In January
2008, Rabbi Gordon accepted a call to become the
rabbi of
New London Synagogue.
Rabbi Jeremy
Gordon has been a member of New London since the
age of 1. He grew up, attended Cheder and
celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at the Synagogue.
Rabbi Jeremy
has a first class honours degree in Law from
Cambridge University and subsequently went to
work in television for the BBC and a number of
independent production companies. His love of
Judaism was really ignited at the Limmud
Conference in December 1995. This marked the
start of a decade of study in England, at the
Hebrew University and the Conservative Yeshiva
in Jerusalem and the Jewish Theological Seminary
in New York. He graduated from JTS with Rabbinic
Ordination, a Masters in Midrash (Rabbinic
Exegesis) and a number of academic awards.
While in New
York, Rabbi Jeremy trained as a hospital
Chaplain and spent many hours working as a
Chaplain with the Red Cross in the aftermath of
the September 11th suicide attacks. He has been
active in a number of social action campaigns –
particularly relating to refugee issues and
international development – and has served as
convenor of a major interfaith dialogue forum in
New York
Since his
ordination in 2004 Rabbi Jeremy has served St
Albans Masorti Synagogue. He is married to
Josephine who directs two arts-based charities.
They have a son, Carmi.
His academic
interests include Midrash, which he teaches at
Leo Baeck College, which he teaches at Leo Baeck
College, and contemporary Jewish legal responsa.
Several of his articles and sermons can be read
below.
Rosh Hashanah,
First Day 5768 / 2007
Rosh Hashanah, Second Day
5768 / 2007
Yom Kippur
5768 / 2007
Please click
on the links below to read selected older
sermons:
