Deborah Kahn-Harris
Rabbi Dr 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.[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.[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.[7]
Publications
- "Midrash for the Masses: The Uses (and Abuses) of the Term ‘Midrash’ in Contemporary Feminist Discourse" in Feminist Theology, May 2013, vol. 21 no. 3, pp. 295-308
- "Weaning: Personal and Biblical Reflections" in Grushcow, Lisa J (ed): The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality, Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2014
References
- ^ "History". Leo Baeck College. Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Induction of New Principal of Leo Baeck College". Movement for Reform Judaism. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Simon Rocker (1 April 2011). "Leo Baeck picks its first woman head". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris". Leo Baeck College. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Deborah Kahn-Harris". Presenters. Limmud. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Kabbalat Shabbat service: Shabbat Eve March 16, 2012". Drasha Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris. European Union for Progressive Judaism. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris". Who's Who. Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom). Retrieved 12 June 2016.
External links
- Leo Baeck College profile: Deborah Kahn-Harris
- Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies: Deborah Kahn-Harris
- Open University video interview: Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris, 2012
- Dresden lecture on Theodicy by Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris, Principal Leo Baeck College, London, European Union for Progressive Judaism (EUPJ) Biennial, 27 May 2014
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