A rabbi who was once on the books of the Reading and Swindon Town football academies has met Richmond Synagogue’s selection goals.
Rabbi Jonny Hughes and his wife Chana, currently the associate rabbinic couple at Hendon Synagogue, start at Richmond in November, where they will lead a congregation of over 200 members. The number of young families is growing and there is a thriving cheder.
The appointments, by almost unanimous vote, were made almost a year to the day of the departure of the previous incumbent, Rabbi Yossi Ives.
Originally from Reading, Rabbi Hughes has an unlikely background for an Orthodox minister. His mother is Jewish, his father is not and he only came to Judaism at university, where he threw himself into exploring his religion.
