Herschel Gluck

Gluck in 2016 with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe

Herschel Gluck OBE is a British rabbi, president of the Shomrim in Stamford Hill,[1] chairman of the Arab-Jewish Forum[2] and chairman and founder of the Muslim-Jewish Forum.[3] Established in 2000, the Muslim-Jewish Forum deals with issues of concern to both communities and also serves a role in preventing and defusing tensions.[4]

He has also been involved with the Next Century Foundation, through which he has played a role as a mediator in conflicts in places as diverse as the Sudan and Former Yugoslavia.[5]

Gluck was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to interfaith understanding.[6]

In 2015 Gluck was appointed as the new[7] President[8] of the Stamford Hill Shomrim, a Jewish volunteer Neighbourhood Patrol Group.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Sugarman, Daniel (24 November 2017). "The man behind the Jewish guardians of Stamford Hill". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Hackney Muslim primary school condemns extremism after Nice lorry attack". 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Hooper, Simon (27 January 2015). "UK Jews and Muslims team up against hate". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Iman Foundation".
  5. ↑ Freedland, Michael (7 August 2009). "The ambassador of peace inspired by his Jewish faith". The Sunday Times. Times Online. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 11.
  7. ↑ Shomrim (Stamford Hill) North and East London [@Shomrim] (13 July 2015). "Positive meeting with @HackneyAbbott, joined by JPA Chair Tim Williams & (new) #Shomrim President Rabbi H. Gluck OBE" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ "U.K.'s Most Senior Police Officer Visits Mosdos in London - Hamodia". Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Stamford Hill Shomrim - About". Archived from the original on 11 January 2016.


  1. ↑ Arbeh, Yael (6 September 2006). "הידידות המופלאה של הרב והמוסלמי" [The Wonderful Friendship Between the Rabbi and the Muslim]. Maariv. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
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