Julia Neuberger is to retire as senior rabbi of Britain’s oldest Reform synagogue, West London, next year, members were informed today.
Baroness Neuberger, who turns 69 next month, will step down in March 2020 after nine years at the central London synagogue.
Since the High Holy-Days, Rabbi Neuberger has been working part-time, ahead of her new position of chairman of University College Hospital Trust, for which she will work two days a week from the end of next month.
Baroness Neuberger has long had an interest in healthcare and was previously chief executive of the health think-tank, the King’s Fund.