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Gabby Dagan
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Organisation: Ohel Avraham Leo Baeck Centre Haifa Gabby left Orthodoxy after growing up in a Moroccan-Iranian Orthodox family, attending B’nei Akiva Yeshivah and serving as a rabbi in the Israeli Defence Forces. He co-founded a non-governmental organisation promoting multiculturalism but realised that his future was in Progressive Judaism. He is Rabbi at Ohel Avraham synagogue, Haifa Leo Baeck Centre and Rabbi for the High school. |
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Sharon Daniels
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Organisation: The Judith Trust Having worked within Jewish social care services and youth groups for 20 years, Sharon is currently leading the Judith Trust Inclusion Campaign, working to make communities from across the religious spectrum more accessible to people with learning disabilities and/or mental health problems. |
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Aviva Dautch
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Aviva Dautch works as a creative educator for the British Library and is reading for a PhD in contemporary poetics. She regularly writes book reviews for a number of publications, and her own poems are published internationally in magazines and anthologies including Agenda, Modern Poetry in Translation and Poetry Review. |
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Sergio DellaPergola
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Organisation: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Born in Italy, and living in Israel since 1966, Sergio is a professor in Israel-Diaspora Relations at the Hebrew University’s Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry. He is an internationally known specialist on the demography of world Jewry and author of numerous publications. |
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Selwyn Dorfman
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Selwyn writes a regular column for the Manchester Jewish Telegraph and has been speaking to non-Jewish audiences and individuals for several years. He brings a fresh and humorous approach to pro-Israel advocacy. |
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Gregg Drinkwater
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Organisation: Keshet Gregg Drinkwater is a senior staffer at Keshet, a U.S.-based Jewish LGBT organization. He is the co-editor of the book ‘Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible’ (NYU Press, Sept. 2009). Drinkwater is also president of Limmud Colorado and will soon be a student in the ALEPH Rabbinic Program. |
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Uri Dromi
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Organisation: Mishkenot Sha'ananim Uri flew many years in the Israeli Air Force and then went on to serve his country in other ways: Spokesman of the Rabin and Peres governments; member of the Israel Democracy Institute; and now the Director of Mishkenot Sha'ananim cultural centre in Jerusalem. Uri likes to write: see his website. |
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Robbie Duschinsky
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Organisation: Northumbria University Robbie Duschinsky is Senior Lecturer in Social Science for Social Work at the University of Northumbria. He has published articles on social and anthropological theory, philosophy, the sociology of childhood and qualitative research methods. He is in the process of editing a book entitled 'Foucault, the Family & Politics'. |
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Gili Dvash
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Organisation: Jewish Agency for Israel Born in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. Grew up and led in Israeli Scouts. Served for 3.5 years in the IDF Spokesperson Unit as an officer in the international media branch and as a spokesperson of the Edom. Today Gili is the Jewish Agency’s Shlicha for FZY in Manchester. |
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