Sheila Shulman (18 October 1936 – 25 October 2014) was a rabbi in London, England.[1][2] She was born in Brooklyn, and earned a master's degree in English and Comparative Literature in the 1960s at the City University of New York.[1][2][3] She first travelled to England on a fellowship in 1967.[1]
Along with Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah, she was one of the first openly lesbian graduates of the Leo Baeck College.[4] Shulman was ordained in 1989.[1] In 1990, Shulman and a group of lesbian radical feminists founded London's inclusive synagogue, Beit Klal Yisrael, of which she became rabbi.[2][5] In addition to her work there, after her ordination she worked at Finchley Reform Synagogue, initially part-time, then for some years as half-time Associate Rabbi, then part-time again.[1] She also taught at Leo Baeck College-Centre for Jewish Education as a part-time Lecturer in Jewish Thought.[1]
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