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Leon Fenster

An artist from London, Leon’s work re-imagines the familiar: from cities to grand political narratives, for private and public art. Families, communities & organisations, from Taiwan to Mexico, commission Leon to tell their story in his dream-like style. He’s always looking for the next big story to tell or next big wall to use as a canvas.

Nathan Finkel

Nathan is a musician from London. As well as playing in the house band at Limmud, he plays his own psychedelic music with a combination of acoustic instruments and argumentative machines. His music ranges from the whimsical to the weird and is the perfect way to unwind at a busy festival.

David Finlay

David is a writer of songs and performance pieces on aspects of Jewish history including 'How Rich They Are', a performance which tells the life story of Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai through the words of Amichai's poems. In recent years David has also researched and spoken about diaries kept by those who lived through the Shoah.

Ellen Flax

Ellen is a philanthropy consultant who aids foundations and grant seekers, and is a partner at Amplify Partners, which provides strategic support to non-profits, foundations and social ventures. She received her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Dalia Fleming

Dalia is KeshetUK’s first executive director, working to ensure no one is forced to choose between their LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) and Jewish identity. Responsible for the strategic direction of KeshetUK, Dalia has been involved in the UK Jewish and LGBT+ community for over ten years.

Yehudis Fletcher

Yehudis is a research fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Kent and is undertaking a Masters in Religion and Theology at the University of Manchester. She is the co-founder of Nahamu, a think tank countering extremism within the Jewish community.

Alex Foley

Alex Foley is KeshetUK’s first Head of Community, working to ensure no one is forced to choose between their LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) and Jewish identity. Alex has a PhD in Molecular Biology from Oxford. They live in in Brighton & Hove where they teach oil painting and enjoy sea swimming, seeing gigs, and drinking coffee.

Helen Frais

The testimony of a hidden Jewish child in Paris in 1942 led to a research project and writing an illustrated play and film. As Director of Jewish Culture in Makor Jewish, Leeds, Helen created Jewish programmes including a variety of important archives, cultural activities and local history and drama projects.

Tony Frais

Tony is a researcher/writer on the topic of severe depression. He has had four papers published in leading medical journals and is the author of a book titled 'An Introduction To Coping With Depression For Carers'. He holds an MA in medical ethics.

Marc Frank

Therapist, Voluntary Community Facilitator and Mental Health Support Worker, currently in training to become a Jewish Mindfulness Meditation teacher with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. He is current chair of Devon Faith & Belief Forum, and is passionate about Interfaith unity and the authentic expression of spirituality in our everyday lives

Jodie Franks

Jodie is a passionate and proud Jewish woman, with nearly a decade of experience in informal education. She has worked in the university sphere, enriching Jewish students’ life on campus. Jodie is the assistant manager of Stand Up!, a project facilitating sessions in schools about antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate.

Paul Freedman

Paul studied Physics at Bristol, Education at Cambridge and for the rabbinate at Leo Baeck College, where he has also taught Biblical Hebrew. He is senior rabbi at Radlett Reform Synagogue, final editor of the (first ever British) Reform Haggadah and co-editor of its new High Holyday Machzor.

Vanessa Freedman

Vanessa is the Hebrew and Jewish Studies librarian at University College London and was previously assistant librarian at Leo Baeck College. She is married to the senior rabbi of Radlett Reform Synagogue but is definitely not the rebbetzin! She has been an enthusiastic Limmudnik since 1995.

Madeleine Fresko-Brown

Madeleine is a vice principal and English teacher in a large secondary academy in London, in charge of teaching and learning. She has two children aged 4 and 6 and has been involved in running her local shul's youngest children's service for many years. She has been involved in YTL, nursery and Limmud families, on and off, since 2008.

Joan Friedman

Joan S Friedman is a rabbi and the chair of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) Responsa Committee. She is a professor at the College of Wooster, Ohio and the author of 'Guidance, Not Governance: Rabbi Solomon B Freehof and Reform Responsa', a finalist in the 2013 National Jewish Book Award. Joan enjoys carpentry and native gardening and in retirement plans to cycle the UK with her wife, Nancy.

Mordechai (Motti) Friedman

Mordechai (Motti) is the director of the Institute of Research of Zionism at the JNF in Jerusalem and the author of the book: ‘Theodor Herzl's Zionist journey - exodus and return’ and ‘Moshe Sachs: A Yekke, a Charedi and an Early Zionist’.

Ben Fromson

Ben is a mental health worker with a healthy theological obsession. He has studied at Yeshivat Maale Gilboa, Pardes and Hadar and occasionally studies in monasteries with the Aquinas Institute of Ireland. When he is not developing a reasoned Jewish belief system, he can be found playing the guitar badly to his baby daughter.

Hadassah Fromson

A psychologist, sex therapist, and rebbetzin at Golders Green United Synagogue, Hadassah is one of the few Yoatzot Halacha in the UK. She expertly intertwines diverse Torah topics with psychological insights, making ancient wisdom accessible for modern living. Hailing from Gibraltar, this mother of four brings a unique perspective to every session.

Sam Fromson

Sam is a rabbi in Golders Green United Synagogue and co-founder of startup YuLife where he has led $200m in fundraising and built a team of 250 people. Sam studied science in Cambridge and completed semicha in Israel. He is married and a father of four.

Irene Fröhlich-Wiener

Irène, from Switzerland, is passionate about Qi Gong after realising how this 'moving meditation' is keeping her heathy, centred and creative. She discovered this form of exercise whilst studying at the European School of Shiatsu in London 35 years ago. Since 2002, she has been teaching QiGong to help maintain good energy in mind and body for any age.

Shahar Fuhrer

Shahar is the program coordinator of the The Tamar Golan Africa Centre at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She took an active part in establishing the African Sustainable Communites international MA program at BGU, that deals with international development in the African continent.

Noah Fulton Beale

Noah is an activist, writer and musician working at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and sustainability. In 2023, he founded T'Chiya, an organisation building the connection between Judaism and ecology in Europe. Originally from Colorado, USA, he lives in Barcelona. He's an alumni of Ze Kollel and an active member of Atid Synagogue.