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Juliet Landau-Pope
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Organisation: jlpcoach Juliet Landau-Pope teaches social sciences and study skills at the Open University and runs workshops for personal and professional development. She is a certified coach and member of the Association of Professional Declutterers and Organisers, where she motivates people to manage time and space more effectively. |
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Levi Lauer
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Organisation: ATZUM Levi Lauer is a founding Executive Director of ATZUM. ATZUM addresses urgent Israeli social concerns: ending sex trafficking, care for aging Righteous Rescuers, educational resources for Survivors of Terror, assisting Ethiopian youth and Ethiopian Prisoners of Zion. He is formerly Executive Director of Machon Pardes; Director of Rabbinic Education, Shalom Hartman Institute; Dean, Brandeis-Bardin Collegiate Institute. |
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Moshe Lavee
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Organisation: University of Haifa Moshe Lavee is a lecturer in Talmud and Midrash in the University of Haifa, and co-founder of the new Inter-disciplinary Centre for Genizah Research and Education. Formerly lecturer in rabbinics at Leo Baeck College, Moshe is known for his teaching, bringing together a Jewish joy of studies with academic sincerity. |
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Clive Lawton
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Organisation: Limmud Clive Lawton is co-founder of Limmud and now he's the Senior Consultant, an award-winning educator, a magistrate on the North London Bench and broadcasts on the BBC. He is the London Jewish Cultural Centre's scholar-in-residence, works worldwide in educational development and diversity issues and this year is a Jewish Book Prize judge. |
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Samuel Lebens
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Website: www.theapj.com Sam Lebens is a modern-orthodox rabbinical Student with a PhD in philosophy. He chairs the Association for the Philosophy of Judaism and is a postdoctoral fellow at the Shalem Centre in Jerusalem. Sam blogs for Haaretz and Open Zion, and has been honoured to teach Jewish and philosophical topics internationally. |
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Amanda Lee
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Professionally an IT consultant, Amanda has volunteered across a range of positions for Limmud since 2007. Her most rewarding role was to chair programming for Conference 2011. |
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Antony Lerman
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Website: www.antonylerman.com Antony Lerman is the author of The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey. He conceived of and created the Institute for Jewish Policy Research in 1996, and served two periods as Director, and he was the founding Chief Executive of the Rothschild Foundation Europe. He is now a full-time writer. |
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Efraim Lev
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Organisation: University of Haifa Efraim Lev is an assistant professor at the University of Haifa. He spent his post-doctoral year at the Wellcome Institute in London, and was Visiting Scholar at St John's College, Cambridge. His research focus is on ethno-pharmacology and the history of medicine in the medieval Middle East with particular emphasis on the medical documents in the Cairo Genizah. |
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Pamela Levene
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Website: www.rsvp-tours-israel.com Pamela Levene made aliya in 1985. She settled on a moshav, raised chickens, taught English, and ran a handicraft shop. She had worked at the Israel Foreign Ministry as the Secretary to the Peace Talks between Israel and the Palestinians, and now is a licenced tour guide. |
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Shlomit Levi
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Website: www.shlomit-rebbesoul.com Golden-voiced Shlomit, of 'Orphaned Land' fame teams up with RebbeSoul, the American balalaika/ guitarist, creator of the new wave in modern, Jewish Roots Music. This duo combines ancient Yemenite melodies with infusions of Jazz, Rock and World music to create a new, unique genre never before experienced at Limmud! |
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Eddy Levin
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Website: www.kabbalahmeditation.org Eddy Levin was qualified as a dentist in South Africa, and retired a few years ago. After 20 years of studying he returned to Judaism through Lubavitch. |
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Amy-Jill Levine
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Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Science in Nashville, Tennessee USA. She is also affiliated faculty, Woolf Institute: Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge UK. |
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Deanna Levine
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Organisation: Board of Deputies / UKAJLJ Deanna Levine is a Consultant Solicitor to BACI LLP Solicitors. She is an Honorary Secretary of the UK Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists; represents B'nai B'rith UK on the Board of Deputies; is a member of its Family Law Group; and member of Gettlink (international forum for Agunah advisers), where she lectures on the Get and how the civil law helps. |
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Mike Levy
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Organisation: Keystage Arts and Heritage Mike Levy is a writer, playwright and freelance Holocaust educator and programmes the annual Holocaust Memorial Day for Cambridge City Council. He is a director of Keystage Arts and Heritage, a Cambridge-based company which seeks to bring history and heritage alive through theatre and other arts. |
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Natan Levy
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Organisation: Board of Deputies of British Jews Natan Levy is the Interfaith and Social Action Consultant for the Board of Deputies of British Jews. He received his rabbinical ordination from Rabbis Riskin and Brovender. He is the environmental liaison to the Chief Rabbi and is currently pursuing a doctorate in environmental theology at Bristol University. |
