Gabriel Kanter-Webber is a British rabbi. He received semichah in summer 2022, after training at Leo Baeck College, and is rabbi of Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue, succeeding Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah who retired in 2021. His arrival in Brighton was covered by local news.
He also serves as chaplain to the University of Sussex.
Education and career
Kanter-Webber studied his undergraduate degree at the University of Sussex, during which time he was also headteacher of the Progressive Synagogue's cheder. After graduating from university, he spent a year as a youth worker for LJY-Netzer.
He previously sat on the Board of Deputies of British Jews. In 2015, Jewish News listed him as number 7 on their list of 25 young Jewish leaders to watch.
Kanter-Webber also officiated at Britain's first bar mitzvah for a non-binary teen and at the first Jewish burial in the city of York for 8 centuries.
His Leo Baeck College dissertation calls for abusive rabbis to have their rabbinic ordination taken away.
In 2022, he reported a Board of Deputies of British Jews member for making racist comments about Desmond Tutu, sparking a Board of Deputies investigation.
Personal life
Kanter-Webber is married with one son.
Publications
- The Antisemitic Rabbi Who Became a Priest: Well, maybe in Tablet
- Why Does God Get It Wrong? in European Judaism
- Thank You God For Not Making Me A Slave in Slavery-Free Communities (chapter written with Mia Hasenson-Gross)
Links
- Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue
- Gabrielquotes, Rabbi Kanter-Webber's website
References
- "Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber ordained by Leo Baeck College". Liberal Judaism.
- ^ "Cheder teacher to return as rabbi". thejc.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- "Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber". Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- Southwell, Felice (31 August 2022). "New rabbi follows in footsteps of his groundbreaking role model". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- "Chaplaincy and Meeting House". University of Sussex. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- "Our Rabbi". Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- "Rabbinic profiles: Masorti, Reform and Liberal". JCR-UK. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Where are they now? What our Twenty-Five Under 25 are doing five years on". www.jewishnews.co.uk.
- Doherty, Rosa (2021-12-28). "Rogue rabbis should be 'stripped' of their title". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20.
- Mendel, Jack. "Board investigating ANOTHER claim of racism from a deputy". www.jewishnews.co.uk.
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