Mark Goldsmith (rabbi)

Mark Goldsmith (born July 1963) is a British rabbi in the Movement for Reform Judaism. He is Senior Rabbi at Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue, a post he took up in 2019.[1] He was previously a rabbi at North Western Reform Synagogue and a vocational programme tutor at Leo Baeck College in London.[2]

Goldsmith was born in July 1963.[3] He trained for the rabbinate at Leo Baeck College[4] and was ordained in 1996.[5] He chaired the Assembly of Reform Rabbis UK from 2011 to 2013, and until 2006 was rabbi at Finchley Progressive Synagogue.[6] He has a particular interest in Jewish business ethics.[7]

Goldsmith is married, with two daughters.[6]

References
  1. "Rabbi Mark Goldsmith named as new senior rabbi of Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue". The Jewish Chronicle. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. "Rabbi Mark Goldsmith". Leo Baeck College. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. "Mark Goldsmith". Companies House. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. Grenby, Jay (1 December 2006). "Praise floods in for new Reform rabbi". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  5. "Rabbi Mark Goldsmith Chair, Assembly of Reform Rabbis – U.K". HuffPost. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. "Reform Judaism: Mark Goldsmith". Movement for Reform Judaism. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  7. "Rabbi Mark Goldsmith". Connections 2017. World Union for Progressive Judaism. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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