Katie Razzall
Katie Razzall is an award-winning and Bafta-nominated investigative journalist and presenter. She’s Culture and Media Editor for BBC News after roles as UK Editor at BBC Newsnight and correspondent and presenter at Channel 4 News. Katie presents The Media Show on Radio 4 and is a regular host of Newsnight.
Ronald E. Bornstein
Ronald E. Bornstein in an international lawyer who has practiced in New York, Paris, San Francisco, and London. Ron grew up in Manhattan and is a life long student of the “Great American Songbook” and American music from 1920 – 1970, subjects on which he occasionally lectures.
Abraham Socher
Abraham Socher is the editor of the Jewish Review of Books, which he founded in 2010, and professor emeritus of Jewish Studies and Religion at Oberlin College.
Jason Carr
Jason studied composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After winning the 1988 Vivian Ellis Prize, Jason was invited by Peter Hall to compose the musical Born Again (Chichester Festival Theatre starring Mandy Patinkin and José Ferrer). As Associate Composer at Chichester 2003-5, Jason wrote music and lyrics for several new musicals; The […]
Marina Pesenti
Marina Pesenti is a UK-based cultural practitioner and analyst, with focus on cultural diplomacy and soft power. She is a former Director of Ukrainian Institute London and a former member of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Institute. Marina is a former BBC World Service journalist where she produced radio programmes for the Ukrainian-speaking audience.
Samuel Fanous
Samuel Fanous is Head of Publishing at the Bodleian Library, which publishes a range of trade books, bringing the riches of Oxford’s libraries to readers worldwide. The list is distributed and reviewed globally and has been recognized for its contribution to cultural publishing. He has lectured widely on cultural publishing and advised cultural organizations on […]
Suzanne Zack
Fine art consultant Suzanne Zack has over 30 years’ experience in the international fine art market. Formerly Head of British and European Watercolours at Phillips, she has uncovered and sold remarkable works, including unpublished John Constable sketches. She has brought prestigious collections to auction, such as those of dealer Cyril Fry. A regular expert on […]
Emily Kasriel
Emily Kasriel’s book, Deep Listening: Transform your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes, will be published by HarperCollins in the UK and USA May/June 2025. Her distinguished career at the BBC for over two decades included roles as an award-winning journalist, editor and media executive. She developed the Deep Listening approach as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow […]
Jeremy Eichler
An award-winning writer and cultural historian, Jeremy Eichler is the author of Time’s Echo: Music, Memory, and the Second World War, which was named ‘History Book of the Year’ by the Sunday Times and hailed as ‘the outstanding music book of this and several years’ by the Times Literary Supplement. Chosen as a notable book of 2023 by the New […]
David Bolchover
David Bolchover is an author and journalist. He has had four books published, the latest being The Greatest Comeback, a biography of the legendary Jewish football coach Bela Guttmann, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. He is currently writing a book on great Jewish footballers from all over Europe who […]
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. She has also written for GQ, ESPN the Magazine, and many other publications. Fleishman Is in Trouble, her first novel, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. The TV adaptation from FX, written and executive produced by Taffy, was nominated for […]
Alex Bruner
Alex Bruner is a former international management consultant and fundraiser. A child of Holocaust survivors from the former Yugoslavia who remained in Europe after World War II, he has lived in and worked on three continents. His special interest is the history of the Jewish people. He was instrumental in publishing the English translation of Cold Crematorium, his […]