Taste of Limmud Johannesburg

Sara is the Director of the Free Speech Union of South Africa, and the Contributing Editor of the Daily Friend (IRR's opinion portal). Sara was a partner at Webber Wentzel, and cofounder and manager of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Sara has been a mediator, arbitrator, and acting judge. She has sat on school governing bodies, the Governing Body Association and the ASHA (ECD) schools trust.

Tali Nates is the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC), a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust and genocide education, memory, reconciliation, and human rights. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. Tali has been involved in the creation and production of dozens of documentary films, curated exhibitions, published articles and contributed chapters to books. She won many awards in South Africa and globally, the latest were the Goethe Medal (2022, Germany), the Secretary of State International Religious Freedom Award (2023, USA) and the International Network of Genocide Scholars’ Impact Award (2024).
Sara is the Director of the Free Speech Union of South Africa, and the Contributing Editor of the Daily Friend (IRR's opinion portal). Sara was a partner at Webber Wentzel, and cofounder and manager of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Sara has been a mediator, arbitrator, and acting judge. She has sat on school governing bodies, the Governing Body Association and the ASHA (ECD) schools trust.