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Alyth mulls over whether to appoint a new principal rabbi

The last holder of the position had to return to Israel owing to the situation there

February 26, 2025 13:44
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Alyth Synagogue
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The new chair of Alyth, Gary Lipman, is to oversee efforts to strengthen the rabbinic team at one of the country’s largest synagogues.

The Golders Green-based Reform community, which has over 3,300 members, is currently served by a four-strong rabbinic team.

Its senior rabbi, Josh Levy, left at the beginning of last year to become chief executive of the Reform movement and see through the union with Liberal Judaism, which should be formalised later this year.

He was succeeded by Rabbi Golan Ben-Chorin from Israel, but in the aftermath of October 7 and the Gaza War, he felt he had to return to his family, who had remained there.