Joseph Dweck
Rabbi Joseph Dweck | |
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Title | Senior Rabbi |
Personal | |
Born | Joseph Dweck 17th May 1975 |
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Margalit Dweck |
Children | 5 |
Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
Occupation | Rabbi, Talmudic scholar and recognized halakhic authority |
Yeshiva | Barkai Yeshiva |
Organization | The S&P Sephardi Community, London |
Joseph Dweck is the current Senior Rabbi of the The S&P Sephardi Community of the United Kingdom.
Background
Joseph Dweck was born in Los Angeles and is of Syrian Jewish origin. He has served as the rabbi of Congregation Shaare Shalom in Brooklyn since 1999 and Rosh Yeshiva/Head of School at Barkai Yeshivah since 2010. He studied at Yeshiva Hazon Ovadia in Jerusalem. He received his semikha from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef under the auspices of the Sephardic Rabbinical College, Brooklyn. He was appointed Senior Rabbi of The S&P Sephardi Community of London, England in 2013.