Craig Brown
Craig Brown has been writing the parodic celebrity diary for Private Eye since 1989. He has written for a rich variety of publications, including the Daily Mail, the New York Review of Books, the New Statesman, The Guardian and the Spectator. Image © Nick Ilot
Shlomo Brody
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody is the executive director of Ematai and a columnist for the Jerusalem Post. His writings on Jewish ethics and contemporary moral dilemmas have been cited by the Israeli Supreme Court and published in numerous scholarly journals and popular publications.
Shalom Auslander
Shalom Auslander was raised in Monsey, New York. Nominated for the Keret Award for writers under thirty-five, he has published articles in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, Tablet magazine, The New Yorker and he has had stories aired on NPR’s This American Life. Auslander is the author of the short story collection Beware of […]
Dr Linda Maizels
Dr. Linda Maizels is an independent scholar and researcher on antisemitism. She is an adjunct faculty member at the Spertus Institute, where she teaches a course on antisemitism for the Master in Arts in Jewish Professional Studies (MAJPS) and lectures for the Leadership Certificate in Combating Antisemitism (LCCA). She is also a member of the […]
Chris Heath
Chris Heath has been a contributing editor at GQ since 2003. He was previously contributing editor at Details Magazine and Rolling Stone. He has won the 2013 National Magazine Award for Reporting for the story ’18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque, and 1 Man Dead in Ohio’. His books include Pet Shop Boys, Literally and […]
Yossi Klein Halevi
Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He co-hosts with Donniel Hartman, the podcast “For Heaven’s Sake”. His book, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, is a New York Times bestseller. He co-directs the Hartman Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative, teaching young Muslim leaders in North America about Judaism. Image […]
Simon Schama
Sir Simon Schama’s award-winning books include A History of Britain and The Story of the Jews. He has written and presented over 50 films for the BBC on subjects as diverse as Tolstoy and American politics, and he co-presented the landmark series on the history of world art, Civilisations. Image © Charlie Bibby
Michael Joseph
Michael Joseph started so called adult life as a solicitor; then worked for Penguin Books and segued to founding Joseph’s Bookstore & Cafe Also in 1994. He retired from active service in 2018. Now an apprentice scribbler and adored grandpa.
Maureen Lipman
Apart from being one of the country’s’ best-loved and most versatile actresses and the winner of many awards,including an Olivier, Dame Maureen Lipman has written a number of bestselling books and BBC Radio 4 monologues.
Matthew Engel
Matthew Engel is a journalist and author. He has written for the Guardian and Financial Times, among other publications, and was the editor of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack for twelve years. His books include Eleven Minutes Late and Engel’s England.
Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy is a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. In 2001 he won the Berwick Prize of The London Mathematical Society and in 2006 gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. In 2008 he was appointed to Oxford University’s prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science. Image © Niall McDiarmid
Keren Abse
Keren Abse is the eldest of Dannie and Joan Abse’s three children. She obtained an English and History degree from Sussex University and went on to teach English and Media studies in North London Comprehensives and then Sixth form Colleges for 37 years, becoming Head of City & Islington Sixth Form College from 2001-2005 when she retired from teaching ,dividing her time […]