Deborah Kahn-Harris
Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris is the Principal of Leo Baeck College, a rabbinical seminary and centre for the training of teachers in Jewish education, based at the Sternberg Centre, Finchley, in the London Borough of Barnet. She was appointed to the post in September 2011.[1] Kahn-Harris, a graduate of the college, is one of the first woman rabbis to lead a mainstream rabbinic seminary.[2][3]
Early life and education
Kahn-Harris was brought up in Houston, Texas.[4] She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts[4] and a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Sheffield.[5]
Personal life
She is married to the writer, lecturer, and music critic Keith Kahn-Harris.
Publications
- "Midrash for the Masses: The Uses (and Abuses) of the Term ‘Midrash’ in Contemporary Feminist Discourse" in Feminist Theology, May 2013, vol. 21 no. 3, pp. 295-308
- "Weaning: Personal and Biblical Reflections" in Grushcow, Lisa J (ed): The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality, Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2014
References
- ↑ "History". Leo Baeck College. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "Induction of New Principal of Leo Baeck College". Movement for Reform Judaism. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ Simon Rocker (1 April 2011). "Leo Baeck picks its first woman head". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- 1 2 "Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris". Leo Baeck College. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ↑ "Deborah Kahn-Harris". Presenters. Limmud. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
External links
- Leo Baeck College profile: Deborah Kahn-Harris
- Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies: Deborah Kahn-Harris
- Open University video interview: Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris, 2012
- Dresden lecture on Theodicy by Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris, Principal Leo Baeck College, London, European Union for Progressive Judaism (EUPJ) Biennial, 27 May 2014
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