Presenters: R

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.

Alma Reisel

Alma is a life-long Limmudnik. She is in her fourth and final year of training as a systemic and family psychotherapist, is a social worker and an activist.

Anthony Reuben

Anthony Reuben is a BBC journalist and fact checker. He was the corporation's first head of statistics and wrote the book, 'Statistical: Ten easy ways to avoid being misled by numbers'. He goes to the 'Assif' service at New North London Synagogue.

Isaac Reuben

Isaac is a student and musician. He represents Barnet on the UK Youth Parliament and writes drama when he can. He attends two synagogues, New North London and Finchley Reform, and neither knows he’s a member of the other. This is his seventh Limmud and he thinks he finally knows how things work, but if you see him looking for Grab’n’Go at 4am, please offer him a hand.

Marcus Roberts

Marcus Roberts is the founder/director of JTrails, creating Jewish Heritage and Holocaust trails in the UK, the Channel Islands and NW France and works with communities and conserves Jewish heritage. JTrails is the UK leg of the official ‘European Route of Jewish Heritage’ and a partner with the Oxford University 'Jewish Country House Project'.

Jonathan Robinson

Serial Limmud Chair - I'm doing it for the 3rd time!

Sarah Robinson

Sarah Hass Robinson is a psychotherapist and professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University. She works at the intersection of leadership and mental health, and makes space for Jewish anti-racism conversation. Sarah and Shaul left the UK seventeen years ago to lead Lincoln Square Synagogue, Manhattan.

Shaul Robinson

Shaul has been the senior rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue, one of the most prominent modern Orthodox Synagogues in America, since 2005. He was previously the first ever Jewish chaplain at Cambridge University and rabbi of Barnet Synagogue. He was born in Glasgow and holds an MBA from Nottingham University.

Simon Rocker

Simon Rocker is assistant editor (education) at the Jewish Chronicle.

Jonathan Romain

Rabbi, writer and broadcaster, Jonathan is minister of Maidenhead Synagogue. He is chaplain to the Jewish Police Association, president of the Accord Coalition (campaigning for inclusive education) and vice-chair of Dignity in Dying. His latest book is 'The Naked Rabbi’ (John Hunt Publishing)

Ella Rose

Ella is the Labour Councillor for Whetstone ward in the London Borough of Barnet. She is a former Marketing and Communications Chair and Catering Chair on various Limmud teams, Equalities Officer of the Jewish Labour Movement and Chair of LGBT+ Labour London.

Gilla Rosen

Rabbanit Gilla teaches Talmud and Midrash at Yakar Jerusalem, Yakar Tel Aviv and Nishmat, focusing on psychological perspectives and contemporary dimensions. She works as a halakhic adviser and at Forum Takana. Gilla helped to create the first Limmuds together with her late husband, Rabbi Mickey Rosen, Yakar's founder, and their children.

Ishay Rosen-Zvi

Ishay is a professor of rabbinic literature and is the chair of the department of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud at Tel-Aviv University. He has written on Midrash and Mishnah as well as on issues of self-formation and collective identity in second-temple Judaism, early Christianity and rabbinic literature.

Phil Rosenberg

Phil specialises in faith and diplomatic clients at leading public relations agency The PR Office. He was previously director of public affairs at the Board of Deputies of British Jews, a Labour councillor in West Hampstead and Executive Director of the Faiths Forum for London. Phil is a member of the World Jewish Congress’s Jewish Diplomatic Corps.

Samuel Rosenberg

Shmuel Rosenberg was born in Tel Aviv and studied at various yeshivas in Bnei Brak and Jerusalem. He holds a BA in Jewish Philosophy from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and an MA in Talmud from Bar Ilan University. He has served as a community rabbi in congregations in Israel as well as in Poland and most recently in NYC.

Gary Rosenblatt

Pulitzer Prize-finalist Gary Rosenblatt is often referred to as 'the dean of American Jewish journalism'. He was editor and publisher of 'The Jewish Week' of New York for 26 years. Prior to that he was editor of the 'Baltimore Jewish Times' for 19 years. He continues to write his 'Between The Lines' column at garyrosenblatt.Substack.com

George Rosenfeld

George is a recent graduate of Cambridge and Harvard where he studied moral philosophy and the psychology of altruism. He is the founder of various initiatives which have collectively raised over £500,000 for charity. He also co-founded Effective Altruism for Jews.

Simon Rosenstone

My name is Simon and I am severely visually impaired (registered blind). I am very sociable and despite my disability I enjoy many outdoor pursuits such as bouldering, and in the past I have sky dived and done bungee jumps for charity. I also enjoy playing UNO. It is a great game that can be played by people of all ages and abilities.

Adam Rossano

Adam Rossano is the executive director of Limmud and previously held leadership roles in both global programming and development at Moishe House. Adam spends his spare time gardening, cooking, hiking and, whenever he can, playing on the beach. He has a bachelor's degree in philosophy and Hebrew and lives in London with his wife Becky and their cheeky son Rafi.

Jeanette Rotstain

Jeanette was born in Iran to a conservative and musical family. Her father was a well-known cantor. She emigrated to Israel when she was 15 years old with Aliyat Hano'ar (Youth Immigration). Jeanette has participated and collaborated with many virtuoso artists in different festivals and settings in Israel and abroad. She is married with three children.

Samantha Royston

Sam will be running speed-dating this year. She feels vaguely qualified to do this having met her boyfriend at the last physical Limmud (albeit not actually at speed-dating) - but how hard can be it be?! More importantly, Sam needs to find her sister a man so they can go on double dates. Buckle up!

Gabriel Rozenberg

Gabriel first attended Limmud in 2001, and has subsequently returned enough times to have lost count. He is an entrepreneur currently building a climate-related startup, who has also previously worked across journalism, finance and politics.

Aviva Rozenwald

Aviva has been part of Rikudei Am (Israeli dances) for 8 years, teaching and dancing in different countries worldwide including Israel, Russia and the UK. Ready to share the joy of this vibrant, energetic and uniting part of the Israeli culture!

Laun Ruttenberg

Laun has always been curious about how we think, learn, connect and grow. Laun is an enthusiastic reader and believes that is the key to lifelong learning and personal development. On her winding route to life coaching she previously qualified as a social worker, produced for talk radio and worked in local authorities social care IT.