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Davis Lewin
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Organisation: Henry Jackson Society Davis Lewin is the Political Director at the Henry Jackson Society as well as a Special Adviser to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Transatlantic and International Security. He is a specialist on security matters and the Iranian nuclear programme. |
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Sarah Lightman
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Website: www.sarahlightman.com Sarah Lightman is a PhD researcher and researches 'Autobiographical Comics' at Glasgow University. Sarah is a co-curator of 'Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women', and a director of Laydeez do Comics, the UK's first autobiographical comics forum. Sarah's solo show, The Book of Sarah, opens at Occupy My Time, in May 2013. |
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Jean-Marc Liling
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Jean-Marc Liling, originally from France, is an Israeli lawyer specialized in refugee law and currently works as a consultant for international Jewish NGOs and non-profits in the fields of social/public policy, civil rights, Jewish education and culture. He also provides pro-bono assistance to some of Israel's most vulnerable populations. |
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Limmud Catering Team
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Mike Gladstone & Yszi Hawkings are this year's Conference catering co-chairs. Their first year on the Steering Group has been one with lots of change to the catering provision. They've had made many changes this year in order for the Conference experience be a positive one. |
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Limmud Chavruta Project Team
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The Limmud Chavruta Project is an annual, international collaboration, producing a chavruta (pairs study) book for use at Limmud events throughout the year and around the world. Teams from the UK, New York, Hungary and the Galil jointly present this amazing opportunity to learn more about this year's theme, Money. |
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Limmud Families Social Team
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The Limmud Families Social Team welcomes all families to Limmud Conference 2012. Come and join in activities to have fun, burn off some energy and meet other families. |
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Limmud Galil / Partnership (P2G) Delegation
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Website: www.limmudgalil.com The Limmud Galil Delegation from the UJIA/Jewish Agency Partnership region in the Galilee reflects the spirit and flavour of the Galilee, coming to share and experience, teach and learn, then return home with energy and enthusiasm to join the volunteer team of Limmud Galil. |
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Limmud International Team
Limmud L'Am Team
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Jessica and Abigail are life-long Limmudniks and are currently co-chairing Limmud L'Am, which is an initiative to increase accessibility for participants with learning disabilities at conference. They are passionate about raising awareness of disability. Jessica works in Psychology in the NHS and Abigail is currently studying Psychology and Education. |
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Limmud Shabbat Team
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The Limmud Shabbat Team welcomes everyone who is coming to Limmud Conference Shabbat 2012. We do hope you will join us for all those traditional Shabbat experiences which we will mark and celebrate together as a community. |
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Limmud Social Events Team
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The Conference Social Events team are here to enhance your Limmud Conference experience! |
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Limmud Volunteers Team
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All Limmud events are conceived, led and implemented by our team of 500+ dedicated volunteers and Conference is no exception. This volunteer culture is at the heart of Limmud's ethos. |
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Brian Lobel
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Website: www.blobelwarming.com Brian Lobel is a New York born, London based artist performer, who creates performances about bodies and how they are watched, policed, poked, prodded, and loved by others. He has shown work internationally in a range of contexts, from medical schools to galleries, cabarets to museums, marketplaces to forests, blending provocative humour with insightful ideas. |
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Harris Lorie
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Harris Lorie is currently the Education Development Manager at World ORT - an international Jewish NGO. He is a regular student at LSJS, and also coordinates a local minyan. Harris studied Theology and Religious Studies, followed by Management Studies, at Cambridge University. |
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Los Desterrados
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Website: www.losdesterrados.com Los Desterrados is the UK's number one Sephardic band, a Limmud favourite since 2001, makes a foot-stomping return showcasing their new album. Los Desterrados weave soul, jazz, flamenco and folk influences into the music of the Sephardim, fusing fiery Balkan and Gypsy melodies with the rhythms of Spain, Morocco and Turkey. |
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Addie Lupert
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Addie Lupert is the General and Judaic Music Specialist at Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School in Northridge, California. She has over 10 years of experience as a Jewish music educator in Early Childhood Centers and Synagogue Religious Schools. Addie participates in leading Shabbat worship utilising her voice and African drumming. |
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Rick Lupert
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Website: www.PoetrySuperHighway.com Rick Lupert, a Los Angeles poet, is the author of 14 books including 'I'm a Jew, Are You' and 'Death of a Mauve Bat.' He edited the anthology 'A Poet's Haggadah: Passover Through the Eyes of Poets' and works as a graphic designer and song-leader at synagogues in Southern California. |
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