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Deborah Kahn-Harris
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Organisation: Leo Baeck College Deborah is the principal of Leo Baeck College and holds her PhD in Bible from the University of Sheffield, with a special interest in feminist bible criticism. Previously Deborah worked as a congregational rabbi, university chaplain and teaching fellow in Judaism at the School of African and Oriental Studies (London University). She is married with two children. |
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Keith Kahn-Harris
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Website: www.kahn-harris.org Keith Kahn-Harris is a writer and sociologist. He is the co-author of 'Turbulent Times: The Jewish Community Today' and author of 'Judaism: All That Matters'. Keith has conducted research for a number of Jewish communal organisations and teaches at the Open University and Birkbeck College. |
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Menachem Kaiser
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Website: www.mnchm.com Menachem Kaiser is a writer, critic, and journalist living between Brooklyn, NY, and various Eastern European countries. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in a variety of publications, including the Los Angeles Review of Books, Vogue, Slate, The Atlantic, Tablet, and elsewhere. He was a recent Fulbright Fellow in Lithuania. |
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Charlie Kane
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Charlie Kane is Creative Director of haMakom: the Place for Wellbeing, Spirituality and Creativity. With a basis in integrative arts therapy, Charlie works with visual and somatic art forms in combination with meditation, ritual and play. Her work is centred on creative expression, community building and impacting meaningful social change. |
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Ricky Kaplan
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Organisation: Union of Jewish Students / Vscheme Ricky is a recent graduate, Olympic torch bearer, and involved in social action for over 10 years. He is the founder of ‘Vscheme' - an organisation placing students in social action based activities, with support from the Union of Jewish Students and in partnership with the Jewish Volunteer Network. |
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Gilad Kariv
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Organisation: Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism Gilad Kariv is a rabbi and the executive director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism. Gilad has been a leader and advocate on behalf of liberal Judaism in Israel since 1998. He was ordained by the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. |
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Andrea Kasper
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Organisation: Yadaim Academy of Applied Academics Andrea Kasper is a Jewish educator who has founded an alternative Jewish high school, Yadaim Academy of Applied Academics. Her educational philosophy is shaped by her dual nationality, living in five countries and a commitment to ecology and self-production. Andrea is an EdD student in Jewish Educational Leadership at Northeastern University. |
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David Katz
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Organisation: Board of Deputies of British Jews David Katz has been professor of immunopathology at University College London, edited a medical journal, and chaired General Medical Council panels. He has made representations on behalf of the board of the Council about several medical ethical issues, chairs the Jewish Medical Association (UK), and is co-chair of Milah UK. |
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Or Katzman
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Organisation: Jewish Agency for Israel Or is the Jewish Agency Shaliach to the FZY youth movement in Manchester. He has been a counsellor and director of his local scouts branch, served in the IDF Caracal Infantry Brigade and worked with Muslim, Christian Arabs and Jewish youth at risk in Nazareth Illit. |
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Naamah Kelman
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Organisation: Hebrew Union College Naamah Kelman is a rabbi, a descendent of ten generations of rabbis and in 1992 was the first woman to be ordained by the Hebrew Union College, where she is the dean. From New York, Naamah has lived in Jerusalem, since 1976, where she has worked for pluralistic and progressive Jewish Israeli causes. |
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Maureen Kendler
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Organisation: London School of Jewish Studies Maureen is Head of Educational Programming at the London School of Jewish Studies, and a proud veteran Limmudnik. She has taught widely in the UK and at Limmuds around the world. Maureen has degrees in Literature and Jewish education and loves teaching texts, ancient and modern. |
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Orly Kenig
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Organisation: Jewish Agency for Israel Orly is the Jewish Agency shlicha to the Redbridge Community. After returning from her first shlichut to Netzer Germany, she worked at the Lokey Centre of Jewish Education and at the education department of the Israel Reform Movement. Orly holds an MA in art therapy from Haifa University. |
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Atara Kenigsberg
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Organisation: Rackman Center Atara is director of the Rackman Centre at the Law Faculty at Bar Ilan University. She is an orthodox feminist, striving for gender equality and changes in Israeli family law. Atara was first woman nominated for CEO of the Rabinical Courts and a US State Department IVLP Fellow with a BA and MA in Law. |
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Yolande Kerbel
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Organisation: PaJeS (JLC) Yolande is Primary Kodesh Curriculum Leader at the Jewish Curriculum Partnership where she develops curricula in various Jewish Studies topics in partnership with schools. She also trains student teachers through JTTP and is the Kodesh Coordinator at Rimon Primary School. Yolande has a passion for just about any kind of text. |
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Caroline Kessler
