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Warren Bank
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Warren is a barrister specialising in commercial and employment law litigation practising at the Johannesburg Bar. He is a versatile choir accompanist and passionate about all forms of vocal, choral and cantorial music. He has been a guest cantor for several congregations in South Africa and in Toronto, Canada. |
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Daniel Barnett
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Organisation: Limmud South Africa Daniel holds a BSocSci LLB from the University of Cape Town and is an admitted Advocate of the High Court. A past chairman of Habonim Dror, he was involved in the field of Diaspora-Israel relations before going into business. He is a fan of Wolverhampton Wanderers soccer team, the outdoors and travelling. |
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Noa Baum
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Website: www.noabaum.com Noa is an award-winning Israeli storyteller, trained in theatre and drama therapy at Tel-Aviv University and New York University. She focuses on her craft's power to build bridges for peace. Noa now lives in America and presents internationally, highlights being work for the World Bank, US Defense Department, the Mayo Clinic, at the Fabula Festival, Sweden, Brandeis University, the NYC Jewish Museum and Jerusalem University. |
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Silvia Bemporad Servi
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Silvia graduated in Classic Literature at the University of Florence, is a freelance book translator, teacher at the local Jewish Community's Talmud Torah and tutor for its bar mitzva program. |
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Simi Ben Hur
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Organisation: Community Security Trust / Adam Science Simi is Public Affairs Manager for the Community Security Trust, the charity with UK-wide responsibility for the security of the Jewish community, working with Government bodies on issues relevant to tackling antisemitism, extremism and terrorism. She is also Co-Chair of Adam Science, a network of graduates of the community's foremost leadership programme. |
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Shavit Ben-Arie
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Website: www.shavitba.co.il Shavit is author of the book 'Female Members of the Knesset: Leading Women in Israel' and continues to write and advise bodies on female representation in Israeli politics. Throughout the years he has had personal contact with 70 of Israel's female MKs. He is also active in various public diplomacy efforts. |
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Golan Ben-Chorin
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Website: www.kenstours.com/isj Golan is a rabbi, education and spiritual innovator in Rosh Pinah, Israel. From academia to new-age chavurot, his experiential teaching imparts a 'midrashic' worldview and musical approach. Golan has rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem and a doctorate on pluralism from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has taught 'multiple-intelligence gateways to Judaism' on four continents. |
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Regev Ben-David
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Organisation: Ein Prat Regev is currently leading 'Beit Prat', a beit-midrash and minyan in Jerusalem of both religious and secular Israeli young adults. He is also coordinating a joint religious-secular campaign for civil marriage and divorce in Israel as part of 'Metzilah' center, and previously held a Tikvah Fund Fellowship, 2011-2012. |
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Simon Benedictus
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Simon is a retired teacher and management scientist. In the past he has been a club leader in the East End of London. He is a Liberal Jew and a member of a United Synagogue but most importantly a Jew. Simon is now retired so has time to study. |
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Jeff Berger
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Organisation: Rambam Sephardi Synagogue Jeff is rabbi of the Rambam Sephardi Synagogue in Elstree/ Borehamwood and is part of Cambridge Coexist Leadership Programme 2012/2013. He was born in USA, has lived in either Japan or England for nearly 20 years, is married to Michie, with 2 children and an open home. |
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Miriam Berger
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Organisation: Finchley Reform Synagogue Miriam loves the newly established balancing act which is her life; juggling her roles as rabbi of a vibrant, creative and growing community with being mum to a particularly gorgeous 18 month old. As a former programming chair Miriam still suffers from panic attacks on sight of the Limmud handbook. |
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Vincent Berger
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Organisation: Limoud France Gershom (Vincent) Berger has worked for seven years as a mechanical engineer at Peugeot-Citroen in Paris. For almost as long he has been volunteering in the French Limoud team. |
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Linda Berkowitz
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Organisation: UK Jewish Film As a board member and trustee of UK Jewish Film, Linda will be co-presenting 9 films from this year's UK Jewish Film festival at Limmud. Born in South Africa, Linda lives in Brighton with her husband Nick and children Jessye and Asher. |
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Uri Berkowitz
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Organisation: Limmud International Uri has been a Limmud volunteer for almost fifteen years. During that time he has learned about programming, signage, team work, Shabbat, people management, community, training and geo-politics and the powers of caffeine! He is currently the Co-Chair of Limmud International. Professionally, Uri is a graphic designer. |
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Danny Bermant
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Organisation: Brainstorm Digital Danny founded Brainstorm Digital in 2000 and specialises in social media strategy - that is, training businesses and non-profit organisations on how to use their social media presence in order to generate funding, raise awareness, increase support and take action. |
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David Bilchitz
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David Bilchitz is an associate professor at the University of Johannesburg, and Director of SAIFAC, specialising in fundamental rights law. He sits on the Limmud International board, is a founding member of Limmud SA and Jewish Outlook: SA LGBTI Alliance and is a lay-leader at Temple Israel, Hillbrow (Johannesburg). |
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Sharyn Bistre Dabbah
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Sharyn Bistre was born in Mexico, studied veterinary medicine in the National Autonomous University of Mexico; doing her professional practice programme in clinical animal behaviour. She has worked in veterinary private practice and is currently studying for an MSc in clinical animal behaviour at the University of Lincoln in the UK. |
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Gaby Blauer
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Organisation: UK Branch of Meir Panim Gaby was born in Jerusalem and has BA and MA degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Following 12 years working for the Jewish Distribution Committee in Israel he moved to London in 2004 where he worked for two charities before founding the UK Branch of Meir Panim in 2008, raising funds to work on the front line against poverty in Israel. |
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Deborah Blausten
