Rabbi Colin Eimer

Rabbi Eimer was ordained at Leo Baeck College in 1971. He served as rabbi of Union Liberale Israelite Synagogue, Paris (1971-74), an assisting rabbi at the West London Synagogue (1975-1976), part-time rabbi of Bushey & District Reform Jewish Community, now Radlett Reform Synagogue (1974-1977), senior rabbi of Southgate & District Reform Synagogue, later known Sha'arei Tzedek North London Reform Synagogue (1977-2015) and thereafter rabbi emeritus of that congregation. He also acted as minister of Finchley Reform Synagogue (2001-2005) and held various offices in the Reform movement and education. Following his retirement in 2015, Rabbi held various offices in the Reform movement and education, including part-time minister of several congregations, in particular North Western Reform Synagogue (NWRS) (from 2015 until present - January 2020) ("Who's Who" entries in JYBs and biography of Rabbi Eimer on Sha'arei Tzedek's website, NWRS website.)

Rabbi Warren Elf, MBE

Rabbi Elf served as Northern Student Chaplain for Reform Synagogue of Great Britain and as minister of Sha'arei Shalom North Manchester Reform Congregation (c.1994-c.1998). He was subsequently Director of Education at South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue (1998-2003) before assuming the position of part-time minister of Southend & District Reform Synagogue (SDRS) (2003 to present - December 2022). He was awarded an MBE in 2019 particularly for his work in reassuring communities in the wake of the 2017 Manchester Arena terror attack. (JYB Listings and profile on SDRS website.)

Rabbi Michael Elton (Ehrnthal), MA

Served both Orthodox and Non-Orthodox congregations - see Rabbi Michael Elton in Orthodox section.

Rabbi Charles Emanuel

New York born Rabbi Emanuel served as minister of Sinai (Reform) Synagogue, Leeds (c.1980-c.1983) and as senior minister of North Western Reform Synagogue, Golders Green (1983-2006, and thereafter as emeritus). (The Golders Green Jewish Community by Pam Fox, 2016, and JYB Listings.)

Rabbi Charles Familant

Rabbi Charles Familant served as rabbi of Finchley Progressive Synagogue and Pinner Liberal Jewish Congregation (now Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue), both in 1964, and later became a marriage and family therapist. (JYB listings  and LinkedIn account.)

Rabbi Michael Farbman

Rabbi Farbman, born is Belarus, then part of the Soviet Union, was ordained in 2001. He served as assistant rabbi of the West London Synagogue (2001-2004), rabbi of Sha'arei Shalom Progressive Jewish Community, St Petersburg, Russia (2004-2007), Washington Hebrew Congregation (2007-2009) and Temple Emanuel of Greater New Haven (2009 to present - January 2019). (LinkedIn profile)

Rabbi Simon J. Franses (d. 2009)

Greek-born Rabbi Franses served as assistant minister of Edgware & District Reform Synagogue, as minister of Glasgow New Synagogue (1974-1987) and as minister of the Middlesex New Synagogue, now the Mosaic Reform Synagogue (1987-2008, and then as emeritus until 2009). (Mosaic Reform Synagogue's website and "Who's Who" entries and listings in JYBs.)

Rabbi David Freeman

Rabbi Freeman served as minister of Birmingham Liberal Jewish Synagogue (c.1968-c.1971) and as minister of Bromley Reform Synagogue (c.1977-c.1987). A David Freeman (possibly the same person) also served as minister of the Bradford Reform Synagogue (c.1965-c.1968). (JYB listings.)

Rabbi Helen Freeman

Rabbi Helen Freeman (née Horn), MA, who was ordained in 1990, served as an associate rabbi of The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John's Wood (1990-1999) and as rabbi of the West London Synagogue (from 2001), becoming a principal rabbi in 2010 and co-senior rabbi from 1 April 2020 until present (April 2020). (JYBs listings and West London Synagogue and its website.)

Rabbi Dr. Albert Hoschander Friedlander
(10 May 1927 - 8 July 2004)

Berlin-born Rabbi Friedlander, escaped from Nazi Germany, arriving as a refugee in the United States (via Cuba) in 1939. He studied at the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, and was ordained in 1952. He served as a rabbi of Temple B'nai B'rith, Wilkes-Bar, Pennsylvania (1956-1961) and chaplain to Columbia University, New York before moving to Britain. He served as minister of Wembley & District Liberal Synagogue (now Mosaic Liberal Synagogue) (c.1966-1971) and senior rabbi of Westminster Synagogue (1971-1997 and thereafter emeritus), as well as holding various senior positions at Leo Baeck College, London, from 1971. He was awarded an OBE in 2001. (JYB listings, Guardian newspaper obituary dated 13 July 2004 and "Our History" on Westminster Synagogue's website)

Rabbi Jeffrey Gale

Rabbi Gale served as minister of Southend & District Reform Synagogue (c.1980-c.1982) and The Settlement Synagogue, London (c.1982-c.1985). (JYB Listings.)

Rabbi Anna Gerrard

Rabbi Anna grew up in Hertfordshire with a Masorti family background and became involved with the Progressive movement while reading Theology at Birmingham University.  She received her rabbinical ordination from Leo Baeck College in 2011, having spent half of her studies in Jerusalem at the Conservative Yeshiva, Hebrew Union College and Machon Schechter. She became the first minister of the Gloucestershire Liberal Jewish Community (which became the Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community in 2019), serving from November 2011 to 2020, having previously served as student rabbi from 2009. She also served as Outreach Director for Liberal Judaism. In December 2019, she was appointed as first ever Jewish chaplain at Clifton College, an independent boarding and day school in Bristol, serving in such capacity until 2023. In September 2023, Rabbi Anna, rejoined the Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community, serving until the present (November 2023) (0nline reports.)

Rabbi Nicholas Ginsbury

Rabbi Ginsbury served as minister of Brighton & Hove Liberal Synagogue (now Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue) (1967-1970) and South West Essex Reform Synagogue (now South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue) (c.1970-c.1973). ("Brighton Jewry 250 - An Anthology of the Brighton Jewish Community 1766-2016" (2016) and JYB listings.)

Rabbi Paul Glantz

Rabbi Glantz served as minister of Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue (1997-2000), St Albans Masorti Synagogue (2000-2003) and Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue (in or about 2007). ("Brighton Jewry 250 - An Anthrology of the Brighton Jewish Community 1766-2016" (2016), SAMS News the St Albans Masorti Synagogue's newsletter, JYB listings and news reports.)

Rabbi Amanda Golby

Rabbi Amanda received semicha from Leo Baeck College, London. She served as minister of Southport New Synagogue (now Southport & District Reform Synagogue) (c.1988-1995) and Nottingham Progressive Jewish Community (now Nottingham Liberal Synagogue) (c.1995-c.2000), as assistant minister of Hendon Reform Synagogue (2004-2006) and as a rabbi (pastoral support) at New North London Synagogue (c.2018). (Nelson Fisher's Eight Hundred Years - The Story of Nottingham's Jews (1998); JYB listings and North Lindon Synagogue's website, accessed 3 May 2018.)

Rabbi Dr. David Goldberg, OBE
(25 February 1939 - 30 April 2019)

London-born Rabbi Goldberg, the son of the Rabbi Percy Selvin Goldberg, studied at Oxford University and Trinity College Dublin. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Leo Baeck College, London, in 1971 and was awarded an OBE in 2004. He served as minister of Wembley & District Liberal Synagogue (now Mosaic Liberal Synagogue) (c.1971-c.1975) and The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John's Wood, London (initially, from 1975, as associate rabbi, becoming senior rabbi in 1989 until 2004, when he was named rabbi emeritus). ("A Place to Call My Jewish Home", 2011 by Pam Fox, p.183, Rabbi Goldberg's website, JYB listings and press reports of his death.)

