Philip Rubenstein
Philip Rubenstein was director of the Parliamentary War Crimes Group, which campaigned to bring to justice Nazi war criminals living in the UK, and founder-director of the Holocaust Educational Trust. Today he works with family businesses. He also lectures on history, politics and film.
Ian Morris
Ian Morris teaches at Stanford University and is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Society for the Arts, and at LSE. He studies long-term global history, asking what the patterns of the past tell us about the future. His 15 books include the prize-winning Why the West Rules—For Now.
Rabbi Shlomo Levin
Rabbi Shlomo Levin MBE is the Emeritus Rabbi of the South Hampstead Synagogue. During his 40 year tenure South Hampstead grew to become one of the leading and most active synagogues in the UK. Rabbi Levin has become known for his popular interviews and book reviews with a broad range of personalities and authors.
Cary Nelson
Cary Nelson is an emeritus professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he taught modern poetry. He served for 23 years in the national leadership of the American Association of University Professors, including six years as president. He is the author and editor of 36 books.
Joe Dunthorne
Joe Dunthorne was born and brought up in Swansea. He is the author of three novels and one collection of poetry, including Submarine, which has been translated into fifteen languages and made into an acclaimed film directed by Richard Ayoade, and Wild Abandon, which won the 2012 Encore Award. Children of Radium is his first work of non-fiction. He lives […]
Tom Segev
Tom Segev is a leading historian and one of Israel’s most distinguished journalists. In 2001, Segev’s One Palestine, Complete was the first title ever to win the National Jewish Book Award in two categories. Formerly a reporter and columnist for Haaretz, Segev has published nine works. Image © Dan Porges
Richard Harper
Having studied law at Magdalen College Oxford, Richard Harper practised as a barrister and then sat as a family law judge. During his judicial career he has written on medical treatment and the law relating to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. He now writes and lectures on the overall law relating to the […]
David Pleat
David Pleat has lived a life at the heart of football. From his debut as an England Schoolboy international in 1960 to his time as a scout for Tottenham Hotspur up to 2024, his is a story that touches every facet of the professional game. At Luton Town, he is perhaps best remembered for dancing […]
Miriam Gold
Miriam Gold is an artist and teacher from London. She has completed international residencies and been commissioned by the V&A and the Barbican, and was selected for the Emerging Writer’s Programme at the London Library for her first book. Miriam holds an MA in Fine Art from Central St Martins.
Nancy Ludmerer
Nancy Ludmerer is an award-winning short story writer. Her novella, Sarra Copia: A Locked-in Life was named one of five compelling new reads in Hadassah Magazine and highlighted on Aish and elsewhere for its role in bringing to light for general audiences an extraordinary Jewish woman, poet, and salonniere in 17th-century Venice.
Jessica Jacobs
Jessica Jacobs’ third collection unalone, poems in conversation with the Book of Genesis, was published in 2024 by Four Way Books. Winner of the New Mexico Book Award and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, Jessica is the founder and executive director of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry.
Eve Grubin
