Sybil Sheridan

Rabbi
Sybil Sheridan
Personal
Born (1953-09-27) 27 September 1953 (age 71)
ReligionJudaism
NationalityBritish
SpouseRabbi Jonathan Romain
ChildrenFour
DenominationReform Judaism (UK)
PositionRabbi
OrganisationRabbi at Newcastle Reform Synagogue; Rabbi at West London Synagogue (2014–20); Chair of the Assembly of Reform Rabbis, Movement for Reform Judaism (UK) (2013–15); Rabbi at Wimbledon and District Synagogue (2003–14)
Semikhah1981

Sybil Ann Sheridan (born 27 September 1953) is a writer and British Reform rabbi. She was chair of the Assembly of Reform Rabbis UK[1] at the Movement for Reform Judaism[2] from 2013 to 2015[3] and was Rabbi at Wimbledon and District Synagogue in south west London. As of 2020 she is part-time rabbi at Newcastle Reform Synagogue.[1]

Sybil Sheridan has edited two books and contributed to several academic publications. She is a major contributor to interfaith dialogue, both nationally and internationally, and has a particular interest in Jewish-Muslim dialogue and especially between women. She co-chaired the Home Office International Conference for Women in Judaism and Islam.[4]

She has strong links to Israel and to the educational festival Limmud. She has lectured at Leo Baeck College[5] and the Muslim College, London.[4] She is on the International Editorial Advisory Board of Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues published by Indiana University Press.[6] For eight years she was Jewish chaplain at the University of Roehampton.

  1. ^ a b "Rabbi Sybil Sheridan". Movement for Reform Judaism. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ Simon Rocker (8 July 2013). "Moving chairs as Reform changes leading posts". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Rabbi Paul Freedman elected as new Assembly of Rabbis Chair" (Press release). Movement for Reform Judaism. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Idols" (PDF). An-Nisa Society and Leo Baeck College. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Seth Daniel Kunin, ed. (2000). Themes and Issues in Judaism. World Religions: Themes and Issues. New York: Cassell. p. vii.
  6. ^ "Nashim: Editorial Details". Indiana University Press. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.