Geoffrey Shisler is a man of many parts. Rabbi, Cantor, Educator, Composer, and Magician.
Rabbi Shisler is currently the Rabbi of the
New West End Synagogue in London, UK, where he has been since 2000. This is one of the most beautiful synagogues in the world, and has recently become a National Monument, having been awarded Grade I listing by English Heritage. You are invited to visit its
website. Prior to that he was Rabbi to the Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation, on the south coast of England, for seven years, and before that he served the Kenton Synagogue as Chazan/Minister for twenty years.
Rabbi Shisler commenced his career as Cantor of the famous New Synagogue, Egerton Road, Stamford Hill N.16 where among his predecessors were the illustrious Jacob Goldstein and Ephrayim Rosenberg.
As Cantor, Geoffrey Shisler has conducted services throughout the Metropolis. The Cantors' Assembly of Montreal is in the process of producing a book of his compositions, and it is hoped that it will be available before the end of this year. Watch this site for details.
Recently he has published 'T'nu Kavod LaTorah' ('Give honour to the Torah'), a handbook containg numerous prayers relating to being called to the Torah. You can find details of this here.
Having qualified as a young man as a state teacher, Rabbi Shisler has been a passionate educator throughout his career. He has taught Jewish Studies at all levels and for some eleven years he taught Cantorial music and Nusach Hatefillah (traditional prayer modes) at Jews' College, London. He has also trained many people privately.
He is an inspector for Pikuach, an organisation that inspects the Jewish education in Jewish Schools, and also served a judge for the National Teaching awards for a number of years.
Geoffrey Shisler is also a member of The Magic Circle. The only Rabbi in the society!
