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Clare Aarons

Clare has worked for over 20 years in the UK's non-for-profit sector as a training professional and project manager. She is studying at Hebrew Union College's Zschool and works at JW3 (the London Jewish Community Centre) as Learning & Engagement Producer, driving their adult education programme and spearheading social action work, including managing the weekly foodbank and volunteers.

Shana Rose Aaronson

Shana Aaronson is the Executive Director of Magen for Jewish Communities, which provides education, awareness, mental health support, and advocacy around sexual abuse and its effect on individuals, families and communities. She volunteers as a madrichat kallot and birth assistant to women with histories of sexual and physical trauma.

Natan Abenaim

Natan is a wandering—and wondering—Jew. Strategy consultant and teacher of Judaism, he blends boardroom logic with beit midrash wisdom. Graduate of École Centrale Paris, with semichah from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, he calls himself a rational mystic—basically, someone who argues with himself a lot, but politely.

Luiz Aberbuj

Luiz Aberbuj, born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, was active in the Habonim Dror youth movement. In 2011, he joined a leadership gap year in Israel. He made Aliyah in 2014, served in the Kfir Brigade until 2016, then gave testimony to Breaking the Silence and became its Jewish Diaspora Education Coordinator.

Nic Abery

Nic is a Jewish educator working across Jewish schools and communities in Europe to deeper their Jewish engagement and education. She has an innovative approach to teaching using art, museum and objects to bring Jewish themes and concepts together.

Gina Abramowitz

Gina is a 31-year-old occupational therapist from Australia, now based in London working in the NHS. Passionate about disability advocacy, she draws on both her lived experience and professional expertise to promote diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all. Through public speaking and workshops, she amplifies voices often unheard.

Hayley Ace

Hayley Ace is a reverend, church leader and fighter against antisemitism. She has been recognised among the top 50 Christian Zionists by the Israel Allies Foundation for her activism, which includes her growing Instagram profile and organising numerous rallies with ‘Stop the Hate’ and other organisations.

Daniel Aidan

Daniel, 56, is French and the father of 4 children. He is also a banker and finance professor. He lives near Paris, frequents the Jewish community, and thanks his wife for letting him attend his 3rd Limmud Festival. He is excited to lead a session with his son and will demonstrate that the French speak (a little) English.

Samuel Aidan

Samuel, 21 years old, is a Computer Science student living near Paris. His passions include fencing, beekeeping, and involvement in Jewish events at University.

Anoushka Alexander-Rose

Anoushka is a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Weber Institute at the University of Heidelberg, curating an exhibition ‘The Wandering Jew and other myths’, and researcher of British Jewish heritage at Durham. She completed her PhD on 'Vladimir Nabokov's Jewish Muse' at the Parkes Institute, and teaches Holocaust literature and philosemitism.

Jane Ansell

Founder of Sleep Scotland (charity developing sleep counselling services and sleep education for schools), and TEENS+ (post-school education for people with complex support needs). Co-founder of Edinburgh Jewish Dialogue and Cultural Centre. Now a sleep consultant as well as developing and leading Jewish learning sessions for teenagers and adults.

JIll Appleton

Jill Appleton is National Director of The Feast Youth Project. The Feast brings together teenagers from different faiths, cultures and backgrounds to build friendships, explore faith and change lives. Through dialogue, The Feast helps young people become more confident in their identity, more resilient in the face of prejudice and radicalisation.

Paul Arberman

Paul Arberman is a Masorti-Conservative rabbi living in Modiin, Israel and serving Netzach Yisrael in Ashkelon. He is the past rabbi of HEMS in Hatch End. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, he loves teaching, singing and playing guitar and being with his 3 young adult children.

Elana Arian

A composer, prayer leader, and multi-instrumentalist, Elana Arian is one of the most influential voices in Jewish music today. Elana serves 30+ communities a year, has released 5 albums, and is the subject of an anthology published by TMP. She is on faculty at Hebrew Union College, where she teaches in the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music.

Victoria Atlas

Victoria Atlas holds a PhD in Medieval Hispanistics, and specialises in the Jewish heritage of medieval Spain. Trained in Biblical Studies, Art History and pedagogy, she brings an interdisciplinary approach to her work. Has lectured at institutions including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Cambridge, UNAM, Oxford.

Amir Atsmon

Amir Atsmon holds MAs in Comparative Literature and Drama Therapy and is an improvised theater performer and teacher. He works as a psychotherapist, combining dramatherapy with somatic approaches, and editor, translator and author of psychoanalytic theory. He also does improvised poetry performances using antique typewriters.