Miriam Berger Explained
Miriam Berger (née Bayfield) is a British Reform rabbi, and Senior Rabbi of Finchley Reform Synagogue (until she steps down in 2024)in London.[1] [2]
Berger grew up in London, the younger daughter of Rabbi Tony Bayfield, former chief executive and, later, president of the Movement for Reform Judaism and his wife, Linda (who died in 2003). She has a brother, Daniel, and an elder sister, Lucy.[3] [4] [5]
She took a degree at the University of Bristol and studied at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem before training for the rabbinate at Leo Baeck College in London. She was ordained as a rabbi in 2006.[6]
In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she criticised Britain's Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, for allowing relatives of people dying from COVID-19 to visit them in hospital and attend their funerals.[7] [8]
She and her husband Jonni, a tax consultant, and their son live in north London.[1]
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Notes and References
- News: How I make it work: Miriam Berger . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091739/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/make_it_work/article1068347.ece . dead . 7 April 2014 . . 1 July 2012 . 9 March 2015 . Gordon, Olivia.
- Web site: Rabbi Miriam Berger . . Biography . 3 December 2014 . 9 March 2015.
- News: David . Keren . North London rabbi officiates at funeral of her grandfather, who died from coronavirus . 31 March 2020 . . 22 April 2020.
- News: Rocker . Simon . God won't leave us alone — let's see where we are . 11 September 2019 . . 22 April 2020.
- Book: A History in our Time: Rabbis and Teachers Buried at Hoop Lane Cemetery . . Epstein, Jon and Jacobs, David . 2006 . 9.
- Web site: Rabbi Miriam Berger . . 22 April 2020.
- News: Rabbi criticises Matt Hancock for letting families attend hospitals, funerals . 20 April 2020 . . 22 April 2020.
- News: Mackintosh . Thomas . Rabbi urges Jewish community not to visit dying relatives . 20 April 2020 . . 22 April 2020.