Rabbi G.C. Goldberg

Rabbi Goldberg served as minister at South London Liberal Jewish Synagogue (c.1975-c.1977) and as associate minister of South West Essex and Settlement Synagogue (c.1978-c.1980). (JYB listings.)

 Rev. Marcus M. Goldberg
(June 1910 - 26 May 1975)

Sunderland-born Rev. Goldberg served as minister of Finchley (Orthodox) Synagogue (c.1932-c.1933) and was later the first rabbi of the Brighton & Hove Liberal Synagogue (now Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue) (1936-1938) before leaving the clergy and emigrating to the United States. He was the brother of the late Rabbi Percy Selvin Goldberg. (JYB listings.)

Rabbi Percy Selvyn Goldberg
(1917 - 1981)

Sunderland-born Rabbi Goldberg studied at Aria College, Southsea, Portsmouth; Jews College, London; and London University. He served as assistant minister of South Tottenham Hebrew Congregation (c.1938) and minister of Kingsbury Synagogue (c.1939-c.1940) before moving to the Reform sector and becoming minister of the Manchester Congregation of British Jews (now Manchester Reform Synagogue) (1940-1974), after which, he emigrated to the United States and died in Arkansas in 1981. He had been awarded rabbinical ordination during a visit to the United States in 1952. He was the father of Rabbi Dr. David Goldberg of The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London. ("The Manchester Congregation of British Jews 1857-1957", 1957 by Rabbi P.S, Goldberg (Chater XII contributed by Dr. Benjamin Portnoy.)

Rev. Simon J. Goldberg
(1899 - 22 September 1962)

Rev. Goldberg was a student at Jews' College and Etz Chaim yeshiva, London. He served in Grimsby, Lincolnshire (1924-c.1926) and then as minister of the Swansea Hebrew Congregation, south Wales (c.1926-1928), both Orthodox communities. He studied at University College, Swansea, and was awarded a diploma in Modern Hebrew by the School of Oriental Studies, London. Prior to 1951, Rev. Goldberg had joined Liberal Judaism. He served as minister of Blackpool Liberal Jewish Community (now Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation) (c.1951-c.1959) and Liverpool Liberal Synagogue (now Liverpool Reform Synagogue) (c.1959-c.1962). He died in office and is buried at the Reform section at Allerton cemetery. (1980 souvenir brochure of the Swansea congregation, p.55; JC reports and JYB listings)

Rabbi D. Mark Goldsmith

Rabbi Goldsmith served as minister of Woodford Progressive Synagogue (1996-1999), Finchley Progressive Synagogue (1999-2006), North Western Reform Synagogue, Golders Green, London (2006-2019) and is currently senior minister of Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue i(early 2019 until the present - January 2020).

Rabbi Dr. David Goldstein
(31 July 1933 - 26 July 1987)

London-born Rabbi Goldstein obtained his doctorate and was ordained in 1963. He served, as a reverend, as minister of South London Liberal Jewish Synagogue (c.1961-c.1964) and subsequently served as an associate minister of The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John's Wood (1964-1975). It is believed that the Rabbi D. Goldstein, who served as minister of Stanmore Liberal Jewish Congregation (now The Liberal Synagogue Elstree) (c.1975-c.1977), was probably the same person. In 1975 he joined the research staff of the British Library, becoming a senior curator in the field of Hebrew and Oriental Literature until his untimely death in 1987. (Rabbi Goldstein's biography formerly on the British Library website; "A Place to Call My Jewsih Home" by Pam Fox,  2011, pp.187-9; and JYB listings.)

Rabbi Henry Goldstein

Rabbi Goldstein (b. 1936, London) served as rabbi of Finchley Reform Synagogue (1968-1973), an assisting rabbi at the West London Synagogue (1973) and minister of South West Essex Reform Synagogue (South West Essex & Settlement Reform Synagogue from 1998) (1973-2001, and thereafter as emeritus rabbi). ("Who's Who" entries in JYBs.)

