Limmud NY 2015

Gidi Grinstein is the founder and president of The Reut Institute and the author of Flexigidity: The Invisible Hand of Jewish Adaptability. He served as secretary and coordinator of the Israeli delegation to the negotiations with the PLO between 1999-2001 under Ehud Barak. Gidi is... Read More →

David was named by Newsweek as one of the top 50 most influential rabbis in the US and by the Forward as one of the 50 most notable US Jews. He promotes a renewed Jewish mysticism that integrates meditative mindfulness and physical awareness into mainstream, post-modern Judaism. His... Read More →

Stephanie Ives is the NY/Tri-State Director of the New Israel Fund. She has a deep passion for Israel, human rights and the American Jewish community's power to effect change. She is a former director of American Jewish World Service, and previously worked as an attorney, first clerking... Read More →

Elisheva Urbas is the Director of Makom Hadash, Hazon’s hub for second-stage Jewish organizations; a Schechter Manhattan trustee; and an editor for more than 25 years. She has worked with authors including David Hartman, John McPhee, Anne Fadiman, David Grossman, and David Ellenson... Read More →

Jonathan Woocher is the president of the Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah, which promotes efforts to connect Jews and others to Jewish wisdom, sensibilities, and experiences that help them to lead more purposeful and fulfilling lives and to shape a better world. Previously... Read More →