Community
Progressive rabbinical training course attracts journalistic high-flyer and theatre director
May 26, 2017 09:31
A French campaigning journalist and an actor and theatre director are among an eclectic intake for the next five-year Progressive training programme for rabbis at Leo Baeck College.
The journalist is Ann-Gaelle Attias, who has worked for the France 3 TV channel since 1998, focusing on European far-right movements in recent years.
She is an active member of Rabbi Pauline Bebe’s CJL congregation in Paris, as is Matthias Elasri, who was a social worker before taking up acting. He led his own theatrical company until 2014, since when he has been the cultural attaché for four Parisian synagogues.
The new Leo Baeck group also includes German Dr Annette Boeckler, who has translated a number of Jewish works into the language, as well as serving Progressive congregations in Berlin, London, Basel, Madrid, Montpellier and Lisbon. She has been the college’s librarian and senior lecturer in Bible and liturgy. Another rabbinical student is Anthony Lazarus Magrill , who grew up in London and has recently been involved in Jewish life in Cambridge, where he has been studying English literature.
To get more from community, click here to sign up for our free community newsletter.
Leo Baeck dean, said: “In our 60th anniversary year, we are delighted to welcome a strong incoming group with diverse backgrounds and interests.