Francine Stock
Francine Stock is a broadcaster, critic and writer who has fronted a range of arts and current affairs programmes for BBC Television and Radio including Newsnight, Front Row and The Film Programme. Her published work includes novels, short stories and a social history of cinema, In Glorious Technicolor
Noah Katz
Noah Katz Assoc CIPD is a writer, researcher and facilitator passionate about both genuine organisational diversity and diversity of opinion within the Jewish community. They were elected as a Member Director of the National Union of Students and is a Trustee of NUS Charity. Image © Shahar Azran / WJC
Miriam Farbey
Miriam Farbey works for Scholastic children’s books in New York as a Publisher and with a broad role on international strategy. She was previously Global Publisher of Dorling Kindersley (DK Publishing) and Managing Director of DK’s Children’s Division.
Larry Finlay
Larry Finlay worked at Transworld Publishers (a Division of Penguin Random House since 2013) for more than 40 years, and was its Managing Director for 23 years. Among the authors he published are Bill Bryson, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking and Prince Harry in non-fiction, and many of the UK’s biggest-selling novelists, including Kate Atkinson, John Boyne, […]
Mahan Esfahani
Mahan Esfahani has made it his life’s mission to rehabilitate the harpsichord in the mainstream of concert instruments, and to that end his creative programming and work in commissioning new works have drawn the attention of critics and audiences across Europe, Asia, and North America. He was the first and only harpsichordist to be a BBC […]
Mark Lawson
Mark Lawson FRSL is a journalist, broadcaster, author and playwright. His work as a broadcaster includes Mark Lawson Talks To… (BBC4), Front Row (BBC Radio 4) and Late Review / Review / Newsnight Review (BBC2). His novels include The Allegations, The Deaths, Enough Is Enough, Idlewild and Going Out Live.
Danny Driver
One of Britain’s most respected pianists, Danny Driver studied at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music. Concerto engagements have included many of the UK’s major orchestras and two appearances at the BBC Proms. He made his debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall in March 2025.
Ed Vaizey
Ed Vaizey is a member of the House of Lords, business adviser, broadcaster, speaker and event host. He was the MP for Wantage from 2005-2019. He was Culture and Digital Minister from 2010-16, and is the longest-serving Minister in that role. He was appointed a privy councillor in 2016.
Zoe Strimpel
Zoe Strimpel is a columnist for the Sunday Telegraph and a regular contributor to the Spectator, Times Radio and Radio 4. She has PhD in modern British history from Sussex. Image © Bill Knight
Natasha Hausdorff
Natasha Hausdorff is a Barrister and expert commentator on international law, including the law of armed conflict, foreign affairs and national security policy. She regularly briefs politicians and international organisations and has spoken at Parliaments across Europe and at the United Nations. She serves as legal director of UK Lawyers for Israel Charitable Trust.
Rachel Misrati
Rachel Misrati is an archivist at the National Library of Israel. A graduate of Oxford University, she is a doctoral student at Bar Ilan University in the field of early twentieth century Anglo-Jewish history. Rachel is a member of the Association of Israeli Archivist’s International Relations Committee and on the editorial board of the AIA’s […]
S Ilan Troen
S. Ilan Troen is professor emeritus at Ben-Gurion University and Brandeis University, where he held the Stoll Chair in Israel Studies. He was founding director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for Israel and Zionism. Troen served as editor of Israel Studies for 26 years and president of the Association for […]