Rabbi Raphy Garson was born in Manchester and brought up in Gibraltar. He spent 4 years studying in Israel before marrying Deborah. Upon returning to the UK he studied at Kings College London, and graduated with a Computer Science & Management degree He then returned to Israel for a further 4 years, to study for Smicha under the Auspices of the Chief Rabbinate and the former Chief Rabbi Of Israel – Harav Mordechai Eliyahu In July 2005 he arrived back in the UK with Deborah and their four children to take up position as Rav of Ohr Yisrael.

Deborah was raised in London and attended the Hasmonean High School. She graduated from Michlalah Seminary in Jerusalem before returning to the UK.

In 1998 she graduated from Middlesex University with a first class honours degree in education & information technology. This was followed by a post graduate in the Psychology of Special Needs, at the Institute of Education.

Deborah has taken additional courses in marriage counselling, family issues, children’s education and topics relating to adolescence, giving her a balanced well grounded knowledge to help the community.