Presenters: J

Margaret Jacobi

Margaret Jacobi loves sharing the inspiration of Jewish texts and their call for justice. She is the Chair of Tzelem, Rabbis and Cantors for Social and Economic Justice. Trained as a medical doctor, she has a PhD in Talmud. She is the Rabbi Emerita of Birmingham Progressive Synagogue and Associate Chair of the Liberal Judaism Beit Din.

Nicole Jacobus

Nicole is a producer, science communicator, and artist, and one of this year's recipients of the Limmud Microgrant fund. Find her lino prints in the print shop at jacobus.org.

Yael Jaffe

Yael Jaffe (she/her) is a rabbi serving the communities of New North London Synagogue and Ohel Moed, a grassroots minyan in Golders Green. Yael attended Brandeis University before studying at Yeshivat Hadar in New York City, where she received her ordination. Originally from South Florida, Yael lives in Finchley with her husband, BZ Gilinsky.

Shoshana Jakobovits

Shoshana often says she has three lives: she is a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Maharat, a software engineer at Google Deepmind, and a spouse and mother. Does she have a better command of Aramaic, Python, Swiss-German or baby language? Well, it depends when you ask. What is consistent however, is her love of texts, people and where the two meet.

Shoshana Jedwab

Shoshana Jedwab is a percussionist, singer-songwriter, worship leader, and prize-winning Jewish educator at the A.J. Heschel Middle School in New York City. Shoshana Jedwab’s album, I Remember, and viral singles, Where You Go, Openings, Torah Orah and Life Is Born, nourish the soul and support our protests and prayers.

UK Jewish Film

UK Jewish Film is dedicated to developing an environment in which Jewish film entertains, educates and enlightens diverse audiences in the UK and internationally. At the core of UK Jewish Film’s values is the notion that film is universal. It crosses cultures and can unite audiences through the telling of cinematic stories that provide stimulating and unique views of Jewish and Israeli life and culture.

Ruchama Johnston-Bloom

Ruchama works for the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, where she manages the Academic Jewish Studies Grants Programme. She has a PhD in Jewish Studies from the University of Chicago, where her research focused on German-Jewish scholarship on Islam. She grew up on an organic vegetable farm in Vermont, and has called London home since 2013.

Billy Jonas

Billy Jonas is a songsmith, multi-instrumentalist, Jewish educator, and multi-faith advocate, and one of those rare performers who engages and delights both adults and youth. For three decades Billy has been "Bridging Divides," through concerts and workshops using voice, guitar and “industrial re-percussion” (instruments made from found objects).