Cantor Zöe Jacobs of Finchley Reform Synagogue appeared on Aled Jones' 'Good Morning Sunday' programme on BBC Radio 2. Cantor Zöe discussed her work "empowering the voice of the community" and reflected on what religion has done for women as…
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…
Lea Mühlstein, a fifth year rabbinical student at Leo Baeck College, shares her thoughts and greetings for Rosh Hashanah. She is delighted to be leading High Holyday services this year, as in the previous year, at Menorah Synagogue: Cheshire Reform…
Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Romain responds to the question: What is the value of religion in one’s life? I would suggest three aspects : A sense of community : it offers a place where, whatever the troubles you face elsewhere, you…
Like the Jewish people, the Traveller and Romany communities have a long, painful history of discrimination, argues Rabbi David Mitchell in this piece on why rabbis are supporting the Dale Farm Travellers. Read his piece on the Guardian's Comment is…
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…
In a piece which appeared in the Times last Saturday, Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Romain of Maidenhead Synagogue looks at how we can respond to an all-too-common problem: how to cope with cancer. The question that I, as a rabbi, am…
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers considers how we can respond to the riots and looting which have taken place in London and in cities across the country in the last few days. There is something surreal about waking up yet again to…
Rabbi Michael Hilton of Kol Chai Hatch End Jewish Community reflects on how this date in the Jewish calendar is relevant to a Reform community. Alas! Lonely sits the city Once great with people: Bitterly she weeps in the night,…
Rabbi Maurice Michaels discusses the observance of Tisha b’Av at SWESRS - South West Essex & Settlement Reform Synagogue. The traditional liturgy for the service for the Eve of Tisha B’Av is the normal evening service with the reading of…