Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer

Career: ordained rabbi 1992; rabbi and educnl dir Friends of Lubavitch of Bergen Co NJ 1992-96 (also assoc chaplain Bergen Co Prison Annex), rabbi Northwood United Synagogue London 1996- (also chaplain Mt Vernon Hosp), sr rabbi Borehamwood & Elstree United Synagogue 2007-11 (also tstee Yavneh Coll), dir Spiritual Capital Fndn 2011-; lectr London Sch of Jewish Studies 2005-; memb Advsy Bd: Consultative Cncl of Jewish Orgns René Cassin, Children of Abraham, Home Office Steering Ctee on Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Conf; fndr orgns incl Jewish Business Network (New Jersey); speaker at int confs; contrib to progs on BBC Radio 4, World Serv and BBC 2; contrib: The Jewish Standard 1994-96, The Jewish Chronicle 1998- (monthly columnist 2003-); memb: Rabbinical Cncl of America, Rabbinical Cncl of the United Synagogue (UK), Chief Rabbi's Cabinet UK (Social Ethics Portfolio 1999-2004, Jewish-Muslim Rels Portfolio 2004-)

Books and Publications: Faith Based Radicalism: Between Constructive Activism and Destructive Fantacism (contrib, 2007), A Brief Guide Judaism: Theology, History and Practice (2008)