Alex Goldberg

Rabbi Alex Goldberg is a barrister, chaplain, and human rights expert. He was appointed Dean of Religious Life and Belief at the University of Surrey, and is the only rabbi in leading in such a senior multifaith chaplaincy role in Europe. He continues to lead a number of international and UK-based community relations and development projects and is the Rabbi to a growing Jewish community.

Rabbi Alex serves as the Faith Focal Point on the UN Human Rights Office-supported Faith for Rights Community of Practice Steering Group. He has led faith-based delegations to the UN Human Rights Council for over a decade, helping to influence and shape international law on group rights and access to justice. He is also the Convenor of the Faith in the City initiative for the City of London Corporation, supporting multifaith engagement and religious literacy for 685,000 workers and 8,500 residents in the Square Mile.

He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2’s Pause For Thought and a former member of the BBC Religion and Ethics Conference. He chaired the English Football Association’s Faith Network, founded the Jewish human rights group René Cassin, and serves on the advisory boards of the Religion Media Centre, the Centre for Britain and Europe, the UK Faith Minister’s Social Inclusion Advisory Group and the NPCC’s Faith and Race Group.

He was the founding chair of Faiths Forum for London and the Mayor of London’s Faith Conference, has advised the OSCE on Islamophobia and antisemitism, and served as a chaplain to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.