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Harry Lampert

Harry has been attending Limmud for over two decades - he is only 29 years old. Now an adult (allegedly), he is a TV producer and science communicator creating documentaries for the UK and US all to fund his baking habit. He is looking forward to bringing more science content to Limmud this year.

Antonia Lassar

Antonia Lassar is a standup comedian/hottie based in Los Angeles. She's best known for her viral videos about Jewish life, as well as being one half of the world-famous queer/Jewish podcast "Yenta!". Antonia recently won the Mandel Fellowship for her Jewish standup comedy. She's currently on a world tour of synagogues, and it's very glamorous.

Clive Lawton

Clive, co-founder of Limmud, has been a Head, an NHS hospital board Chair, an advisor to the Home Office and on the Metropolitan Police Authority. He is CEO of the Commonwealth Jewish Council, a Presiding Justice, an NHS Tribunal Chair and a regular lecturer at JW3. His OBE, awarded in 2016, was for services to education and the Jewish community.

Rachel Lazar

Rachel Lazar is an Israeli by choice since 2006, a quattro-lingual, passionate, enthusiastic - and mostly unemployed in the last year- tour guide. Rachel is based in Tel Aviv, loves touring, nature and recently completed a wild plant foraging and cooking course.

Rachelle Lazarus

Rachelle has never worked a day in her life! Her journey began with the honour of working with Holocaust survivors and refugees, shaping her understanding of resilience and compassion. Today, she helps charities build and nurture volunteer teams. Whether strategising or volunteering myself, she thrives on giving back, walking my dog and inspiring kindness

Kate Lennard

Writer, researcher, production manager and furniture designer, Kate Lennard is Creative Director at ROCKMAN & ROCKMAN design studio, known for its original furniture designs influenced by its extensive 20th-century ephemera archive. Her Little Genius series of children's books, published by Penguin Random House, has been translated into 8 languages.

Carli Lessof

Carli is a Senior Research Fellow at JPR, the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, an independent research centre which examines contemporary Jewish issues across Britain and Europe. Carli is responsible for the JPR Research Panel and Community Statistics programme. She has a PhD from the Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton.

Sara Levan

Sara Levan is Director of Jewish Life at JCoSS where she has been a member of staff for the past 11 years. Previously she has also worked in an Israeli high school and served as Youth Director at Masorti Judaism. She holds a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy which has nothing and everything to do with being a Jewish educator.

Luke Levine

Luke is a Jewish professional. As a gay, transgender man, he incorporates his identity into the work that he does with Jewish young people to build inclusive environments where they can thrive. His professional role is at BBYO UK. He is also a trustee and a volunteer and takes part in organised races to support charities that he cares about.

Daniel J Levy

Daniel J. Levy is a communications professional specialising in campaigns, media operations, and audience analysis. He has worked with and supported a range of Anglo-Jewish and Zionist organisations, and is currently Communications and Research Associate at BICOM. He is also a British Army veteran.

Natan Levy

Natan Levy is rabbi currently working as the Head of Operations for Faiths Forum for London and a lecturer at Leo Baeck College. Natan was the environmental liaison to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, z"l. He authored "The Dawn of Agriculture and the Earliest States in Genesis 1-11" and co-authored “Sharing Eden: Green Teachings from Jews, Christians and Muslims.”

Sara Levy-Stevenson

Sara is a third-year rabbinical student at Beit Midrash Harel and an RN at Hadassah Hospital, specializing in internal and geriatric care. She has also studied at Hadar, Pardes, and Midreshet Lindenbaum. Sara is passionate about the intersection of Jewish law and real-world issues, particularly how halacha can inform decision-making in healthcare.

Charlie Lewin

Charlie (they/them) is a multifaceted visual artist based in London UK. They have studied Songwriting (BA) and Fine Art (BA) and have just completed their Masters in Children’s Book Illustration and Graphic Novels. Charlie is currently working on their first graphic novel about their life growing up in an insular ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community.

Toni Lewis

Toni has over 10 years of experience in the charity sector. Before joining Jewish Blind and Disabled, she worked at a children’s bereavement charity and as a mental health practitioner. Passionate about empowering people with disabilities or sight loss to live independently, Toni also enjoys staying active, reading, and attending music festivals.

Ayelet Libson

Ayelet Hoffmann Libson is associate professor of Talmud at Bar Ilan University and was previously a visiting professor at Harvard and Penn Law Schools. She is also a graduate of the MaTaN Advanced Talmud Institute and is a member of the Beit Hillel rabbinic organization. Her first book is entitled Law and Self-Knowledge in the Talmud.

Sharone Lifschitz

A British Israeli Academic and Filmmaker, Sharone, daughter of Oded and Yocheved Lifshitz, was born and raised in Kibbutz Nir Oz and has lived in London since 1992. Since the abduction of her parents she has fought tirelessly for their release.

Eliana Light

Eliana Light is cultivating a more connected world by making the spiritual wisdom of Jewish liturgy and prayer practice (tefillah) accessible and meaningful through her music, consulting, teaching, and the Light Lab, a centre for tefillah education. Eliana earned her MA in Jewish Education from JTS in 2016 and lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Daniel Lightman

Daniel Lightman is a King’s Counsel at Serle Court. He co-curated the current (and first ever) exhibition at the MCC Museum on Jews and Cricket. His articles in Wisden, The Cricketer and Nightwatchman have revealed hitherto unknown stories of the lives of Jewish (and supposedly Jewish) cricketers. He co-authored Cricket Grounds from the Air.

Asher Lovy

Asher Lovy is an abuse survivor and director of ZA’AKAH, which raises awareness about child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community, advocates for legislative reforms and operates a Shabbat and Yom Tov mental health peer-support hotline.