The Rabbis of the Assembly of Reform Rabbis UK join Jews worldwide in our deep concern for our brothers and sisters in Israel at this time of violent conflict. Torah commands us 'do not stand idly by while the blood…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner shared this 'Pause for Thought' on BBC Radio 2's Vanessa Feltz programme on Friday 9 November. This week I went to see my rabbi. I was preparing for a meeting that filled me with dread and fear.…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner shared this 'Pause for Thought' on BBC Radio 2's Vanessa Feltz programme on Friday 2nd November. Last Friday, my husband, David and I followed our 15 year daughter, Ella, and our synagogue youth choir for a weekend…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner looks at what lies behind the wedding-like celebrations that conclude the autumn festivals in this piece which originally appeared in the JC. At Simchat Torah, death and life are linked by just two beats of the heart.…
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain of Maidenhead Synagogue argues that "anyone who takes sacred religious texts literally needs to move on with the times. Marriage should be open to all" in this piece for the Independent. Read the full piece here…
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain of Maidenhead Synagogue looks at Nostra Aetate, the declaration on the relations of the Roman Catholic Church with non-Christian religions, in this piece which was published in the Catholic Herald. Nostra Aetate - the document that…
I love the least popular moment of the High Holy Days In the stillness of the afternoon on Yom Kippur, during the Mussaf prayer, many people take time out to go home to feed their children, or just rest before…
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain of Maidenhead Synagogue appeared on the BBC World Service 'World Have Your Say' programme on the question 'Are Christians being discriminated against in Europe?' He argues that we need to distinguish between faith that is privately…
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain of Maidenhead Synagogue appeared on BBC Radio 4's 'Sunday' programme, taking part in a live debate with Rabbi Alan Plancey on the merits of mixed-faith blessings. You can listen again here at the BBC Radio 4…
Heaven may be much closer than we think, says Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain of Maidenhead Synagogue in this piece for The Times. Heaven may be much closer than we think. For most of us, life is frenetically busy, taken up…