Jackie Tabick

Rabbi Jacqueline "Jackie" Tabick (born 1948) is the Rabbi at North West Surrey Synagogue, a constituent of the Movement for Reform Judaism. She was the first female rabbi in Britain.

Early life and training

Born in Dublin, Jackie Tabick spent most of her early life living in England. After reading Medieval History for her degree at University College London, she enrolled at the Leo Baeck College where she completed her rabbinical training. She graduated to become Britain's first woman rabbi in 1975.

The same year, she married American rabbinical student Larry Tabick who is now the rabbi at Shir Hayim Reform community in Hampstead. They have three children, Mikki, Roni, and Jeremy.

Rabbinical life

Starting as the assistant rabbi at West London Synagogue under Rabbi Hugo Gryn, she left in 1998 and became the rabbi of North West Surrey Synagogue as has been there ever since.

She was vice-president of the Movement for Reform Judaism. She is the chairman of the World Congress of Faiths, an executive of the Interfaith Network and a patron of JCORE.

Family life

Rabbi Jackie Tabick has been happily married to Rabbi Larry Tabick for 33 years. He was born in New York in 1947 and came to England to study at the Leo Baeck College in the early 1970s. Larry has written a book of poetry entitled "Growing Into Your Soul" (though it is now unavailable from Amazon and can only be bought directly from him).

Mikki studied Chemistry at University College London. Roni studed Maths and Philosophy at the University of Oxford and now wishes to go to New York to become a conservative rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Jeremy hopes to study Physics at the University of Manchester.

References

* [http://www.nwss.org.uk/ North West Surrey profile]
* [http://www.tabick.abel.co.uk/ Shir Hayim]