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Cesare Sacerdoti
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Organisation: Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation London Cesare Sacerdoti was born in Florence, Italy and has been living in London since 1967. He's a publisher and past owner of Karnac Books, has published over 300 titles in the field of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Since 2001 he has been Publications Director of the International Psychoanalytical Association. |
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Sarah Sackman
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Sarah Sackman read History at Queens' College Cambridge, where she was also president of the Jewish Society. She is currently completing her studies for the Bar in London. |
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Nina Safar
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Website: maidelle.com Nina Safar is a modern Hasid, brought up in the Lubavitch tradition, who works with young adults - especially young women. She offers spiritual growth through Torah learning, mentoring and creative projects, to bring the warmth, brotherhood and love that Judaism has to offer. Her husband, Erez, is the producer DJ Handler. |
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Gary Samowitz
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Organisation: Shalom Institute, Sydney Gary Samowitz hails from Sydney, Australia, where he is the Hillel Director at The Shalom Institute. He is a professional informal educator and is currently undertaking postgraduate study in Jewish Studies. He is passionate about Israel, Jewish continuity and Facebook and looks forward to meeting you at Limmud :) |
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Marc Saperstein
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Organisation: Leo Baeck College Marc Saperstein has been Principal of the Leo Baeck College since July 2006, previously holding positions at three American universities. He's the author of five books and more than 50 articles and is widely recognised as the pre-eminent contemporary authority on the history of Jewish preaching. |
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Gavin Schaffer
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Organisation: University of Portsmouth Gavin Schaffer is a senior lecturer in European History at the University of Portsmouth, where he specialises in racial science and immigration policy in twentieth century Britain. In next April his first book, 'Arguments of Blood: Racial Science and British Society 1930-62', will be published by Palgrave Macmillan. |
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Todd Schechter
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Organisation: The Jerusalem Project Todd Schechter is the creator of The Jerusalem Project with experience working on documentaries about young people from 18 to 25 in different countries around the world. His vision is refracted through the lens of a non-religious background - a past that allows fresh perspectives and an honest agenda in his work. |
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Mariano Schlimovich
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Organisation: Limmud Born in Argentina, Mariano Schlimovich worked for several Jewish organisations there and joined the Senior Educators Programme. He has lived in Israel, Italy and now in the UK. He's worked in different Jewish organisations including as the European Council of Jewish Communities Programmes Director and was recently appointed Limmud International Coordinator. He speaks five languages and is starting to learn others. |
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Scratch Musical Team
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Organisation: Limmud This year, we are putting on 'Fiddler on the Roof' from scratch - we need people to sing, act, help with the music or back stage - please come to the Sunday session if you would like to take part as all parts will be assigned then (and you are welcome whether you signed up via the website or not) - details of all rehearsals below for those taking part - and all welcome to the performance on Wednesday. |
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Kevin Sefton
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After ten years, Kevin Sefton's taking time out from being a participant to chair this year's Conference. Whatever pleasure everyone else may get from the event this week, this is a joy he's had all year. |
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Hagai Segal
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Organisation: New York Uni. in London Hagai Segal is an academic, consultant and analyst specialising in Middle Eastern affairs and terrorism. He's a lecturer in Near and Middle Eastern politics at New York University in London and an advisor to numerous banks, companies and security agencies. A regular guest on TV and radio, he also writes for the South China Morning Post. |
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Victor Seidler
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Vic Seidler is Professor of Social Theory and Philosophy at Goldsmiths College in the University of London. His latest books are 'Urban Fears and Global Terrors: Citizenship, Multicultures and Belongings after 7/7' and 'Jewish Philosophy and Western Culture'. |
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Shabbat Team
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Organisation: Limmud
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Benjamin Shalva
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Benjamin Shalva is a fifth-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary and lives in New York City with his wife Sara and son Lev. He is thankful to have the chance to combine his love of music with his love of Torah. |
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Sara Shalva
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Organisation: Limmud NY Sara Shalva is the Executive Director of Limmud NY. She has a double masters degree in Nonprofit Management and Judaic Studies from New York University. |
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Marvin Shaw
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Organisation: TIFERET Marvin Shaw, aka 'The Colour Doctor', is co-founder of Tiferet, a personal development and life coaching framework for the 21st century and a spiritually intelligent individual. He is fascinated by the connection between the Jewish mystical tradition, personal growth, fulfilment and joy. Author of '10 Days To Change Your Life'. |
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Sybil Sheridan
