Presenters: G

Joshua Garfield

Joshua is Deputy Director of Labour Friends of Israel and a Labour Councillor in Newham, East London. He is also on the National Executive Committee of the Jewish Labour Movement, a former parliamentary candidate and a member of the World Jewish Congress' Diplomatic Corps.

Sara Garfield

Sara Garfield is a Lecturer in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety at UCL School of Pharmacy and is part of a collaboration exploring three-d printing of medicines. She is also part of several Torah learning groups and graduated from the LSJS in-depth Halacha course on brachot last year.

Nick Gendler

Nick divides his time between being a psychotherapist, a clinical supervisor for psychotherapists, a career coach, and a wannabe jazz bassist. He's reasonably OK at the first three but doesn't do enough practice for the fourth. He also likes to ride his bicycle.

Noa Gendler

In this iteration, Noa is a secondary school English teacher and your Festival Programming co-chair for the second (and last) year in a row. She will, of course, be DJing the Silent Disco, as well as getting drunk in the bar, embarrassing herself on the inflatables and turning 30 on Monday.

Gabriel Gendler Yom-Tov

Gabriel Gendler Yom-Tov is a London-based mathematician and rebbetzin, and your Shabbat co-chair. He has studied and taught at the Fuchsberg Center in Jerusalem and Yeshivat Hadar in New York. He tries to teach one serious shiur and one silly shiur every Limmud. Can you tell which is which?

Andrew Gilbert

Andrew Gilbert is vice president security resilience and cohesion of the Board of Deputies. He has previously held leadership roles in LJF, UJIA and RJ. He chaired 5 Limmud Conferences, spent 8 years as Limmud Chair and set up and built Limmud International.

Baruch Gilinsky

Baruch is a PhD student at the University of Oxford researching urban landscapes in 19th century San Francisco, exploring how urban spaces 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 an ever-growing library.

Malcolm Ginsberg

A long time ago Malcolm Ginsberg, now 82, 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, cruise & aviation specialist. He has been a regular speaker at Limmud for many years. A one-time Lotus PRO he was also a ten-pound pom.

Paul Ginsberg

Paul Ginsberg is an IT specialist. He volunteers with ADHD Aware, is a regular participant at Glasgow's Adult ADHD Peer Support Group and is studying to become an ADHD coach. On his blog he writes about the human side of IT, and neurodiversity matters. Sometimes these topics are strongly connected, other times less so!

Miriam Gitlin

Miriam Gitlin is a family law solicitor with the charity Not Beyond Redemption, which represents women prisoners in the family law courts. She is also a graduate of the Susie Bradfield programme.

Micah Gold

Micah Gold is an old time Limmudnik, 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. He is a co-founder of Kavanah - A Jewish Space for Psychedelic Preparation & Integration.

David Goldberg

David is a retired adolescent psychiatrist and amateur painter who is preoccupied, in the current moment, with how to be a secular Diaspora Jew supporting universal human rights and advocating international law in the constant presence of the violence of past history and webcam-ed visions of the blooded present.

Melanie Goldberg

Melanie is a Scottish Jew from Glasgow who loves to combine her love for both her Scottish and Jewish heritage. She hopes to share her culture with others at Limmud through traditional Scottish ceilidh dancing!

Daniel Goldfarb

Daniel Goldfarb (Boston-born lawyer/rabbi/teacher; Jerusalem resident since 1976) was Director of the Conservative Yeshiva (2000-2013) and has taught many times at Conference and Limmuds around the world. As they’d say in Boston when he was a kid - "that and ten cents will get you a cup of coffee." Not anymore!

Aviva Goldschmidt Kaufmann

Aviva loves grappling with Jewish texts. She set up one of the first women’s megillah readings in the UK and works hard to increase women’s engagement in Orthodox Judaism. She is on her synagogue council and teaches Maths to young adults who struggle with mainstream education. She and her husband, Andy, started dating at Limmud and have four children.

Eli Goldsobel

Eli is a rabbi and graduate of Limmud's Presenter Bootcamp. He is an Associate Minister at an affiliate US, a leader, and social entrepreneur. As director of Mitchambers Ltd, he drives strategic growth in boutique consultancy. Founder of Mit.Sip CIC, and on the path to becoming a barrister, he champions inclusivity for neurodivergent individuals, promoting equity, freedom of expression and social justice.

Sam Goldstone-Brady

Sam is a recent graduate of the University of Glasgow, completing a PhD about the historical development of sport wheelchair technology. He now works for the National Paralympic Heritage Trust as their collections manager and curator. He has also published about antisemitism and ableism in the Jewish Historical Society's journal, Transactions.

