Ali Rubin
Ali is a graduate of Mount Scopus College and has been involved in both formal…
Many organisations and synagogues have expressed interest in having a centralised bureau that will allow them to find orthodox women who are qualified to speak at events or on panels. JOFA Australia hopes that by creating this resource we will multiply the opportunities available for orthodox women in communities across Australia. The women on the JOFA Australia public speaker bureau have all indicated that they are happy to speak publicly on the topics listed under their bios.
Australia has shown itself to be ready for greater women’s involvement in all Orthodox areas of life with many women seeking to participate in public learning opportunities and teaching Torah in both formal and informal settings.
JOFA Australia strongly believes that women should be paid for their time. If you or your organisation are in a position to provide remuneration, we highly encourage you to offer payment to any woman that you engage for public speaking opportunities. The exact rate can be negotiated with the woman directly. If you would like to get in touch with any of the women listed on this bureau to see if they are interested in a public speaking opportunity, please contact JOFA Australia on jofaaus@jofa.org and we will put you in touch.
Alison Jones
Alison Jones has worked in a range of settings – health, business and education. She…
Andrea Cooper
Andrea is passionate about inclusion within society. Her work is with Inclusive Communications to reach…
Ariella Blum
Ariella is a social worker and informal Jewish educator. She worked at Mount Scopus Memorial…
Avital Seifman
Avital has a Masters of Special Education and Inclusion from Melbourne University and is a…
Batya Maron
Batya studied at Midreshet Harova (2017). She holds a BSc (2018-2020) and is in the…
Beverley Honig
Beverley is a businesswomen, lawyer and innovator. In addition, she is the CEO Honeylight Enterprises…
Candice Katz
“Candice was born in South Africa and immigrated to Australia when she was 16 years…
Caroline Bolot
Caroline is a Lamaze-certified childbirth educator, founder of Grow Childbirth Education prenatal and postnatal coaching…
Chavi Israel
Born and raised in the heart of Melbourne’s Jewish community, Chavi now resides in Sydney…
Chaya Herszberg
Chaya is a postgraduate law student at the University of Melbourne and holds a Bachelor…
Danielle Quittner
Doctor Danielle Quittner is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist working in private and public practice in…
Deborah Wiener
Deborah has worked as a barrister for over 30 years . She has been Involved…
Devora Feinblum
Devora is a registered nurse working at a GP practice and a mother of two…
Elise Loterman
Elise is the co-founder and president of the Women’s Orthodox Tefillah in Victoria (Wotiv) –…
Ester Sarah Dickshtein
Ester Sarah is an experienced Jewish educator and Kallah teacher with over a decade’s experience…
Esther Althaus
“Esther established Perspective Financial Services Pty Ltd in 2003 and has become an award winning…
Esther Malkah Brygel
After finishing high school at Beth Rivkah Ladies College in 2014, Esther spent one year…
Frances Prince
Frances is a Jewish educator for many decades. She has also been a Holocaust educator…
Gabi Cher
Gabi is a mother, wife, doctor and clinical researcher. She currently works as a doctor…
Gila Snoyman
After attending Midreshet Harova for the year on a Bnei Akiva gap year program, Gila…
Gila Weiner
Gila is extremely passionate about Jewish education and wellbeing. With her background in psychology, she…
Gina Strauss
Gina is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with 12 years experience supporting members of…
Hadassa Solomon
Hadassa is passionate about both formal and informal Jewish education for youth and especially the…
Justine Saidman
Justine has been director of PJ Library in Australia and NZ for the past seven…
Keren Zelwer
Keren is a speech pathologist and mother of three children, the youngest with special needs….
Keren Zwick
Keren is an experienced teacher of both Jewish life and general studies across primary and…
Lesley Andrews
Lesley is a doctor who has worked in cancer genetics for over 20 years with…
Lifshy Ajzenszmidt
Lifshy Ajzenszmidt previously ran a Chabad house with her husband in Lantau Island, Hong Kong…
Liora Hayman
“Liora is Head of Jewish Life and Experiential Learning at Masada College in Sydney’s North…
Lisa Pillemer
Lisa is experienced in Education and Community Engagement with a love for social impact and…
Loren Gaddie
Loren is a secondary victim of sexual abuse in the family. She is also a…
Lori Broner
Lori is part of the Sydney Jewish Community, having grown up on the North Shore…
Lynda Ben-Menashe
Lynda Ben-Menashe M Ed is a passionate builder of social capital and has worked in…
Mandi Gunsberger
Mandi founded Babyology, Australia’s largest digital publisher for parents. With a social media following of…
Mandi Katz
Mandi is a governance and risk professional with more than thirty years of experience in…
Melinda Jones
Melinda is a feminist human rights lawyer who studied at Pardes, writing on women who…
Michal Solomon
Michal grew up in Melbourne, married a Perth guy and currently lives in Sydney. She…
Michelle Eisenberg
After studying medicine, Michelle lived and learned in Gush Etzion for a few years. She…
Miri Eckstein
Miri is a Kallah teacher who looks forward to teaching brides now she has received…
Miriam Charak
Miriam attended both KTC and Moriah College, and has been around the world and back…
Naomi Levin
Naomi is a senior policy analyst at the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council. She speaks…
Natacha Krief
Natacha taught Kallah Halachot and Dinim for conversion, Bat Mitzvah classes, and Hebrew for beginners…
Natalie Steiner
Natalie has completed three different kallah teaching courses but says there is always more to…
Nikki Leib
Nikki is an observant wife and mother of 4 boys, trying hard to balance marriage,…
Nomi Kaltmann
Nomi Kaltmann is from Melbourne, Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of…
Professor Kim Rubenstein
Kim Rubenstein is a Professor of Law and CO Director of the 50/50 by 2030…
Rabbanit Ellyse Borghi
Rabbanit Ellyse Borghi was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. She spends her days as…
Rabbanit Judith Levitan
Rabbanit Judith is a Rabbi, lawyer and community educator with over 15 years experience in…
Rebbetzin Sorella Abrahams
Sorella has worked within the Jewish community for the last 13 years and is passionate…
