A hazzan or chazzan is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who leads the congregation in songful prayer. In English,this prayer leader is often referred to as a cantor,a term also used in Christianity.
Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah,known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day,or Holocaust Day,is observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany and its collaborators,and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel,it is a national memorial day. The first official commemorations took place in 1951,and the observance of the day was anchored in a law passed by the Knesset in 1959. It is held on the 27th of Nisan,unless the 27th would be adjacent to the Jewish Sabbath,in which case the date is shifted by a day.
Alexander Barnett Goldberg is the Dean of Religious Life and Belief,Coordinating and the Jewish Chaplain to the University of Surrey,England,a rabbi,barrister,and human rights activist.
Sir Benjamin "Ben" Helfgott was a Polish-born British Holocaust survivor,Olympian and champion weightlifter. He was one of two Jewish athletes known to have competed in the Olympics after surviving the Holocaust,along with Alfred Nakache,a French champion swimmer and water polo player. Helfgott spent his adult life promoting Holocaust education,meeting with national leaders in the UK to promote cultural integration and peace.
Abraham Geiger College is a rabbinic seminary at the University of Potsdam in Potsdam,Germany,founded in 1999 and named after Abraham Geiger,a rabbi and scholar.
Reverend Leslie Henry Hardman MBE HCF was an Orthodox Rabbi and the first Jewish British Army chaplain to enter Bergen-Belsen concentration camp,an experience "that made him a public figure,both within his community and outside it".
The Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue,located in Blackpool,Lancashire,England,in the United Kingdom.
Sir Ephraim Yitzchak Mirvis is an Orthodox rabbi who serves as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Ireland between 1985 and 1992.
Yosef Mizrachi is a Haredi rabbi and public speaker. Considered by many to be a leading Orthodox Jewish outreach rabbi,Mizrachi's outspokenness on certain issues has led to his widespread denunciation and characterization as misguided by leading Orthodox Jewish authorities.
This is a timeline of women rabbis:
Congregation Kol Ami is a synagogue located in Salt Lake City,Utah,in the United States. The synagogue serves both Reform and Conservative congregations that are respectively affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
Finchley Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue,located at 101 Fallow Court Avenue,North Finchley,in the Borough of Barnet in London,England,in the United Kingdom.
Liverpool Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue in Liverpool,England. It is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism.
Jonathan Sacerdoti is a British broadcaster,journalist and TV producer based in the United Kingdom. He covers stories relating to the UK and Europe,as well as terrorism and extremism stories,race relations,Middle East analysis and the British royal family. He is also a campaigner against antisemitism.
Laura Elizabeth Marks is an inter-faith social activist,policy adviser,writer and media commentator. Marks has founded and chaired social organisations including Mitzvah Day International and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
Lily Ebert is a Hungarian-born British writer and Holocaust survivor,who in recent years has become notable for her memoir and social media videos and media appearances documenting her life as a survivor of that campaign.
Na'amod is a movement of British Jews seeking to end the British Jewish community's support for the Israeli occupation of the West Bank,East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. They state their aim as "to work for freedom,equality and justice for all Palestinians and Israelis". Members are active in many parts of the country including London,Bristol,Manchester,Leicester,Leeds and Newcastle. They estimate they have over 250 members.
The city of Leeds,in West Yorkshire,England has a Jewish community,where many notable people originated or settled. They have played a major part in the clothing trade,the business,professional and academic life of the City,and the wider world. The community numbers now fewer than 7,000 people.
Charles Bender was a British-Canadian rabbi. He was spiritual leader of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue from 1928 to 1940,and of the Adath Israel Congregation from 1940 until his retirement in 1969,remaining rabbi emeritus at the latter institution until his death. He also served as founding president of the Montreal Board of Jewish Ministers,editor of the Canadian Jewish Chronicle,dean of the Jewish Teachers' Seminary of Montreal,and national chairman of the Jewish National Fund in Canada.
