Limmud Festival 2025 - Presenters

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Arni Ingolfsson

Árni Ingólfsson is an Icelandic musicologist with a PhD in music history from Harvard University. His most recent book is "Music at World's End: Three Exiled Musicians from Nazi Germany and Austria and Their Contribution to Music in Iceland" which was nominated for the Icelandic Book Award in 2024.

Saturday 19:00
Saturday 19:00 Music at world's end: how three exiled musicians changed Iceland's music - Heinz Edelstein (1 of 4)
 
Sunday 17:20
Sunday 17:20 Music at world's end: how three exiled musicians changed Iceland's music - Robert Abraham (2 of 4)
 
Monday 10:40
Monday 10:40 Music at world's end: how three exiled musicians changed Iceland's music - Victor and Melitta Urbancic (3 of 4)
 
Tuesday 17:20
Tuesday 17:20 Forbidden music: Composers and performers in exile, 1933-1945 (4 of 4)
 

Magen Inon

Magen Inon is a father and educator and holds a PhD. He has worked to cultivate liberal values and leadership skills with students, military officers, young adults and inmates. Since the murder of his parents on October 7th 2023, Magen has become a leading voice for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Sunday 09:20
Sunday 09:20 Views on Israel - tackling the generational gap
 
Monday 16:00
Monday 16:00 From Trauma to a Viable Future
 
Tuesday 17:20
Tuesday 17:20 The war in Gaza: an invitation to a difficult conversation
 

Brady Isaacs Pearce

Trained at the Brit School, Brady is currently an off stage Swing in the touring production of Fiddler on the Roof. Theatre credits include: Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse), Celebrating Lionel Bart (JW3 London), Evita (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and many more.

Monday 12:00
Monday 12:00 Sing-a-Long-a Fiddler on the Roof
 

Rivka Isaacson

Rivka is Professor of Molecular Biophysics at KCL. She grew up in the frum community of Broughton Park and is interested in lots of things beyond science, including poetry, fiction & theatre. She was on the Royal Institution Christmas lectures & writes for the Independent and FT. She’s married to Nick Blain & their kids are lifelong Limmudniks so far.

Wednesday 11:35
Wednesday 11:35 From Beis Yaakov to Biophysics
 

Judith Ish-Horowicz

Judith Ish-Horowicz is an experienced Early Years Headteacher and the founder of Apples and Honey Nightingale, the UK's first co-located nursery in a care home. She is the chair of Gen-All, a grassroots network of intergenerational practitioners, and has developed an internationally accredited intergenerational vocational training programme.

Sunday 09:20
Sunday 09:20 Boomer, Gen X, Gen Z … it’s time for Gen-All!
 

Stuart Izon

Stuart Izon is a musician and researcher exploring the historical roots of synagogue and home music. He creates new arrangements and recordings of cantorial works, sharing them through his YouTube channel and using digital tools to preserve and promote this rich repertoire.

Sunday 14:40
Sunday 14:40 Synagogue songs with secret pasts
 

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