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Louis Jacobs
Louis Jacobs (17 July 1920 – 1 July 2006) was a leading writer and theologian. He was the rabbi of the New London Synagogue in the United Kingdom. He was also the focus in the early 1960s of what became known as "The Jacobs Affair" in the British Jewish community. Early career Jacobs was born on 17 July 1920 in Manchester. He studied at Manchester Yeshiva, and later at the kolel in Gateshead. His teachers included leading Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler. Jacobs was ordained as a rabbi at Manchester Yeshiva. Later in his career, he studied at University College London where he gained his PhD on the topic of ''The Business Life of the Jews in Babylon, 200–500 CE''. Jacobs was appointed rabbi at Manchester Central Synagogue in 1948. In 1954 he was appointed to the New West End Synagogue in London. Jacobs became Moral Tutor at Jews' College, London, where he taught Talmud and homiletics during the last years of Rabbi Dr Isidore Epstein's tenure as principal. By this time, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New London Synagogue
New London Synagogue is a Masortim, Masorti synagogue and congregation in St John's Wood, London, in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1964 by followers of Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs, following the "Jacobs Affair" in which Rabbi Jacobs was refused employment in the United Synagogue due to alleged heresy. It is the founding synagogue of the Masorti movement in the UK, which was established in 1985. Its congregation is made up of approximately 500 households. The current rabbinic leadership are Rabbi Jeremy Gordon and Rabbi Natasha Mann. History Rabbi Louis Jacobs was an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox pulpit rabbi at New West End Synagogue, when he was offered an appointment as Principal of Jews' College in 1961. However, the then Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Israel Brodie, interdicted the appointment "because of his [Jacobs's] published views". This was a reference to ''We Have Reason to Believe'', a book Jacobs had published in 1954 in which he questioned the doctrine of Torah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
