Dr Sandra Jacobs
Dr Sandra Jacobs is currently the lecturer in Hebrew Bible, and is responsible for teaching Critical Approaches to the Hebrew Bible, together with Before the Canon: Second Temple Texts and Early Judaism, to include study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Her introductory class in Aramaic Language and Grammar covers epigraphic sources, Elephantine, Qumran, and Targumic […]
Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet
Jonathan Magonet has a medical degree, rabbinic ordination from Leo Baeck College and gained his PhD at the University of Heidelberg with a thesis on ‘Form and Meaning: Studies in Literary Techniques in the Book of Jonah’. He is the author of innumerable articles in scholarly journals, including the Journal for the Study of the […]
Dr Jeremy Schonfield
Jeremy Schonfield has a BA in Comparative Literature and French from the University of East Anglia, and a PhD in Jewish Studies from the University of Cambridge. After working in archaeology in Israel and publishing in London, he began teaching Jewish Studies in 1985. He joined Leo Baeck College in 1995, where he is now […]
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen
Robyn is the principal rabbi at Manchester Reform Synagogue. Robyn studied at Newnham College, Cambridge for a degree in Theology & Religious Studies before working as Human Rights lawyer. Robyn is a fellow of the Jewish Justice Centre/Tzelem’s 2022 social justice fellowship and is on the leadership team for Greater Manchester Citizens (a broad-based alliance). […]
Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris
Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris was raised in Houston, Texas and received a BA in Art History from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.
Rabbi Dr Charles H Middleburgh
Rabbi Dr Charles H Middleburgh has lectured at Leo Baeck College since 1984 and has taught, over the years, Bible, Parshanut, Rabbinic Literature, Aramaic and Practical Rabbinics. Qualifications: BA Hons in Ancient and Medieval Hebrew with Aramaic and Syriac; PhD in Targumic Studies (UCL, 1975-1982) Publications: Siddur Lev Chadash (assoc Editor); Machzor Ruach Chadashah (Co-Editor); […]