• Harry Freedman
  • Harry Freedman

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  • Harry Freedman has combined an entrepreneurial and academic career. With a PhD in Aramaic, the language that Jesus spoke, his research and publications have centred around religious and historical Judaism during Jesus's period and immediately after.

    Stepping outside his commercial career he spent seven years as the Chief Executive of Masorti synagogues; a high profile role within the British Jewish community, which promoted an academically centred, historically minded interpretation of Judaism. He has lectured in the UK, USA, France and Israel.

    On the commercial side, he established the first wholefood restaurant outside of London, ran businesses in property, health care and construction, and currently runs Career Energy, a thriving and fast growing management consultancy.


    BOOKS

    Reflections of the Year (Masorti Publications) Editor & Contributor 1997
    High Holiday Companion (Masorti Publications) Contributor 1995
    Pesach Companion (Masorti Publications) Contributor 1996
    Encyclopaedia of Modern Jewish Culture (Oxford University Press) Contributor 2005

    ARTICLES
    Jewish Bible Quarterly
    Jacob and Esau: Their Struggle in the 2nd Century. April-June 1995
    Judaism Today Isaac- Hero of the Pre-Biblical Passover. Spring 1995
    Judaism Today Book Review: The Midrashic Process –Irving Jacobs Autumn 1995
    Jewish Quarterly Pygmies in the Footsteps of Giants-
    British Jewry at a Crossroads. December 1995
    Judaism Today When Jews Sought to Make Converts December 1995
    Jewish Bible Quarterly
    Go and Learn (a study of Mishnah Pesachim 10,4) April 1996
    Judaism Today The Philosophy of Jewish Continuity September 1996
    Jewish Quarterly What’s so terrible about having two Jewish people? Spring 1997
    Judaism Today Doeg the Edomite- A Political Use of Heresy? Winter 1997
    London Jewish News
    Voice of Battle in the Camp Nov. 14th 1997
    Manna The Giant Whose Time Had Not Yet Come Spring 1998
    Torchlight (USA) In Britain: A Success Story Fall 1988
    Jewish Chronicle The Benefits of Religious Harmony Nov.20th 1998
    Conservative Judaism
    Forging Masorti Judaism in Britain and Europe Winter 2000
    Manna Between Two Poles Autumn 2001
    Jewish Chronicle Universal taste for trendy Tikkun Oct. 26th 2001
    Jewish Chronicle Exploding Myths (book review) October 2001
    Jewish Chronicle Interpreting the Torah (book review) Spring 2003
    Jewish Chronicle Booklog February 2006
    New Law Journal Conducting Successful Appraisals March 2006
    Jewish Chronicle Assessing the Heritage July 2006
    Aramaic Studies The Halachic Sources for Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Forthcoming
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