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Rabbi Joel Levy took up his part-time position with Kol
Nefesh Masorti in September 2001. He studied Natural
Sciences at Cambridge University and was chair of Limmud
programmes for a number of years. He became the director
of Noam, the Masorti youth movement in 1994 for three
years.
Joel studied for many years in various institutions
and yeshivot in and around Jerusalem and received
semicha from Rabbi David Hartman. He has continued
writing for Reflections, the weekly sheet on the sedra.
In Israel he works in the Jewish Studies Faculty at the
Machon L'Madrichei Chu'l, and for Ta Sh'ma, an
organisation that provides pluralistic Jewish education.
Joel
also
teaches at the Conservative Yeshiva.
Joel is married to Susanna Cohen principal bassoonist
in the Israel Chamber Orchestra. They have two
daughters, Shira and Kalya, and live in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Levy has brought with him a challenging and
unique approach to Judaism, where learning and
questioning are the primary focus. His warmth and love
of Judaism are infectious and have already made an
indelible impression on many of us, and particularly the
young people whose lives he has touched.
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Rabbi Joel Levy
Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue
photo by Rena Perl |
