Introducing Rabbi Deborah Silver - Shir Chadash

We're excited to welcome another new Rabbi to our NOLA Jewish community. Rabbi Deborah Silver was ordained by the Ziegler School at the American Jewish University, Los Angeles in 2010. She holds a Master’s degree in Hebrew Studies from Cambridge, England, and an MA in Theory and Practice of Literary Translation from the University of Essex, England. Rabbi Silver initially worked in theater and publishing, including a post as the Senior English Editor of the Oxford English-Hebrew Dictionary of Current Usage. She then qualified as an attorney, working as a litigator with Mishcon de Reya, London and as an Associate Professor at BPP Law School, London before the pull of the rabbinate proved irresistible. She is a recently qualified yoga instructor whose interests also include dance and music.

Q: What is your favorite thing about New Orleans so far?

I love going on walking tours. So much to see!

Q: What are you most excited for about being Jewish in New Orleans?

Joining a very special, intentional and warm (!) community.

Q: What is one thing you want everyone to know about you?

That in this age of computers I am never far from a book.

Q: What’s the last concert you saw?

Eddie Izzard, at the Hollywood Bowl.

Q: What’s the last place you traveled to and what was your favorite part?

London, my home town. I enjoyed taking friends I took there from Los Angeles around the city. 

Q: What’s the first restaurant you ate at in New Orleans and what did you order?

Casablanca! – The hummus and the Moroccan cigars – yum.

Q: What is your favorite city in Israel and why?

 Tzfat – for its history and the particular peace you feel nowhere but there.