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William Galinsky

William is director of programming & impact at JW3. During his time there he has undertaken a number of new initiatives including the hugely successful JW3 panto, the London Jewish mural, and the social action incubator project. Prior to JW3 William was artistic director of Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Cork Midsummer Festival.

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Born in San Diego, California, and living in Jerusalem, Isaac is an experienced prayer leader whose compositions have been performed by multiple Jewish organisations, and a regular contributor to the Open Siddur Project. He may be most notorious for his yearly Purim videos — his most famous work, Megillat Ḥam-Ed, has over 200,000 views.

Joshua Garroway

Joshua Garroway is a professor at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. He earned ordination from HUC in 2003 and a PhD from Yale in 2008. Though a specialist in ancient Christianity, he lectures widely about Jewish history broadly. For fun, he enjoys chess, tennis, opera, and taking his kids to Dodgers games.

Kristine Garroway

Kristine Garroway is professor of bible at Hebrew Union College (Los Angeles). She has spent time studying and excavating in Israel. Her scholarship combines archaeology and ancient texts to illuminate the world of the Hebrew Bible. She publishes widely and received the Biblical Archaeological Society’s award for best book relating to Hebrew Bible.

Jay Geller

Jay Geller is Professor of Modern Jewish Culture emeritus, at Vanderbilt University. He has published On Freud’s Jewish Body, The Other Jewish Question, Bestiarium Judaicum (Fordham UP). His Limmud sessions draw from his forthcoming book Living-While-Circumcised: Jewish Resilience during the Shoah (Indiana UP). This is his 5th Limmud Festival as presenter.

Noa Gendler

Former Limmud Programming Chair and current Limmud menace, Noa has been creating festival tomfoolery for eighteen years. Though she has released the weighty mantle of the Silent Disco from her shoulders, she still plans on subjecting you all to her music taste via the bar playlist. In her spare time she is a high school English teacher.

Daniel Gigi

Daniel Gigi is an orthodox Mizrachi rabbi and meditation coach with a specialism in deeper Torah traditions. He is a certified mindfulness teacher and has expertise in Kabbalistic and other meditative practices. He is that author of the book 28 Jewelled Crown, and is currently writing a guide to the early mystical book Sefer Yetzirah.

Andrew Gilbert

Andrew Gilbert is Vice President of the Board of Deputies (Security, Resilience and Cohesion). He has been coming to Limmud (every year it happened) since 1987, chaired 1990-1997, and set up and chaired Limmud International from 2004-2010. He works in luxury products.

Preet Gill

Elected in 2017, Preet Kaur Gill is MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, parliamentary private secretary to the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, and the UK’s first female Sikh MP. She has campaigned for exempt sector regulation, leasehold reform, measures against 3D printed firearms templates, and fairness in data collection.

Gary Ginsberg

Gary has a doctorate in public health from the University of North Carolina. He worked for England's Department of Health and Social Security and Wandsworth RD&P, then was director of medical technology assessment at the Israeli Health Ministry, where his published economic-epidemiologic analyses resulted in saving many lives. He also worked for World Health Organisation and now teaches health economics in Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Public Health.

Malcolm Ginsberg

Malcolm Ginsberg, is a Queen’s Scout and one of the first Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award winners. He has carved out a career as a journalist, publisher, PR man and aviation specialist. A regular speaker at Limmud, he will explain cruising (a complex subject), plus the Jewish element of City Airport and docks.

Paul Ginsberg

Paul is an ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) life coach. He volunteers with ADHD Aware and is a passionate community builder in his spare time, helping out with the Glasgow West End Project. On his blog he writes about neurodivergency, inclusivity and tech, with bold explainers, thoughtful pieces and some fun in between (https://linktr.ee/paulginsberg).

Aaron Godfrey

Aaron Godfrey is the Vice President of Marketing at MyHeritage.com, a global leader in family history and genetic genealogy. Aaron leads initiatives that inspire millions worldwide to explore their roots and discover their family stories. He is passionate about using technology and storytelling to make history personal, accessible, and meaningful.

Micah Gold

Micah Gold has long contributed to Limmud as a space for bold ideas and inclusive learning. He leads Mobilise Public, a consultancy driving community-led change across charities, housing, and local government. He facilitates learning across sectors and explores Jewish life, spirituality, and emerging psychedelic science.

Sasha Gold

Sasha Gold returned to London after a decade in Tel Aviv and is exploring identity between cultures. With a background in informal education, facilitation and leadership development, she designs experiential events across sectors. Sasha is on the Limmud Exec and loves learning that blends the personal, political and textual.

Melanie Goldberg

Melanie is a Scottish Jew from Glasgow who loves to combine her love for both her Scottish and Jewish heritage. She hopes to share her culture with others at Limmud through traditional Scottish ceilidh dancing! Melanie is currently the Scotland Support Worker for the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.

Harriett Goldenberg

Harriett is the first chair of South Hants Reform Synagogue in Winchester, the first Jewish City Councillor, the chair of Social Action, on the steering committee for the Families' Asylum Seeker Drop In at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, past Council member, and a suspended member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Harriett is a psychotherapist and psychologist, supervisor, trainer and author. She is married and a mother.

