Michael Pollak is responsible for the J in J-LEC. Michael is Jewish Education Consultant at UJIA JLEC. He is responsible for increasing the quantity and quality of Jewish content in movement programmes as well as helping with practical issues such as Kashrut and Shabbat. He spent several years in Yeshiva and teaches Jewish education to post-graduate students at Birkbeck College. He also has a degree in philosophy and teaches Jewish Thought and Jewish Philosophy at the London School of Jewish Studies.