Rabbi Aubrey Hersh was born and raised in London. He went on to study at Yeshiva in Gateshead and then Jerusalem for 8 years, returning to the UK in 1991 to work in media & advertising. Since 1996 he has been involved in education, principally at the JLE where he has taught philosophy, history, and halacha. He was the co-editor of the 60 Days for 60 Years series on the Holocaust (2006) & Israel (2008), and has written and lectured extensively both in the UK and abroad.
He is the podcaster of the popular History for the Curious and has run over 350 heritage tours to Europe in the last 20 years to destinations such as Krakow & Auschwitz, Prague, Paris, Amsterdam and Budapest. Since 2003, he has specialised in Holocaust education, working with the Imperial War Museum and Yad Vashem, as well as historian Sir Martin Gilbert and researcher Father Patrick Desbois.
Rabbi Hersh has been interviewed on national radio and also ran a weekly live show for Jewish Radio, which had 10,000 listeners. He was asked to appear on UK National TV for BBC’s The Big Questions and is currently writing a book tying trends in History into modern-day life.
His 25-year pursuit of history, philosophy, and halacha has led him to become the premier Orthodox Jewish historian in Europe, an international lecturer, and highly sought-after speaker.
