Helen Freeman (rabbi)

Rabbi
Helen Freeman
Personal life
Born
Croydon, London
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
PositionSenior Rabbi
SynagogueWest London Synagogue

Helen Freeman (née Horn)[1] is a British Reform Jewish rabbi.[2] From 1999 to 2010 she was rabbi at West London Synagogue, was its principal rabbi from 2010 to 2020 and is now (jointly with David Mitchell) its senior rabbi.[3] The daughter of a German-Jewish refugee, she was born in Croydon and was educated at Croydon High School.[4] She was ordained as a rabbi in 1990 and was previously a speech therapist and a Jungian analyst.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Rabbinic Profiles: Masorti, Reform and Liberal Part 2 – Surnames E to H". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 1 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Bat Mitzvah". My Life, My Religion. BBC Two. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Ministers of the Congregation". West London Synagogue. JCR-UK. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Rabbi Helen Freeman". Guild of Pastoral Psychology. Retrieved 8 February 2025.