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Clive Lawton

Clive, co-founder of Limmud and significantly involved in its international spread, is CEO of the Commonwealth Jewish Council, a lecturer at JW3, a magistrate, a tribunal Chair for the NHS and an internationally active educational consultant. He has published over a dozen books and for 40 years has led the Yamim Nora'im services in Oxford.

Debbie Lechtman

Debbie Lechtman is an educator, author, and artist based out of California. In the past, she has worked for Costa Rica’s only Jewish museum and written for a number of Jewish publications. She currently shares her research on Jewish history on her Instagram account, @rootsmetals, where she has fostered a learning community of over 52,000 followers.

Olga Lempert

Born and raised in Lithuania, I now live in Israel and work at the National Library in Jerusalem, managing European projects in the fields of Heritage and Lifelong Learning. I am also a fiction and non-fiction translator, currently earning an MA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation at Bar-Ilan University.

The Leo Baeck Education Center Haifa

The Leo Baeck Education Centre is considered of Israel’s premier educational institutions, providing quality educational programs for mainstream, gifted and special needs students of all racial, religious, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Zvi Leshem

Zvi Leshem directs the Gershom Scholem Collection at the National Library of Israel. He also served as Associate Dean of Nishmat and Rabbi of Shirat Shlomo. Zvi researches Hasidism, Gershom Scholem and Rav Shagar and authored "Redemptions: Contemporary Hasidic Essays", as well as numerous articles. He made Aliyah to Jerusalem in 1979.

David Levin-Kruss

'Judaism is technology that makes the world better,' says David Levin-Kruss, Jewish Learning Director for Yesod-Europe, which works with professionals to sustain and strengthen Jewish communities. David loves text-life interplay. He also works for JDC. Prior to this, David taught at Pardes, and was community director of Stanmore Synagogue.

Andrew Levy

Andrew is a senior lecturer in law in London and author of a major new work on the Song of Songs, 'Love in the Time of Tyranny'. He writes for numerous Jewish publications and prolifically on Biblical texts. He is a member of Assif, a prayer group at New North London Synagogue, and is a regular ba’al koreh (Torah reader) and presenter of divrei Torah (words of Torah/sermons).

Joel Levy

Joel Levy lives in Jerusalem where he serves as rosh yeshiva of The Conservative Yeshiva. He teaches Talmud, Halacha and Tefillah. Joel is also the part-time rabbi of Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue in Edgware. He received his rabbinic ordination from David Hartman z'l in 2000.

Mike Levy

Mike Levy is a professional researcher, educator, critic, playwright and journalist. Mike’s book, GET THE CHILDREN OUT! – Unsung Heroes of the Kindertransport was published this year (www.lemonsoul.com). He is a researcher for US Holocaust Memorial Museum and AJR.

Charlie Lewin

Charlie is a queer ex-charedi artist, musician and photographer living in London. They are currently doing their master's degree in Children's Book Illustration & Graphic Novels at Middlesex University.

Ben Lewis

Ben is a long-standing Limmud volunteer who co-chaired Festival last time it was in Birmingham in 2019 and is now the lead for events on the Limmud Executive. He holds a PhD in chemical biology from Imperial College London and now works as a civil servant.

Jonathan Lewis

Jonathan Lewis studied Law at Cambridge and practised as a solicitor in the City of London and as a judge. In retirement he studied for and was awarded a doctorate in Jewish History from University College London. A member of Pinner United Synagogue, he is married with two sons and three granddaughters.

Stuart Lewis

Stu who lives in Prairie Village, Kansas, has been attending Limmud UK since 2013 and has given presentations on a variety of topics both at Limmud and at Certificates in Advanced Jewish Education (CAJE) and NewCAJE in the USA. For the past several years he has written online opera guides for Kansas City Lyric Opera.

Yuval Linden

Director of the gap year Department in BINA—The Jewish Movement for Social Change, Yuval is experienced in facilitating study groups with a particular focus on leading identity development processes linked to Jewish and Israeli sources. Yuval holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in modern history. He lives in Hod Hasharon.

Harris Lorie

Harris enjoys Jewish text study and read theology and religious studies at university. He is a regular at Kehillat Nashira partnership minyan, was a past programming and shabbat co-chair of Limmud Festival, and is a governor at Kisharon Noe School. Harris works as a management consultant in public services.

Miriam Lorie

Miriam Lorie is one of the first few Orthodox British women to study for the rabbinate and she is Rabbi in Training at Borehamwood's Kehillat Nashira. Prior to semicha at Yeshivat Maharat, Miriam studied at Pardes, Midreshet Harova and Cambridge. She has worked in inter-faith dialogue, leadership training and is a BBC Pause for Thought contributor.

Asher Lovy

Asher Lovy is an abuse survivor and director of ZA'AKAH, which raises awareness about child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community, advocates for legislative reforms, and operates a Shabbat and Yom Tov mental health peer-support hotline.

Chana Luntz

Originally an Australian, Chana Luntz studied at Drisha, Nishmat and the Susi Bradfield Leadership Programme. She is particularly interested in providing access to the complexity of halachic literature, including to those with language barriers and unfamiliarity. When not learning, Chana Luntz works as a lawyer and is married with three children.