Michael J. Shire

Rabbi Dr. Michael J. Shire , author, scholar and educator, is vice principal of the Leo Baeck College-Centre for Jewish Education in London. His teachings in religious and Jewish education demonstrate Judaism's role in spiritual growth. He studied Hebrew literature and Jewish history at University College, London, gained his MA and PhD in religious education in the U.S. from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and earned an MA in Hebrew and Jewish studies from Leo Baeck College,...See more

Rabbi Dr. Michael J. Shire , author, scholar and educator, is vice principal of the Leo Baeck College-Centre for Jewish Education in London. His teachings in religious and Jewish education demonstrate Judaism's role in spiritual growth. He studied Hebrew literature and Jewish history at University College, London, gained his MA and PhD in religious education in the U.S. from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and earned an MA in Hebrew and Jewish studies from Leo Baeck College, London, where he was also ordained as a rabbi. Dr. Shire's previous books are L'Chaim! Prayers and Blessings for the Jewish Home and The Illuminated Haggadah. See less