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Deborah Kahn-Harris is the Principal of Leo Baeck College, a rabbinical seminary and centre for the training of teachers in Jewish education, based at the Sternberg Centre, Finchley, in the London Borough of Barnet. She was appointed to the post in September 2011.^[1] Kahn-Harris, a graduate of the college, is one of the first woman rabbis to lead a mainstream rabbinic seminary.^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Kahn-Harris was brought up in Houston, Texas, United States.^[4] She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts^[4] and a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Sheffield.

Career

Kahn-Harris was one of the members of the rabbinic staff at Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue and a lecturer at Leo Baeck College before her appointment as the college's principal.^[5]

Personal life

She has both American and British citizenship^[6] and is married to the writer, lecturer, and music critic Keith Kahn-Harris, with whom she has two children.^[5]

Publications

References

^ "History". Leo Baeck College. Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "Induction of New Principal of Leo Baeck College". Movement for Reform Judaism. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
^ Rocker, Simon (22 April 2020). "Leo Baeck picks its first woman head". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris". Leo Baeck College. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris". Liberal Judaism. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^ "Kabbalat Shabbat service: Shabbat Eve March 16, 2012". Drasha Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris. European Union for Progressive Judaism. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

External links

[History-1] "History". Leo Baeck College. Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[New_principal-2] "Induction of New Principal of Leo Baeck College". Movement for Reform Judaism. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

[Woman-3] Rocker, Simon (22 April 2020). "Leo Baeck picks its first woman head". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

[LBC_profile-4] "Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris". Leo Baeck College. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[Profile-5] "Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris". Liberal Judaism. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

