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Working with
American Rabbi Chaim Stern, Rayner was the main liturgist of British Liberal Judaism. They compiled the Sabbath and Festivals and High Holidays liturgy used by all Liberal Synagogues, Service of the Heart and Gates of Repentance, continuing their editorial partnership to co-edit Siddur
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five years earlier. In his second year he switched to Moral
Science which comprised philosophy, logic, ethics and psychology and graduated in 1950 with First Class Honours. In his third year Rayner specialised in Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac and Semitic
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On 19 September 2005 he died, at home, after a long illness. A carer was by his side on his last night. Her name was "Comfort".
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magazine in 1976. During the late 1960s and 1970s Rayner made several appearances on national television and radio.
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His thought emphasises the importance of ethics and the need for a more halakhic approach to
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to take up a graduate fellowship. He returned to the UK to serve as
Minister at the
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Friedlander, A. H. 'The German
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John Rayner was married and had three children and two grandchildren.
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Interview with John D. Rayner",
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