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Organisation: Jeneration (The Movement for Reform Judaism) Deborah is the Movement for Reform Judaism's Jeneration fieldworker, a graduate of RSY-Netzer and a Conservative Yeshiva alumna. She studied medicine at University College London before coming to Jeneration and indulging her love for Jewish education and community building on a full-time basis! |
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Shoshana Bloom
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Organisation: Norwood Shoshana heads up Norwood's Jewish Culture department. Challenging concepts of learning disabilities in the Jewish community she empowers people with learning disabilities to become proud, active, innovative and contributing members of Anglo-Jewry. A passionate Limmudnik, she co-chaired Limmud Conference in 2005 and 2011 and is the founder of Limmud L'Am. |
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Rex Bloomstein
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Website: www.rexentertainment.co.uk Rex Bloomstein has made pioneering films on human rights, crime and punishment and the holocaust. These include ‘Strangeways', which won two British Academy Awards, and ‘Prisoners of Conscience', ‘Auschwitz and the Allies' and ‘The Longest Hatred'. His film ‘KZ' has been described as the ‘first post-modern Holocaust documentary'. |
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Hilary Blume
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Organisation: Charities Advisory Trust Hilary is founder and director of the Charities Advisory Trust. Her initiatives include Card Aid, Museum Stores, Peace Oil, Green Hotel, India, Good Gifts Catalogue, and Knit for Peace. She has a keen interest in the ethics of charity giving. Hilary has written widely on fund-raising and charity management and was made a Dame in 2008. |
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Alexander Bodin Saphir
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Ali studied neurophilosophy and experimental-avant-garde film and literature at Duke University and University of California at Berkeley in the US before gaining an MA in scriptwriting from Goldsmiths College. He is currently working on a number of projects including a feature film, a play and a children's book. |
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Roger Bower
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Roger is a Manchester lawyer with a passion for classical music. For the last 20 years he has been presenting classical music talks to various Jewish social and cultural organizations. Most are video talks incorporating DVD excerpts from concerts,operas and ballets. |
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Shoshana Boyd Gelfand
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Organisation: JHub Shoshana is the director of JHub, a programme of the Pears Foundation which promotes social action, innovation and social entrepreneurship in the British Jewish community. She was ordained in 1993 at the Jewish Theological Seminary and has made her home in London with her husband and three children. |
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Jonathan Boyd
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Organisation: JPR / Institute for Jewish Policy Research Jonathan Boyd is Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. A former Mandel Jerusalem Fellow, he is editor of 'The Sovereign and the Situated Self: Jewish Identity and Community in the 21st Century' and works in the areas of educational philosophy, Jewish peoplehood, and Jewish identity and community. |
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Roland Brandman
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Roland has a degree in classical literature and philosophy, and following extensive instruction in meditative practice and thought, he has pursued the study of mystical philosophy, especially vedanta and kabbalah. By day (and often by night) Roland practises as a solicitor. |
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Sam Brandman
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Sam has been making up stuff since a kid and never learned when to stop. This has been a useful strength for managing both the Fest and Conference budgets. |
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Daniel Braune Friedman
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Organisation: Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Daniel Braune Friedman received rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in 2009. Since then he and his wife, Hannah, have been working as the Jewish chaplains in Oxford. |
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Hannah Braune-Friedman
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Hannah Braune Friedman and her husband Daniel have served as chaplains for students in Oxford for the past four years. Prior to moving to England, Hannah worked for several years as a social worker and a doula. Hannah and Daniel have two children, Eliana and Ze'ev. |
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Polly Bronstein
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Organisation: Jewish Agency for Israel Polly is the coordinator of the Jewish Agency delegation in the UK and the Director of the Israeli Scouts. Polly received her MA in Education Management from the Tel Aviv University, worked as an economics editor before joining the Scouts as the director of the international department. |
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Mekella Broomberg
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Organisation: Jewish Book Week Mekella Broomberg is a writer, performer and producer of live literary events. She is News Editor of 'For Books' Sake', a feminist books webzine. She is currently the Curator of Jewish Book Week, London's largest Literary Festival. |
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Dan Brown
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Organisation: eJewishPhilanthropy.com Dan is founder/CEO of eJewishPhilanthropy.com, an on-line publisher and facilitator of resource mobilisation serving the professional Jewish community. Dan is on the international steering committee of Limmud FSU. |
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David Brown
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Organisation: JHub David is Social Action Coordinator at JHub working on Fairtrade and Environment campaigns. He is a member of ROI Community and a Limmud and Keshet UK volunteer. David is a proud uncle to four nephews, one niece, lives with his partner Adam and suffers the ups and downs of being a Spurs fan. |
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Deborah Brown
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Organisation: UJIA Deborah is an informal educator focussing on Israel engagement with youth movements. Previously she worked for Habonim Dror UK as Mazkira (Director) for 2 years. Deborah has a photography degree, makes jewellery in her spare time and aims to integrate this creativity with passion for Israel and working with young people. |
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Alex Brummer
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Organisation: Board of Deputies of British Jews Alex Brummer is a prize winning journalist and author. He is the City Editor of the Daily Mail and JC columnist. He is a Vice President of the Board of Deputies. |
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Libby Burkeman
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Organisation: Movement for Reform Judaism Libby is Informal Education Director at the Movement for Reform Judaism, working with RSY-Netzer and Jeneration (students and young adults). Libby has carved out a career in informal education, including working at the Science Museum and Tzedek. She keeps busy in her spare time by being on the Limmud Executive. |
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Georgina Bye
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Organisation: Union of Jewish Students Georgina Bye is the Leadership and Training Director for UJS. She studied at the University of Leeds and has been heavily involved in Jewish student life on campus, both during her time at university and since graduating. |
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