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Alastair Falk
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Organisation: PaJeS (JLC) Alastair Falk is executive director of Partnerships for Jewish Schools (PaJeS) a new organisation responding to the growth of Jewish schooling. He has previously been a headteacher of three schools and director of educational leadership for UJIA . Alastair initiated and co-ordinated the first Limmud conferences. |
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Seth Farber
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Organisation: ITIM Seth Farber is a rabbi, best known for his work with ITIM, a Jewish Advocacy group in Israel that helps individuals lead full Jewish lives. He received his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his ordination from Yeshiva University. Seth first came to Limmud in 1997. |
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Danny Fenster
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Website: www.dannyfenster.co Danny is an artist and architectural designer, based in England and China. He uses drawing, architecture, animation and writing to communicate social and environmental ideas in unexpected ways. He's currently exploring different versions of modernity around the world - are we all heading in the same direction? |
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Gila Fine
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Organisation: Koren Publishers Jerusalem Gila Fine is the editor-in-chief of Maggid Books (Koren Publishers Jerusalem). She is a teacher of talmudic narrative, and has taught at the Hebrew University, Tel-Aviv University, and the Hartman Institute. Gila is the former editor of 'Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation' and the ghostwriter behind several well-known books. |
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Andy Finkel
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Andy, a veteran Limmudnik, comes from Dublin,now lives in west London and practices as a solicitor. He has previously presented sessions at Conference and Limmud Fest. Andy's main hobbies are military history and writing quirky poems and songs. He is a member of a Sephardi orthodox synagogue. |
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David Finlay
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David is a writer of story songs and performance pieces which outline events in modern Jewish history. He is also a former leader of the Jewish Youth Voluntary Service and a member of Tzedek's team helping projects in the developing world. |
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Yaacov Finn
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Yaacov is a trainee rabbi (at Montefiore Kollel), is the interim minister of Shenley United Synagogue, head teacher of Muswell Hill Cheder and in his spare time runs activities for children with special needs. Yaacov has an MSc in Health Psychology from University College London and might be crazy enough to do a PhD. |
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Sue Fishkoff
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Website: www.jweekly.com Sue Fishkoff is the editor of ' j.', the Jewish news weekly of Northern California. A former reporter for the Jewish Telgraphic Agency and 'The Jerusalem Post', she is the author of 'The Rebbe's Army' and 'Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America's Food Answers to a Higher Authority.' |
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Judith Flacks
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Organisation: Union of Jewish Students Judith is Union of Jewish Students Campaigns Director, dealing with student politics, student campaigns, antisemitism and anti-Israel activity on university campuses in the UK and Ireland. |
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Ellen Flax
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Website: www.hadassahfoundation.org Ellen Flax is the director of The Hadassah Foundation, the largest Jewish women's foundation in the US. For four years, she has been a member of Limmud's International Chavruta Project team. She was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. |
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Dalia Fleming
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Organisation: Keshet UK Dalia Fleming is an LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans* and Queer) activist. She volunteers for KeshetUK and is an active member of the UK LGBTQ community and the student movement. As a graduate of the London School of Economics and University of Nottingham Dalia has been active in the National Union of Sttudents LGBT and Women's Campaign. |
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Adam Frankenberg
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Organisation: Leo Baeck College Adam Frankenberg is a third year student at Leo Baeck College. Previously he was graduate student at Manchester University in the Jewish Studies Department and studied sciences at Keele University.. |
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Sharonah Fredrick
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Sharonah is currently writing her PhD dissertation on Latin American and Sephardic literature at Stony Brook University. She writes, lectures and publishes in Spanish, English, Hebrew and Portuguese specialising in the relationship between myth, literature and history and inter-cultural conflict and communication. Sharonah has taught on all six continents. |
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Ailon Freedman
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Website: www.ailonfree.co.uk Ailon Freedman describes himself as ' a jack of all trades - master of fun'. He runs workshops in yoga,comedy and African drumming for businesses, schools, private parties and on overseas retreats. Ailon is currently writing a memoir entitled 'The Diary of a Neurotic Jewish Yoga Teacher.' |
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Paul Freedman
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Organisation: Radlett & Bushey Reform Synagogue Paul studied physics at Bristol University, education at Cambridge and for the rabbinate at Leo Baeck College. He is married to Vanessa, father of Katie and Joshua, and rabbi of Radlett & Bushey Reform Synagogue. Paul is an incurable ‘grammorak' (Hebrew and English) and has only missed one Limmud in the last eighteen. |
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Vanessa Freedman
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Organisation: University College London Vanessa is the Hebrew and Jewish Studies Librarian at University College London. She studied classics at Cambridge University, library and information studies at University College London and Judaism in various places, including the Liberal Yeshivah in Jerusalem. Venessa is married to Paul and mother of Katie and Joshua. |
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Ben Freeman
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Organisation: From Yesterday For Tomorrow Ben is 25 years old and has been working in informal education for 10 years: with UJIA for five and was a madrich with RSY-Netzer for five years. He wants to use his experiences in education to help teach youth about their responsibilities in stopping prejudice. |
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Ariel Friedlander
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Organisation: Liberal Judaism Ariel trained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, being ordained in the class of 1996. She then served North American communities in Toronto, Virginia and New York and previous careers include sport/theatre photography and postman. Ariel is currently part of the outreach team at Liberal Judaism and Administrator at the Memorial Scrolls Trust. She is also a fanatical Queens Park Rangers supporter. |
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Lior Friedman
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Organisation: Jewish Agency for Israel Lior Friedman is the European affairs correspondent for Channel 2, Israel's biggest news broadcaster. He is a law graduate of Tel Aviv University, started his career as the legal correspondent for the Israeli army radio and has worked as an editor, reporter and news anchor on the Channel 2 evening news. |
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Motti Friedman
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Motti Friedman is the academic director of the Jerusalem Zionist Archives and a member of the Israel Public Council and the Supreme Archives' Council. Previously he was director of the Herzl Museum in Jerusalem and of the Pedagogic Centre at the Jewish Agency. Motti also produces chazanut concerts, and lectures on Ashkenazi liturgical music. |
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Ora Fruchter
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Organisation: Creatures Teach Torah Ora's 'Creatures Teach Torah' is based on the idea that self-expression and collaboration are a crucial part of the Jewish study experience. She uses unique methods of storytelling, puppets, everyday objects, and lots of imagination; people of any age can engage in meaningful and creative study. |
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