Queen Elizabeth II: Her Connection to the Jewish Community

Queen Elizabeth II: Her Connection to the Jewish Community

Thursday at 11:00am PDT

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The passing of Queen Elizabeth II draws interest, scrutiny, sadness, and questions about her 70-year reign and her family’s role in history. Join Rabbi Dweck and Jonathan Dobrer as we explore her interactions with the Jewish Community in England, as well as the royal familiy's complicated relationship with Israel and the Holocaust.

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Rabbi Joseph Dweck is the Senior Rabbi of the S&P (Spanish and Portuguese) Sephardi Community of the United Kingdom. Rabbi Dweck received his Semikha (rabbinic ordination) from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef under the auspices of the Sephardic Rabbinical College of Brooklyn, New York. He received a Master of Arts Degree in Jewish Education from Middlesex University at The London School of Jewish Studies. Rabbi Dweck has the honor of being the Deputy President of the LSJS; a President of The Council of Christians and Jews and Ecclesiastical Authority of The Board of Deputies of British Jews. Rabbi Dweck also serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis. Currently, Rabbi Dweck resides in London with his wife, Margalit, and five children.

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Jonathan Dobrer teaches Current Events at American Jewish University and has taught at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He is a graduate of USC and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He studied philosophy in Vienna and spent two years in the Peace Corps in Tunisia. Jonathan also specializes in Comparative Religion, specifically, how Christianity developed from Hebrew scriptures, stories and archetypes; and how Islam grew from both Judaism and primitive Christianity.

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