Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger on BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking
Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger of West London Synagogue discusses anti-Semitism in art, history and politics on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking. Click here to listen to the programme.
The Bible Says What? ‘We forgot to keep Passover for 400 years’
Rabbi Mark Goldsmith reflects on a controversial subject in the Torah for the Progressive Judaism page of The Jewish News. Click here to read the article on the Jewish News website.
What is the significance of the Omer in today’s world?
What is the significance of the Omer in today’s world? And what does counting the Omer mean? Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers responds on the Progressive Judaism page of The Jewish News. Click here to read her piece on the Jewish News…
Aid should help the poorest
Reform rabbis have joined other faith leaders and organisations in calling on the government to maintain the aid budget and protect the quality of UK aid. Click here to read the letter on the Guardian website As people of faith,…
Even poor slaves in Egypt had doorposts
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen reflects on Pesach's message of social justice in this piece for The Jewish News written with Rabbi Richard Jacobi as members of the steering team for Tzelem: The Rabbinic Call for Social and Economic Justice in the…
Sex education is not a ‘crisis’ for Jewish schools – it will save lives
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers, Reform Judaism's Community Educator responds to critics of the introduction of sex and relationship education in schools, with its emphasis on positive relationships and consent. Click here to read her piece on the Jewish News website.
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen on Beyond Belief
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen of Manchester Reform Synagogue reflects on the meaning and significance of Passover, or Pesach, BBC Radio 4's Beyond Belief. Click here to listen to, or download, the programme.
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen: Metzora
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen looks at the week's Torah reading. Click here to read her piece on the Jewish Chronicle website.
If a rabbi leaves because of misconduct, should the synagogue reveal what he – or she – did?
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain (Reform) and Rabbi Naftali Brawer (Orthodox) discuss issues in contemporary Jewish life in their regular ‘Rabbi, I have a problem’ feature for The Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the piece on The Jewish Chronicle’s website.
Does everyone have the right to a platform?
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild reflects on a controversial subject in the Torah for the Progressive Judaism page of The Jewish News. Click here to read the article on the Jewish News website.