Tammy Reznik is a storyteller, historian and multi-linguist. She loves to dig deep when travelling, (which can drive her family crazy). She is deeply connected to Israel and has worked as an educator and in film. Tammy also writes on issues of health and society and is currently studying Yiddish and German as research for a personal history project.
Lisa Farber is a Melbourne Jewish Educator and a passionate Zionist . Lisa enjoys running the neighbourhood streets to help clear her mind .
Livvy Krakower is a Year 11 high school student from New Jersey. She has been published in The Writer's Circle Journal and FreshInk.
Shelley Kline was on LaunchPad in 2015 and did the Yesod Program a few years later. This led to her involvement with the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Foundation. She is a past member of the President’s Fundraising Network. At the RCH she also established the Frank Billson Research Scholarship within the Opthalmology department. Children’s health is an area she is passionate about as well as involving young children in new forms of philanthropy. In the past, Shelley worked with Hadassah Australia and co-chaired the Mt. Scopus Annual Giving Appeal. She is an active member of the Melbourne Jewish community and enjoys giving back.
Shelley has 3 young children and is married to Adam.
Annette Charak is a long-standing member and current president of Shira Hadasha in Melbourne.
Robyn Reynolds is an award-nominated comedian and writer. With a never-ending batch of witty and relatable anecdotes, much like yoghurt, she's a cultured delight. Her show Mermaid is on at the Sydney Comedy Festival 19th-22nd May.
Edna Shemesh is an Israeli author, translator and book reviewer; the author of short story collection Amstel (2007) and novels The Sand Dunes of Paris (2013), Hotel Malta (2015) and Go, Pave the Sea (2018). Her fifth book, A Sensitive Woman, will hopefully be published soon. She is a two-time recipient of the “Am Hassefer” translation prize by the Israeli Ministry of Culture for the translation of The Sand Dunes of Paris and Hotel Malta into English, invited lecturer at Harvard University, SIS University of Shanghai and The National Library of New Zealand, guest of the Shanghai Writers Association and a MacDowell Fellow. She spent two unforgettable months in Queensland and Orpheus island, and wishes she could go back again.
Sidra Moshinsky is Director of Jewish Life and Learning at The King David School. She loves to host a Pesach seder or 8.
Tovli Simiryan lives near Lake Erie with her husband Yosif, who does all the talking. Tovli spends her time filling up little pieces of paper with words until they morph into stories and poems, eventually discovering lives of their own.