Rabbi Dr. Leslie I. Edgar
See under The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John's Wood, London.
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 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 Mijael Even-David
See under Edgware Masorti Synagogue.
Cantor Norman Cohen Falah
See under The Belsize Square Synagogue.
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)
A.M. Fay
See under
Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue (formerly Brighton & Hove Liberal Synagogue).
Rabbi Michael Feinberg
See under The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John's Wood, London.
Cantor Larry Fine
See under The Belsize Square Synagogue.
Rabbi Michael Foulds
See under Buckhurst Hill Masorti Synagogue (formerly New Essex Masorti Synagogue).
Rabbi Paul Freedman
See under Radlett Reform Synagogue.
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 Dr. A. Friedmann
See under Birmingham Progressive Synagogue.
Rev. D. Friedmann
See under Dublin Jewish Progressive Congregation.
Rabbi J. Gale
See under The Settlement Synagogue.
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.)
S. Gerstein
See under Finchley Progressive Synagogue (formerly Finchley Liberal Jewish Synagogue).
Rabbi Nathan Godleman
See under South London Liberal Jewish Synagogue.
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 D. Goldberg
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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 P.S. Goldberg
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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 Naomi Goldman
Rabbi Naomi, who was ordained in the Summer of 2017, has served as minister of
Kol Chai - Hatch End Jewish Community from 2017 until the present (February 2021).
Rabbi Aaron Goldstein
See under
Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue.
Rabbi Dr. Andrew Goldstein
See under
Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue.
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 Morris Goldstein, MA
See under Liverpool Reform Synagogue (formerly Liverpool Liberal Jewish Congregation).
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.)
Cantor R. Goring
See under North London Progressive Synagogue.
Rev. Dr. Gustav Gottheil
See under Manchester Reform Synagogue (formerly Manchester Congregation of British Jews).
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.)
Cantor Sarah Grabiner
See under Radlett Reform Synagogue.
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".)
Cantor Jason Green
See under New London Synagogue.
Rev. S. Greenstein
See under Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation.
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 Dr. Reuven Hammer
See under New London Synagogue.
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.)
Cantor Adian Harmon
Cantor Harmon served as cantor of the
West Central Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London
from about 1991 until about 2020.
(JYB listings and congregation's former website)
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 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 Frank Heliner
See under Finchley Progressive Synagogue.
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).
Cantor Paul Heller
See under The Belsize Square Synagogue.
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 Roger Herst
See under The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John's Wood, London.
Rabbi Jason Holtz
See under Bromley Reform Synagogue.
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 Esther Hugenholtz
See under
Sinai Synagogue, Leeds.