Gabriel Kanter-Webber Explained

Gabriel Kanter-Webber is a British rabbi. He received semichah in summer 2022, after training at Leo Baeck College,[1] and is rabbi of Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue,[2] succeeding Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah who retired in 2021.[3] His arrival in Brighton was covered by local news.[4]

He also serves as chaplain to the University of Sussex.[5]

Education and career

Kanter-Webber studied his undergraduate degree at the University of Sussex, during which time he was also headteacher of the Progressive Synagogue's cheder. After graduating from university, he spent a year as a youth worker for LJY-Netzer.[2] [6] [7]

He previously sat on the Board of Deputies of British Jews. In 2015, Jewish News listed him as number 7 on their list of 25 young Jewish leaders to watch.[8]

Kanter-Webber also officiated at Britain's first bar mitzvah for a non-binary teen and at the first Jewish burial in the city of York for 8 centuries.[8]

His Leo Baeck College dissertation calls for abusive rabbis to have their rabbinic ordination taken away.[9]

In 2022, he reported a Board of Deputies of British Jews member for making racist comments about Desmond Tutu, sparking a Board of Deputies investigation.[10]

Personal life

Kanter-Webber is married with one son [2] and one daughter.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber ordained by Leo Baeck College . Liberal Judaism.
  2. Web site: thejc.com . Cheder teacher to return as rabbi. 23 April 2023.
  3. Web site: Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber. 23 April 2023.
  4. News: Southwell . Felice . New rabbi follows in footsteps of his groundbreaking role model . 15 September 2022 . Brighton and Hove News . 31 August 2022.
  5. Web site: Chaplaincy and Meeting House . University of Sussex . 15 September 2022.
  6. Web site: Our Rabbi . Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue . 15 September 2022.
  7. Web site: Rabbinic profiles: Masorti, Reform and Liberal . JCR-UK . 18 September 2022.
  8. Web site: Where are they now? What our Twenty-Five Under 25 are doing five years on. www.jewishnews.co.uk.
  9. Web site: Rogue rabbis should be 'stripped' of their title . . 2021-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220220134809/https://www.thejc.com/news/news/rogue-rabbis-should-be-stripped-of-their-title-5Hasjh14jLc7A3HoyWcShX . 2022-02-20 . live . Doherty . Rosa.
  10. Web site: Board investigating ANOTHER claim of racism from a deputy. Jack. Mendel. www.jewishnews.co.uk.