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Peter Walters
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Peter Walters, aka Shimon Yaakov ben Avraham, lives in Bristol, and works as a psychotherapist in Bristol and for the Chassidic community in Stamford Hill. |
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Lewis Warshauer
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Lewis teaches topics in Judaism to adult study groups. His special interest is Bible-inspired art as a form of interpretation, and has presented at Limmud events on Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and David. Lewis was ordained at Jewish Theological Seminary and is based in New York. |
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Jennifer Weiner
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Organisation: Streetwise Jennifer is the Project Worker for Streetwise GB. |
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Hannah Weisfeld
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Organisation: Yachad Hannah is the director, and one of the founders of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement Yachad. She previously chaired the Jewish Social Action Forum, has studied at LSE, University of Sussex and has lived and worked in Malawi and Israel. She is a regular presenter at Limmud. |
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Michael Whine
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Organisation: Community Security Trust Michael Whine is Government & International Affairs Director, Community Security Trust; Defence & Group Relations Director, Board of Deputies of British Jews; Lay Advisor, Crown Prosecution Service Counter Terrorism Division; Member of Ministry of Justice Hate Crime Independent Advisory Group; and European Jewish Congress Representative at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. |
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Jude Williams
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Organisation: The Movement for Reform Judaism Jude is currently Director of Youth, Students and Young Adults at the Reform Movement. She has spent many years passionately working with groups of young people in various contexts; strengthening identity and connection to the Jewish tradition. |
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Atira Winchester
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Organisation: JCC for London Atira Winchester is programme manager at the JCC for London. She has worked as an editor for the Jerusalem Post and taught in America, Israel and the U.K. She holds a MA in English Literature from The Hebrew University. |
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Vivian Wineman
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Organisation: Board of Deputies of British Jews Vivian is the President of the Board of Deputies, Chair Membership Council JLC, Vice Chair UK Inter Faith Network and EJC. He was educated at Yavneh Yeshivah and Caius College Cambridge. He practised as a solicitor with his own firm in the city before merging it. He lectured for Spiro on Jewish History and published on legal topics. |
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Irene Wise
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Organisation: Roehampton University Irene Wise is an artist, designer and educator. Irene teaches at the Imperial War Museum, London and is IWM Fellow in Holocaust Education. At Roehampton University, she is Senior Lecturer in Media and Culture, running a course in Holocaust Representation. Irene is also a Creative Educator at the British Library. |
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Jonathan Wittenberg
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Jonathan Wittenberg is rabbi of the New North London Synagogue and Senior Rabbi of the Assembly of Masorti Synagogues. He studied English and trained as a teacher and cares deeply about people, nature, Judaism, literature and inter-faith relations. He's married to Nicky; they've three children, and many animals |
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Lindsay Wittenberg
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Organisation: UK Jewish Film Lindsay is a Trustee of UK Jewish Film. She is passionate about the contribution of Jewish film to deepening understanding and expression of Jewish identity, culture and challenges within and beyond the Jewish community. She is an executive coach, specialising in career dilemmas relating to career re-focus and leadership. |
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Diana Wolfin
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Organisation: Changing Direction Diana trains people wanting to return to work after a career break, helping with strategies for work-life balance. Author of Back to Work, she broadcasts frequently on issues around returning to the workplace. Recently she has been running workshops, coaching people made redundant and guiding them through the present employment market. |
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Joe Wolfson
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Website: www.torahandcoffee.blogspot.com Joe studied at Hasmonean, Yeshivat Har Etzion (Gush), Cambridge and UCL. He has taught in Israel, Australia and New York, and teaches regularly at London School of Jewish Studies. He has just started studying for the rabbinate at Bet Morasha in Jerusalem. |
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Jonathan Wolfson
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Programmer by profession but historian by training and inclination, Jonathan gives popular lectures and talks on Jewish history, politics and thought at numerous adult education venues and Synagogues. He is a regular speaker at Limmud and at the London School of Jewish Studies (where he is a faculty member). Jonathan’s forthcoming book on Anglo-Jewish historical controversies is entitled ‘Big British Broigeses’. |
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Alice Wood
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Organisation: UK Task Force Alice Wood is Director of the UK Task Force, a coalition committed to learning about Arab citizens of Israel. Prior to this, she was Deputy Director at Labour Friends of Israel. Alice has a Ph.D. in Hebrew Studies and published her first book ‘Of Wings and Wheels’, in October 2008. |
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Tamra Wright
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Organisation: London School of Jewish Studies Tamra Wright is director of academic studies at the London School of Jewish Studies and a visiting lecturer at King’s College London. She lectures on the LSJS/King’s MA Jewish Education and MA Jewish Studies programmes and is the author of 'The Twilight of Jewish Philosophy: Emmanuel Levinas's Ethical Hermeneutics' and articles on contemporary Jewish thought. |
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