Rabbi Mark Goldsmith gained his Semichah (Ordination) from Leo Baeck College in 1996. Following ten years as a Rabbi in two Liberal Jewish congregations, Mark was appointed principal Rabbi of Alyth Gardens in 2006. 

He gains great fulfilment from working with people of all ages and levels of Jewish knowledge and experience to help them to take new steps on their Jewish journey.

Mark's speciality in Jewish study is business ethics on which he frequently speaks, teaches and writes. Before he entered the Rabbinate he ran a business in the area of natural foods.  Since 2011 he has served as Chair of the Assembly of Reform Rabbis UK.

He is passionate about Judaism and for Jews to make a contribution to the wider world. Mark is married to Nicola and they have two young daughters, Alice and Miriam. 

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Rabbi Josh Levy has been a member of the Alyth Rabbinic Team since November 2008. 

Josh was formerly a Rabbi at West London Synagogue, where he had responsibility for their education programmes.  Prior to ordination Josh was Head of the Religion School at WLS and before studying for the rabbinate he was Director of Education at Finchley Reform Synagogue. He is especially thrilled to have been part of the innovations in education that we have introduced at Alyth over the last few years.

His area of special interest is conversion and status, having written his rabbinic thesis on Tractate Gerim of the Babylonian Talmud, which deals with laws of converts and conversion. He is always very happy to speak with those wishing to find out more about becoming Jewish.

Rabbi Josh lives in Finchley with his wife Jude, son Jonah and daughter Noa.  He was brought up in Manchester where his parents are active members of Cheshire Reform Synagogue.

Josh is currently a Governor of the Leo Baeck College, where he is also a member of faculty. 

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The third member of our rabbinic team is Rabbi Maurice Michaels, one of the most experienced and valued members of the Reform rabbinate, who joined us last year as our interim Rabbi.

Maurice Michaels came to the rabbinate later in life following a successful career in industry. As student and since s’michah in 1996 he has served Harlow Jewish Community, Edgware & District Reform Synagogue and South West Essex & Settlement Reform Synagogue. His major interests have been in Education, Social Action and Interfaith, in which he has made his main contribution to the local and national community. He has been teaching Practical Rabbinics at Leo Baeck College since 1998, utilising his knowledge and techniques of leadership and management to provide final year rabbinic students with the skills to survive congregational life. Maurice was recently appointed Van Der Zyl Head of Vocational Studies at the College. He is a Vice President of the Movement for Reform Judaism and represents the progressive Jewish community on the Executive Committee of the Interfaith Network of the UK.

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Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner studied Christianity at Cambridge and then made Aliyah to Israel, living in Jerusalem for fifteen years working in Jewish education, with Christian visitors to Israel and in Palestinian-Israeli dialogue.

Laura returned to London in 1999 to study for the rabbinate and was ordained in 2004. Rabbi Laura was  at Alyth from 2003 until November 2011 when she moved on to be Movement Rabbi at the Movement for Reform Judaism.