Head Office Staff

  • Sophie Dunoff

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski

    Chief Strategist & Rabbinic Head

  • Michali Greenberg

    Operations Manager

  • Aliza Steinberg

    Finance Manager

  • Rabbi Nicky Liss

    Rabbinic Consultant

  • Rob Taub

    Head of Fundraising

  • Esther Offenberg

    Social Media Executive and FND Co-ordinator

Sophie Dunoff

Chief Executive Officer

Sophie Dunoff is Chief Executive Officer for University Jewish Chaplaincy, the premier Jewish organisation on campuses across the UK working with Jewish students and universities to enhance the Jewish student experience and safeguard Jewish university life. She manages UJC’s 19 Rabbis and Rabbinic couples and leads operations across the organisation. She previously served as public and parliamentary affairs officer for the Board of Deputies of British Jews, focusing on concerns relating to the Jewish community including such issues as shechita and antisemitism and has a wealth of experience working and volunteering within the UK Jewish community.  Sophie graduated in Sociology with first-class honours from City University, London.  She has one daughter and is a devoted subscriber to Netflix.

Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski

Chief Strategist & Rabbinic Head

Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski, senior consultant of the independent Aitzah Ltd., provides services as Chief Rabbinic Consultant enhancing the strategic vision and leadership of UJC and also currently providing interim support to Leeds and Sheffield Universities. The emeritus rabbi of Golders Green Synagogue, he has semichah – ordination from Gateshead Yeshiva and holds degrees in mathematics (MA – Oxford), organisational psychology (MSc – City University, London) and hermeneutics (PhD – University of London). He is principal of Rimon Jewish Primary School, the rav of Kisharon and a faculty member of the Senior Faith in Leadership Programme. Author of or contributor to several books and hundreds of articles, he broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 2 and occasionally on Radio 4.

Michali Greenberg

Operations Manager

Michali graduated from City, University of London with a degree in Biomedical Engineering, then joined Chaplaincy as the Operations and Finance Executive. After a break to complete a Master’s degree at UCL in Advanced Biomedical Imaging, she returned to Chaplaincy and now works as our Operations Manager.

Aliza Steinberg

Finance Manager

Aliza graduated from City, University of London with a first class honours in Mathematics.

After spending a couple of years in Israel as a madricha and logistics coordinator at a Jerusalem seminary, Aliza returned to London and joined Chaplaincy in February 2020.

Rabbi Nicky Liss

Rabbinic Consultant

An experienced and admired rabbinic leader, Rabbi Liss is rabbi of Highgate Synagogue, the chairman of the Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue and the lead for the United Synagogue on rabbinic careers issues. He also recently completed a Master’s degree in Leadership at the UCL Institute of Education.

Rob Taub

Head of Fundraising

Rob joined UJC in May 2023, bringing with him over 13 years of experience in non-profit organisations in the UK. He has a range of experiences working with some of the largest National NGO’s to those that support Jewish and Israeli charities. He brings strong leadership and development skills to the team as well as hands on fundraising skills such as Direct Mail, Trusts & Foundations, Legacy and Major Donors.

Away from the office Rob enjoys running after his two daughters and the family dog, as well as on the tennis court!

Esther Offenberg

Social Media Executive and FND Co-ordinator

Esther studied at the University of Birmingham where she developed her keen activism for youth issues and representation. This involvement spurred Esther on to take her voice further and she became the President of the Union of Jewish Students, 2019-2020.

Esther is currently a Board member of the World Union of Jewish Students and is one of the founding members of the Faiths United Youth Network, where she runs the Leadership & Democracy programs. She is the Social Media Executive and FND
Co-ordinator for University Jewish Chaplaincy and a Trustee for the London Jewish Forum, focusing on Interfaith and Youth matters.

Esther studies at King’s College London, undertaking her MA in Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies.

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