ASGB joined the WUPJ as a whole in 1945. In 1956, it cooperated with the ULPS to establish the Leo Baeck College for training rabbis. In 1958, it adopted the name Reform Synagogues of Great Britain, which would last until 2005. Notable Reform rabbis Living people Rabbi Tony Bayfield (born 1946), head of the Movement for Reform Judaism from 1994 (when the organisation was known as Reform Synagogues of Great Britain) until 2011, and former President of the Movement for Reform Judaism (2011–16) Rabbi Mark Goldsmith (born 1963), Senior Rabbi at Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue since 2019 Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner (born 1963), broadcaster and former Senior Rabbi to the Movement for Reform Judaism (2011–20); Rabbi at Bromley Reform Synagogue since 2022 Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet (born 1942), who was the first full-time principal of Leo Baeck College (1985–2005) Rabbi Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger (born 1950), former Senior Rabbi at West London Synagogue and the second woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the UK Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain (born 1954), writer, broadcaster and minister of Maidenhead Synagogue Rabbi Sybil Sheridan (born 1953), Chair of the Assembly of Reform Rabbis UK (2013–15); Rabbi at Newcastle Reform Synagogue and previously Rabbi at West London Synagogue Rabbi Jackie Tabick (born 1948), Britain's first female rabbi in 1975, and convenor of the Movement for Reform Judaism's Beit Din since 2012, the first woman in the role Historical figures Rabbi Lionel Blue (1930–2016), broadcaster and former European Director of the World Union for Progressive Judaism Rabbi Hugo Gryn (1928–1996), broadcaster and Senior Rabbi at West London Synagogue References Bibliography Kershen, Anne J. and Romain, Jonathan A. Tradition and change: a history of Reform Judaism in Britain, 1840–1995. London; Portland, Oregon: Vallentine Mitchell, 1995. ; . De Lange, Elaine. Women in Reform Judaism (Judaism in our time series). London: Reform Synagogues of Great Britain, 1975. External links Official website RSY-NETZER: The Zionist Youth Movement for Reform Judaism 1942 establishments in the United Kingdom Jewish organisations based in the United Kingdom Jewish organizations established in 1942 Judaism in the United Kingdom Organisations based in the London Borough of Barnet