Jackie Tabick

Jacqueline "Jackie" Tabick (born 1948) is the Rabbi at North West Surrey Synagogue, a constituent of the Movement for Reform Judaism. She was the first female rabbi in Britain.[1]

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Early life and training

Born in Dublin, Tabick spent most of her early life living in England. After reading Medieval History for her degree at University College London, she enrolled at the Leo Baeck College where she completed her rabbinical training. She graduated to become Britain's first female rabbi in 1975.

Rabbinical life

Starting as the assistant rabbi at West London Synagogue under Rabbi Hugo Gryn, she left in 1998 and became the rabbi of North West Surrey Synagogue and has been there ever since. Tabick was vice-president of the Movement for Reform Judaism. She is the chairwoman of the World Congress of Faiths, an executive of the Interfaith Network, and a patron of JCORE.

Family life

Tabick has been married to Rabbi Larry Tabick since 1975. Born in New York in 1947, he came to England to study at the Leo Baeck College in the early 1970s and is now the rabbi at Shir Hayim Reform community in Hampstead. They have three children.

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