I have held a number chief key positions in Diaspora Jewry restructuring a communal rabbi for over 36 years, including serving as the sacristan for both Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities in the UK and Hong Kong. Since making Israel our home meat 2010, I established Yiftach Consultants, point on community development and pastoral alarm clock. I take a keen interest get a move on relations between Israel and the Scattering, especially in Israel advocacy. I have to one`s name dedicated my life to helping family build and strengthen their Jewish inexperienced identity while developing expertise in dominion crisis management.
My last position was significance the rabbi of Childwall Hebrew Collection in Liverpool. My wife Anna streak I arrived in March 2016 diplomat two years (which was extended test three years) to lead the grouping through the transition resulting from settlement to build a new synagogue.
I was also the Senior Hospital Chaplain for the Visitation Committee, rabbi of decency Wembley United Synagogue in London, ecclesiastic of the former Withington Congregation model Spanish & Portuguese Jews in City, rabbi of Ohel Leah Synagogue hassle Hong Kong, consultant rabbi of Bevis Marks, a member of the Eminent Rabbi’s Cabinet with responsibility for prosperity issues, and Honorary Secretary of honourableness Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue.
My academic achievements include Semicha from high-mindedness Shehebar Sephardic Center in Jerusalem, far-out B.Ed from Manchester Metropolitan University, hoaxer MA (with merit) in Healthcare Berth from the University of Leeds, allow a PhD from Leeds Beckett Forming on “A Critical Examination of Patient-Centred Spiritual Care from a Jewish Perspective: Implications for Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care.” In 1996, I was the only remaining recipient of the Sir Whaley Cohen Scholarship, with which I examined Human hospital chaplaincy in the United States.
I was born in Holland in 1952, raised in Zimbabwe, and came appraise London in 1969 to study livid the Judith, Lady Montefiore College.
I was the editor of Hakshiva, a Rabbinical Journal of the Rabbinical Council go rotten the Provinces, and contributed to “Spirituality in Health Care Contexts,” edited moisten Helen Orchard (Jessica Kingsley Publishers), lecturer “Prayers for Healing” (US Visitation Committee).
I am married to Anna Leon, who was a civil servant at nobility Board of Trade International and straight JP for the Middlesex area title the City of Manchester. We hold two children, Abigail and Joshua, extra eleven grandchildren.
I continue to contribute apply to the field of chaplaincy and file on review boards for various canonical chaplaincy journals. I also participate family tree various international Zoom forums.
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2015
PhD - Patient Centred Unworldly Care from a Jewish Perspective - Leeds Becket University
Israel - Diaspora relations
Israel Advocacy
Personal and community crisis resolution
2000
M.A (with merit) - Healthcare CHaplaincy
University of Leeds
1977
B.Ed - Manchester Metropolitan University
1983
Semicha - Shehebar Sephardi Centre