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Slavyan Kanovski

Slavyan Kanovski works with the Jewish community in Bulgaria and is a tour guide in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is also an Israeli dance teacher and organises an Israeli dance seminar in Bulgaria called SoDa - Sofia Dance. He loves presenting at Limmud and sharing the miraculous story of the Bulgarian Jewish community and its beautiful Sephardi heritage, so feel free to ask him about it any time you meet him around Limmud!

Noah Katz

Noah is the Board of Deputies of British Jews' Workplace and Equalities Officer and co-founder of the Yad Fellowship. Equally passionate about equitable access to society for British Jews and ensuring we have level headed leadership for decades to come, they sit on the boards of National Union of Students, the Advisory Council of Jewish on Campus, and Lancaster & Lakes Jewish Community.

Isaac Kaufmann

Isaac studied Mathematics at Cambridge, where he was an integral part of both the Jewish Society and the Doctor Who Society. He has now been working as a Software Engineer for two years. This is his second Limmud presenting, but he has been going to Limmud since before he was born.

Martin Kaye

For 10 years Martin ran the legendary Limmud Bookshop. You’ve probably also heard him speak at Limmud, sharing his knowledge from history to culture. A recent communal initiative is Speakeasy Sundays — a bold space bringing provocative speakers and fresh perspectives to new audiences. His project, 586 and All That—is a Limmud microgrant recipient

Melanie Kelly

Melanie is the Impact Evaluation & Volunteer Management at UJIA and a trustee for Kol Nefesh Masorti Shul. A passionate crocheter/knitter (she does a charity challenge at Limmud yearly!), she's excited to create a space for you to relax, unwind, and natter during the conference. She's married to an amazing man Jeremy and with two adult sons.

Andrea Kelmanson

Andrea works exclusively in the charity sector and her roles have included Deputy CEO of The National AIDS Trust and CEO of The National Centre for Volunteering. Andrea then set up a consultancy practice, continuing to support charities, in both the USA and the UK.

Maureen Kendal

Maureen Kendal is a multidisciplinary artist, author, research academic, innovator and creative producer in the areas of Cyber Worlds and Creative Computing, Media and Visual Arts, video poetics and Artists’ Oeuvres and Estates. Director of dreamstudio.io and Cecile Elstein Studio Ltd.

Ábel Keszler

Ábel is a psychology graduate turned humanitarian. Originally from Budapest, he has lived in five countries. After embracing Jewish activism at the University of Glasgow, he became Programme Manager at the European Union of Jewish Students. He now serves as Program & Development Officer at OlamAid.

Ahmed Khuzaie

Ahmed Khuzaie is a prominent political consultant, acclaimed author, and Managing Partner at Khuzaie Associates LLC, a Washington, DC–based Political Consultancy firm. He's a Gulf strategic analyst who positions himself as a calm voice in a chaotic region, pushing for pragmatic diplomacy and regional security.

David Kinshuck

A retired improving artist, David is concerned about climate and social issues.

Andrew Kirk

Andrew is a passionate speaker, trainer, and global mobiliser who has served in dangerous regions and helped rescue people in crisis. With a deep family-rooted commitment to Israel, he has led groups for 20+ years and, since Oct. 7, continues bringing teams, aid, and advocacy for Israel and the Jewish people.

Daphne Kirk

Daphne Kirk is a dynamic communicator urging leaders to prioritise the next generation. She recently addressed 50,000 young people on standing with Israel. After Oct 7, 2023, she mobilised teams across four continents to go to Israel, show solidarity, serve, and become informed advocates.

Moshe Koppel

Moshe Koppel is professor emeritus at Bar-Ilan University with over 100 publications in computer science and other disciplines. He founded the Kohelet Policy Forum, an influential think tank, and Dicta, which develops AI tools for Hebrew text analysis. He's authored three books on Jewish thought, including, most recently, 'Judaism Straight Up'.

Barry Kosmin

Barry is an international expert in social survey research, Jewish sociology and demography. He won the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Humanist Association and the 2021 Sklare Award of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry. He directed the 1990 US National Jewish Population Survey.

Orli Krief

Orli Krief lives in Zurich with her two daughters. Passionate about languages and meeting people as they are, she holds a Master of Education and teaches while training in family constellations.

Maya Kristal Tenenbaum

Trained at The Royal Academy of Music, Maya is currently a Swing in the touring production of Fiddler on the Roof. Theatre Credits Include: Julia in The Band’s Visit (Donmar Warehouse); Emilia in Marie Curie (Charing Cross Theatre); Protagonist in Antisemitism: A Musical (Camden People's Theatre) and many more.

Yasmin Krutik

Yasmin's journey in Jewish education began when her family made aliyah from Argentina to Israel. From her first shlichut (Israeli emissary) in Greece with Hanoar Hatzioni to her current senior shlichut with FZY (Federation of Zionist Youth) in the UK, Yasmin has been driven by a passion to connect Jewish communities worldwide with Israel through learning, cooperation and shared inspiration.

Miriam Kunin

Mim is a queer talmud nerd from Leeds, living and working in Oxford. A lifelong Limmudnik, Mim has studied at Drisha, Hadar, Pardes, the Conservative Yeshiva, Yashrut and Azara. In hir spare time, Mim can be found swimming in rivers, singing folksongs or having long conversations about religion and/or disability.

Nat Kunin

Nat has been going to Limmud since he was a child and volunteering at Limmud since he was an adult. Since 2024, he has represented Limmud at the Board of Deputies, sitting on the Community and Education Division. In his free time, Nat is a Civil Engineer for a local council in London.