Rabbi Paul Freedman has offered the following prayers to be recited when receiving the first or second dose of a vaccination for Covid-19. The coronavirus pandemic has brought so much loss of life and normality, yet the vaccination programme offers…
Reform Judaism in the UK is delighted that the Israeli High Court has officially ended the Orthodox monopoly on conversions. It is a major change in both religious and political thinking in Israel and brings the country into line with…
Approaching Purim this year may feel bittersweet for many of us. Last year’s Purim celebrations may have been the last time we gathered with our community in person, or for others it may have been the first event to be…
Reform Judaism stands in solidarity with Rabbi Gilad Kariv, the Executive Director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ) and a candidate for the Knesset in the upcoming Israeli elections, in the face of unacceptable attacks on…
Reform Judaism and Liberal Judaism are urging the Jewish National Fund not to continue with its plan to buy land in Israel’s West Bank for settlement building. We believe development of settlements endangers the two-state solution to peace in the…
Cantor Tamara Wolfson, Cantor Sarah Grabiner, Student Cantor Rachel Weston, Cantor Zoe Jacobs and Leo Nicholson perform at the tribute to Debbie Friedman A celebration of the music and legacy of Jewish musician Debbie Friedman hosted by Reform Judaism was…
The 6th February 2021 would have been Rabbi Dr Lionel Blue’s 91st birthday. As February is also LGBTQ+ History Month, it feels a particularly pertinent time to remember Britain’s first openly gay Rabbi. Rabbi Lionel Blue was one of the…
עד מאה ועשרים שנה “May those in our countdown live until 120.” It’s a traditional blessing and this week when the passing of centenarian Captain Sir Tom Moore struck a chord with the entire nation it’s timely to reflect on the inspiration and…
Reform Judaism would like to congratulate Zara Mohammed, who has been elected as the first female head of the Muslim Council of Britain. At only 29, Zara is also the youngest person to fill the role. Rabbi Celia Surget, chair…
On Holocaust Memorial Day 2021, Reform Judaism joins with our members across the country in honouring the memory of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, as well as those who died in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda,…