Susy Goldstone-Brady

Susy lives in Buckinghamshire where she works in local government. This is not her first Limmud rodeo, having attended in 2017, 2018 and 2019. This year, she is grateful to be attending Limmud as part of the Young Leadership Programme.

Jacob Goldwater

Jacob Goldwater is a a nivchar (elected volunteer representative) for Bnei Akiva and excited to be a madrich for YTL this year!

Alex Golub

Alex Golub, an entrepreneur in both social and business spheres, goes beyond IT project management and real estate. His passion for organizing Jewish-inspired seminars and mindfulness retreats reflects his dedication to personal growth and community empowerment.

Mark Gordon

Mark has attended Limmud for 18 years. Making aliyah hasn't stopped him. He is a travel writer for The Jerusalem Post and is the Executive Producer of The Post's Travel Podcast. In his spare time, he works at the British Embassy, where he has watched England beat Germany with Liz Truss on a beach and Prince William take penalties in Jaffa.

Rivka Gottlieb

Music therapist and Jewish community professional, Rivka is currently developing the exciting new Shema Koleinu tefillah (prayer) skills website for Masorti Judaism, and provides comms support to Leo Baeck College. She also sits on the board of directors of the national campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK.

Shoshana Gottlieb

Shoshana is a writer and Jewish educator based in Sydney, Australia. She spends her time watching and discussing film and television, reading Jewish books and making memes on Instagram, @JewishMemesOnly. When not posting on the internet, Shoshana is a Jewish Studies teacher, and is currently completing her Masters of Teaching.

Ayala Gottlieb Alter

Cantorial student, singer, cellist and Jewish educator, fresh from a year as cantor for The Great Synagogue of Stockholm, Ayala is currently lending her voice to the exciting new Shema Koleinu Tefillah (prayer) skills website for Masorti Judaism. She is passionate about empowering people to access the music of our tradition.

Steve Gough

Steve Gough is a Bafta-winning writer and director. His credits include the BBC Film Drama, Heartland, starring Anthony Hopkins; and the BFI Feature, Elenya, which was centrepiece film at the London Film festival in 1992. He has also written for theatre and radio and has published two novels.

Sarah Grabiner

Sarah is a cantor/aspiring academic. She is writing her PhD at UCL on how meaning is communicated via translation in siddurim. She has studied Hebrew, Sacred Music, and Linguistics, and was ordained as a cantor at Hebrew Union College. Sarah works as the Associate Director of the Year in Israel, HUC Jerusalem, teaching future rabbis and cantors.

Avi Grant

Avi Grant is a football culture enthusiast and content creator. He produced the documentary 'The St Pauli Way: Fans Against Modern football' and will manage to relate any conversation back to football. He graduated with a degree in Journalism from City, University of London. Avi is also the Co-Marketing Chair for Limmud Festival this year.

Natalie Grazin

Natalie is a Limmud Trustee, parent of two teens and partner of Samantha who she met at Limmud 25 years ago. Professionally, she is a coach and consultant, working with NHS organisations and Jewish charities on strategy, impact, change and leadership. She has been a Limmud volunteer since first attending in 1994.

Michael Green

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

Miriam Green

Miriam is an alumni of the Limmud Young Leadership Programme and was part of 2023's cohort.

Norman Green

Norman Green is a retired California lawyer, with a long-time interest in Passover and Passover seders. The last time he came to Limmud Festival, he presented an introduction to Karaite Judaism. He has also presented at Limmuds in Los Angeles, New York and Sydney.

Stevie Green

Stevie is a tutor and baal koreh in Los Angeles. He has studied at Shalhevet, UMD, UCSD, the Conservative Yeshiva, and Yeshivat Hadar, and is currently studying talmud at Yashrut. When not learning, he can often be found playing strategy board games.

Joanne Greenaway

Jo is a scholar, lawyer, linguist & educator. For 5 years she has led LSJS delivering education programmes & developing excellent teachers. She loves Jewish peoplehood and making Jewish law relevant. She is completing the 4 year International Halachah Scholars Programme. Formerly get director at the LBD, she is writing a bestseller on get refusal.

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 Greene is an analyst and lecturer in politics and foreign policy. He is a visiting lecturer at Bar Ilan University and has held positions at Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, LSE and QMUL. He provides research and consultancy services for a range of organisations. Toby recently returned to the UK after 17 years in Israel.

Ben Greenfield

Ben serves as a rabbi at deToledo High School in Los Angeles, where he directs the advanced Iyun track. His innovative writings in Jewish thought appear in Tablet and Lehrhaus and have been recognized with several national awards. A presenter at Limmud NYC & Limmud Stockholm, he trained at Gush, Hopkins, Oxford and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah.