Jennifer Jankel

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Jennifer Anne Jankel (born May 1940)

businesswoman and, since 2011, chair of the Jewish Music Institute in London.[2] The daughter of bandleader Joe Loss and his wife Mildred, she was educated in London at St Paul's Girls' School, Hammersmith and the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in South Kensington. She became UK managing director and, later, vice-president of French shoe company Charles Jourdan before opening her own shoe business,[3] Luc Berjen. Examples of her shoes are now in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum.[4]

She was married to the car designer Robert Jankel from 1962 until his death in 2005.[5] The couple, who had three sons and a daughter together, were founder members of North West Surrey Synagogue in Weybridge,[3][6] of which she is now president.[7]

References

  1. ^ "The Jankel Group Limited". Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Jankel". Movement for Reform Judaism. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b David, Keren (19 June 2017). "Jennifer Jankel: Let's face the music and dance". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Shoes". Victoria and Albert Museum. 9 April 1995. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ^ Chapman, Giles (8 June 2005). "Obituary: Robert Jankel". The Independent. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. ^ Thomas, Alastair (23 January 2018). "How Weybridge community founded by phone book has rung the changes". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Jenny Jankel named as President of North West Surrey Synagogue (NWSS)". Movement for Reform Judaism. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

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