Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok (born

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) is a novelist, the author of numerous books about

Judaism Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of o ...

and

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, and was the Principal of

West Heath Girls' School West Heath Girls' School was an English girls' private school established in 1865, initially in London and from 1932 near Sevenoaks, Kent. It closed in 1997. History Philip Bennet Power and his wife, Emma, undertook the education of their dau ...

Biography

She was educated at

Benenden Benenden is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish is located on the Weald, to the west of Tenterden. In addition to the main village, Iden Green, East End, Dingleden and Standen Street set ...

School,

Girton College Girton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college at Cambridge. In 1948, it was granted full college status by the univ ...

, Cambridge, and the

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, Canterbury. She taught at South Hampstead High School, London, King's School, Canterbury, and in 1988 became Principal of West Heath School, Sevenoaks, England. She is the author of three best-selling comic campus novels, which lament the decline of British universities. In addition, she has written a number of books dealing with Judaism and Christianity. She is also Judaism editor of the ''Encyclopedia of World's Religions'' (Oxford University Press). She is married to

Dan Cohn-Sherbok Dan Mark Cohn-Sherbok is a rabbi of Reform Judaism and a Jewish theologian. He is Professor Emeritus of Judaism at the University of Wales. Biography Born 1945https://dcnetwork.org/story/thoughts-rabbi-dan-cohn-sherbok-donor-conceived-person ...

Bibliography

* Lavinia and Dan Cohn-Sherbok, ''The American Jew'', paperback ed., Harper Collins, 1994 * Lavinia and Dan Cohn-Sherbok, ''A Short History of Judaism'', Paperback, ed., Oneworld, 1994 * * Lavinia and Dan Cohn-Sherbok, ''A Short Reader of Judaism'', Paperback ed., Oneworld, 1996 * Lavinia and Dan Cohn-Sherbok, ''A Short Introduction to Judaism'', Paperback ed., Oneworld, 1997 * Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, ''A History of Jewish Civilization'', Hardback ed., Grange Books, 1997 * Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, ''Routledge Who's Who in Christianity'', Hardback ed., Routledge, 1998 * Lavinia and Dan Cohn-Sherbok, ''Encyclopedia of Judaism and Christianity'', Paetback ed., DLT, 2006 * Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, ''A Campus Conspiracy'', Paperback ed., Impress Books, 2006 * Lavinia and Dan Cohn-Sherbok, ''What Do You Do When Your Parents Live Forever?'', Paperback ed., 2007 * Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, ''Degrees R'Us'', Paperback ed., Impress Books, 2007 * Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, ''The Whistleblower'', Paperback ed., Impress Books, 2008 * Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, ''The Campus Trilogy'', Paperback ed., Impress Books, 2010 * *Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, ''The Philosopher Cat'', ebook, 2014

References

External links

"Book Review: Dan Cohn-Sherbok and Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, ''An Encyclopedia of Judaism and Christianity'', London, DLT, 2004"
Glenn J. Morrison {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia Living people 1952 births Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of Kent English women novelists People educated at Benenden School Writers from Surrey