Deborah Kahn-Harris

Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris is the principal of Leo Baeck College , one of the world's leading rabbinical seminars for liberal Judaism and a center for the training of Jewish religious teachers at the Sternberg Center in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet . She was appointed to the position in September 2011. Kahn-Harris, a college graduate, is one of the first female rabbis to lead a rabbinical seminary.

Origin and education

Kahn-Harris grew up in Houston, Texas . She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Mount Holyoke College , Massachusetts and a PhD in Biblical Studies from Sheffield University .

Private

She is a US and British citizen and is married to author , lecturer and music critic Keith Kahn-Harris, with whom she has two children.

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

Web links

• Open University video interview: Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris, 2012 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ History . Leo Baeck College. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved on April 3, 2013.
2. ^ Induction of New Principal of Leo Baeck College . Movement for Reform Judaism . March 1, 2012. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved on April 4, 2013.
3. ↑ Kabbalat Shabbat service: Shabbat Eve March 16, 2012 . In: Drasha Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris . European Union for Progressive Judaism. March 16, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
4. ^ Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris . In: Who's Who . Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom) . Retrieved June 12, 2016.