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Caroline Hagard

Caroline teaches Gan (kindergarten) at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue and Edgware and District Reform Synagogue religion schools. An accomplished Story Teller, writer of Jewish songs she also writes/runs children's services for the High Holy days/chagim. In her spare time she is a full-time Medical Secretary.

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Daniella Hardy

Daniella was born in Ramat-Gan, Israel. She is the Jewish Agency’s young shlicha to the Tzofim (Israeli Scouts) Youth Movement and is living in the Tzofin kommuna in London. In Israel Daniella was involved International United Nations Model and in different Hasbara (advocacy) and leadership programmes.

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Michael Harris

Organisation: Hampstead (United) Synagogue and LSJS

Rabbi of Hampstead United Synagogue since 1995, Michael is also a Research Fellow at the London School of Jewish Studies and an Affiliated Lecturer in the Divinity Faculty at Cambridge University. He holds a PhD in philosophy from London University and is the author of ‘Divine Command Ethics: Jewish and Christian Perspectives’.

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Tanya Harris

Organisation: JAMI
Website: www.jamiuk.org

Tanya is responsible for ensuring that JAMI offers a high quality service which meets the mental health needs of the community. These range from education and training about mental health awareness, supporting carers and the most vulnerable people in our community who suffer mental health problems.

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Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko

Organisation: Board of Deputies of British Jews
Website: www.bod.org.uk

Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko is the Public Affairs Director at the Board of Deputies of British Jews. In her previous role as a Director within the New Israel Fund’s Jerusalem office, Elizabeth gained unique insights into all aspects of Israeli society. She has an MA from the Hebrew University in Contemporary Jewry.

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Aaron Hartman

Organisation: Girls in Trouble

Aaron Hartman has played in genre-bending musical groups on the K Records label in Olympia, Washington since 1995. He plays bass and spins records in Portland, Oregon and Brooklyn, New York, where he lives with his wife, Alicia Jo Rabins. Expect a mix of punky soul and international grooves.

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Rim Hassen

Organisation: The University of Cambridge

Rim Hassen is currently working as a Research Associate in the Cambridge Interfaith Programme. She has an MA and a PhD in Translation and Cultural Studies from the University of Warwick. She has published various articles on the subject of women's translations of the Quran into English and French.

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Judith Hauptman

Organisation: Jewish Theological Seminary
Website: www.ohelayalah.org

Judith Hauptman loves teaching Talmud. She does so at the Jewish Theological Seminary, via outreach to young people at High Holiday services (yes, she teaches them Talmud in the middle of services), and even online to students living far away from NYC. Her related interest is feminism in the Talmud.

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David Hazony

Website: www.davidhazony.com

David Hazony is the author of ‘The Ten Commandments’ (Scribner), a finalist for the 2010 National Jewish Book Award. His doctorate focused on the philosophy of Eliezer Berkovits. He has written for the Forward, CNN.com, the New Republic, and Commentary, and translated Emunah Elon's novel ‘If You Awaken Love’ (2007).

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Herzl Hefter

Organisation: Yeshiva Institute Har El
Website: www.har-el.org

Herzl Hefter, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har El in Jerusalem, combines a passion for Talmudic analysis and Hassidut. He studied under Rabbi Yosef Soloveichik and Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein. In his recent article in Tradition Spring 2009 he compares thoughts of the Mei HaShiloah on idolatry with aspects of Hindu iconography.

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Ben Helfgott

Organisation: Jewish Committee for the London Games
Website: www.visitjewishlondon.com

A Holocaust survivor and weightlifting champion, Ben has competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning bronze at the Commonwealth Games in 1958. Ben officiated at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and sadly was one of the last people to see alive some of the 11 murdered Israeli athletes.

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Michael Hilton

Organisation: Leo Baeck College
Website: www.kolchai.org

Michael Hilton is Rabbi of Kol Chai Hatch End Jewish Community. He lectures at Leo Baeck College, and at Ammerdown Interfaith Summer Schools in deepest Somerset. (Join us for July 2012—Topic: Pilgrimage). Michael is writing the definitive history of bar mitzvah, which will include some really strange old menus.

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Dougald Hine

Website: dougald.co.uk/

Dougald is a writer, an internet entrepreneur, an informal learner and a founder of organisations. Amongst the projects he has founded or co-founded are School of Everything, Space Makers Agency, Dark Mountain, the Institute for Collapsonomics, New Public Thinking and the University Project.

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Anat Hoffman

Organisation: Israel Religious Action Center
Website: www.irac.org

As the Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center, Anat Hoffman is a leader in the fight for social justice in Israel. Born and raised in Jerusalem, she served on Jerusalem’s City Council for 14 years and was a founding member of Women of the Wall.

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David Hoffman

Website: www.myspace.com/themagicif

David is a regular Limmud performer with his mix of Jewish rock and musical whimsy. He also supports Limmud programming and publications (Prophet Top Trumps, anyone?) and when not spending too much time on Limmud, is a barrister and author on human rights law.

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Robby Hoffman

Website: www.robbyhoffman.com

Robby Hoffman was born the 7th child to her parents in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother later moved the family to Montreal. She won The Jewish Comedy Festival 2011, opened for the great Orny Adams, has performed the Just for Laughs stage and had two successful one woman Fringe shows.

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Yechiel Hoffman

Organisation: LimmudLA
Website: www.limmudla.org

Yechiel Hoffman empowers Jews to enrich their Jewish journeys through meaningful experiences. As a high school educator, Yechiel created the Teens@LimmudLA presenters program, the Viral Judaism Project and the High School Jewish Futures Project. Yechiel now serves as LimmudLA’s Executive Director, connecting Jews through volunteerism and cross-communal learning experiences.

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Michelle Huberman

Organisation: Harif
Website: blogs.jpost.com/content/clash-cultures

Michelle is the Creative Director of Harif - an association of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa. She writes a regular blog on the Jerusalem Post and a monthly op-ed for the Jewish News. Michelle will be writing a daily blog for the Jerusalem Post during Conference.

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Dilwar Hussain

Website: www.policyresearch.org.uk

Dilwar Hussain is Head of the Policy Research Centre, based at the Islamic Foundation and a Senior Programme Advisor to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. He was a Commissioner at the Commission for Racial Equality (2006-2007). His research interests include: social policy, Muslim identity and Islamic reform in the modern world.

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