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 […]
Nigel Savage
Nigel Savage, originally from Manchester, had a first career in the City and was a lay leader in the British Jewish community. In 2000 he founded Hazon (today known as Adamah), which under his leadership became the largest environmental organization in the American Jewish community. In recognition of his work he was awarded an honorary […]
Manya Wilkinson
Manya Wilkinson is a Jewish New Yorker who has lived in the North of England for over twenty years. Formerly a senior MA lecturer on prose and scriptwriting at Newcastle University, she is currently teaching prose workshops for Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts and Mslexia magazine. Her first novel, Ocean Avenue, was published by Serpent’s Tail, and […]
Alice Sherwood
Alice Sherwood is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at The Policy Institute at King’s College London and author of the award-wining Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture (Harper Collins, 2022). She has served as a judge of the Wingate Literary Prize, and as a trustee of the London Library and the Hay Festival Foundation. […]
William Galinsky
William is Director of Programming & Impact at JW3, where he has been responsible for several significant initiatives including the London Jewish Mural, JW3’s annual Panto, and the JW3 Social Action Incubator. William studied Slavonic languages at Oxford before embarking on a career as a theatre and arts festival director.
Anthony Seldon
Sir Anthony Seldon is an educator, historian, writer and commentator. A former headmaster and vice chancellor, he is author or editor of over fifty books on contemporary history, politics and education. He’s been co-founder of Action for Happiness and the Institute of Contemporary British History, and is founder of the Museum of the Prime Minister.
Erica Wagner
Erica Wagner’s latest book is Mary and Mr Eliot: A Sort Of Love Story. She was the literary editor of the London Times for seventeen years and is a contributing writer for the New Statesman, consulting literary editor for Harper’s Bazaar and Editor-at-Large for Boundless. She is a host of the CHANEL podcast, “Les Rencontres” and co-host of the Boundless podcast. She is the author of Chief […]
Carly Maisel
Carly Maisel is the Global CEO of the Kirsh Philanthropies. The Foundation supports building culturally rich and tolerant communities by lifting people up and fostering self-sufficiency.
Gemma Rosefield
Gemma is a professor of cello at the Royal College of Music, London. She was winner of the prestigious Pierre Fournier Award in 2007, and made her concerto debut at the age of 16 when she won First Prize in the European Music for Youth Competition in Oslo.
Lionel Shriver
A prolific journalist with a fortnightly column in The Spectator, Lionel Shriver has also published non-fiction work and fifteen novels, including the Orange-Prize winner We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her work has been translated into 35 languages.
Steph Thwaites
Steph Thwaites is the Head of the Book Department and Literary Agent at Curtis Brown where she has worked for more than 20 years. She represents a wide range of authors from debuts to established brands and bestsellers.