Jackie Tabick
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Rabbi
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at North West Surrey Synagogue
Synagogue
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, a constituent of the Movement for Reform Judaism
Movement for Reform Judaism
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. She was the first female rabbi in Britain.
Early life and training
Born in Dublin, Tabick spent most of her early life living in EnglandEngland
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. After reading Medieval History for her degree at University College London
University College London
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, she enrolled at the Leo Baeck College
Leo Baeck College
Leo Baeck College is a rabbinical college and centre for Jewish education located in north London. As well as being the smallest academic college in England, it is also the largest Jewish Progressive University and Rabbinic College in Europe....
where she completed her rabbinical training. She graduated to become Britain's first female rabbi in 1975.
Rabbinical life
Starting as the assistant rabbi at West London SynagogueWest London Synagogue
The West London Synagogue of British Jews was established on 15 April 1840. It is one of the oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom and the oldest Reform synagogue in the UK.-History:...
under Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Hugo Gryn
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, she left in 1998 and became the rabbi of North West Surrey Synagogue and has been there ever since. Tabick was vice-president of the Movement for Reform Judaism
Movement for Reform Judaism
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. She is the chairwoman of the World Congress of Faiths, an executive of the Interfaith Network, and a patron of JCORE
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Family life
Tabick has been married to Rabbi Larry Tabick since 1975. Born in New YorkNew York
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in 1947, he came to England to study at the Leo Baeck College
Leo Baeck College
Leo Baeck College is a rabbinical college and centre for Jewish education located in north London. As well as being the smallest academic college in England, it is also the largest Jewish Progressive University and Rabbinic College in Europe....
in the early 1970s and is now the rabbi at Shir Hayim Reform community in Hampstead. They have three children.