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About Our Rabbi
Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet arrived in the UK in 1991. Having previously served as assistant principle of Oholei Torah Boys School in New York, he assumed the position as Minister of the Richmond Synagogue in Southwest London for two years, while also teaching Advanced Jewish Studies at the Jews Free School. In 1993, at the age of 28, he was offered the position as rabbi of the Mill Hill Synagogue. His vibrancy and dynamism has resulted in a continuous growth of membership, now in excess of 1200 members.
He was ordained in New York and has a Masters Degree in Jewish Studies from University College London. He authors numerous articles for newspapers, magazines and journals, and lectures extensively across the country and abroad. He served as Diary Rabbi to the Guardian Newspaper and also writes for the Jewish Chronicle. He has featured in The London Times as well as Time Magazine International. Rabbi Schochet can often be heard on Radio programmes including LBC and BBC Radio; and has featured on Television including BBC, ITV and CNN. He also writes a very popular and widely read weekly column in the Jewish News. He has recently written his first book entitled: "Bringing Heaven A Little Down To Earth" which is due for publication shortly.
Mrs. Chani Schochet was born and bred in the UK. She has a teachers’ diploma from Beis Rivkah Seminary in New York and has taught extensively over the past twenty years. She currently teaches in the Mill Hill Cheder, runs regular classes for brides to be, and organizes the welfare for the Mill Hill Community.
They are married with four children.
"One of Anglo-Jewry's most dynamic orthodox rabbis, who has turned his synagogue into a vibrant source of religious and social activities."
The Jewish Chronicle
"He's extremely entertaining.."
The London Times
"…the rebel rabbi doubled his synagogue attendance in four years"
The Daily Mail
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