Save the date! Mental Health Awareness Shabbat – 31 January and 1 February 2020 Reform Judaism’s Communities that Care Initiative is working closely with JAMI to develop our communities as places of wellbeing and inclusion. The aim of Jami’s Mental…
Progressive rabbis expressed solidarity with persecuted Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region by holding a fast on Monday 3 June. The fast, led by Rabbis Alexandra Wright and Michael Hilton followed a René Cassin public meeting to raise awareness on…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, Senior Rabbi to Reform Judaism and Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger, Senior Rabbi of West London Synagogue have both called on the Government to provide better mental health provision. Speaking at Reform Judaism’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference,…
World Jewish Relief has joined with IsraAid and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to respond to the Rohingya humanitarian crisis. World Jewish Relief (WJR) is the British Jewish community’s international humanitarian agency and Reform Judaism supports this appeal for…
Religious leaders including Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner have today issued a joint public statement calling on the Home Secretary to use her post-Brexit immigration bill to end the Government’s use of indefinite detention – calling it “unjust, ineffective and inhumane”. Senior…
On the eve of Tu BiShvat, the Jewish New Year of the trees, over 150 people from across the Jewish community gathered at New North London Synagogue (NNLS) for the launch of Eco Synagogue, the ground breaking cross communal initiative…
Three British rabbis, representing Reform, Liberal and Masorti Judaism, met with Israel’s Deputy Ambassador in the UK to express concern at the country’s plan to deport African migrants. Rabbis Josh Levy (Reform), Charley Baginsky (Liberal) and Oliver Joseph (Masorti) represented…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner explains why caring about refugees is an inherently Jewish value in this video for The Genesis Prize. Rabbi Janner-Klausner is Genesis Prize Advisory Board member. The Genesis Prize honours individuals who have attained excellence and international renown…
Across East Africa, 16 million people need immediate food assistance. Hundreds of people have already died of starvation. Drought, poor rains and conflict have decimated harvests leaving millions of children malnourished and in need of urgent food and medical support.…
Reform Judaism is disappointed by the Government’s announcement that it will end its commitment to bring vulnerable unaccompanied child refugees to the UK via the Dubs amendment. When Jews look at refugees, we see ourselves, remembering our historic identity as…