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Organisation: wimbledon synagogue Sybil Sheridan is rabbi at Wimbledon and District Synagogue, a tutor at Leo Baeck College and Jewish Chaplain at Roehampton University. She's a regular visitor to Limmud along with her four sons. She has finally got her husband, Jonathan Romain, to come regularly too. |
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Melissa Shiff
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Website: http://www.melissashiff.com Melissa Shiff is a conceptual artist who utilises Jewish myths, symbols and rituals in the service of social justice and activism as well as engaging with issues of cultural memory. Her video sculpture 'ARK' was the keynote project for the Jewish Museum in Prague's centennial year celebration in 2006. |
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Gideon Shimoni
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Organisation: HEBREW UNIVERSITY JERUSALEM Gideon Shimoni is a former head of the Hebrew University's Institute of Contemporary Jewry, where he also held the Argov Chair in Israel-Diaspora Relations. His writings include a comprehensive study, 'The Zionist Ideology' (1995) and 'Community and Conscience: the Jews in Apartheid South Africa' (2003). |
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Colin Shindler
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Organisation: Centre for Jewish Studies, SOAS, University London Colin Shindler is Reader in Israeli and Modern Jewish Studies at SOAS, University of London. He is the author of several books on Israel; the latest - 'A History of Modern Israel' - will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2008 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the state's establishment. |
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Miriam Shindler
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Miriam Shindler dreams of living in an idealistic world where Jeb Bartlett is President of America. In the real world, she recently graduated from Manchester University with a BA in Politics and Philosophy. |
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Danny Shine
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Website: http://www.justanotherway.org Danny Shine loves Limmud, to put it mildly. Recently he has taken to speaking at Speakers Corner and will bring some of that experience to Limmud. He calls himself an ‘unteacher’ - helping people unlearn unhelpful stuff picked up over time. Sessions are designed to make a difference to you, him and the world. |
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Revital Shloman
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Organisation: Jewish agency Revital Shloman is the Jewish Agency shlicha to Redbridge, London. As an Israeli woman, shlicha and educator, she realises her mission is within the relations and knowledge of the community. Her current role comes after years of working as a informal youth and community educator in Israel and developing models and programmes of youth leadership amongst teenagers at risk. |
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Judith Silver
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Website: http://www.judithsilver.com Judith Silver is a freelance musician, working in a wonderfully diverse range of contexts. Her work in the Jewish community includes leading music for services and teaching songs all around the UK. Her recent recording, ‘Gesher’, reached the top of the US website chart of www.oysongs.com earlier this year. |
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Dan Silverstein
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Organisation: Psychosemitic Daniel Silverstein is Director of Psychosemitic, a brand new Jewish-Muslim-Middle Eastern multimedia agency that brings people together for celebration and education. His history includes founding the Jewish-Palestinian hip hop group Emunah, directing the Culanu Centre in Cambridge and studying at Yeshivat Ha'Kibbutz HaDati, Ein Tzurim. |
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Raymond Simonson
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Organisation: Limmud Raymond Simonson is full-time Executive Director of Limmud - world leader in cross-communal multi-generational Jewish learning events. Aided by qualifications in Jewish Studies, applied anthropology and community and youth work, he spent the last decade working in educational consultancy and training for the Jewish Agency and UJIA, including as Director of Informal Education (Makor) |
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Clive Sinclair
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Clive Sinclair has won several prizes for his fiction, including the Jewish Quarterly Award. He was the Literary Editor of the Jewish Chronicle, has a doctorate from the University of East Anglia, and has taught at various institutions, including the Universities of Uppsala (Sweden) and California (Santa Cruz). |
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Chani Smith
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Chani Smith is a musician and a PhD student, writing on music as a spiritual process in Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav's teachings. She is a lecturer in Torah Cantillation at Leo Baeck College, and Hon. Secretary of the Friends of the Bereaved Families Forum (Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace). |
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Daniel Smith
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Organisation: Edgware Reform Synagoogue. Leo Baeck College Daniel Smith is senior minister at Edgware and District Reform Synagogue and lecturer in Pastoral Care and Community Skills at Leo Baeck College. Trained as a counsellor and a psychotherapist, he enjoys reading rabbinic texts using psychology as well as text analysis. |
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Social Events
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Organisation: Limmud The Limmud Social Team brings you active days and busy nights packed with a variety of events all designed to help you relax and have fun. Whether you are looking to meet new people or find new ways to spend time with old friends, look out for our scheduled sessions. Limmud - it's not 'just' for learning! |
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David Soetendorp
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David Soetendorp is part time rabbi of Hatch End Masorti Synagogue. He is a registered psychotherapeutic counsellor (UK Council for Psychotherapy) specialising in work with survivors of acquired brain injury. |
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Naomi Soetendorp
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Website: www.renecassin.org, www.wanderingjews@googlegroups Social Worker, writer, refugee mentor, executive member of renecassin.org, co-founder of Wandering Jews minyan. Naomi Soetendorp is co-ordinating arts and culture for Limmud 07 and is deeply excited about the planned and unplanned happenings about to commence. And grateful to everyone who has given and will be giving of heart, soul and creative energy to make them happen. |
