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“COVID-19 in our communities over Passover and Easter”
Canon Andrew White was the vicar of St George's Church, Baghdad, the only Anglican church in Iraq, until his departure, ordered in November 2014 by the Archbishop of Canterbury due to security concerns. Known as the "Vicar of Baghdad", White is former president of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East. He was previously Director of International Ministry at the International Centre for Reconciliation at Coventry Cathedral, England. He qualified and worked as an operating department practitioner prior to becoming ordained. He has also spent time in Jerusalem at a Jewish Yeshiva, where he studied and learnt Torah and Hebrew.
Rabbi Altshuler has combined a congregational and academic career. Originally from Los Angeles, his previous post before coming to London was as professor of history and philosophy in the Jewish Studies Department at Chapman University in Orange, California. With a bachelor’s from UC, Berkeley, he studied, was ordained and received his doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, is a Masorti/Conservative rabbi, a member of the Rabbinical Assembly, and has served congregations in Connecticut, Virginia, Chicago and Southern California. He is author of the book, From Exodus to Freedom: a History of the Soviet Jewry Movement.
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Canon Andrew White and Rabbi Stuart Altshuler - COVID-19 in our communities
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Development Company for Israel (International) Ltd
Joe Ozer
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UNITED KINGDOM
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