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Website: www.carolinekesslerparentingconsultant.co.uk Caroline works in family mediation and develops new strategies with people to enable them to make changes that move them forward. She has many years' experience of pioneering development in her community. |
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Onkardeep Singh Khalsa
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Organisation: City Sikhs Network Onkardeep has a wide array of interests including; philosophy, business, IT, design, science and faith. He is one of the founders of the City Sikhs Network and has dedicated a lot of time towards promoting interfaith work believing that a critical step towards world peace is self peace. |
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Idit Klein
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Organisation: Keshet UK Idit has been a social justice activist for the past 20 years. Since 2001, she has served as Keshet's Executive Director, building Keshet from a local Boston to a US-wide organisation with three offices and 16 staff. Klein also produced the film 'Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School'. |
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Joyce Klein
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Joyce Klein is a playwright, director, storyteller, teacher and Jewish educator. Her plays have been produced in the US, Israel and the CIS. Joyce has lived in Jerusalem since 1990 and works in many places, performing, creating Living History events and conducting workshops on a wide variety of subjects. |
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Samuel Klein
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Organisation: LEAD: Inspiring Jewish Leaders Samuel Klein is a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, New York and LEAD Networks and Partnerships Connector. As an educator with a background in inter-communal dialogue, reconciliation and conflict resolution, Samuel is a contact improvisation dance practitioner with an interest in Gestalt psychotherapy and art of movement. |
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Shira Kline
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Website: www.ShirLaLa.com Shira Kline (aka ShirLaLa) is an award winning performer and educator, tours extensively across the world delivering dynamic, interactive programmes of joy and spirit, story and song. She has released four popular Jewish kiddie-rock albums and publishes 'Blog Sameach: A Resource Center'. Shira is also a founding company member of Storahtelling. |
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Vincent Knowles
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Vince is an analyst in sustainable technology innovation and finance. He was an Adamah fellow and grew up as a madrich in Habonim Dror. |
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Gabi Kobrin
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Organisation: Jewish Leadership Council Gabi is the public affairs officer for the Jewish Leadership Council. Prior to this role, she was elected onto the Board of Trustees of the London School of Economics Students' Union and as President of LSE's Students' Union Israel Society. She graduated from the LSE with a degree in geography. |
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Maja Kocanova
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Organisation: Ceroc Addiction Ceroc's Latin Queen, and dance teacher/owner of Ceroc Addiction, covering from Shrewsbury to Manchester. Maja mixes a unique cocktail of hot rhythms, inspiring technique and sweeping footwork with her own sassy latin Ceroc style. Most recently she has been involved in the Manchester Jewish Community's 'Dancing Strictly' charity fundraiser. |
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Nick Kochan
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Website: www.kochan.co.uk Nick Kochan is a journalist and author, has written about money laundering, corruption and fraud. He is the author of 'The Washing Machine',a book about economic crime and terrorist financing. His work appears in national newspapers. Nick was educated at the University of Cambridge. |
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Rachel Kolsky
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Organisation: Go London Tours Rachel Kolsky is a London-based prize winning Blue Badge guide who is passionate about exploring Jewish heritage. Her walks and talks cover a wide range of themes and areas but always focus on the 'human stories behind the buildings'. Her first book, 'Jewish London', was published in March 2012. |
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Moshe Koppel
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Moshe Koppel is a professor of computer science in Bar-Ilan University. He received a B.A. from Yeshiva University and a PhD from the Courant Institute. He has authored two books on halacha and mathematics and is an advisor in Israel's Knesset on constitutional affairs. |
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Magdalena Koralewska
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Organisation: Beit Krakow Jewish Creative Community Magda is a firecracker leader in things young, innovative and Jewish in Poland. Graphic designer by profession, her passions are community building and art. She is the Co-founder and president of Beit Krakow, the first reform community in Krakow since the Shoah and the Communist rule. She is Vice President of the Warsaw New Jewish Music Festival. |
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David Krantz
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Organisation: Green Zionist Alliance David Krantz is the president and chairperson of the Green Zionist Alliance. A founding member of Jewcology.com, David also serves on the Green Hevra's stewardship committee and on the cabinet of the American Zionist Movement. David earned his masters degrees at UC-Berkeley and at NYU, where he studied environmental policy. |
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Sandra G Kviat
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Sandra Kviat is the rabbi of Crouch End Chavurah in London. She also holds the educational portfolio for Liberal Judaism. She is especially interested in family issues relating to Judaism, marriage, and children. She is originally from Denmark but has lived in the UK for almost 10 years. |
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