Rabbi Danny Rich

Rabbi Danny Rich – Treasurer

 

Rabbi Danny Rich was the Senior Rabbi & Chief Executive of Liberal Judaism from 2005 to 2020. Prior to this, he was Rabbi to Kingston Liberal Synagogue for nearly two decades. Rabbi Danny Rich is a Justice of the Peace, and a hospital and prison chaplain. He is a President of the Council of Christians & Jews and a member of the Council of Imams and Rabbis. He was the first joint chair of the National Refugee Welcome Board which pioneered the idea of community sponsorship of refugees in 2015. He was also the first chair of the Sponsor Refugees Foundation.

 

Rabbi Danny Rich helped to bring together two Jewish denominations, Liberal Judaism and Reform Judaism, which with the Hyderi Islamic Centre, founded the Abraham’s Tent Community Sponsorship group in South London. The group welcomed a family in 2019.

 

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