President Born in Israel, raised in Holland and politically educated in New York. Journalist, producer, movie publicist and cultural entrepreneur. Gideon is descendant of the first Sephardic Jews arriving in Amsterdam some four hundred years ago. ‘For me EXODAYS marks a unique moment in history where LGBTQ Jews from all over the world come together in Amsterdam, city of freedom, to show the world we are here and kick ass.’ Despite his green eyes Gideon remains mysteriously single.

Treasurer Sarah (1986) is a general manager working in the cultural field of Amsterdam. She work(s)ed for: ACMC, Museum Night Amsterdam, Holland Festival, Amsterdam Film Week and several gay club nights. Sarah lived in Antwerp, Malines, New York and now resides in Amsterdam. She believes in an open world where anyone can live in peace, no matter what gender or religion. With Exodays she wishes to be a part of that (r)evolution.

Secretary Jelle (1988) is freelance theatre director and teaches acting to people of all ages. He has also been involved in writing several plays for the theatre over the last couple of years. Jelle is also a shaliach tzibur for a small Jewish congregation in Amsterdam even though he lives happily in the town of Utrecht (with a man and a dog). For Exodays Jelle is mostly concerned with communication and creative processes.

Creative Director Sharon (1987) works as a creative in the advertising industry. When she's not busy creating concepts she's probably hanging out with her friends, playing poker or messing around on something made by Steve Jobs. The website you're looking at right now is made by Sharon. Furthermore, she does creative/promotional tasks for Exodays.

Logistic Producer Simcha Goudsmit is our style-aware urban geographist with a talent for writing cutting-edge articles. In her day-job she manages the ins and outs of the editing room of the only Jewish Weekly in the Netherlands. Her tongue and pen are as sharp as she is short, yet her cooking for which she has an enormous passion, is just as sweet and spicy as her personality.

Executive Producer Kèren (1984) works as an operations manager for Dutch Celebrities. Before this she worked in fashion, varied between design, styling and production of fashion shows and events. Travelling is her main passion, you can find her quite often in cities like New York, Tel Aviv and London. For Exodays Kèren is mostly concerned with the organizational parts of the event.

Advisor Sociologist, teacher of social sciences, member of Leiden city council (for social liberals - D66) and volunteer for LGBT-organization COC. Missing the connection between LGBT’s and judaism in the Netherlands. Let’s dance some horah with the rainbowflag and show we can be who we are.