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Rabbi Dr Michael Hilton read Classics and English at Oxford University in the 1970s and stayed on to complete his doctorate on translations of the Anacreontea. He worked with homeless families for Hammersmith and Fulham council before beginning his training for the rabbinate at LBC. In 1987 he was appointed Rabbi of Menorah Synagogue, Manchester, which he served for 11 years. He was two years at North London Progressive Synagogue before becoming Rabbi of Kol Chai Hatch End Jewish Community in 2001. Rabbi Hilton is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Centre for Jewish Studies at Manchester University and is the author of /The Gospels and Rabbinic Judaism/ (with Gordian Marshall, 1988) and /The Christian Effect on Jewish Life/ (1994). He has been rabbinic tutor to several LBC students and for five years chaired the college's "Partners in Leadership" team, working to improve relationships in congregations.