Meet the couple who are shaking things up in Sutton

Sutton Synagogue’s new ministerial couple want to raise awareness of their “incredible community”.

Rev Shmully and Tamara Aronson took up their first community position at the 180-family South London congregation last March.
The minister is a Mancunian — and a Manchester United fan — who studied in yeshivot in Gateshead and Israel.

The family of his South African born wife moved to Manchester when she was seven and she studied in Gateshead. Upon their return to Manchester in 2015, she worked as a special needs education co-ordinator while he oversaw yeshivah programmes to help the developmement of young adults.

Prior to their Sutton appointment, they were actively involved in Welwyn Garden City Synagogue — and with Jewish students at the nearby Hertfordshire University.