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Benjamin Gampel

Benjamin serves as the Dina and Eli Field Family Chair in Jewish History at The Jewish Theological Seminary. His published works include 'Anti-Jewish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Royal Response, 1391–1392' and 'The Last Jews on Iberian Soil: Navarrese Jewry 1479–1498'. His lectures on Sephardic history are available on YouTube.

Saul Gaunt

Saul is an advanced paramedic practitioner for the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. He undertook Paramedic Practice at Brighton University and extended his skills with a Masters in Healthcare Practice at St George’s University. He is dedicated to empowering individuals and organisations with the correct skills to deal with emergency situations.

Hannah Gaventa

Hannah is the chair of Limmud Festival 2023, and is excited to co-create the first ever EcoLimmud Festival. She is a humanitarian aid practitioner and has spent her career responding to climate emergencies around the world. Hannah currently works for Palladium managing portfolios for the UK Government's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the USA's Agency for International Development.

Shoshana Gelfand

Shoshana is the director of leadership and learning at Pears Foundation in London. She also serves as the chair of OLAM (www.olamtogether.org) and vice-chair of IJCIC, the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations (https://ijcic.net).

Noa Gendler

Noa is a teacher, journalist, farm enthusiast and book hoarder. At Festival, more importantly, she is your Programming Co-Chair and DJ un-extraordinaire. You can find her in the bar, usually.

Gabriel Gendler Yom-Tov

Gabriel Gendler Yom-Tov is a London-based mathematician and rebbetzin. He has studied and taught at the Fuchsberg Center in Jerusalem and Yeshivat Hadar in New York. He loves studying the bits of Torah that modern Jews often think of as kooky. He doesn't think they're kooky at all.

Benjamin Gerber

As the Maggid of Gothenburg, Benjamin has engaged children and adults ages 18 to 99 in Jewish learning for a quarter of a century. Based in Gothenburg, he lectures and works with communities throughout Sweden and conducts interfaith dialogue with Christians and Muslims. No longer young enough to know everything, he is always seeking the forest through the trees.

Elihu Gevirtz

Elihu is a rabbi and ecologist who works on land conservation and habitat restoration. He is the senior ecologist at BayWa Renewable Energy, working on endangered species recovery and habitat restoration at a wind farm in California. He is the author of a book about the spiritual significance of brit milah ('bris').

Holly Gibson

Holly, a qualified SEN Family Support Worker and Integral Development coach with 9 years of experience, specializes in supporting autistic young people and their families. Her approach focuses on nervous-system regulation and embraces neurodiversity, addressing a crucial gap in home-based support for autistic young people and their families.

Baruch Gilinsky

Baruch is a PhD student at the University of Oxford researching urban landscapes in 19th century San Francisco. He aims to understand how urban parks and cemeteries are used and abused by different communities. When not working on his DPhil, he enjoys crosswords and egal davening. He lives in London with his wife, R’ Yael Jaffe, and our ever-growing library.

Malcolm Ginsberg

Malcolm Ginsberg, now 81, was a Queen’s Scout and one of the first Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award winners. Since then he has carved out a career as a journalist, publisher and very effective PR man. A Limmud regular he will discourse on cruising and the Jewish element of the London docks and City Airport. Relaxing talks away from the mainstream.

Elliot Glassenberg

Elliot is an American-Canadian-Israeli Queer Jewish educator-activist based in Jaffa. Elliot is a senior educator at BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change and is an advocate for Jewish pluralism and inclusion, refugee rights, LGBTQ rights and human rights. Elliot’s passions include Torah, humanism and ice cream.

Victoria Godik

Victoria, a Kyiv native and Board Member of the Association of Jewish Organizations in Ukraine, aided the Jewish community's evacuation during the early war, collaborating with the World Jewish Congress. Holding a Master's in engineering, she serves as a global consultant for sustainability, energy efficiency, and green innovations.

Jessica Gold

Jess, a Jewish music and climate change education specialist, performs in schools and synagogues. After 6 years on the board of Friends of the Earth she created Project Earth Rock, a multimedia climate change education resource for primary school age children. The resource is grounded in the Jewish practice of using songs to teach ideas.

Micah Gold

Micah Gold is an old time Limmudnik, a part of a generation that helped Limmud inspire the Jewish world. Professionally he leads a social purpose consultancy, Mobilise Public, working with charities, local government and housing organisations to support communities and deliver change. A lifelong quest for spirituality & deeper meaning continues.

Melanie Goldberg

Melanie Goldberg is from Glasgow. She loves Scottish culture and wants to share a part of it at Limmud by hosting a ceilidh, which is traditional Scottish dancing. Absolutely no prior experience is required as instruction will be provided, so don your tartan and comfortable shoes and join for an evening of Celtic fun!

