Forty rebbetzins from London, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Hong Kong spent two days in Gibraltar on a leadership trip fronted by Valerie Mirvis, wife of Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.
The visit was part of Mrs Mirvis's Investing in Rebbetzins series, developed with the Chief Rabbi's Centre for Rabbinic Excellence. The itinerary included a session on interfaith work and a leadership panel chaired by Mrs Mirvis and featuring Mrs Justice Ramagge Prescott, the first woman appointed to the Bench of the Gibraltar Supreme Court.
Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo addressed the group at the Nefusot Yehuda Synagogue and 140 women from the Jewish community hosted the rebbetzins at a sell-out banquet addressed by Samantha Sacramento, Minister for Tourism, Social Services, Equality and Housing.
Eleven rebbetzins gave shiurim to fellow participants, 80 women from the Gibraltar community and pupils from the Gibraltar Jews' High School and the Talmud Torah Primary School.
