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Daniel Mackintosh

Daniel is a South African and South London Jew, a community organiser and professional trouble maker. He is a lover of building new Jewish institutions and baked cheesecake. Daniel is a dad to three kids and partner to Charlotte. He blogs at ironruleblog.org

Robin Makin

Robin Makin produced the Heritage Season to mark the 150th anniversary of Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation's Grade 1 listed Princes Road Synagogue and an event in Birkenhead to commemorate Birkonian Jewry. He is currently planning Jewish tours of Liverpool.

Annette Margolis

Annette is a semi-retired mathematics teacher who still enjoys attending mathematics events around the country, but without actually having to teach. Having lived in Italy for many years, Annette misses speaking Italian but is lucky to know a number of Italian speakers in Moseley, the Notting Hill of Birmingham where she lives.

Ben Marks

Ben Marks is Head of Media and Storytelling at World Jewish Relief. He previously founded the #WorkAnywhere campaign and led CNN’s international innovation team. A TEDx and UN speaker, Ben explores how media can drive social impact and inspire change.

Matt Marks

Matt is a rabbi and Executive Head of Tribe and Strategic Advisor for Jewish Life at BNJC. He and his wife also serve as UK Jewish Chaplains. Matt holds degrees in Philosophy and Jewish Education, is pursuing a PhD on Rabbi Sacks’ legacy, and is a Mizrachi UK Fellow, Sacks Scholar, and Teach First graduate.

Sheerelle Marks

Sheerelle Marks is Families and Education Manager at BNJC and, with her husband, serves as UK Jewish Chaplain for Brighton & South Coast. A qualified Occupational Therapist and Michlala alumna, she has extensive experience in informal Jewish education and volunteering for leading charities.

Olivia Marks-Woldman

Olivia is the chief executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and Vice Chair of Kids, a charity for disabled young people and their families. She has three (young adult) children, including one with special educational needs, one cat and one dog. She can occasionally be spotted at a Parkrun.

Miriam Marson

Miriam is Head of Heritage, leading engagement at the House of Life at Willesden Jewish Cemetery. She has produced books, exhibitions and digital projects on Jewish heritage, completed an MA in Heritage Management with a placement at Historic Royal Palaces, and works to make Jewish sites places of memory, identity and learning.

Luke Martin

Luke Martin is the West Midlands Resilience Forum Coordinator, responsible for working with local organisations to ensure that the West Midlands is prepared for any emergencies or incidents that may occur. He is a seasoned Emergency Response, Security and Resilience professional with experience of working both within the United Kingdom and internationally across the globe since 2009.

Angela Mattar

Angela Mattar is a Palestinian activist and leader in Standing Together. Born in I’billin, she was driven to action by rising discrimination and violence. After October 7th, she joined the movement for justice, building Jewish-Palestinian partnerships and empowering young Palestinians—especially girls—to believe in their power to create change.

Victoria Mattison

Victoria is a clinical psychologist working leading a CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health service) in London. Her work involves diagnosis and support of children and young people with possible ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) or autism. Victoria also works as a trainer with adults in the workplace and is delighted to be presenting with Grace.

Aydin Mayers

Aydin Mayers is founder and CEO of HaMakom NYC, a ground-breaking Jewish community wellness centre in Manhattan that blends spirituality, music and integrative health. His passion for Jewish music began at a young age in his synagogue band and continues through his work as a song leader and former resident musician at Brown University Hillel.

Carys McQueen

Trained at Rose Bruford College, Carys is currently playing Mirila in the touring production of Fiddler on the Roof. Theatre credits Includes: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (Playhouse Theatre, winner of 7 Olivier Awards); Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Squares) and many more.

Ofek Meir

A passionate educator, rabbi, and community leader, Ofek is serving as Leo Baeck's Headmaster and Managing Director, overseeing 2,400 students from preschool to Year 12. Ordained at Hebrew Union College, Ofek Meir also holds degrees in Jewish Thought and History, Jewish Education, and Classical Guitar Performance.

