Rabbi Malcolm Cohen joined Temple Sinai September 2009, just in time for High Holy Days. He and his distinctive London accent came as a package from the UK, along with his wife Sarah, a Jewish Studies educator, and his son, Elijah. His daughter, Rachel,was born in the United States.
Philosophy:
Rabbi Cohen‘s approach emphasizes the very best that Reform Judaism has to offer. He works with the synagogue team and lay leaders to develop key initiatives designed to bring in those who have not yet found their place in the community. He successfully starts up projects to reach out to young people and offers them meaningful ways to express their Jewish identity. He enriches his congregation with humor, insight, and challenge and adds diversity to prayer and community activity. He has an infectious passion for texts and for Jewish tradition, but tempers this with the warmth and the modernity of present-day progressive Judaism. He is an articulate and engaging advocate for his congregation.
History:
Rabbi Cohen was a key leader of young people at Edgware & District Reform Synagogue (his ‘home’ community, and one of the largest congregations in Europe) and an intern at North Western Reform Synagogue (the leading Reform Congregation in the Jewish heartland of North London).In addition, he was one of three full-time rabbis at West London Synagogue (WLS). WLS is the flagship congregation of the Reform movement in the UK, with a membership of 1700 families. It is the oldest established progressive Jewish community in the UK,and is a magnet for Jewish students, visitors, and business people from all over the world (notably from the US) when they pass through London
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