Harvey Belovski
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Rabbi Harvey Belovski | |
|---|---|
| Rabbi of Golders Green United Synagogue (Dunstan Road) | |
| In office 2003–2023 | |
| Chief Strategist and Rabbinic Head of University Jewish Chaplaincy | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1968 |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Rabbi, educator, organisational advisor |
| Known for | Shem MiShmuel: Selections on the Weekly Parashah and Festivals, The Shabbat Siddur Companion |
Harvey Belovski (born 18 January 1968), is a British Orthodox rabbi. He was the rabbi of Golders Green United Synagogue (Dunstan Road) from 2003[1] to 2023[2] a position previously held by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.[3] Belovski was a leading candidate for the Chief Rabbinate of the UK in the 2012 selection process which eventually appointed Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.[4][5][6]
Belovski grew up in north-west London and graduated in 1989 from University College, Oxford in Mathematics. He studied at the Gateshead Talmudical College, from where he received semicha (rabbinic ordination) in 1994 and subsequently at the Gateshead Beis Hatalmud Kollel. He received further semicha-ordinations from the Amsterdam Beth Din and Dayan Gershon Lopian, emeritus rabbi of Edgware Yeshurun Synagogue,[7] whom he considers his primary teacher. He also holds a PhD in hermeneutics from the University of London.
Belovski has published two books – Shem MiShmuel: Selections on the Weekly Parashah and Festivals, and The Shabbat Siddur Companion, as well as an online version of his PhD dissertation –Harmonisation as Theological Hermeneutic and many articles in The Jewish Chronicle among other journals.