Amy Mendlesohn

Amy is the foodbank co-ordinator for the JW3 Foodbank and manages the logistics and communications for JW3’s weekly Foodbank. Prior to this, Amy worked in PR consultancy for 10 years, specialising in healthcare communications. Over the years, she’s been a befriender for people living with dementia and a bus leader for March of the Living

Marc Michaels

Marc Michaels/Mordechai Pinchas is a Sofer STa"M (scribe), academic, designer, and lay leader. His Cambridge PhD unlocked the secrets of the scribal manual Sefer Tagin. He is a Rothschild Foundation fellow, Genizah Unit volunteer, and attached to the MST.

Emily Michelson

Emily is a veteran Limmudnik and Professor of History at St Andrews. To avoid Judaism’s focus on ritual, antiquity, and guilt, she trained in Renaissance Catholic history. Her book on forced conversion sermons won Jewish and Christian book prizes. She co-directs 'Italian Renaissance Objects and Spaces of Encounter', a joint project with Cambridge.

Jeremy Michelson

Jeremy is VP of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. He led the celebrations in Greater Manchester for the 350th anniversary of the resettlement of Jews in Britain. He is an educator, in both the Jewish and non Jewish sectors.

Helena Miller

Helena is Director of Post-Graduate Degrees and Senior Research Fellow at LSJS. She has led, taught, researched and written widely. She runs the Jewish Lives longitudinal study in the UK. Helena co-chaired Limmud International 2009-12 and was senior editor of the Journal of Jewish Education 2014-20.

Steve Miller

Steve is a social entrepreneur and community activist. Co-creator of a furniture recycling project, a drop-in for street homeless people, founder of Tzedek. Steve’s day job is building cross sector partnerships to create resilient and thriving communities across London. Steve teaches in Jewish communities across the UK and Europe.

Joe Millis

Joe is a journalist with close to 40 years' experience covering the Middle East and Jewish matters, as well as economics, politics and legal affairs. He has been coming to Limmud for nigh on 16 years and has loved every second of it. He is a football fanatic (Dulwich Hamlet and Tottenham Hotspur), cricket and rugby lover and long-term cyclist.

Toby Millis

As a Jewish person successfully banished to the Autonomous Oblast in Siberia, Toby Millis was raised by a pack of wolves, surviving on wild berries and river water. He heard a voice in the trees telling him about Limmud Festival, and has been going every year since. Through the good, the bad and the field in Banbury.

Inbal Morag

Inbal Morag, from Kokhav Ya’ir, joined the IDF in 2014 as an aerial footage analyst focused on Gaza, later becoming a commander. After her 2016 discharge, she earned degrees in Sociology and Film. Following October 7, she chose to speak out about her role in the occupation and now serves as Education Coordinator at Breaking the Silence.

Abigail Morris

Abigail has been going to Limmud every year for the last 25 years. It has helped her and her family create, grow and forge their Jewish identity. She has also been a theatre and museum director and is keen on running.

Gaby Morris

Gaby Morris is a trustee of The Jewish Square Mile Foundation, dedicated to exploring London’s medieval Jewish community. She co-founded Greyscape, highlighting Brutalist, Modernist, and Constructivist architecture, and has researched and written numerous oral history projects for the arts and heritage. She is Managing Director of Riverside Training Company.

Howard Morris

Howard Morris is Chair of the Jewish Square Mile Foundation and founder of Greyscape, a global modernist architecture platform with 73,000 Instagram followers. A lawyer, mediator and writer, he leads a project on medieval London’s Jewish community that brings hidden histories to life.

Robin Moss

Robin is Chief Executive of Unitas Youth Zone, an amazing youth centre in Burnt Oak with more than 50,000 visits a year. He is also a Jewish and Israel educator. He has presented at Limmud events on five continents and edits 'Limmud On One Leg'. He is Chair of KeshetUK and a trustee of the Jewish Youth Fund. He enjoys a wee dram of a good single malt.

Naomi Munk

Naomi Munk (née Webber) is a lifelong Limmudnik and barrister specialising in employment, education and discrimination law. She has a particular interest in issues where religious practice and secular law collide – a topic which always promotes lively discussion!