Presenters - C

Sandy Cahn is co-founder and Financial Resource Development Chair of Limmud–FSU. Based in New York, she serves on UJA-Federation’s Board of Directors and the National Board of Hillel. Previously she chaired United Jewish Communities National Women’s Philanthropy Campaign. Professionally she is the Northeast Director of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation.

Sessions:

• Philanthropy: Giving to Change the World for Good

Website: http://www.danielcainer.com

Daniel Cainer is a performer and songwriter who broadcasts regularly on radio and television, with his topical songs, stories and comic observations. He’s also an experienced composer of music for tv and theatre and a session musician and producer. He lives in London and has two children.

Sessions:

• Jewish Chronicles

Organisation: University of Leeds

As professor of the History of Science at the University of Leeds, Geoffrey Cantor has a long-standing interest in the topic of science and religion and has published a number of books and articles in that area, including the co-edited collection 'Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism' (2006).

Sessions:

• Is Dawkins Deluded?
• Panel Discussion: What Is the Jewish Response to Richard Dawkins' Charge that 'Faith Is Belief Despite the Lack of Evidence'?

Website: http://www.NeshamaCarlebach.com

Neshama Carlebach, one of the leading superstars in Jewish entertainment, is continuing the legacy established by her father Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Together with producer/pianist David Morgan and her band, she continues to both deeply move and entertain as she sings her father’s incomparable melodies and inspiring original compositions. An evening with Neshama will uplift you and bring you the gift of songs that are danceable, singable, and unforgettable.

Sessions:

• Music in Our Synagogues - How It Works (or Doesn't) for Us: the Carlebach Experience (2 of 4)
• Neshama Carlebach - Acoustic Show
• Neshama Carlebach in Concert
• Neshama Carlebach Workshop

Organisation: World Jewish Relief
Website: http://www.worldjewishrelief.org.uk

Now community development coordinator for World Jewish Relief (WJR), Charlotte Casselson has been using her personable and interactive style to inform and motivate the Jewish community to engage with WJR's work. A background in informal education and development and a commitment towards community activism motivated her launch of WJR's brand new volunteer programme

Sessions:

• Turn a Mountain into a Molehill!
• Volunteering for the 21st Century

Website: http://www.myspace.com/jencharlton

Jen Charlton is a singer/songwriter described as having "a voice that could sing a shopping list and make it worthwhile." She was born in Canada, but has been paying her dues in London, consistently playing live and supporting the likes of Oh Susannah, Dar Williams, and Kevin Ayers, as well as making her Limmud debut at this year's Limmudfest.

Sessions:

• In Concert

Organisation: London Metropolitan University

David Clark wrote his PhD on Jewish Museums in Europe. He is a warden at Wimbledon Synagogue, a member of the Second Generation Network and is involved in interfaith work. He's a regular contributor to Jewish Renaissance and Exiled Writers Ink.

Sessions:

• Transitional States: Jewish Practice After Divorce, Separation or Bereavement

Organisation: Limmud

Charles Darwish and Libby Burkeman are both proud and thrilled to be the co-Chairs of Limmud Conference 2008. They both have had many years experience as Limmud volunteers, and activists in the wider Jewish community.

Sessions:

• Limmud Next Year?

Dudley Cohen is a composer and conductor, is the founder and, for 20 years, has been the musical director of the Zemel Choir and the director of music at several schools and choir master at various synagogues. He's now retired.

Sessions:

• Renya the Cobbler's Daughter

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Norman Cohen Falah arrived in London in August 2005 to serve Belsize Square Synagogue as its full-time chazan, having previously sung in Las Vegas, Miami and Amsterdam. He studied chazanut at the Latin-American Rabbinical Seminary and guitar at the National Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires.

Sessions:

• 'Davening La Vida Loca' - the Concert
• Davening 'La Vida Loca'

Organisation: London Jewish Forum

Adrian Cohen chairs one of Anglo Jewry's newest institutions, the London Jewish Forum, which promotes the interests of London Jewry with the Greater London Authority. The forum is made up of individuals drawn from across the religious and political spectrum. He is also the convenor of the Canary Wharf kehilla.

Sessions:

• Ken Livingstone and the Jews of London

Organisation: Jewish Agency for Israel - jafi

Born in Haifa, Israel, Nurith Cohen is a London School of Jewish Studies graduate and a Susi Bradfield fellow. She teaches in schools and ulpanim and is a GCSE examiner. She lectures in multicultural seminars on the Jews in Britain and co-founded Woodside Park Synagogue's 'Ladies Who Learn' programme.

Sessions:

• Learn Hebrew and Have Fun! (2 of 4)
• Learn Hebrew and Have Fun! (3 of 4)
• Learn Hebrew and Have Fun! (4 of 4)
• Learn Hebrew and Have Fun! (Beginners) (1 of 4)

Organisation: HUC-JIR

Steven Cohen is a professor teaching at Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion. He's written: 'The Jew Within' (with Arnold Eisen); 'Two Worlds of Judaism' (with Charles Liebman); 'Beyond Belonging' (with Keith Kahn Harris); and 'The Continuity of Discontinuity' (with Ari Kelman). He is currently studying emerging identities and communities among American Jews under 40.

Sessions:

• American Individualism vs Jewish Community?
• Jews Under 40 and Their New Communities

Henry Cohn is a retired Reader in History at Warwick University, Vice-Chairman of Leo Baeck College, London and a member of Birmingham Progressive Synagogue. His interest in German-Jewish history is part of the search for roots which afflicts especially those in the latter half of their lives.

Sessions:

• Gluckel of Hameln, a Jewish Woman in a Gentile World
• Warwick Woodlands and Wetlands

Zaki Cooper is a political junkie and is fascinated by the relationship between religion and politics. His day job is Director of Business for New Europe and in his spare time he is a consultant to the Cambridge Inter-Faith programme and writes about inter-faith and community issues.

Sessions:

• The Sacred and the Secular: the Relationship Between Faith and Politics in Britain?

Organisation: Movement for Reform Judaism

Belinda Copitch is Director of Northern Development for the Reform Movement. A trained teacher, she is currently working on her PhD on Jewish youth movement experiences and has been involved in youth movements in South Africa, Israel and the UK. Her two children are both active bogrim in their movements.

Sessions:

• Jewish Youth Movements: Education or Indoctrination?

Organisation: National Anglo-Jewish Heritage Trail

Raj Cunniah is the outreach officer and project manager of the National Anglo-Jewish Heritage Trail. He is very keen to promote dialogue with other communities through heritage outreach work and sees Jewish heritage as inspiring and relevant to many different groups.

Sessions:

• Stories in Stone - a Workshop Exploring England's Jewish Heritage and History Through Monuments and Memorials
• Stories in Stone - a Workshop Exploring England's Jewish Heritage and History Through Monuments and Memorials