Charley Baginsky
{{Short description|British executive, rabbi and Jewish organizational leader}}
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Charlotte "Charley" Hannah Baginsky (born 25 December 1978) is a British executive, rabbi, and Jewish organisational leader. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Liberal Judaism (UK) since 2021.{{Cite news |date=18 December 2020 |title=Liberal Judaism names new chiefs |work=Jewish News |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/liberal-judaism-names-new-chiefs/ |access-date=29 December 2020}}
Early life and education
Baginsky was born in England, the daughter of William Baginsky and Mary Baginsky (née Yates). She studied Theology at Cambridge University and King's College London, before working and studying for several years in Israel. She was ordained as a rabbi at Leo Baeck College in London.
Career
For ten years Baginsky was the Rabbi for Kingston Liberal Synagogue.
From March to December 2020 Baginsky was, with Shelley Shocolinsky-Dwyer, Liberal Judaism's joint interim Director.{{Cite web |date=17 December 2020 |title=Liberal Judaism announces new executive team |url=https://www.liberaljudaism.org/2020/12/liberal-judaism-announces-new-executive-team |access-date=29 December 2020 |website=Liberal Judaism (UK)}} Prior to that she was, from 2016 to 2020, Liberal Judaism's Director of Strategy and Partnerships and also (part-time) the Rabbi for South Bucks Jewish Community.
Since January 2021, she is the Chief Executive Officer of Liberal Judaism (UK). With Reform Rabbi Josh Levy, she also co-leads the project to bring British Reform Judaism and Liberal Judaism together into a single new Progressive Judaism entity.{{Cite web |date=20 December 2023 |title='The move to form one Progressive Judaism is a moment of hope' |url=https://www.reformjudaism.org.uk/the-move-to-form-one-progressive-judaism-is-a-moment-of-hope/|author1= Levy, Josh|author2= Baginsky, Charley|author-link = Josh Levy|access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Movement for Reform Judaism}}
Family life
References
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External links
- [https://www.liberaljudaism.org/who-we-are/whos-who/rabbi-charley-baginsky/ Liberal Judaism (UK): Charley Baginsky]
- [https://jwa.org/rabbis/narrators/baginsky-charley/ Jewish Women's Archive: Charley Baginsky]
- [https://www.thejc.com/author/rabbi-charley-baginsky-h0lni7e6/ Baginsky's articles in The Jewish Chronicle]
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Category:21st-century English rabbis
Category:Alumni of King's College London
Category:Alumni of Leo Baeck College
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Category:British chief executives
Category:British Liberal rabbis
Category:British women chief executives
Category:Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)
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