following 'retirement', Laurie is now working part-time at Yad Vashem UK, promoting and developing their bar and bat mitzvah twinning programme.

Yonatan Rosensweig

Yonatan is rabbi of the Netzach Menashe community in Beit Shemesh and founder of the Maaglei Nefesh centre for halachah, community and mental health. He is the author of several books, including Nafshi Beshe'ealati - a guide to questions of halacha and mental health.

Dani Rotstein

Founder of Limud Mallorca (along with his wife), Dani has worked on community building and preserving the local Jewish history. He has worked to create open dialogue between members of all faith. He has helped create the documentary “Xueta Island” about Jews forced to convert to Catholicism and the sparking a Jewish renaissance.

Michael Rubenfeld

Michael Rubenfeld is a performance maker, cultural producer, playwright and actor, originally from Canada and now residing in Krakow, Poland. Much of his current performance work revolves around exploring contemporary Polish-Jewry. He is the co-director of FestivALT, a Jewish arts and activist organisation in Krakow, Poland, which he co-founded in 2017.