Jackie Tabick

Rabbi
Jackie Tabick
Tabick in 2006 (or earlier)
Personal
Born
Jacqueline Acker

(1948-10-08) October 8, 1948 (age 76)
ReligionJudaism
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Spouse
Rabbi Larry Tabick
(m. 1975)
ChildrenThree
DenominationReform Judaism
Jewish leader
SuccessorRabbi Jonathan Romain
PositionConvenor of the Reform Movement Beit Din
OrganisationMovement for Reform Judaism
Began2012
Ended2023
SemikhahLeo Baeck College in 1975

Jacqueline Hazel "Jackie" Tabick (née Acker; born 1948) is a British Reform rabbi. She became Britain's first female rabbi in 1975.[1][2] She retired in 2023 as convenor of the Movement for Reform Judaism's Beit Din,[3] the first woman in the role,[3][1] and until its closure in 2022 was also Rabbi of West Central Liberal Synagogue in Bloomsbury, central London.[4]

  1. ^ a b Rocker, Simon (23 February 2012). "Tabick achieves another first at Reform Beit Din". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Rabbi Jackie Tabick". The Jewish Chronicle. 23 September 2009 [6 March 2008]. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ a b Rocker, Simon (11 January 2024). "Meet the trailblazer who was the UK's first woman rabbi". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference WCLS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).