Rabbi Jeremy Gordon

Rabbi Gordon received his rabbinical ordination in 2004 from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He served as minister of St Albans Masorti Synagogue (2004-2008) and was then appointed Rabbi of the New London Synagogue (January 2008 to present - May 2024). (Profile on Masorti Olami website.)

Rabbi Michael Goulston
(12 December 1931 - 20 January 1972)

Rabbi Goulston was ordained in 1963. He served as minister of Southport New Synagogue (c. 1964-c.1965), as minister of the Middlesex New Synagogue, now the Mosaic Reform Synagogue (1965-1968) and as assistant minister of the West London Synagogue (1968-1972). (A History in our Time - Rabbis and Teachers Buried at Hoop Lane Cemetery, 2006, Biography in Palgrave Dictionary, Mosaic Reform Synagogue's website and JYB listings.)

Rabbi Dr. Louis Gerhard Graf
(28 March 1912 - 20 December 1986)

Berlin-born Rabbi Graf (m.Eve) was trained at the Berlin Hochschule. He was minister to the Berlin Jewish Community until 1939, when he fled to the UK. He served as minister to the Bradford Synagogue of British and Foreign Jews (1940-1948) and the Sinai Synagogue, Leeds (1948-1949, having previously served as its chairman from about 1945 and acting minister from about 1947) before becoming minister of the Cardiff New Synagogue (now Cardiff Reform Synagogue - CRF) (from September 1948 until his retirement in 1980). (JYB Who's Who and listings, short profile on CRS's website and "Hineni - Life Portraits of a Jewish Community".)

Rev. S. Greenstein

Rev. Greenstein served as assistant minister of Manchester Reform Synagogue (c.1970-c.1971) and minister of Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation (c.1971-c.1975). (JYB listings).

Rabbi Hugo Gabriel Gryn 
(30 June 1930 - 18 August 1996)

Czechoslovakian born Rabbi Gryn, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp, was ordained in 1957. He served as rabbi of the Jewish Religious Union in Bombay (1957-1960), executive director of World Union for Progressive Judaism (1960-1962), senior executive of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (1962-1964) and assistant minister of the West London Synagogue (from 1964), later becoming its senior minister (1968-1996). He was also a vice-president and lecturer of Leo Baeck College (1964-1996). (Obituary and A History in our Time - Rabbis and Teachers Buried at Hoop Lane Cemetery, 2006.)

Rabbi Tony Hammond

Rabbi Hammond was the minister of Bromley Reform Synagogue, from about 2003 until his retirement in 2013. He subsequently acted as interim rabbi of The Wimbledon Synagogue in 2014-15 and from September 2016 to present (August 2020) when it was searching for a permanent minister. (JYBs listings, Wimbledon Synagogue's website and  JC report of 4 October 2017.)

The Rev. Isidore Harris
(c.1854 - July 1925)

Rev. Isadore Harris, M.A. served as assistant minister of the West London Synagogue (1881-1925) and was editor of the JYB (1900-1924).

Rabbi Roberta Harris-Eckstein

Rabbi Roberta had a distinguished career as teacher of Bible, Hebrew and history and in July 2018 received ordination from Leo Baeck College. She served as part-time minister of Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community (2018-c.2020). In 2020 she joined the Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue, northwest London, as an interim rabbi, serving there until present (May 2023).  (Liberal Judaism's and Congregations' websites.)

Rabbi Michael Robert Heilbron

Rabbi Heilbron was born in Prestbury, Cheshire. He served as minister of the Bradford (Reform) Synagogue (c.1973-c.1979) and Mill Hill Reform Synagogue (c.1987-c.1991). (JYB listings.)

Rabbi Jordan Helfman

Detroit-born Rabbi Helfman (m. Jemma) studied at Michigan State University and the Hebrew Union College, Cincinatti, from where he received his rabbinical ordination. He served as associate rabbi at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, Canada, prior to his appointment as senior rabbi of the South West Essex & Settlement Reform Synagogue (now known as Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue) from 1 January 2022, until present (September 2023). (Congregation's website and online report of appointment.)