[Drasha-6] "Kabbalat Shabbat service: Shabbat Eve March 16, 2012". Drasha Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris. European Union for Progressive Judaism. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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-[[Rabbi]] Dr '''Deborah Kahn-Harris''' is the Principal of [[Leo Baeck College]], a [[rabbinical seminary]] and centre for the training of teachers in Jewish education, based at the [[Sternberg Centre]], [[Finchley]], in the [[London Borough of Barnet]]. She was appointed to the post in September 2011.<ref name="History">{{cite web | url=http://www.lbc.ac.uk/history.html | title=History | publisher=Leo Baeck College | accessdate=3 April 2013 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229014722/http://www.lbc.ac.uk/history.html | archivedate=29 December 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>  Kahn-Harris, a graduate of the college, is one of the first woman rabbis to lead a mainstream [[Jewish seminary|rabbinic seminary]].<ref name="New principal">{{cite web |url=http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/induction-of-new-principal-of-leo-baeck-college.html |title=Induction of New Principal of Leo Baeck College |publisher=[[Movement for Reform Judaism]] |date=1 March 2012 |accessdate=4 April 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314160300/http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/induction-of-new-principal-of-leo-baeck-college.html |archivedate=14 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="Woman">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/47295/leo-baeck-picks-its-first-woman-head | title=Leo Baeck picks its first woman head | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=1 April 2011 | accessdate=4 April 2013 | author=Simon Rocker}}</ref>
+'''Deborah Kahn-Harris''' is the Principal of [[Leo Baeck College]], a [[rabbinical seminary]] and centre for the training of teachers in Jewish education, based at the [[Sternberg Centre]], [[Finchley]], in the [[London Borough of Barnet]]. She was appointed to the post in September 2011.<ref name="History">{{cite web | url=http://www.lbc.ac.uk/history.html | title=History | publisher=Leo Baeck College | accessdate=3 April 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229014722/http://www.lbc.ac.uk/history.html | archivedate=29 December 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>  Kahn-Harris, a graduate of the college, is one of the first woman rabbis to lead a mainstream [[Jewish seminary|rabbinic seminary]].<ref name="New principal">{{cite web |url=http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/induction-of-new-principal-of-leo-baeck-college.html |title=Induction of New Principal of Leo Baeck College |publisher=[[Movement for Reform Judaism]] |date=1 March 2012 |accessdate=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314160300/http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/induction-of-new-principal-of-leo-baeck-college.html |archivedate=14 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="Woman">{{cite news | url=https://www.thejc.com/community/community-news/leo-baeck-picks-its-first-woman-head-1.22189 | title=Leo Baeck picks its first woman head | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=22 April 2020 | accessdate=4 April 2013 | author=Rocker, Simon}}</ref>
 ==Early life and education==
-Kahn-Harris was brought up in [[Houston, Texas]].<ref name="LBC profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.lbc.ac.uk/component/option,com_qcontacts/catid,10549/id,387/view,contact/ | title=Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris | publisher=[[Leo Baeck College]] | accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> She has a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Art History]] from [[Mount Holyoke College]], [[Massachusetts]]<ref name="LBC profile"/> and a doctorate in biblical studies from the [[University of Sheffield]].<ref name="Presenters">{{cite web | url=http://limmud.org/publications/presenters/deborah-kahn-harris/ | title=Deborah Kahn-Harris | publisher=[[Limmud]] | work=Presenters | accessdate=5 January 2016}}</ref>
+Kahn-Harris was brought up in [[Houston, Texas]], United States.<ref name="LBC profile">{{cite web | url=https://lbc.ac.uk/member/rabbi-dr-deborah-kahn-harris/| title=Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris | publisher=[[Leo Baeck College]] | accessdate=27 November 2020}}</ref> She has a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Art History]] from [[Mount Holyoke College]], [[Massachusetts]]<ref name="LBC profile"/> and a doctorate in biblical studies from the [[University of Sheffield]].
+== Career ==
+Kahn-Harris was one of the members of the rabbinic staff at [[Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue]] and a lecturer at Leo Baeck College before her appointment as the college's principal.<ref name = "Profile">{{Cite web |title=Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris |url=https://www.liberaljudaism.org/who-we-are/rabbi-dr-deborah-kahn-harris/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Liberal Judaism |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 ==Personal life==
-She has both American and British citizenship<ref name="Drasha">{{cite web | url=http://www.eupj.org/events/last-conference/104-drasha-rabbi-dr-deborah-kahn-harris | title=Kabbalat Shabbat service: Shabbat Eve March 16, 2012 | publisher=European Union for Progressive Judaism | work=Drasha Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris | date=16 March 2012 | accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref> and is married to the writer, lecturer, and music critic [[Keith Kahn-Harris]], with whom she has two children.<ref name="Liberal">{{cite web | url=http://www.liberaljudaism.org/who-we-are/whos-who/rabbi-dr-deborah-kahn-harris/ | title=Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris | publisher=[[Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)]] | work=Who's Who | accessdate=12 June 2016}}</ref>
+She has both American and British citizenship<ref name="Drasha">{{cite web | url=http://www.eupj.org/events/last-conference/104-drasha-rabbi-dr-deborah-kahn-harris | title=Kabbalat Shabbat service: Shabbat Eve March 16, 2012 | publisher=European Union for Progressive Judaism | work=Drasha Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris | date=16 March 2012 | accessdate=4 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921033209/http://www.eupj.org/events/last-conference/104-drasha-rabbi-dr-deborah-kahn-harris | archive-date=21 September 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and is married to the writer, lecturer, and music critic [[Keith Kahn-Harris]], with whom she has two children.<ref name = "Profile"/>
 ==Publications==
 *[http://fth.sagepub.com/content/21/3/295.short "Midrash for the Masses: The Uses (and Abuses) of the Term ‘Midrash’ in Contemporary Feminist Discourse" in ''Feminist Theology'', May 2013, vol. 21 no. 3, pp. 295-308]
-*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HEslBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT409&lpg=PT409&dq=Deborah+Kahn-Harris&source=bl&ots=XifyZIROma&sig=U9iz4cqynjkzQgh3AEGFILPWGAw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvreCTkpHKAhUHOhQKHR-EDUs4FBDoAQgxMAQ#v=onepage&q=Deborah%20Kahn-Harris&f=false "Weaning: Personal and Biblical Reflections" in Grushcow, Lisa J (ed): ''The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality'', Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2014]
+*[https://books.google.com/books?id=HEslBQAAQBAJ&dq=Deborah+Kahn-Harris&pg=PT409 "Weaning: Personal and Biblical Reflections" in Grushcow, Lisa J (ed): ''The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality'', Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2014]
+*[https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666932102/Polyamory-and-Reading-the-Book-of-Ruth ''Polyamory and Reading the Book of Ruth'', Lexington Books 2023]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.lbc.ac.uk/component/option,com_qcontacts/catid,10549/id,387/view,contact/ Leo Baeck College profile: Deborah Kahn-Harris]
+*[http://www.lbc.ac.uk/component/option,com_qcontacts/catid,10549/id,387/view,contact/ Leo Baeck College profile: Deborah Kahn-Harris] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203232103/http://www.lbc.ac.uk/component/option,com_qcontacts/catid,10549/id,387/view,contact/ |date=3 February 2016 }}
-*[http://www.ochjs.ac.uk/alumni/deborah-kahn-harris/ Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies: Deborah Kahn-Harris]
+*[http://www.ochjs.ac.uk/alumni/deborah-kahn-harris/ Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies: Deborah Kahn-Harris] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065321/http://www.ochjs.ac.uk/alumni/deborah-kahn-harris/ |date=4 March 2016 }}
 *[http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/religious-studies/video-interview-rabbi-dr-deborah-kahn-harris Open University video interview: Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris, 2012]
-*[http://www.eupj.org/en/events/last-conference/dresden-2014/130-lecture-on-theodicy-by-rabbi-deborah-kahn-harris Dresden lecture on Theodicy by Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris, Principal Leo Baeck College, London, European Union for Progressive Judaism (EUPJ) Biennial, 27 May 2014]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130023/http://www.eupj.org/en/events/last-conference/dresden-2014/130-lecture-on-theodicy-by-rabbi-deborah-kahn-harris Dresden lecture on Theodicy by Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris, Principal Leo Baeck College, London, European Union for Progressive Judaism (EUPJ) Biennial, 27 May 2014]
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