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Adam Wagner

Adam Wagner is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London, specialising in human rights, public law and public inquiries. He is a Visiting Professor of Law at Goldsmiths, University of London and is the founder and chair of EachOther, a multi-award winning human rights public information charity.

Julia Wagner

Julia Wagner is a lecturer and writer specialising in film and television. She holds a PhD in Film Studies and is the author of 'Hester Street' (BFI Film Classics/Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2025). Julia is a trustee and council member of New North London Synagogue, and she is passionate about education for all ages.

Kelly Waldorf

Kelly was KeshetUK’s first Programme & Volunteer Officer in 2019 and is proud to have been the first person to come out as LGBT+ at Yavneh College in 2009. Outside of KeshetUK, Kelly works in front line victim support and currently works at Galop as an Independent Domestic & Sexual Violence Advocate, supporting LGBT+ survivors of abuse in the UK.

Michael Wegier

Michael is CEO of the Board of Deputies. He has worked as Jewish educator, strategic planner and chief executive for Jewish organisations in the UK, Israel and US. He has a degree in Jewish History from UCL, an MA in Contemporary Jewry from the Hebrew University and is a graduate of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows for developing Educational Leadership

Chaim Weiner

Chaim Weiner heads the European Masorti Bet Din. He was ordained at the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem. He is well known for innovative work in Jewish education and for his study tours to destinations of Jewish interest across Europe.

Jamie Weisbach

Jamie Weisbach received rabbinic ordination in 2023 from Yeshivat Hadar, and currently serves as Senior Jewish Educator at the Rita Levine Rabin Hunter College Hillel. He is also an Educator for SVARA's Trans Halakhah Project where he writes about trans identity and halachah.

Hannah Weisfeld

Hannah Weisfeld is the executive director of Yachad, a British Jewish organisation that works to build support in the community & in parliament for a political resolution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Hannah has over a decade of experience working with politicians, the media & within the Jewish community on matters related to the conflict.

Jocelin Weiss

Jocelin Weiss is an American documentary filmmaker journalist currently based in London. She recently graduated from the Science Media Production MSc at Imperial. An alumnus of Limmud’s Young Leadership Programme, appeared on GB News, ILTV, LBC and been profiled in the Daily Mail and Jewish Chronicle, among others.

Jonathan Weissbart

Jonathan has been singing in and conducting synagogue choirs for over thirty years. He also performs as a cantor in different communities and coaches teenagers to be effective service leaders. Jonathan is passionate about making services more spiritually meaningful and musically beautiful.

Julie Weitz

Julie Weitz is a visual artist, writer and educator who accounts for the wounds and resilience of diasporic culture by creating embodied and collective experiences for repair. She engages with caricature, folklorism, and emplacement to historicize her work in relation to past, present, and future developments in Jewish culture.

Emma Weleminsky

Emma is the UK community manager for OLAM, a network of Jewish and Israeli international development organizations, and JDC Entwine, which engages young Jews in global Jewish responsibility through travel. Before starting in 2022, she worked in heritage and school settings. Emma lives in London with her husband, son and dog.

Jake Welford

Jake is in growth marketing by day, and speaks & creates content on marketing, AI, tech & plastic reduction. Hobbies include investing, dabbling in predictions & futurism, YouTubing, and attempting to surf. Jake is married, and lives with his wife Chloe & baby Isabella, in wonderful Welwyn Garden City.

Steve Weller

Steve spends his days getting people jobs on cruise ships, or delivering training in Mental Health First Aid and other topics. But now for his biggest challenge, the attempt, after over 10 years of being a 'Limmudnik' (including chairing this very event), to put on sessions bringing together some of Limmuds great minds to make you laugh and smile.

Brett Wigdortz

Brett is founder & CEO of Tiney.co the largest childminding agency in Britain. He founded and led Teach First for 15 years, helping to build it into the largest graduate recruiter in the country. He co-founded and on the board of Teach First Israel (Chotam). He was a lifeguard at the Jersey Shore for 6 years and cheder teacher at NNLS.

Irene Wise

Artist and writer Irene Wise was Senior Lecturer in Media and Culture at University of Roehampton and Creative Educator at the British Library. She is a Fellow in Holocaust Education at the Imperial War Museum and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. Irene writes on a number of cultural subjects and worked on Holocaust documentary films.

Jonathan Wittenberg

Jonathan is Senior Rabbi of the New North London Synagogue and Masorti Judaism. A founder of EcoJudaism, he is passionate about Judaism, spirituality, caring for people, interfaith understanding, animals and the environment, and is closely connected to Israel. He is also on Radio 4's Thought for the Day team and writes widely.