Alexandra Wright | |
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Occupation | Rabbi |
Known for | British Liberal rabbi |
Alexandra Wright is a British Liberal rabbi who was appointed as the first female senior rabbi in England in 2004, as Rabbi of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John's Wood, London. [1] She is President of Liberal Judaism in the United Kingdom. [2]
Wright became the seventh woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the United Kingdom in 1986; she was ordained at Leo Baeck College, and has taught classical Hebrew there. [3] [4] She served as Associate Rabbi at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue from 1986 until 1989. [3] She then served as Rabbi at Radlett and Bushey Reform Synagogue in Hertfordshire from 1989 until 2003. [3] [5]
In 2010 she wrote an open letter to Rowan Williams, then the Archbishop of Canterbury, asking him to ordain women as bishops. [4]
She has contributed to two anthologies of women rabbis' essays and liturgies – Hear our Voice and Taking up the Timbrel. [3] She is also the only woman whose sermon has been included in Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein's Jewish Preaching in Times of War. [6]
She has two children, Gabrielle and Benedict. [6]
Alexandra Wright | |
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Occupation | Rabbi |
Known for | British Liberal rabbi |
Alexandra Wright is a British Liberal rabbi who was appointed as the first female senior rabbi in England in 2004, as Rabbi of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John's Wood, London. [1] She is President of Liberal Judaism in the United Kingdom. [2]
Wright became the seventh woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the United Kingdom in 1986; she was ordained at Leo Baeck College, and has taught classical Hebrew there. [3] [4] She served as Associate Rabbi at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue from 1986 until 1989. [3] She then served as Rabbi at Radlett and Bushey Reform Synagogue in Hertfordshire from 1989 until 2003. [3] [5]
In 2010 she wrote an open letter to Rowan Williams, then the Archbishop of Canterbury, asking him to ordain women as bishops. [4]
She has contributed to two anthologies of women rabbis' essays and liturgies – Hear our Voice and Taking up the Timbrel. [3] She is also the only woman whose sermon has been included in Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein's Jewish Preaching in Times of War. [6]
She has two children, Gabrielle and Benedict. [6]