Rabbi Janes takes Liberal view in South Bucks after moving from Reform

Rabbi Janes said he was happy to be moving to Liberal Judaism, whose leadership he described as “brave and courageous”. He has already officiated for the High Holy-Days, when South Bucks joined forces with other Liberal communities for digital services.

He will continue teaching privately as well as working on a PhD at King’s College London on ideas of identity and gender in rabbinic literature.

South Bucks, which has met mostly in the Friends House in Amersham, was previously served by Rabbi Charley Baginsky, the joint interim director of Liberal Judaism. When she was seconded full-time to Liberal HQ, South Bucks’ former minister Rabbi Rachel Benjamin stepped in.