Rabbi Joseph Dweck
Rabbi Joseph Dweck is the Senior Rabbi of the S&P Sephardi Community of the United Kingdom. He studied in Jerusalem at Yeshiva Hazon Ovadia under the tutelage of former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef z"l. Rabbi Dweck received his Semikha (rabbinic ordination) from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef under the auspices of the Sephardic Rabbinical College of Brooklyn, New York. He received a Master of Arts Degree in Jewish Education from Middlesex University at The London School of Jewish Studies. Rabbi Dweck served as Rabbi of Congregation Shaare Shalom in Brooklyn, New York from 1999 to 2014 and also served as Head of School/Rosh Yeshivah of Barkai Yeshivah, from 2010 to 2014. He received training as a hazzan by Rabbi Rephael Elnadav z"l and Moshe Habusha. In his capacity as Senior Rabbi, Rabbi Dweck is the Deputy President of the LSJS; a President of The Council of Christians and Jews and Ecclesiastical Authority of The Board of Deputies of British Jews. Rabbi Dweck also serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis. Currently, Rabbi Dweck resides in London with his wife, Margalit, and five children.