Ben M. Freeman
Ben M. Freeman is a Jewish leader, a Jewish thinker and a Jewish educator.
Born in Scotland, Ben is a gay Jewish author and internationally renowned educator focussing on Jewish identity, combatting antisemitism and raising awareness of the Holocaust.
Now living in Hong Kong, he now heads up the Humanities Team at a progressive international school in Hong Kong and lectures on antisemitism at local universities. He regularly carries speaking engagements educating, inspiring and empowering both Jewish and non-Jewish people from all over the world.
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After studying at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, he read English at King's College, Cambridge and graduated with a double first. He began studies for a PhD in English at University College London, but did not complete it.
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