Orna Shemer
Orna Shemer is an Israeli social work scholar and community practitioner whose work focuses on trauma, community resilience, participation, and the integration of lived experience into social policy and practice. She is an Associate Adjunct Professor at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. With over […]
Jonathan Boyd
Jonathan has been Executive Director of JPR since 2010, having previously held research and policy positions at the JDC International Centre for Community Development in London and Paris, the Jewish Agency in London and New York, and the UK-based UJIA and Holocaust Educational Trust.
Tim Samuels
Tim Samuels is an award-winning documentary-maker and broadcaster – who has reported around the world for the BBC and National Geographic TV. Tim has won three Royal Television Society awards and best documentary at the World Television Festival. He covered the October 7th attacks on the ground for The Free Press. He is the author […]
Camilla Long
Camilla Long is a columnist and critic for the Sunday Times
Dean Irwin
Dr Dean A. Irwin is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Lincoln. He is currently working on several volumes relating to medieval Anglo-Jewry: an edited collection of the Medieval Lincoln Jewry (Arc Humanities Press), volume 3 of Hebrew and Hebrew-Latin Documents from Medieval England (with Judith Olszowy-Schlanger), and a monograph on Jews and Christians as Neighbours in Medieval England (Palgrave […]
Christoph Dieckmann
Dr. Christoph Dieckmann taught Modern European History at Keele University, worked at the Fritz-Bauer-Institut in Frankfurt and at the University of Bern. He taught some semesters in Haifa and is at present a member of the research-group “Holocaust” in the Ukrainian History Global Initiative. From October to December 2025 he was a fellow at Yad […]
Chen Reiss
With “a voice of silver brightness and clarity” (Bachtrack) with “immaculately produced and enticing tone matched by superb musicianship” (Opera News), soprano Chen Reiss came to prominence as a member of the ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera and as resident artist at the Vienna State Opera. Highlights of the 2025/26 season include her debut […]
XinRu Chen
Dr. XinRu Chen is a pianist and scholar known for her expressive artistry and compelling performances. Between 2023 and 2024, she gave more than ninety concerts across continents, earning acclaim from The Guardian for her “fistfuls of notes, played with bravura execution and effortless command.” Her performances have appeared at major venues throughout the UK, […]
Sam Freedman
Sam Freedman is a senior fellow at the Institute for Government and writes regularly on politics and policy for the Observer, the FT and others. Sam’s substack newsletter ‘Comment is Freed’ is the most popular in the UK and has over 80,000 subscribers. His first book Failed State: Why Nothing Works and How to Fix […]
Mendel Cohen
Mendel Cohen serves as Rabbi of St John’s Wood and Saatchi Synagogue, is a Dayan with an MA in Education, and is an active motivational speaker and writer.
Erica Brown
Dr. Erica Brown is the Vice Provost for Values and Leadership at Yeshiva University and the founding director of its Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks–Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership. She has written or co-authored fifteen books on the Hebrew Bible, spirituality, and leadership. She currently serves as a community scholar for Congregation Etz Chaim in […]
Marc Antolin
Marc Antolin is an acclaimed actor known for his work in both drama and musical theatre. He is currently starring in The Producers at the Garrick Theatre in London, as Leo Bloom. Image © Manuel Harlan