Rev Meir Lev was born in Birmingham, and became minister at Sutton & District Synagogue in March 2010. He was educated at Chayai Olam (London) and Gateshead Yeshivot, and at the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music. He has held cantorial positions in Birmingham (New and Central Synagogues), Leeds, and Bournemouth where he also served as acting minister, and he spent eight years teaching and lecturing in Israel.