Amir Tibon
Amir Tibon is an award-winning correspondent for Haaretz, and the author of The Gates of Gaza. He, his wife, and their two young daughters are former residents of Kibbutz Nahal Oz but are currently living as internal refugees in northern Israel.
Karan Gokani
Karan Gokani is the Co-Founder & Creative Director of the award winning restaurant Hoppers
Joel Morris
Joel Morris is one of Britain’s busiest and most respected comedy writers, working on everything from Charlie Brooker’s Wipe shows, the Philomena Cunk series and A Touch Of Cloth to Murder In Successville, Miranda, and the hit Paddington films. He has won BAFTA, RTS, Sony and Broadcast Awards for his TV and radio writing. Image © Alexis Dubos Photography
Sarit Aloni
Sarit Aloni is an internationally renowned soprano who has performed in Israel, Italy, Germany, Canada and the UK. She has founded and directed several choirs, including the Anashim Choir in Sardinia, Italy and the International Choir in Vancouver, Canada. She is also a composer whose work has been broadcast on BBC Radio.
Laura Pitt-Pulford
Laura Pitt-Pulford was nominated for the 2016 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park. She recently starred opposite Michael Ball as Rose in Aspects of Love (Lyric Theatre), and has played leading roles in numerous plays and […]
A.E. Goldin
A.E. Goldin is a British writer and musician. He read English at Trinity College, Cambridge and studied classical piano at the Royal Academy of Music. He works as a screenwriter for television companies in London and Los Angeles. Murder in Constantinople is his debut novel. He lives in London. Image © Benjamin Ealovega
Oliver Anisfeld
Ollie Anisfeld is the founder and director of J-TV – an online, global Jewish channel which aims to inspire positive Jewish identity, values and knowledge through engaging video media. Ollie’s favourite word is “edu-tainment” – combining educational and entertaining content to influence hearts and minds.
Greg Doran
Greg Doran has been described as “one of the supreme Shakespeare directors of our era”. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company as an actor in 1987, became its Artistic Director in 2012, stepping down in 2022. In 2024, he received a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours. Image © Ellie Kurttz
Karen Mattison
Karen Mattison is a serial social entrepreneur, having founded and led three award-winning social enterprises. Following 15 successful years at Women Like Us and Timewise, Karen embraced her love of cooking to co-found Cook for Good, which is tackling food insecurity, social isolation and barriers to work by connecting businesses with a community in Kings […]
Barry Kester
Barry Kester lives in London and has loved musical theatre all his life. After retirement in 2010, he set out to write a detailed history of his favourite musical. Round in Circles: The Story of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel is his first book.
Joshua Levine
Joshua Levine is a writer, historian and broadcaster. He was the historical advisor for Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and Steve McQueen’s Blitz. He has written for many publication including the Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph and Daily Mail, and written and presented programmes for radio and television. In a former life, he was a criminal barrister.
Marina Sapritsky-Nahum
Marina Sapritsky-Nahum is a social anthropologist based in London, UK. She is Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Honorary Senior Research Associate at University College London. She is also affiliated with the European Center for Jewish Music in Hanover, where she is currently conducting research on Ukrainian Jewish cultural heritage.