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Rabbi Dr Andrew Goldstein
Rabbi Dr Andrew Goldstein was rabbi of Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue
from 1970 (following his ordination) until retirement in August 2008. Prior to his appointment he served as student
rabbi here for five years, so he and his wife Sharon have been involved with the
congregation almost from its founding in 1964. In recognition of his service to NPLS he has been appointed our Emeritus Rabbi. He has also been appointed an Honorary Vice President of Liberal
Judaism.
His first degree was in Biology and Zoology and his PhD on the subject of “Travels
to the Holyland: 1790 - 1830”. The case study was the first journey (in
1827) of Moses and Judith Montefiore and he has specialised in the study of the
Montefiores. For 20 years Rabbi Goldstein was in charge of the Liberal Judaism Education
Department and has wide experience in Jewish education. He has published a series
of text books and he and Sharon founded and ran Kadimah Summer School for 19 years.
They also organised several Liberal Judaism Conferences and together organise for NPLS tours
to places of Jewish interest (recently to the Southern States of America, previously
to Greece, Morocco, Spain, Uzbekistan and Poland).
Rabbi Goldstein initiated in 1974 the NPLS connection with Czechoslovak Jewry
and has led many visits by groups to the Czech and Slovak Republics since the
Velvet Revolution. He has helped develop Liberal Judaism in these countries and
acted as consultant rabbi to congregations in Prague, Brno and Bratislava. He
is vice chair of the European Broad of the World Union for Progressive Judaism
and is co-chair of the Theology Committee of the International Council of Christians
and Jews. He has recently co-edited the new Liberal Judaism High Holy Day Machzor Ruach Chadashah
and was chair of the Editorial Committee of our Siddur Lev Chadash. His wife Sharon
is a magistrate and set up the Care and Bereavement project in the synagogue,
and is involved nationally in Jewish bereavement work and the Progressive Jewish
marriage bureau. Their daughter, Ruth Colin, is the congregation’s choir leader.
He is succeeded by his
son, Rabbi Aaron Goldstein. |
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