Philip Goldenberg

Philip Goldenberg was not only one of the 36 Deputies who signed the FT letter and was sanctioned by the Board for speaking inconvenient truth unto power, but also one of the “Famous Five” who was effectively expelled from the Board for the additional heinous crime of speaking on the media.

Daniel Goldfarb

Daniel Goldfarb is a Boston-born lawyer/rabbi/teacher, resident of Jerusalem since 1976. He is a former Director of the Conservative Yeshiva and has taught many times at Limmuds around the world.

Nicky Goldman

Nicky is the chief executive of the Jewish Volunteering Network. She has worked in the Jewish community for over 40 years in leadership and community development, family education, HR, youth and student work, engaging with volunteers in each role. Nicky has always volunteered, currently co-leading services at Jewish Care’s Sandringham campus.

Yosef Goldman

Yosef Goldman is a rabbi and composer, chazan, & Torah teacher whose soulful music is sung across North America & beyond. Co-founder of Kedmah, he's reviving Sephardi/Mizrahi piyyut & mystical devotional practice for contemporary communities. Drawing from Ashkenazi and Sephardi heritage, he creates prayer experiences that move hearts and awaken souls.

Aviva Goldschmidt Kaufmann

Aviva loves grappling with Jewish texts. A Ma’aleh graduate, she boosts Orthodox women’s engagement in Judaism, is on her shul council and teaches Maths to teens in an alternative education setting. She met Andy at Limmud. They have four children.

Mark Goldsmith

Mark Goldsmith is rabbi at Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue. He served synagogues in the Reform and Liberal Jewish movements since semichah at Leo Baeck College in 1996 where he teaches Homiletics and Jewish Life Cycle. He is a trustee Rabbi of EcoJudaism and a student of Jewish Business Ethics, running a regular group for people in business.

Sam Goldstone-Brady

Samuel Goldstone-Brady is a museum professional and researcher. At previous Limmuds he has presented on Jewish connections to the Paralympics and other academic work related to disability histories. As a frequent music-listener and gig-goer, this year he is taking a swing at a music related topic... let’s see how it goes.

Susy Goldstone-Brady

Susy works in local government, where she is active in her local UNISON trade union branch. She is passionate about combating antisemitism in the trade union movement, and regularly speaks on this topic at UNISON conferences.

Rivka Gottlieb

Rivka is a musician and Music Therapist in private practice working with adults and teens, with experience in schools, charities and the NHS. She’s developing the Shema Koleinu prayer skills website for Masorti Judaism and serves on the board of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, which is proudly part of the Hillsborough Law Now coalition.

Ayala Gottlieb Alter

Ayala is a cantorial student, singer, cellist, and Jewish educator lending her voice to Masorti's Shema Koleinu tefillah skills website. After a year as Cantor at The Great Synagogue of Stockholm, she now studies at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Centre Yeshiva and teaches remotely for Paideia - before heading to JTS to continue her cantorial training.

Sarah Grabiner

Sarah is a cantor and aspiring academic, writing her PhD at University College London on Prayer Book Jewish English. She has studied Hebrew, sacred music and linguistics, and was ordained as a cantor. She teaches at Leo Baeck College, Hebrew Union College, and is passionate about the future of progressive Jewish spiritual leadership.

Helen Graham

Helen is the former executive chef of Bubala. As the creator behind many of the restaurant's best loved dishes, Helen’s fresh approach to vegetables secured Bubala a reputation as one of (if not the best) vegetarian restaurants in London. She is set to release her debut cookbook Centrepiece in April 2026

Avi Grant

Avi Grant is the Limmud Marketing Co-Chair for 2025 and works as a freelance content creator. Avi has also graduated the text track of the Limmud Presenter bootcamp with Pardes.

Elaine Grazin

Elaine is a Masorti member, first in Leeds and now at New North London Synagogue. She co-authored 'Stories of NNLS' with Ivor Jacobs, son of Rabbi Louis Jacobs. Elaine is a founder member and now Honorary Vice President of Jewish Women’s Aid. She is a retired communications manager working in public and voluntary sector organisations.

Natalie Grazin

Natalie recently stepped down as a Limmud Trustee, having volunteered since first attending in 1994. She has two teenagers with her partner Samantha, who she met at Limmud 25 years ago. Professionally, she is a coach and consultant, working with NHS organisations and Jewish charities and leaders on strategy, impact, change and development.

Daniela Greiber

Originally from Chile, Daniela has worked in Jewish non-profits for 26+ years across Israel, the USA and the UK. Since 2013 she’s led the Jewish Communal Life programme at Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe and launched Kaleidoscope to collect first-person stories of Jews in Europe. She speaks 4 languages.

Jasmina Griffoul

Jasmina Griffoul is a Holocaust history researcher. She and her husband Izzy Posen are co-authoring a book uncovering a family’s Holocaust story through original archival work. She is also a communications and strategy expert, advising non-profit organisations such as the Jewish Ethics Project and the Jerusalem Interest-Free Micro-Finance Fund.