as Director of Programmes for the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain and Deputy Director of the Sternberg Centre (1994-97), and as a free-lance rabbi - including a part-time congregational appointment (Leicester Progressive Jewish Congregation, 1998-2000). She is currently a part-time lecturer in Hebrew and Spirituality (1997-) and rabbinic tutor at the Leo Baeck College (1994-), where she also chairs the Rabbinic In-Service Training Team (1996-). She was appointed as part-time minister of the Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue in December 2000.

A writer, Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah has edited three books and contributed three dozen articles and several poems to various journals and anthologies. She also teaches and lectures in many settings on a variety of topics and has delivered three conference sermons and three conference ‘key-note’ lectures.

An active feminist for more than twenty years, her passions include: Classical Hebrew; biblical study; celebrating Jewish life; creating new midrashim, prayers and rituals; ethical action; doing what she can to make Jewish life more inclusive; and helping to build bridges between different faith and ethnic communities.