The Gateshead Rav, Rabbi Shraga Feivel Zimmerman, is to speak later this week at the synagogue of the strictly Orthodox Sephardi rabbi at the forefront of the campaign against Rabbi Joseph Dweck, senior rabbi of the S and P Sephardi Community (SPSC).
Rabbi Aaron Bassous, who runs the Beth Hamedrash Knesset Yehezkel in Golders Green, was the first UK rabbi to speak out after Rabbi Dweck’s controversial lecture in May on gay love.
Rabbi Zimmerman, who has told colleagues Rabbi Dweck was not fit to serve a rabbi, is regarded as one of the most influential strictly Orthodox rabbis in Britain.
His appearance in Golders Green in Thursday will be seen by many as a sign of support for Rabbi Bassous.
