Jonathan Romain

Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Romain, MBE is a prominent member of the Jewish Reform movement in Britain and has been serving as rabbi of the Maidenhead community since 1980. He has written a number of books, including "Your God Shall Be My God: Religious Conversion in Britain Today", which reveals the enormous growth in religious conversion that is becoming a widespread phenomenon throughout the country as well as "Renewing the Vision: Rabbis Speak Out on Modern Issues". [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/biographies.shtml] short bio of Rabbi Romain on the BBC website, accessed 26 September 2008 ] Rabbi Romain is also a frequent contributor to public debates on social and religious issues in the press and has published a series of articles in newspapers such as the Guardian and the Times. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/19/religion.judaism] Sept. 2008 article in the Guardian, accessed 26 September 2008 ] [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article573184.ece] 2005 article in the Times, accessed 26 September 2008 ] He received an MBE in 2003 in recognition of his services to community relations. [ [http://www.maidenheadsynagogue.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=35] Press release of Maidenhead Synagogue on MBE award, accessed 26 September 2008 ] He is also regularly included in the Top Ten of the Jewish Chronicle's list of people who exert the greatest influence on British Jewry. [ [http://www.maidenheadsynagogue.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=35] Press release of Maidenhead Synagogue on JC list, accessed 26 September 2008 ]

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