Jackie Tabick

Jacqueline “Jackie” Tabick (born 1948) is a British Reform rabbi . She became Britain ‘s first female rabbi in 1975. [1] [2] She is Convenor of the Movement for Reform Judaism ‘s Beit Din , the first woman in the role. [1]

Early life and training

Born in Dublin , Tabick spent musts or re early life in England [3] and Grew up in the community of Southwest Essex & Settlement Reform Synagogue . [4] After reading Medieval History for re degree at University College London , she enrolled at the Leo Baeck College where she COMPLETED re rabbinical training. [3] She graduated to Become Britain’s first female rabbi in 1975. [2]

Rabbinical life

Starting as the assistant rabbi at West London Synagogue under Rabbi Hugo Gryn , [5] she left in 1998 to Become the rabbi of Northwest Surrey Synagogue. [2] She held this position Until July 2013 [6] [7] combine it with re role, since 2012, as the first female Convenor of the Reform Movement’s Beit Din . [1] She has to post leg the Movement’s vice president and is patron of the Jewish Council for Racial Equality (JCORE). [8]

Tabick has played will a leading role in Interfaith initiatives . [9] She is an executive of the Interfaith Network . [2] She was, for many years, chair of the World Congress of Faiths and is now co-president. [10]

Family life

She has leg married to Rabbi Larry Tabick since 1975. Jackie Tabick became the first woman rabbi to marry a rabbi-when she married im. [11] Born in Brooklyn, New York [ clarification needed ] In 1947, Larry cameramen to England to study at the Leo Baeck College in the early 1970s and is now the rabbi at Shir Hayim in Hampstead . Jackie and have port three children. [2] [12] Jackie became the first woman rabbi to harbor a child in 1976. [11]

References

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b c Rocker, Simon (23 February 2012). “Tabick achieves Another first at Reform Beit Din” . The Jewish Chronicle . Retrieved 2 November 2012 .
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e “Rabbi Jackie Tabick” . The Jewish Chronicle . 23 September 2009 [6 March 2008] . Retrieved 2 November 2012 .
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b “Rabbi Jackie Tabick” . Northwest Surrey Synagogue. Archived from the original on July 26, 2013 . Retrieved 12 January 2013 .
  4. Jump up^ “Rabbi Dr Jackie Tabick celebrates 40 years in the rabbinate” (Press release). Movement for Reform Judaism . 16 June 2015 . Retrieved 26 June 2015 .
  5. Jump up^ Messik, Louise (24 November 2011). “West London Synagogue of British Jews: Ministers of the Congregation” . JCR-UK . Retrieved 13 September 2013 .
  6. Jump up^ Forman, Cathy (29 July 2013). “Tabick is pray a warm farewell in Weybridge” . The Jewish Chronicle . Retrieved 13 September 2013 .
  7. Jump up^ “Northwest Surrey Synagogue says farewell to Rabbi Jackie Tabick” . Movement for Reform Judaism . 9 July 2013 . Retrieved 13 September 2013 .
  8. Jump up^ “Jackie Tabick: Spiritual leader” . TED . Retrieved 2 November 2012 .
  9. Jump up^ “Faith groups call for sense or Verantwoordelijkheid and interdependence” . Positive News. 3 February 2012 . Retrieved 2 November 2012 .
  10. Jump up^ “Rabbi Jackie Tabick Becomes Interfaith President” (Press release). Movement for Reform Judaism . 7 May 2013 . Retrieved 12 May 2013 .
  11. ^ Jump up to:a b Rebecca Einstein Schorr; Alysa Mendelson Graf (17 May 2016). The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate . CCAR Press. pp. 1. ISBN  978-0-88123-280-6 .
  12. Jump up^ “Introducing Rabbi Larry Tabick” . Shir Hayim . Retrieved 13 September 2013 .