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Mark Solomon
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Organisation: The Liberal Jewish Synagogue Rabbi at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John's Wood and Talmud lecturer at Leo Baeck College, Mark Solomon was born in Sydney, studied at Lubavitcher yeshivot, and received semichah at Jews' College. This was revoked when he came out and joined Liberal Judaism, but he carried on anyway. |
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Noah Solomon
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Noah Solomon is a singer and multi-instrumentalist. Born in the US, raised In Israel on Shlomo Carlebach’s Moshav Modiim. Noah now lives in New York where he fronts the popular bands Soulfarm and Citigrass. He works and collaborates on various projects and recordings with a wide array of artists including Perry Farrel, David Broza and William Ackerman, as well as Neshama Carlebach, who he is delighted to be accompanying at Limmud this year. |
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Shira Solomons
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Organisation: Princes Road Synagogue A US-educated economist with family roots in South Africa, Shira Solomons is passionate about meaningful synagogue services and the challenge of feminism in Judaism. She is rebbetzin and Director of Youth and Community Development at Princes Road Synagogue, Liverpool, where she helps children, women and men to expand their spiritual horizons. |
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Zvi Solomons
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Organisation: Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation Senior minister at Princes Road, Liverpool, Zvi Solomons gained semikha from Jews College. A regular lecturer all over the country and on Radio Merseyside, he also writes in the local press. He, wife Shira and their children all enjoy his allotment. In his spare time he collects books and fountain pens (which he repairs). |
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Etty Someck
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Organisation: Jewish Agency for Israel Etty Someck represents the Jewish Agency for Israel. She took part in intensive teaching courses in Europe and Jerusalem which explored new methods of teaching modern Hebrew. She has taught at Spiro Ark, and has taught officials of the British Embassy in Israel and groups of lawyers in the City. |
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Benji Stanley
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Organisation: Tzedek Benji Stanley is the Education Projects Worker at Tzedek. He studied English Literature at Oxford University and became passionate about global development when volunteering in Calcutta with Tzedek. He was previously the education worker at RSY-Netzer, the UK Reform youth movement. |
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Joel Stanley
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Organisation: Merkavah Theatre Joel Stanley is a Jewish educator, performer and theatre-maker. His current projects include an MA in Applied Drama, the new Moishe House London and Merkavah Theatre company. |
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Deborah Steinmetz
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Organisation: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Deborah Steinmetz is the Director, Client Services Librarian of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive. She holds a BA in Communications Sciences from Queens College, City University of New York and a degree in Library Sciences from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She participated in the preservation of audiovisual collections from the University of New South Wales and participated in the International Federation of Film Archives restoration summer school. |
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Yehuda Stolov
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Organisation: Interfaith Encounter Association Yehuda Stolov is Executive Director of the Jerusalem based Interfaith Encounter Association, which works for real sustainable peaceful coexistence between Holy Land people and communities, through interactive interfaith encounter. He holds a PhD from the Hebrew University and is active in many international initiatives. He's the author of many publications, a public lecturer and was awarded the 2006 Prize for Humanity. |
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Maurice Stone
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Organisation: Israeli Dance Institute Maurice Stone is founder of the Israeli Dance Institute and believes that dance is a great educational tool that links us to our heritage and to Israel. During many Limmuds, including Limmud FSU, he has enthused many others to believe the same. He is responsible for the systematic introduction of Israeli dance to the FSU, Eastern Europe and Turkey. |
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Richard Stone
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Richard Stone has chaired the Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia since 1999. He was an adviser to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, 1997-1999, and is chair of the Uniting Britain Trust and the Jewish Council for Racial Equality. He is vice-chair of the Runnymede Trust. |
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Robert Stone
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Robert Stone is a policy advisor specialising in poverty issues, currently with Oxford Policy Management. He has over 30 years experience working as a political economist in Africa and Asia as well as in Eastern Europe. He's a member of Finchley Reform and Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogues. |
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Claire Straus
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Organisation: Limmud Claire Straus currently chairs Limmud’s fundraising team. Like many Limmud roles, no previous knowledge or experience was required - she is learning on the job (quickly). Claire co-chaired Limmud Conference in 1999 and chaired the organisation from 2001 to 2003. She has 2 year-old twins, works in management and has just started studying again. |
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Dan Susman
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Dan Susman is a writer, director and editor for tv and cinema. He is currently editing a feature film, 'Blooded', for Magma Pictures and looking for funding for his own feature screenplay. He is also looking to develop an ambitious feature film about Israel/Palestine. |
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