Rabbi Yonosan Golomb was born in Sutton in Surrey where his father was a junior minister. Most of his childhood was spent in London where he attended Lubavitch schools. At 16, he went to yeshiva for three years in Brunoy south of Paris. Returning to London in 1982 he attended the newly opened London Yeshiva for a year. In 1983 the Rebbe sent him to help boost the newly opened Manchester Yeshiva and from there to Montreal in 1984-5 where he received his 'semicha' rabbinic ordination.
He married Faige Rochel (nee Simon) in November 1985 in Manchester. Their first year of married life was spent in New York in Kollel. They returned to Manchester just before their first child Malka Doba was born. In 1987, they joined the newly opened Kollel in Leeds and in May 1992 moved to Sheffield to become our Rabbi. The Golombs regularly invite community members to share Shabbat with their family.
Rabbi Golomb also serves as Jewish Chaplain to Sheffield's University students. Each week he welcome 10-16 to join his family for Friday night dinner to celebrate Shabbat.
Rabbi Golomb chairs the Rabbinical Council of the Provinces.
