Michael Shire

Michael Shire (* approx. 1958 in Birmingham ) is an English rabbi , university teacher, religious scholar and non-fiction author.

Life

Michael Shire studied Hebrew Language and Literature from 1978 to 1981 at University College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with Honors. From 1981 to 1983 he continued his studies at the Hebrew Union College in New York and graduated with a Masters in Religious Education. At the Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles , he received his doctorate from 1983 to 1986 as a Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Education. He then worked until 1991 at the Temple Beth Hillel Synagogue in Valley Village, Los Angeles, as Director of Education.

From 1991 to 1993 Shire did his Masters in Jewish and Judaic Studies at Leo Baeck College in London and was ordained a rabbi there in 1996 after further studies . He took up teaching there until 2001. In 2001 he became Vice President of Leo Baeck College and has been Professor of Jewish Education at the Hebrew College in Boston and Dean of the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education since 2011 .

Shire belongs to Reform Judaism and built up the teacher training in the sense of Reform Judaism in England, which has also had an impact on other countries in Europe. His wife Marcia Plumb is a rabbi and they both have two children.

Publications

• Mazal Tov! The Rituals and Customs of a Jewish Wedding . Frances Lincoln, London 2002, ISBN 0-7112-2013-1 .
• See, days are coming ...! The jewish prophet . Jewish Publishing House, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-934658-28-8 .
• L'chaim! Prayers and Blessings for the Home . Chronicle, San Francisco 2000, ISBN 0-8118-2964-2 .
• The illuminated Haggadah . Frances Lincoln, New York 1998, ISBN 0-7112-1106-X .

CD

• Magic horn , Pinorrekk Records, Hamburg, 2005, 1 CD, 12 cm + accessory, Canadian Brass, St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto, EAN 4013334050425

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} School of Jewish Education Faculty. Hebrew College, accessed November 16, 2016 .