Daniel Goldfarb

Daniel Goldfarb (Boston-born lawyer/rabbi/teacher) was Director of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem (2000-2013) and has taught at Limmuds around the world, including Conference 2000-2018, 2022.

Barbie Goldfoot

Barbie is the community engagement officer at Jewish Women’s Aid. She leads the Community Prevention Programme, engaging with synagogues and community organisations, educating about domestic abuse and helping to embed healthy attitudes and practices. Barbie is an experienced trainer, working in sexual health, mental health and neurodiversity.

Nechama Goldman Barash

Nechama teaches rabbinic text at Pardes and directs the Pardes Learning Seminar. She has expertise in the intersection between Jewish law and sexuality, intimacy and fertility and is training as an end-of-life pastoral counsellor. In her free time, she hangs out with her four daughters and two 'grand-dogs'. She also likes yoga, swimming and ice cream.

Mark Goldsmith

Mark Goldsmith is rabbi at Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue. He served synagogues in the Reform and Liberal Jewish movements since semichah at Leo Baeck College in 1996 where he teaches Homiletics and Jewish Life Cycle. He is a steering group rabbi at EcoJudaism and passionate about how being a Jew frames our making a difference in the world.

Nicole Gordon

Three years ago Nicole became chief executive of Jnetics, a charity which educates and tests the community for genetic disorders. Under Nicole's leadership, Jnetics has gone from strength to strength, and was recently appointed by NHS England to deliver the engagement campaign for the new BRCA testing programme. Nicole is married with three grown-up sons.

Daniel Grabinar

Daniel is a maths teacher in the city centre of Leeds. He has a history degree and is doing a Masters degree in education and leadership. He has lots of opinions and lots of excitement about it.

Natalie Grazin

Natalie is a Limmud Trustee, parent of Eden (15) and Blu (14) and partner of Samantha whom she met at Limmud Conference 25 years ago. Professionally, she is a coach and consultant, working with NHS organisations and Jewish charities on strategy, change and leadership. She has been a Limmud volunteer since first attending in 1994.

Bertie Green

Bertie is an indie pop singer/songwriter. His musical journey began singing songs around the Shabbat table and has taken him to shows at Glastonbury and Ronnie Scott's, as well as earning him over 140,000 streams and a Yamaha Music sponsorship. His distinctive voice, lyrical talent and love-filled shows make for a truly entertaining experience.

Michael Green

Mike founded the London Fungus Network to connect people with the urban Fungal Kingdom/Queendom. He is inspired by how wild mushrooms and plants connect us both with nature and our Jewish traditions. Mike is also a ranger with London National Park City, an initiative that aims to make the city a wilder, greener – and more mushroomy – place.

Joanne Greenaway

Jo is CEO of LSJS which seeks a vibrant, engaged community, nurturing excellence and expertise in Jewish education, running a plethora of teacher training, degrees and lifelong learning programs. She is studying for a halacha qualification through OTS. She is an experienced international lawyer and former Get Case Director at the London Beth Din.

Sam Greene

Sam is a researcher of climate adaptation – the process of transforming our world to help us survive the changes and the challenges posed by climate change. He works with governments and civil society to develop the tools, knowledge and technologies needed to manage the climate crisis in a way that is just, equitable and sustainable.

Talya Greene

Talya is an associate professor in the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at University College London, specialising in trauma and mental health. In 2023 she moved back to the UK after 17 years in Israel where she lived in Modi'in and was head of the Community Mental Health Department at the University of Haifa.

Toby Greene

Toby is a visiting fellow in the Middle East Centre at the LSE and a lecturer in politics at Bar Ilan University. He researches identity and foreign policy in Europe and the Middle East and has extensive experience in policy research and political communications. Toby recently returned to the UK with his family after 17 years in Israel.

Daniela Greiber

Daniela is responsible for the Jewish Communal Life Programme at RFHE overseing grants and initiatives across Europe. Daniela has worked in the Jewish non-profit world for over 26 years in Israel, USA and the UK. She is fluent in English, Hebrew, Spanish and French and enjoys meeting colleagues in communities across Europe.

Robbie Gringras

Robbie is a UK-born Israeli writer, educator and performer. He is the co-director of 'For the Sake of Argument' and co-author of 'Stories for the Sake of Argument. Robbie coined the phrase 'Hugging and Wrestling with Israel' and now drives the 4HQ System of Israel Education. He has performed in theatres around the world for 30 years. Back in the 1990s Robbie was a Besht Teller, playing at Limmud!

Marika Guralik

Marika is heading the actuarial division of a pan-Baltic insurance company. She also takes an active part in International Actuarial Association in a variety of roles. Marika is a member of the board of the Estonian Jewish Community and a co-founder of Limmud Baltics. In her free time, she is a member of "Ma-s-Ka" vocal duo performing Jewish music.