Sybil Ann Sheridan was born on 27 September 1953 and is a writer and British Reform rabbi.
14 Facts About Sybil Sheridan
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Sybil Sheridan was chair of the Assembly of Reform Rabbis UK at the Movement for Reform Judaism from 2013 to 2015 and was Rabbi at Wimbledon and District Synagogue in south west London.
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Sybil Sheridan has edited two books and contributed to several academic publications.
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Sybil Sheridan is a major contributor to interfaith dialogue, both nationally and internationally, and has a particular interest in Jewish-Muslim dialogue and especially between women.
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Sybil Sheridan co-chaired the Home Office International Conference for Women in Judaism and Islam.
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Sybil Sheridan has strong links to Israel and to the educational festival Limmud.
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Sybil Sheridan has lectured at Leo Baeck College and the Muslim College, London.
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Sybil Sheridan read theology and religious studies at Cambridge University, being one of the first two Jews to do so.
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Sybil Sheridan then studied at Leo Baeck College and at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem, and was ordained as a rabbi in 1981, one of the first women in Europe in the role.
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In 1994 Rabbi Sheridan became Rabbi of the Thames Valley Jewish Community and remained there until her appointment as Rabbi of Wimbledon and District Synagogue.
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Sybil Sheridan job shared with Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild in that post from 2003 until early 2014.
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Sybil Sheridan has made several visits to Ethiopia to find out about and support the Jews in Gondar.
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Sybil Sheridan was inspired by her visit to set up a new charity, Meketa, after seeing at first hand the poverty and lack of resources available.
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Sybil Sheridan is married to Jonathan Romain, Rabbi of Maidenhead Synagogue, and they have four adult sons.