Our Dayanim

Dayan Gelley was born in Newcastle and studied at Gateshead Boarding School, Sunderland Yeshiva (which was headed by his father) and Ponevezh Yeshiva in B'nai Brak, before moving to the Gateshead Kollel.

He trained as a Dayan at Batei Din in the United States and Israel and joined the London Beth Din in 1993. He has lectured extensively on Jewish law and has, over the years, had a close relationship with Golders Green, Finchley and Hampstead Garden Suburb United Synagogues. He is an external examiner for Birkbeck College, London and is the Rabbi of the Ohr Chodosh Synagogue in Golders Green.