Deborah Kahn-Harris Explained

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, United States.[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.

Career

Kahn-Harris was one of the members of the rabbinic staff at Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue and a lecturer at Leo Baeck College before her appointment as the college's principal.[5]

Personal life

She has both American and British citizenship[6] and is married to the writer, lecturer, and music critic Keith Kahn-Harris, with whom she has two children.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: History . Leo Baeck College . 3 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121229014722/http://www.lbc.ac.uk/history.html . 29 December 2012 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Induction of New Principal of Leo Baeck College . . 1 March 2012 . 4 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314160300/http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/induction-of-new-principal-of-leo-baeck-college.html . 14 March 2012 . dmy .
  3. News: Leo Baeck picks its first woman head . . 22 April 2020 . 4 April 2013 . Rocker, Simon.
  4. Web site: Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris . . 27 November 2020.
  5. Web site: Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris . 2022-10-09 . Liberal Judaism . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Kabbalat Shabbat service: Shabbat Eve March 16, 2012 . European Union for Progressive Judaism . Drasha Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris . 16 March 2012 . 4 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160921033209/http://www.eupj.org/events/last-conference/104-drasha-rabbi-dr-deborah-kahn-harris . 21 September 2016 . dead .