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RABBI DR ABRAHAM LEVY OBE
BORN
16th July 1939 in Gibraltar, to where his family
moved in 1704, after its conquest by Great Britain. Rabbi Levy comes from a
family of eminent rabbis and lay leaders.
His uncle was the late Sir Joshua Hassan, last Chief Minister of
Gibraltar.
FAMILY
Rabbi Levy has been married for 40 years to Estelle (née
Nahum), a social worker. They have one
married son and two grandchildren.
EDUCATION
Carmel College, Oxfordshire; obtained Rabbinic Diploma from
Jews’ College (1967) and Doctorate from London University on the thesis Court Rabbis in 14th and 15th
Century Castile (1971).
MINISTRY
1980 - Communal Rabbi and Spiritual Head of the Spanish
& Portuguese Jews’ Congregation, the oldest Jewish community in England,
established in 1657. In 2002 Rabbi Levy
celebrated 40 years’ continuous service at the Lauderdale Road synagogue.
1983 - Founder and Honorary Principal of Naima Jewish
Preparatory School (NJPS), the leading Jewish day school for the UK Sephardi
community.
2001 – Established the New Central London Mikveh on the
NJPS site, with other communal leaders.
This is the sole mikveh serving central London.
HONOURS
1993 - Knight Commander (Encomienda) Order of Civil Merit
(Spain).
2004 – OBE for services to inter-faith co-operation.
MAJOR
PUBLICATIONS
The
Sephardim – A Problem of Survival; co-author of Ages of Man and an illustrated book, The Sephardim.
POSITIONS
HELD include; Joint
Ecclesiastical Authority (with The Chief Rabbi) of
the Board of Deputies of British Jews; Deputy
President The London School of Jewish Studies (formerly Jews’
College): Founder and Director The Sephardi Centre; Director and
Governor Carmel College, Director
Jewish Museum, Servepledge Limited, Young Jewish Leadership Institute; President
Jewish Child’s Day, Union of Anglo-Jewish Preachers; Vice-President Anglo-Jewish Association, British Friends of The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Jewish Care, Norwood Ravenswood; Patron Akim, Association of Jewish Teachers Board of Deputies of British
Jews’ Education Department, Association for the Well-Being of Israel’s
Soldiers, Beit Morasha Jerusalem, British Friends of Jerusalem College of
Technology, Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge University Jewish
Society Mikveh Project, Jewish Council for Racial Equality (J-CORE), Jewish
Music Heritage Trust, Oxford Synagogue & Jewish Centre Building Appeal,
Norwood Child Care, British Friends of Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital (Ezrath
Nashim) Jerusalem; Advisory
Board World Jewish
Relief; Honorary Chaplain Jewish Lads’ and Girls’
Brigade.
HOBBIES
Include collecting antique Judaica and starting new
projects.
CONTACTS
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Spanish & Portuguese Jews’
Congregation, 2 Ashworth Road, London, W9 1JY |
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June 2003