Presenters: K

Deborah Kahn-Harris

Deborah Kahn-Harris is a rabbi and academic who has served as Principal of Leo Baeck College since 2011, where she also teaches Megillot. Her most recent book is (Lexington Books, 2024) Polyamory and Reading the Book of Ruth. She has also recently contributed an article on Lamentations to the Visual Commentary on Scripture (https://thevcs.org/heartsick-with-woe).

Keith Kahn-Harris

Keith Kahn-Harris is a sociologist and writer. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research and a Senior Lecturer at Leo Baeck College. His ninth book, 'Everyday Jews' will be published in March 2025.

Zac Kamenetz

Zac Kamenetz is a rabbi and the founder of Shefa Jewish Psychedelic Support. Zac is leading a movement to integrate safe and supported psychedelic use into the Jewish spiritual tradition. He is a qualified instructor of MBSR, trained in ketamine-assisted care, and is currently training with the Hakomi Institute in psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Tova Kamioner

Tova is a writer, performer, marketer, and speaking consultant based in Israel. Throughout the year she teaches Tanach and Jewish philosophy at Yakar Tel Aviv. Originally from the US, she has a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from Columbia University and studied on exchange at UCL. Please pardon whatever accent comes out.

Slavyan Kanovski

Slavyan Kanovski is from Bulgaria. He works as a tour guide but he is also very passionate about Israeli dance! He has been dancing for more than 25 years, and teaching dances for more than 15 years. During this Limmud he will be happy to share his passion for Israeli Dances with all of you, so that we can have sessions full of joy and laughter!

Sammy Kanter

Sammy Kanter is a rabbi serving as the Director of Jewish Life at the Mayerson JCC in Cincinnati Ohio. With rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, Sammy has worked with spiritual communities B'nai Jeshurun (NYC), IKAR, and B’nai Tikvah. Sammy lives in Cincinnati, OH, with his husband, Zvi.

Gabriel Kanter-Webber

Gabriel Kanter-Webber is a rabbi and has been minister to Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue since August 2022. He met his wife while babysitting at Limmud and offers best of luck to those who are, this year, babysitting his two children.

Elliott Karstadt

Elliott has been part of the rabbinic team at Alyth Synagogue since July 2020. He is passionate about teaching Jewish texts to all ages, abilities and experiences.

Noah Katz

Passionate about diverse involvement in political spaces, Noah is the Chair of the Board of Deputies' Under 35 Assembly & sits on the Board’s executive. Writing as much as they can, Noah's first book chapter was published in November. Noah serves on the National Union of Students boards as a Member Director of NUS UK and a Trustee of NUS Charity.

Isaac Kaufmann

Isaac studied Mathematics at Cambridge and is now a Software Engineer. This is his first Limmud presenting, but by no means his first Limmud.

Laurie Kaye

Laurie was founding Chair of the Abraham Initiatives UK, the Israel-based charity at the forefront of building a shared and equitable society in Israel between its Palestinian & Jewish citizens. In these tenuous times, he remains actively involved its vital work.

Melanie Kelly

Melanie is a seasoned Jewish community professional, currently evaluating impact and managing volunteers at UJIA. When she's not crunching numbers, she's likely to be found with a ball of yarn in hand, knitting, crocheting, or embroidering. Her motto? "Life's always brighter through yarn!"

Andrea Kelmanson

Andrea's last 'proper job' was CEO of The National Centre for Volunteering. For the past 25 years She has been a freelance Organisation Development Consultant. She belongs to a group of former charity CEO consultants called The Experience Network, and with a few of them, she regularly discusses the ghastly (for her) prospect of 'retirement'!

Clive Kennard

Clive co-runs the Limmud Presenter Bootcamp, which offers skills to new presenters hoping to teach at festival. He has a PhD in nineteenth-century Jewish art history, specialising in gender, late romanticism, queer stereotype, and national identity. He is also a tenor and High-Anglican shul queen.

David Kinshuck

An armchair climate activist, David is trying to learn to use visual art (painting, drawing etc) as a means of communicating climate and social issues to promote action.

Marion Kinshuck

Marion is a member of the Limmud Presenter Bootcamp Team, Limmud's training course for budding presenters and loves helping Limmudniks to share their stories. Marion lives in Littlehampton in West Sussex and is a member of the Worthing & District Jewish Community.

Barry Kleinberg

Barry is a PhD student at Haifa University, researching pluralism and universalism in Orthodox Jewish thought. He was part of the inaugural cohort of Sacks' Scholars and is a Teaching Fellow at the London School of Jewish Studies.

Ida Kochane

Ida has lived in Israel in Kibbutz Ketura since 1998. She teaches Zhineng Qigong Mingjue Gongfu (how to use consciousness to be wiser), and became an instructor of levels 1 and 2 of Zhineng Qigong at the Xi’an Lington Zhineng Science Research Center. She has a diploma of Inner Perceptions Instructor from the University of Rosario, Argentina.

Aaron Koller

Aaron Koller is professor of Near Eastern Studies at Yeshiva University. He has held visiting positions at Cambridge, Oxford, the Albright Institute, and the Hartman Institute, and taught at the Hebrew University. He is the author of books on Esther and the Akedah, among others. He lives in NY with Shira Hecht-Koller and their children.

Tomi Komoly

Tomi survived the Holocaust in Hungary, escaped during the 1956 Uprising. As a refugee, obtained a scholarship to study in Britain. He has a master’s degree in engineering, worked in the chemical industry, published a book on laboratory design and retired as a consultant. He is very active in Holocaust education and was awarded the BEM for this.

Lucie Kon

Lucie is a BAFTA and Emmy nominated Producer, currently Commissioning Editor on Storyville, where she commissioned Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again. Prior to joining Storyville, she was Executive Producer on Panorama. In 2018, Series Producer and Director of We Are British Jews, a two-part series for BBC Two, described at the time as “a timely exploration of what it means to be Jewish in Britain today”.

Chai-Yoel Korn

Chai-Yoel Korn is a Body and Trauma Relational Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor. His writing: ‘The Chicken Soup of Identity’ as part of a book ‘Non-Binary Lives’ made number one LGBTQ+ book in The Independent’s Best Book Buys of 2020.

Eden Kosman

Eden Kosman is a Jewish-German psychologist and PhD student specializing in sexology, focusing on female sexual dysfunctions. She runs a practice in Berlin, offering psychological counselling, couples therapy, and sex therapy. Additionally, she lectures at a university of applied sciences and conducts workshops on sexuality and psychology.