Gavin Broder

Rabbi
Gavin Broder
Personal life
Born1963 (age 62–63)
Cape Town, South Africa
SpouseDaniella Broder
Children4
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
Jewish leader
PredecessorEphraim Mirvis
SuccessorYaakov Pearlman
PositionChief Rabbi of Ireland
Began16 February 1997
EndedOctober 2000

Gavin Broder (born 1963) is the former Chief Rabbi of Ireland, serving from 1996 to October, 2000. Born in Cape Town, he is the son of Rabbi Irvin Broder who held rabbinic positions in Johannesburg, Wellington, and England. Prior to becoming Chief Rabbi of Ireland, Broder studied at the Gateshed Yeshiva and Jews' College.

Broader was elected Chief Rabbi of Ireland in 1996 at the age of 34. His installation on 16 February 1997 at the Adelaide Road Synagogue was attended by Irish President Mary Robinson, leaders of multiple faiths, and included remarks from then-Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Jonathan Sacks.

Under Broder, Ireland expanded its manufacturing of kosher products that met international standards—including of kosher for passover Coca-Cola—and facilitated a variety of youth programs.

Broder left Dublin in October 2000 to become London chaplain of University Jewish Chaplaincy, the Jewish student organization.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ireland's new Chief Rabbi". The Australian Jewish News. Melbourne. 3 May 1996.
  2. ↑ Tugend, Tom (5 May 2000). "Broder's Battle: Ireland's chief rabbi is trying to reverse the community's shrinking trend". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
  3. ↑ Keena, Colm (17 February 1997). "Irish Religious Freedom Praised at Induction of Chief Rabbi". The Irish Times.
  4. ↑ Rivlin, Ray (2011). Jewish Ireland: A Social History. Dublin: The History Press Ireland. pp. 238–239. ISBN 9781845887087.
  5. ↑ "Jewish Student Chaplain :: London Universities". Archived from the original on 11 August 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2006.
  6. ↑ Allen Greene, Richard (4 January 2002). "Ireland's chief rabbi faces challenges in new landscape". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  7. ↑ McGarry, Patsy (20 October 2000). "Chief Rabbi accepts London chaplaincy". The Irish Times.