Caroline Wyatt, BBC News' Religious affairs correspondent wrote this piece on Jewish fears for safety in the wake of the Paris attacks in which Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner is extensively quoted. 'The Senior Rabbi to the Movement for Reform Judaism in…
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain of Maidenhead Synagogue appeared on BBC One's 'The Big Questions' on Sunday 11 January. You can watch the programme again for a limited time here.
Moments before this was due to be sent out, disturbing news started to come in from Paris; news of shootings and the taking of hostages who were preparing for Shabbat, buying food from a kosher supermarket. We stand firmly beside…
Rabbi Jonathan Romain of Maidenhead Synagogue wrote this piece for The Times which was published on 27 December 2014. It is right for vicars or rabbis to tell their flock to make resolutions for the coming year, but is it…
Sinai Synagogue Leeds hosted the final celebration of its 70th anniversary year with an all singing all dancing simcha. Almost 100 Sinai members and friends enjoyed a delicious three course meal prepared by a team of volunteers led by member…
Rabbi Mark Goldsmith - discussing Chanukah - and Rabbi Miriam Berger - reviewing the papers - appeared on BBC London on Sunday 14 December. Listen here, starting at 01:40:35 into the programme.
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner appeared on BBC Radio 2 with Vanessa Feltz. You can listen to her 'Pause for Thought' again here at 47 minutes into the programme and the full transcript can be read here: Chanukah begins tonight. The heavy,…
Sinai Synagogue Leeds’ Religion School pupils have decided on a special shmita project (you can find out more about shmita, the sabbatical year of rest and release here) and they are co-ordinating Sinai’s collection for the North Leeds Food Bank.…
In 1986, a year after the Thanet & District Reform Community was formed, the synagogue became custodians of one of the scrolls of the Klatovy community, a small town in Bohemia.The synagogue was able to take advantage of a paid…
Luciana Berger, MP and representatives from JAT (formally known as the Jewish AIDS Trust) attended NAZ Project London's Volunteer Awards at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel. It was the first time any Jews have been honoured at this annual multicultural event…