Rabbi Richard Jacobi
Rabbi Richard Jacobi is the Van der Zyl Head of Vocational Studies at the College. He is currently the rabbi for the community of Woodford Liberal Synagogue, which he has served since 2007. He serves as a governor and spiritual advisor to Clore Tikva Primary School, and is a chaplain for a North-East London Mental Health […]
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen
Rabbi Robyn is currently studying for a PhD in Rabbinic Leadership and Biblical Studies with the University of Leeds under a AHRC scholarship. Since her undergraduate degree in Theology and Religious Studies at Newnham College, Cambridge, Robyn worked as a Human Rights lawyer and then began training for the rabbinate at Leo Baeck College. Upon […]
Rabbi Mark Goldsmith
Rabbi Mark Goldsmith is Senior Rabbi of Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue in London. He gained semichah from Leo Baeck College in 1996. His teaching on his Leo Baeck College courses is founded on his deep experience in Reform and Liberal Synagogues. He teaches our Introduction to Jewish Preaching course from the point of view […]
Dr Laurence Buckman
Dr Laurence Buckman is a retired GP from Golders Green who has been a tutor at University College Hospital and Ben Gurion (Beer Sheva) Medical Schools. He has been a psychotherapist since 1977.
Rabbi Naomi Goldman
Naomi Goldman is the Rabbi at Kol Chai Hatch End Reform Jewish Community where she has worked for five years. She was a Senior Broadcast Journalist for BBC News for almost 19 years and was ordained in 2017. Her dissertation was on the impact of neo-hasidic thought on contemporary progressive Judaism. She is married to […]
Rabbi Monique Mayer
Rabbi Monique Mayer is the rabbi at Bristol & West Progressive Community, where she has served for almost 12 years after working in Progressive communities throughout the UK. Rabbi Mayer received rabbinic ordination from Leo Baeck College, and holds a Master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is a trained […]
Dr Jo-Ann Myers
Jo-Ann is responsible for the Lehrhaus, the Leo Baeck College adult learning programme. She also teaches a module in Jewish Education on the rabbinic programme and is responsible for the Israel Summer Programme for rabbinic students. Jo-Ann is a Hebrew language specialist and has developed the Eizeh Kef Hebrew programme which is now used in […]