A special induction service for Rabbi Andrea Kulikovsky took place at The Ark Synagogue with guests including the Mayor of Hillingdon, the Ambassador of Brazil, MPJ Co-Lead Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Leo Baeck College Principal Rabbi Professor Deborah Kahn-Harris.
Rabbi Andrea is the first Progressive Brazilian rabbi to serve in the UK. She joined The Ark’s clergy team – which includes Senior Rabbis Aaron Goldstein and Lea Mühlstein and Emeritus Rabbi Dr Andrew Goldstein – in September 2025.
This induction service gave The Ark community the opportunity to formally welcome her and celebrate her leadership and contribution to the congregation.
Rabbi Lea said: “We were able to reflect not only on this moment of celebration, but on the journey that has brought us here. These past months at The Ark had been a time of growing together, building trust, deepening relationships, and shaping, day by day, the kind of community we aspire to be.”
- Pictures by Kathryn Harker
Rabbi Lea Mühlstein, Rabbi Andrea Kulikovsky and Rabbi Aaron Goldstein