Jackie Tabick

Jacqueline Hazel "Jackie" Tabick (born 1948, née Jacqueline Acker) is a British Reform rabbi. She became Britain's first female rabbi in 1975.[1][2] She is convenor of the Movement for Reform Judaism's Beit Din, the first woman in the role,[1] and until its closure in 2022 was also Rabbi of West Central Liberal Synagogue in Bloomsbury, central London.[3]

Rabbi Dr
Jackie Tabick
Tabick in 2006 (or earlier)
Personal
Born (1948-10-08) October 8, 1948
Dublin, Ireland
ReligionJudaism
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Spouse
Rabbi Larry Tabick
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(m. 1975)​
ChildrenThree
DenominationReform Judaism
PositionRabbi
SynagogueWest Central Liberal Synagogue
PositionConvenor of the Reform Movement Beit Din
OrganisationMovement for Reform Judaism
Began2012
SemikhahLeo Baeck College in 1975

Early life and training

Born in Dublin, Tabick spent most of her early life in England[4] and grew up in the community of South West Essex & Settlement Reform Synagogue.[5] After reading Medieval History for her degree at University College London, she enrolled at the Leo Baeck College where she completed her rabbinical training.[4] She graduated to become Britain's first female rabbi in 1975.[2]

Rabbinical life

Starting as the assistant rabbi at West London Synagogue under Rabbi Hugo Gryn,[6] she left in 1998 to become the rabbi of North West Surrey Synagogue.[2] She held this position until July 2013,[7][8] combining it with her role, since 2012, as the first female convenor of the Reform Movement's Beit Din.[1] She has previously been the Movement's vice-president and is patron of the Jewish Council for Racial Equality (JCORE).[9] She currently leads services at London's West Central Liberal Synagogue.[3]

Tabick has played a leading role in interfaith initiatives.[10] She is an executive of The Inter Faith Network.[2] She was, for many years, chair of the World Congress of Faiths and is now co-president.[11]

Family life

She has been married to Rabbi Larry Tabick since 1975 and was the first female rabbi to marry a rabbi.[12] Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947,[13] Larry came to England to study at the Leo Baeck College in the early 1970s and retired as rabbi of Shir Hayim in Hampstead in 2017.[13] He and Jackie have three children,[2][14] one of whom, Roni Tabick, is rabbi of the Masorti synagogue New Stoke Newington Shul in Stoke Newington, London.[15]

Other

The art exhibit “Holy Sparks”, which opened in February 2022 at the Heller Museum and the Skirball Museum, featured 24 Jewish women artists, who had each created an artwork about a female rabbi who was a first in some way.[16][17][18] Sandy Bleifer created the artwork about Tabick.[18]

References
  1. Rocker, Simon (23 February 2012). "Tabick achieves another first at Reform Beit Din". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. "Rabbi Jackie Tabick". The Jewish Chronicle. 23 September 2009 [6 March 2008]. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Rabbi Jacki Tabick". West Central Liberal Synagogue. Liberal Judaism. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  4. "Rabbi Jackie Tabick". North West Surrey Synagogue. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  5. "Rabbi Dr Jackie Tabick celebrates 40 years in the rabbinate" (Press release). Movement for Reform Judaism. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  6. Messik, Louise (24 November 2011). "West London Synagogue of British Jews: Ministers of the Congregation". JCR-UK. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. Forman, Cathy (29 July 2013). "Tabick is bid a warm farewell in Weybridge". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  8. "North West Surrey Synagogue says farewell to Rabbi Jackie Tabick". Movement for Reform Judaism. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  9. "Jackie Tabick: Spiritual leader". TED. October 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  10. "Faith groups call for sense of responsibility and interdependence". Positive News. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  11. "Rabbi Jackie Tabick becomes interfaith president" (Press release). Movement for Reform Judaism. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  12. Einstein Schorr, Rebecca; Mendelson Graf, Alysa (17 May 2016). The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate. CCAR Press. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-88123-280-6.
  13. "Rabbi Larry Tabick". Leo Baeck College. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  14. "Introducing Rabbi Larry Tabick". Shir Hayim. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  15. Tabick, Roni (17 November 2015). "Meet the Rabbi – Rabbi Roni Tabick". Masorti Judaism (UK). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  16. "2022 Gala, Rabbi Levy's Shabbat Message, Tzedek Council and more". Kol-ami.org.
  17. "Celebrating community: Exhibits hail 200 years of Jewish contributions in Cincinnati". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  18. "VIDEO: HOLY SPARKS – Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate". Jewish Art Salon. 30 January 2022.
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