In December 2007, Rabbi Jacobs and his wife Rachel celebrated the birth of their first child - Avraham Aharon.


Before coming back to the UK, Rabbi Jacobs was studying in the States for seven years where he was enrolled in a post graduate course after gaining his Semicha and Bachelors degree at the very young age of 21. Rabbi Jacobs began his career at the early age of 15 when he led the entire Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur service for the Newton Mearns Hebrew congregation.


His first official position was at the age of 22 ministering to the Netherlee and Clarkston Hebrew congregation for six months whilst they were searching for their new Rabbi. This made him one of the youngest serving Rabbis in the Country. After being offered the full time position, Rabbi Jacobs turned it down and chose to go back to studying in the US.


After meeting his wife Rachel in New York, they married and settled there whilst Rabbi Jacobs studied in Kollel. Upon receiving the call from Singers Hill Rabbi and Rebitzen Jacobs arrived in 2005 and have been responsible, for the revival of regular children services and Yomtov parties, educational programs for all ages as well as hospitality and activities for the entire community.


Rabbi Jacobs is a graduate of the Calderwood Lodge primary school, Manchester Jewish Grammar School, and Lubavitch Yeshivas in Toronto, Miami, New Haven, Los Angeles, and New York.

Rebbitzen Rachel Jacobs who hails from Los Angeles has brought an enormous amount of warmth and enthusiasm to Singers Hill. Her Ladies Shiur is very popular and is attended by members of all Shuls. Her great cooking and hospitality is becoming renowned and her talent with children is making her the pied piper of Birmingham. Rebbitzen Jacobs works full time for the Shul and assists her husband in many programs as well as teaching in the Cheder. Together they have launched a new program “Teen Scene” which is attracting teenagers from Birmingham, Cardiff, Leicester, and Nottingham. They have also set up "Youth Zone" for younger children and a "Mummy and Me" baby and toddler group for the youngest members of our community.

Before arriving in the UK, Rebbitzen Jacobs was a teacher in the Beth Rivka High School where she taught English and the Retzad Elementary school where she taught Judaic studies. She has been the head leader and coordinator of Gan Israel Day camps in New Jersey, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Upstate New York. She has organized an international conference for teenagers worldwide which attracted 2000 people.

She is a graduate of the Toras Emes Elementary school, the Beis Chana high school, and the Beth Rivka Seminary where she received a teaching diploma and certificate.