1. Joseph Dweck was born on 17 May 1975 and is an American rabbi and hazzan, who serves as Senior Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community of the United Kingdom.
23 Facts About Joseph Dweck
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Joseph Dweck was born in Los Angeles, California, into a family of Syrian Jewish descent.
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Joseph Dweck studied psychology and philosophy at Santa Monica College in Los Angeles and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Arts from Excelsior College in Albany, New York.
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Rabbi Joseph Dweck received his semikha from Rav Ovadia Yosef under the auspices of the Sephardic Rabbinical College of Brooklyn, New York.
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From 1996 to 1999, Joseph Dweck studied at the YULA Kollel in Los Angeles under Rabbi Nachum Sauer.
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From 2005 to 2008, Joseph Dweck taught Mishna at Barkai Yeshiva in Brooklyn.
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Joseph Dweck assumed the role of Hebrew Principal in 2009, and became Rosh Yeshiva in 2010, a position he held for four years.
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On Sunday, 24 September 2014, Rabbi Joseph Dweck was officially installed as Senior Rabbi at Bevis Marks Synagogue.
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Rabbi Joseph Dweck serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis.
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Joseph Dweck holds a Master of Arts degree in Jewish Education from Middlesex University in collaboration with the London School of Jewish Studies.
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Under his guidance, the synagogue flourished, as the original 50 members grew into over 350 families, with Rabbi Joseph Dweck deeply involved in all aspects of daily community life.
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Rabbi Joseph Dweck began his formal teaching career as a high school teacher of Jewish Law and Philosophy at Magen David Yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York where he taught for two years.
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From 2005 to 2008, Rabbi Joseph Dweck taught Mishna at Barkai Yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York City.
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Rabbi Joseph Dweck centred Barkai's core vision on the concept that "the Author of the Torah is the Author of the world".
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On Sunday, 24 September 2014, Rabbi Joseph Dweck was officially installed as Senior Rabbi at the community's cathedral synagogue, Bevis Marks.
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Joseph Dweck went on to say that Judaism should be available to the community in 'High Definition'.
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Joseph Dweck participates in many of their programs and is an especially popular Scholar-in-Residence during their annual summer programming for the Syrian community in Deal, New Jersey.
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Rabbi Joseph Dweck serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis.
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In May 2017, Rabbi Joseph Dweck delivered a lecture in which he presented his approach regarding the Torah view on homosexuality, declaring that Jewish law does not legislate against the feelings involved.
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Joseph Dweck suggested that contemporary developments on this issue, while problematic, are "a fantastic development to humanity" as they force humanity to rethink the question of love, and potentially remove the stigma associated with platonic love and affection between men.
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Rabbi Joseph Dweck issued a clarification letter explaining his Halakhic stance and intentions.
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The panel concluded that Joseph Dweck could continue his role as the Senior Rabbi of the Sephardi community.
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In January 2018, Rabbi Joseph Dweck resumed his lectures with a new series at the London Jewish School of Studies, at a sold-out return to Hendon.