Reflections from Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner on Yom HaShoah, the Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day. On my desk in my office there is a small bag which contains a rock – an orange piece of brick which comes from the Great Synagogue…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner will appear on BBC Radio 3's 'Belief' with Joan Bakewell on Thursday, 5th April at 22:45. In 'Belief', Joan Bakewell talks to artists, scientists and thinkers and asks them about what they believe and why. Following the…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner asks: "how far can Jewish tolerance stretch?" in a major essay published in the Jewish Chronicle. Rabbi Laura notes that "Loose boundaries will erode Judaism, yet excessively restrictive boundaries will strangle the community" and that "Behaviour that…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner appeared on BBC Radio 4’s 'the Moral Maze' discussing marriage equality and the question "should gay people be allowed to marry, or will that irreparably damage society?" Rabbi Laura notes that "This is about marriage equality... our…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner was one of the guests debating the question, "Is fundamentalism undermining faith?" on BBC 1's 'The Big Questions'. You can watch the programme again on the BBC iPlayer. Rabbi Laura has had some ‘fan’ emails following the…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, Movement Rabbi, took part in a discussion on the role of religion in society on the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme. You can listen to the programme on the BBC iPlayer with the segment starting 32 minutes…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner was profiled by the Times last Saturday in a piece by Michael Freedland. Rabbi Laura will become Movement Rabbi in January. 'I intend to be a voice that is clear and grounded and gritty' There’s an old…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner appeared on BBC Radio 3's 'The Book that Changed Me' discussing 'Amos Oz's 'In the Land of Israel'. 'The Book that Changed Me' is a series in which writers, academics and journalists discuss the books that inspired…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner appeared on BBC Radio 4's 'Beyond Belief' looking at how we determine who is and who isn't Jewish. The programme looks at the question in the context of a controversial High Court ruling on the admission policy…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, newly appointed Movement Rabbi, is profiled in this week's editions of the Jewish Chronicle and the Jewish News. You can read the full piece where Rabbi Laura shares her Jewish journey and insists that the United Synagogue…