Vernon Bogdanor
Vernon Bogdanor is professor of government at the Institute of Contemporary British History, King’s College London. He is a fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society and the Academy of Social Sciences. He has written a number of books on constitutional and political history, including Beyond Brexit and The Strange Survival of Liberal Britain.
Natalie Perman
Natalie Perman is a writer and editor based in London. A former Foyle Young Poet, she is an alumna of the Genesis Emerging Writers Programme and the Roundhouse Poetry Collective. Her writing features in the Financial Times, The White Review, Poet Lore and The London Magazine.
Elisa Bray
Elisa Bray is a journalist and editor whose in-depth features, interviews and reviews have been published in national newspapers and magazines including The Independent, the i paper, The Observer, The Standard, and MOJO. She is the former Music Editor and Assistant Arts Editor at The Independent, is a five-time Mercury Prize judge and now writes […]
Dorit Gani
Dorit Gani is a veteran Reference Librarian at the National Library of Israel. She is also an avid researcher of child and youth culture and a published author of children’s literature.
Aleph Ross
Aleph Ross is a PhD student and writer based in London. She is also the co-founder of Jargon, a bookshop and events programme dedicated to exploring Jewish diasporic culture.
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Cathy Rentzenbrink is a writer whose books include The Last Act of Love, Everyone is Still Alive and Write It All Down. Her latest novel Ordinary Time came out in July 2024. Cathy regularly chairs literary events, interviews authors, and speaks on life, death, love, and literature. Despite being shortlisted for various prizes, the only thing […]
Aleeza Ben Shalom
Aleeza Ben Shalom is the renowned globe-trotting Jewish Matchmaker who captivated audiences worldwide with her highly popular Netflix show, “Jewish Matchmaking,” reaching millions of viewers. She continues to wow audiences worldwide with in-person and virtual appearances and has recently published her new book, “Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Find Me A Love That Lasts.” She has successfully helped […]
Daria Santini
Daria Santini is an independent scholar and writer. She was lecturer in German language and literature at the University of Oxford for fifteen years and is the author of The Exiles: Actors, Artists and Writers Who Fled the Nazis for London.
Leon Duval
Leon Duval taught and consulted in the area of strategic financial management. Now retired, he devotes his time to guiding visitors through Yad Vashem and reading and writing about Jewish history and contemporary issues affecting both Israel and the Jewish people.
Stella Darvey Joory
Originally from Baghdad, she arrived in Israel with her family as a refugee at the age of five. They later moved to Hamburg, Germany, where she spent her formative years in a multicultural environment. She pursued her passion for literature and philosophy at Sussex University, earning a BA in English Literature and Philosophy and a […]
Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann was French filmmaker a resistance fighter, best known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah, which consists of nine and a half hours of oral testimony from Holocaust survivors, .
Sarah Hurwitz
Sarah Hurwitz served as a White House speechwriter from 2009 to 2017, first as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. Hurwitz is the author of Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life—in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There), which […]