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Joel Haber

Joel Haber researches, writes, and lectures about Jewish food history. He is currently writing a book that looks at the history of Shabbat stews (chulent, hamin, dafina, etc.) from around the world. Recently he published a related ecookbook on the subject, available via his website. Joel is also a licensed tourguide in Israel, and among other things, has guided thousands of tourists in Shuk Machane Yehuda, Jerusalem's famous outdoor market. He loves Limmud, and hopes/believes it is the future of Judaism.

Caroline Hagard

Caroline has been teaching for many years in religion schools. A storyteller, songwriter and creator of children's services for the High Holy Days and chagim, Caroline is passionate about Judaism and her sessions are great fun. In her spare time, Caroline is a full-time Medical Secretary in the NHS.

George Halfin

George is a marketing manager, wellbeing coach and creator of the book, ‘A Life Less Serious’. Together with Farah Halabi, she runs monthly wellbeing sessions for Nisa Nashim, the UK national Jewish and Muslim women’s network. George is passionate about supporting women to reconnect with who they are, so their light shines brighter in the world.

Denise Handlarski

Denise is the founder and spiritual leader of the online community Secular Synagogue. She is the author of the book The A-Z of Intermarriage published by New Jewish Press/University of Toronto Press. Denise got a grant in 2022 to study Jewish responses to the loneliness epidemic.

Ziona Handler

Ziona is a senior independent domestic violence advisor and has worked at Jewish Women's Aid in Manchester for 10 years. Her role is to support Jewish women who have experienced domestic abuse, providing them with the practical and emotional help they need.

Shabbat and Hanukah Programming

Welcome to the Shabbat and Hanukah programme at Limmud Festival 2022!

Claris Harbon

Claris is Professor of Law and gender at Al Akhawayn University, Morocco, and a Mizrahi-Moroccan feminist lawyer and activist. She directs the Hillary Clinton Center for Women's Empowerment and founded a Mizrahi, feminist, antiracist, and social justice advocacy initiative. Her scholarly work on marginalized minorities is deeply informed by 20 years of experience.

Igal Harmelin

Igal is a spiritual director, meditation teacher and a practitioner of NARM, a therapy modality for healing developmental trauma. He has been studying and teaching mystical understanding of religious texts for decades in various contexts. He has translated into Hebrew a number of books on the subjects of religion and spirituality.

Daniel Heller

Dan Heller is a senior NHS manager, leading the regional roll out of 'Anticipatory Care' in London. He is a trustee of FEAST With Us, a charity whose mission it is to provide regular access to nutritious meals, nutrition education and skills for people suffering from food poverty. Dan is also on the Limmud Volunteers executive group.

Judi Herman

Judi is an experienced presenter, podcaster, public speaker and reader/interpreter of texts. She has bachelor's and master's degrees in performing arts from Middlesex University, is a BBC trained journalist and an arts and podcast editor for Jewish Renaissance. Judi is in demand to read in synagogue and loves to share how to bring texts to life with Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Kabbalat Torah students and all ages!

Yizhar Hess

Yizhar, vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization, is one of the leading voices in Israel promoting Jewish peoplehood and pluralism. Yizhar is a regular contributor to the Israeli press about the issue of religion and state. He represented the Masorti movement in the negotiations with the Israeli government regarding egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall.

David Hochhauser

David is currently doing a master's degree in social anthropology, focusing on communal responses to false prophecy and conspiracy theories. He is also an artist. Like most Limmud-goers, he is slightly too interested in antisemitism.

Adina Hoffman

Adina is an award-winning essayist and biographer. Her books include 'Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City', and 'My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet’s Life in the Palestinian Century', winner of the JQ-Wingate Prize. She lives in Jerusalem and New Haven.

The Limmud House Band

The Limmud House Band are a group of musicians from across the UK who volunteer their time to act as the backing band for our guest musicians and educators, learning their songs to best support our presenters’ musical vision. Don’t forget to join the Limmud House Band for their own session - a concert of favoured tunes and timeless classics!

Ernie Hunter

Ernie has been a volunteer Holocaust educator in the UK and Germany for many years. He chairs the Northern Holocaust Education Group and is one of its speakers. Ernie is also one of Generation2Generation’s speakers and sits on the Jewish Representative Council’s Education Advisory Group. In his spare time Ernie is happy to be a working grandpa!

Jonathan Hunter

When not at Limmud events, Jonathan spends a large amount of his leisure time at various modern jive dance events around the country and is very much looking forward to sharing the joy of dancing with all at Limmud Festival this year!

Ilana Hutchinson

Ilana is the schools manager at Jewish Women’s Aid. She recently co-developed a Whole School Approach for consent education and sexual violence prevention, reaching out to 3000+ students annually. With 20+ years’ experience as a teacher and youth leader, Ilana is passionate about empowering young people to be positive drivers of change.

Joe Hyman

Joe Hyman is Limmud's director of innovation and engagement. He is an LGBTQ+ activist, co-founder of DAVAR, the Jewish Art Immersive, and previously worked as a cultural programmer at JW3. He studied at yeshivot Hadar and Eretz Hatzvi and has a bachelor's degree in architecture. When Joe isn't at work he can be found at an exhibition, cooking for friends or searching for the perfect Kiddush biscuit.