The UK's most senior progressive Jewish leader challenged the Hungarian Ambassador to the UK on his attitude towards anti-Semitism in his country. Commenting on the Ambassador's claim that Hungary did not have a particular problem with Jew-hate, Rabbi Janner-Klausner, Senior…
Sunday 5 May saw a momentous occasion as the UK Reform Movement’s second cantor was ordained in New York. Cantor Sarah Grabiner grew up at Alyth, was mentored by Cantor Zöe Jacobs at Finchley Reform and will join Radlett Reform…
Start Date: September 2019 Salary: Competitive and aligned with experience Contract: Part time 3.5 hours Sunday mornings plus approximately 2 days per week Variation may be negotiated for a suitable candidate. NWSS - North West Surrey Synagogue, a progressive Jewish…
Start Date: August 2019 Salary: £5010 Contract: Permanent, 12 hours per week (4 of which will be Sunday mornings at NWSS) 45 weeks per year. Variation may be negotiated for a suitable candidate. NWSS - North West Surrey Synagogue is…
Last Saturday night, 11 May, the Leeds communities of Sinai Synagogue and the Baab-ul-Ilm Islamic Centre, came together for an iftar (breaking the fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan), hosted by Sinai. Rasool Bhamani, President of Baab-Ul-Ilm spoke…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner discussed religious perspectives on artificial intelligence on BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme. Click here to listen to, or download, the programme.
On Friday 10 May at 11am primary schools across the world will be participating in the largest ever Mindful Moment – bringing mindfulness to a generation of children. The event is being launched by Jonny Benjamin, MBE, a mental health…
Newcastle Reform Synagogue members experienced an emotional siyyum – the ceremony marking the completion of repairs to their Torah scroll – on 28 April, as Brenda Dinsdale explains. Sofer (scribe) Marc Michaels travelled up to Newcastle from London arriving to…
A dramatic new inter-faith venture is taking place in Maidenhead in a three-way three-faith pulpit swap. This is going a significant step further than the usual pattern of interfaith meetings between the clergy of different religious groups, or of general…
I am horrified by another synagogue shooting in the United States and all those affected are in my prayers. But prayers alone are not enough. It is not possible to see this attack – and other recent atrocities - as…