11 Facts About Sylvia Rothschild

Sylvia Rothschild was born on 21 November 1957 and is a British Reform rabbi.

Sylvia Rothschild was Rabbi of Bromley Reform Synagogue from 1987 to 2002, and is currently the Rabbi at Lev Chadash in Milan.

Sylvia Rothschild's father had come from Hannover, Germany via Baden-Baden to England in 1938 as a teenager.

Sylvia Rothschild was ordained as a rabbi in 1987 by the Leo Baeck College and has worked as a community rabbi ever since.

Sylvia Rothschild was Chair of the Assembly of Rabbis at the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain from 1998 to 2003.

Sylvia Rothschild is a trained counsellor and has trained as an executive coach.

Sylvia Rothschild has spoken out against the suppression of women's voices on religious matters in Israel and restrictions on the right of women to pray at the Western Wall.

Sylvia Rothschild is a member of the Steering Team of Tzelem, a cross-communal clerical activist organisation campaigning on broad social issues such as the UK government's response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis.

Sylvia Rothschild has written extensively on ethical issues, as well as on prayer and on new liturgies.

Sylvia Rothschild is known for her creation of a large number of new rituals and prayers for life events, mainly though not exclusively to mark events in women's lives.

Sylvia Rothschild has written liturgies to help with end of life experiences.