Radlett Reform Synagogue

The Radlett Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue in Radlett, Hertfordshire, England, in the United Kingdom.^[2] Formed in 1971 as the Bushey Heath Reform Community, the congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism.

The congregation's Senior Rabbi, since 2004, is Paul Freedman, a previous Chair of the Assembly of Reform Rabbis and Cantors.^[3] Rabbi David-Yehuda Stern has served as Associate Rabbi since July 2022.^[4] From 1984 to 1990 Barbara Borts was a rabbi at Radlett Reform Synagogue, making her the first woman rabbi to have a pulpit of her own in a UK Reform Judaism synagogue.^[4][5] She was succeeded by Rabbi Alexandra Wright, who held the pulpit from 1989 to 2003.^[1]

See also

1. ^ ^{a b} "Radlett Reform Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
2. ^ Secret Shulgoer (3 October 2019). "Secret shul-goer No 37: Radlett Reform Synagogue". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
3. ^ "Rabbi Paul Freedman elected as new Assembly of Rabbis Chair" (Press release). Movement for Reform Judaism. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Our History". Radlett Reform Synagogue. Retrieved 4 October 2023.^{[self-published source?]}
5. ^ Borts, Rabbi Barbara (n.d.). "Profile: I've always had to prove myself". The Jewish Telegraph. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

• v
• t
• e

• Sir Sigmund Sternberg

• West London
• Westminster

• Leo Baeck College
• Sternberg Centre

• v
• t
• e