Rabbi Yekutiel and Netanya Greiff (Jewish)
Rabbi Yekutiel and Netanya Greiff have made the move to Cambridge from Jerusalem with their one-and-a-half-year-old son. Rabbi Yekutiel has dedicated nearly six years to learning Jewish studies in Tzfat (Safed). Before becoming a Chaplain, he taught Gemara and Tanach to high school boys in Jerusalem. His passion for chassidis, Hasidic thought, has led his search for truth which he loves sharing with others. Netanya moved to Israel five years ago, where she worked in the field of Public Relations and Social Media. She most recently led a fellowship partnered with Hebrew University, designed to train gap year students to become Jewish leaders once on campus.They are eager to support the Jewish students in Cambridge and East Anglia, providing a warm and vibrant Jewish "home away from home."
Email: yekutiel@mychaplaincy.co.uk / netanya@mychaplaincy.co.uk
The Revd Jim Robinson (Anglican)
The Revd Jim Robinson has been the vicar of St Mark's Newnham, just down the road from College, and of the neighbouring parish of Grantchester, since September 2024. He had previously served as parish priest for a large group of rural parishes in Lincolnshire, the county of his birth. He is also working towards a PhD, part-time, on the nineteenth century Church of England and the monarchy. He is married to Arabella, who is Dean and Chaplain of Selwyn College. He loves most sports, and has played for the Church of England Cricket Team. At Wolfson, he helps to lead the termly service, and is often to be found in the Club Room or Dining Hall. Do please say hello, and don't hesitate to be in touch if you ever need a listening ear.
Email: revjerobinson@gmail.com
The Revd Dr Geoffrey Cook (Roman Catholic)
The Revd Dr Geoffrey Cook is honorary Roman Catholic chaplain to Wolfson. Life Fellow and former Vice-Master of St Edmund's College, he was ordained deacon in 1978 for service of the Catholic Diocese of East Anglia. He chairs the Diocesan Commission for Dialogue & Unity and is Chairman of Shared Churches (Ely) Limited, the ecumenical body responsible for building and ownership of Church centres in the new townships in the county. He is delighted to join with the Anglican Chaplain in organizing the termly service of Christian worship and to meet members of the College at the reception after the service.
Email: gmc1000@cam.ac.uk
Dharmachari Dharmanatha Porter (Buddhist)
Dharmanatha served as a police officer for 30 years, working in various roles, including as a detective, and the manager of Cambridge City's policing team. Following training as a psychodynamic counsellor, his work with a charity supporting adult survivors of abuse led to a deep professional and personal interest in the practice of meditation.
Dharmanatha was ordained into a Buddhist Order in 2016, and since then has been a Force Chaplain to Cambridgeshire Constabulary, and supported Buddhist patients at Addenbrookes hospital.
He teaches meditation and Buddhism at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, and is looking forward to meeting and offering support to members of the college as an honorary Chaplain.
Email: Dharmanatha.porter@gmail.com
Muslim Chaplain (position vacant)
Email: muslim-chaplain@wolfson.cam.ac.uk
Termly Christian worship
The Anglican and Roman Catholic Chaplains organise a Christian service of worship in College once a term (at which the Choir sings), and an Advent carol service at St Mark's Church.
For further details, see the College events calendar.
Faith in Cambridge
Most major faith communities maintain chaplaincies to students in Cambridge, and many have active faith or belief societies in the University. For a comprehensive list of the University Chaplains and faith-based organisations, see the University's Directory of Faith and Belief Communities in Cambridge.
Wolfson is multicultural. Members respect this and often celebrate the traditions of others. Many faith traditions hold their own meetings in College, and Wolfson now has a multi-faith prayer room in the Chancellor's Centre for those wishing to use the space.