Rabbi Bernard Heller
(1897 - 6 May 1976)

Rabbi Heller Ph.D. was born in Kishinev (now in Moldova) and moved to the United States as a child. He was ordained in 1920 and served in Scranton, Pennsylvania, from 1920 to 1930. Thereafter he held a number of positions in the United States and also served as an assisting rabbi at the West London Synagogue (1957).

Sir Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques
(17 October 1890 - 2 December 1961)

London-born Basil Henriques (m. Rose Loewe, 1916) devoted his life to helping youngsters in London's East End, where in 1914, he established a Jewish boys' club, the Oxford and St Georges Jewish Lads Club, and where Rose was in charge of a Jewish girls' club opened in 1915. In 1919, the couple acquired a building, in which they merged the two clubs to become the Oxford and St Georges Settlement. The Settlement included a room was set aside at the club as a synagogue, which became known the Oxford & St George's Settlement Synagogue (later known as The Settlement Synagogue). In 1929 the Settlement (including the synagogue) relocated to Berners Street and became the the Bernard Baron Settlement. Berners Street was susequent renamed Henriques Street, in honour of Basil Henriques. Basil Henriques served as hon. minister of the Synagogue from its formation until about 1937 (from about 1924, jointly with A. Pulverness). He is also mentioned periodically until 1956 as president of the congregation. In 1948, he was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and in 1955 received a knighthood. (Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, p.415; and JYB listings.)

Rabbi Sonny Herman
(1929 - 8 August 2009)

Rabbi Hermon was ordained at Leo Baeck College, London in 1966. He served at Southgate & District Reform Synagogue (now Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue) (1961-1977, initially as student rabbi and later as the congregation's first minister) and also served as an assisting rabbi at the West London Synagogue (1969). He moved to the Netherlands in 1977, returning to London in 1980. He served for many years as part-time rabbi of Thanet & District Reform Synagogue (TDRS), becoming rabbi emeritus in 2007. (JYB listings and Etz Chaim,TDRS magazine, Autumn 2009.)

Rabbi Dr. Michael Hilton

Rabbi Hilton served as minister at Menorah Synagogue - Cheshire Reform Congregation (c.1989-c.1998), North London Progressive Synagogue (2000-2002) and Kol Chai - Hatch End Jewish Community (2001-2017, and thereafter emeritus). (JYB listings and profile on the Kol Chai's website.)

Rev. Bernard Hooker
(b. 4 February 1922 - 1 March 1999)

London-Rabbi Hooker BA (m. Eileen) was educated at Jews' College, London and served as the youngest Jewish Chaplain to British Armed Forces (1947). He later moved to the non-Orthodox sector and served as minister of Birmingham Liberal Jewish Synagogue (c.1948-c.1961), as minister of Wembley & District Liberal Synagogue (now Mosaic Liberal Synagogue (c.1961-c.1965), as spiritual leader to the United Congregation of Israelites in Kingston, Jamaica (1965 to 1975) and as minister of North London Progressive Synagogue (1975-1991, and subsequently emeritus). He retired to Ledbury, Herefordshire, where he died. (JYB listings and Who's Who entries; tribute on Liberal Judaism's website 4 March 2019.)

Rabbi Stephen Howard

Rabbi Howard served as minister of Southgate Progressive Synagogue (1987-c.2010), rabbi of the Norwich Liberal Jewish Community (NLJC) (2010-2012) and temporary senior minister of South West Essex and Settlement Synagogue (November 2011 to September 2012). (JYB Listings, NLJC website and JYB report of 3 August 2018.)

Rabbi David Hulbert

Rabbi Hulbert was ordained in 1989. His primary position was minister of Bet Tikvah Synagogue (formerly Barkingside Progressive Synagogue) and its successor congregation, East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue (1989 to present - December 2018). He also served as minister of Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue (1998-2007). (Profile of Rabbi Hulbert on Liberal Judaism's website and JYB listings)