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Batsheva Haber

With over a decade of experience in formal and informal education, Batsheva is passionate about creating meaningful learning experiences that connect people to ideas, one another, and to their communities. Currently serving as a Jewish Agency Shlicha at UJIA, she brings a deep commitment to Israel education, Jewish learning, and community building.

Joanna Hahessy

Joanna works as a senior peer support worker at Jami, the UK Jewish mental health charity. She also does peer support work in the trauma service at the Tavistock Centre, London. She has experience of over 11 years with an interest in trauma and its effect on the mind and body.

Chaim Hames

Chaim was born in London but grew up and lives in Israel. He is a historian of religions who, for the last seven years, has been the Rector (academic head) of Ben-Gurion University, where he has taught since completing his Ph.D. in 1996 (University of Cambridge). He has worked on inter-religious encounters and polemics, kabbalah, conversion, etc.

Rebecca Hames

Rebecca was born in England, received a BA from University College London and an MA from the Institute of Education. She married in England, had three sons and made aliyah in 1978 to Petach Tikva. Rebecca has taught at the Seminar Ha-Kibbutzim, The Open University, Israel and given shiurim (Torah lectures) for many years.

Viva Hammer

Viva couch surfed from Sydney to New York to Washington where she wrote laws for the US Congress and a column for the Jerusalem Post. On weekends she was a rebbetzin. Now she is at Brandeis University, asking why some Jews have many children and some have none. She founded the Tongue Set Free, where women from 30 countries write their migration stories.

Grace Harris

Grace is 14 years old and neurodiverse. She has a twin sister and an older brother, and is the daughter of Paul Harris and the late Rina Wolfson. She is a chanicha at Noam Masorti Youth and excited to present her first session at Limmud!

Paul Harris

Paul Harris is Senior Partner at a leading criminal law firm, having acted in the Post Office appeals, the Hillsborough Inquiry. Most notably, he was the solicitor advising the Jewish lawyer accused of agitating pro-Palestinian protestors by wearing a Star of David. He is a Deputy for Masorti Judaism and, most proudly, parent to Ava, Grace and Bz.

Rebecca Harris

Rebecca’s PhD is titled Material Thinking, Translation, Unmaking History: Reinterpreting Traumatic Resonance in Postwar Jewish Women’s Art and Literature. She has curated exhibitions and talk series alongside artists and recently presented research at Charles University, Prague, Humboldt-University, Berlin, and The Wiener Holocaust Library, London.

Abi Hartuv

Abi Hartuv is a family and couples counsellor, passionate about helping people through life’s challenges. After teaching in Israel for 11 years, she gained a Master’s in Family Counselling and brings curiosity, care, and practical wisdom to her sessions.

Josh Hartuv

Shuki is the Executive Director of BBYO UK. Born Canadian, he lived 13 years in Israel and was a top-rated tour guide. Passionate about Israeli music, rich in Jewish song, and always up for a jam, Shuki brings a creative, welcoming, and fun vibe to his sessions.

Zev Harvey

Zev Harvey is a professor emeritus in the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he has taught since 1977. He is the author of many studies on medieval and modern Jewish philosophers, like Maimonides, Crescas and Spinoza. He is an EMET Prize laureate in the humanities (2009).

Martin Hasan Di Maggio

Martin Di Maggio is a graduate of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism and a rabbinic student. He has a master's in endangered language documentation and lives in London. He leads services for Humanistic Judaism UK (www.hjuk.org) and Spinoza Havurah.

Miriam Hayes

Miriam Creeger is an adult neurophysiotherapist, clinical lead, and co-founder of UP – The Adult Cerebral Palsy Movement. She is presenting on how the Jewish community could better help the 500 Jewish people in London with Cerebral Palsy, without learning difficulties, live their best lives.

Josh Hepple

Josh is a disability activist and academic. He created an award winning play on sexuality and disability. His academic work looks at law, sexuality and British Empire, focussing on decriminalisation of same sex activity. He is relatively new to Judaism, and is loving Liberal Judaism. He runs training on the social model of disability and is a volunteer in mental health listening services.

Christina Hilsenrath

Christina Hilsenrath is Chair of Trustees, Friends of Bath Jewish Burial Ground and author of Jews in Bath - A Community and their Burial Ground 1700-1945.

Zvi Hirschfield

Zvi Hirschfield has been a faculty member of the Pardes Institute for 25 years. He teaches courses in Talmud, Jewish Thought, and Halakha. Zvi also develops curriculum and teaches for Pardes"s Machloket Matters Project. He also is Director of the Pardes Summer Program, and hosts Pardes from Jerusalem, the Pardes Podcast on the Parsha.

David Hoffman

David is a Jewish rock musician and songwriter from Manchester where he leads the ‘Shir Chadash’ tefillah (prayer) band. He has several albums out, you can find him on all good streaming sites as ‘David Hoffman and the Magic If’. He’s also a commercial barrister, legal historian and founder and CEO of Limmudniks Anonymous.

Joel Hoffman

A popular speaker and author, Joel focuses on 'bringing the Bible to life'. He has appeared before audiences on all six inhabitable continents, including Limmud conferences worldwide. He has authored or contributed to some two dozen books, and served on the faculties of Brandeis University and Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.

Julia Holt

Artist Julia Holt will show you the mechanics of an artistic practice in colour. A painter and printmaker who also writes poetry, she retells stories, combining the atmosphere of the narrative with the psychology of the people involved.

Jess Hooks

Jess is an artist-educator finishing a PhD in Heritage Studies. Their Jewish work involves projects that explore belonging, identity & memory, supporting folx navigating complex journeys via embodied learning. Their ongoing project, Routes & P(l)aces, involves walking interventions in the English countryside.

Renato Huarte Cuéllar

Renato is a Professor at Mexico's National University and Universidad Hebraica in Mexico City in Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Religion, and Jewish Studies. He founded Limmud Mexico and has been part of several cultural projects like the Jewish Dance Festival in Mexico City, the Adraba Project, and translations from Hebrew and Ladino to Spanish.

Ernie Hunter

Ernie is second generation and a volunteer Holocaust educator in the UK and Germany. He chairs Northern Holocaust Education Group [NHEG ]and is one of its accredited speakers. Ernie is also a speaker for G2G. He is a member of the Education Advisory Group of the Manchester Jewish Representative Council. His best job: being a grandpa!

Jonathan Hunter

When not at Limmud events, Jonathan spends much of his leisure time at various Modern Jive dance events around the country, and is very much looking forward to sharing the joy of partner dancing again with all at Limmud Festival this year!

Ilana Hutchinson

Ilana is the Co-Director of Outreach and Prevention at Jewish Women’s Aid, working with the whole Jewish community to reshape attitudes and challenge norms around domestic abuse and sexual violence. With over 30 years’ experience in education, Ilana is passionate about empowering young people to be positive drivers of change.

Joe Hyman

Joe is Limmud's Director of Innovation & Engagement. He has an obsession with creating meaningful Jewish gatherings and rituals. When Joe isn't at work he can be found at an exhibition, cooking for loved ones or making art. If you want to volunteer for Limmud, speak to Joe (he may even get you a drink at the bar!)