Natasha Mann

Place: Hertfordshire

Born: 1991

Biography:

Rabbi Natasha Mann (born 17 January 1991) is a rabbi of New London Synagogue in the United Kingdom, which is affiliated to Masorti Judaism. She is the first openly queer rabbi in a traditional Jewish denomination in Europe. Rabbi Mann was born in Hertfordshire, England, to non-Jewish parents. Her mother is English and her father is Indian, her paternal grandparents are Muslim and Sikh. She began to take an interest in Judaism after Jewish ancestry was mentioned at a relative's funeral. Mann converted to Judaism at the age of 19 at New London Synagogue under Rabbi Jeremy Gordon. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Theology at Heythrop College, University of London. Mann then attended the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, which is affiliated to Conservative Judaism. She also worked for AJU as a mashgiach, a kashrut supervisor, for two years. Rabbi Mann was ordained in 2019 by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson. At graduation, Mann was also awarded the Henry Fisher Award for Outstanding Achievement in Jewish Studies.