Cresciuta a Bradford da padre rifugiato tedesco e da madre di origine lituana e bielorussa, in una famiglia sempre attiva nella sinagoga. Dopo l’università diventa assistente sociale psichiatrico e terapista; riprende a studiare al Leo Baeck College, e nel 1987 diventa – l’ottava donna rabbino d’Europa. Per 16 anni è stata rav  della Bromley Synagogue. Alla Wimbledon Synagogue ha sviluppato per 11 anni il primo esperimento di servizio di comunità condiviso (rabbinic job share). Adesso officia alla sinagoga Lev Chadash a Milano. 

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I grew up in Bradford, UK, My father was a child refugee from Germany, my mother’s family had come a generation earlier from Lithuania and Belarus, and my family were active members of the synagogue.  After university I was a psychiatric social worker and trained as a therapist, then studied at Leo Baeck College graduating in 1987 as the 8th woman rabbi in Europe. I was the rabbi of Bromley Synagogue for 16 years, and then moved to Wimbledon Synagogue developing the first rabbinic job share which we did successfully for 11 years. Now serving Lev Chadash Milano.