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Ariel Abel
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A UK Orthodox community rabbi for over 13 years in London and the provinces, Ariel Abel directed the pioneering Montefiore Semicha Programme to train a new generation of mainstream Orthodox rabbinic leadership for Anglo-Jewry. Today Ariel Abel is active in inter-faith and works in education in north west England. |
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Simone Abel
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Organisation: René Cassin Simone Abel is Director of René Cassin, specialising in human rights and international law. She came to RC from a human rights NGO in New York and before this was an attorney at leading law firms in Sydney and New York. Simone holds a BA/LLB and is completing an LLM. |
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Natan Abenaim
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Organisation: Montefiore Kollel Natan has a scientific background and works as a business consultant. He is also in the Montefiore Kollel Semicha program. |
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Nathan Abrams
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Organisation: Bangor University Nathan Abrams teaches Film Studies at Bangor University in North Wales. A regular Limmud presenter, he is an expert on Jewish film and media. He is author of 'The New Jew in Film: Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Cinema' (2011) and writes for Ha'aretz and The Forward. |
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Eli Abt
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Eli Abt is a London architect, musician and chazan. He has presented the Medieval Haggadot in London, Los Angeles and Johannesburg. He has also appeared as South Bank soloist, led choral services in the UK, South Africa and North America, has spoken on Jewish music for the BBC and writes for Jewish Renaissance. |
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Acoustic Café Team
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Acoustic Café is Limmud's perennial favourite open mic session, back for another year. Anyone welcome to take part! Plus Acoustic Lunch, daily lunchtime sessions where you can join in or just relax and enjoy the entertainment. |
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Jonah Adams
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Jonah recently graduated from George Mason University. In 2009-2010 he attended the gap year programme 'Kivunim: New Directions' based in Israel, studying world Jewry and travelling to many communities. He was a student delegate to the first ever Conference on the Holocaust in the Arab World in Morocco, September 2011. |
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Rachelle Adler
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Organisation: Norwood Rachelle has a learning disability. This is her fifth time presenting at a Limmud event together with Naomi Mushin. She loves speaking at Limmud and volunteering. Her dream is to travel the world and is always thinking and talking about this. Rachelle loves kosher restaurants, Shabbat and the Jewish festivals. |
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Luke Akehurst
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Organisation: We Believe in Israel Luke is the first director of the We Believe in Israel network, formed after the May 2011 conference. A former director of PR company Weber Shandwick, outside work he is a councillor in the London Borough of Hackney and has been a parliamentary candidate and a member of the Labour Party National Executive. |
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Muhammad Al-Hussaini
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Organisation: Leo Baeck College Muhammad Al-Hussaini is Fellow in Islamic Studies at Leo Baeck College, where he teaches rabbis and rabbinical students classical study of the Quran relevant to Jewish-Muslim relations. He is Lecturer in Abrahamic Religions at Al-Azhar College, Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, and his academic research is on comparative Islamic, Rabbinic and Karaite exegesis. |
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Geoffrey Alderman
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Website: www.geoffreyalderman.com Geoffrey Alderman was born in 1944. He was educated at Hackney Downs School and Lincoln College, Oxford from where he obtained the degrees of DLitt, MA, DPhil (Oxon). He is currently Professor of Politics & Contemporary History at the University of Buckingham and Guest Professor at Ariel University, Israel. He was the author of 'Modern British Jewry' (2nd edn, OUP, 1998) and a regular columnist on the Jewish Chronicle. |
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Gilad Amit
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Organisation: Jewish Agency for Israel Gilad has been the Jewish Agency shaliach to the Leeds community for the past three years. He was born and grew up in Jerusalem and worked as a teacher in an integrated high school. Gilad studied education and mass media at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
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Lene Rachel Andersen
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Website: www.andersenske.com Lene Rachel is a philosopher, author, economist, publisher and entrepreneur. |
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Daniel Anderson
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Organisation: Tiferet Daniel is a life entrepreneur, creative thinker and educator who presents and facilitates thought-provoking lectures, discussions and workshops. He attended Yeshivat Darché Noam and is co-founder of Tiferet, which offers an integrated approach to mind and emotional health & wellbeing. He is also this year's chair of Conference Programming. |
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Adi Arbel
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Organisation: Institute for Zionist Strategies Adi is a project manager at the Institute for Zionist Strategies and a columnist for Makor Rishon in Jerusalem. He co-founded the Beit Midrash for Zionist Philosophy and established AIM-Teams, a platform for olim to contribute to public policy in Israel. The Jerusalem Post selected Adi as one of the top ten Jewish future leaders. |
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Jonathan Arkush
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Ruth Arkush
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Ruth is in her final year of a degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Hebrew at Manchester University, having previously studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the religious seminary Midreshet Lindenbaum. She studies Hebrew and Arabic and their literatures, with a specific interest in midrash and poetry. |
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Arik Ascherman
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Organisation: Rabbis For Human Rights Arik Ascherman, a rabbi, has served for 15 years as director, and now runs special projects for Rabbis For Human Rights. RHR is the recipient of the Speaker of the Knesset's Prize, and is internationally acclaimed for championing the human rights of Israelis, Palestinians, African Refugees, and all those created in God's Image. |
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Anthony Ashworth-Steen
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Organisation: UJIA Anthony is Education Manager for the UJIA project Jewish Activities in Mainstream Schools, responsible for educational strategy and expansion of the programme. He qualified in Events Management and is now reading for an MA in Educational Leadership. Anthony was Northern Fieldworker for Habonim Dror prior to working at UJIA. |
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