By Ben Lewis, RSY-Netzer movement worker 2015/16 and Communications Consultant for Reform Judaism I don’t usually go to synagogue on a Saturday morning - the temptation of laziness tends to keep me more often in bed when the service is…
Rabbi Mark Goldsmith reflects on a controversial subject in the Torah for the Progressive Judaism page of The Jewish News. Click here to read the article on the Jewish News website.
Rabbi Daniel Lichman writes for The Jewish News following the Pittsburgh shooting. Click here to read his piece on the Jewish News website.
.וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵיֽנוּ וְלָנֽוּ. שֶׁלֹא אֶחָד בִּלְבָד, עָמַד עָלֵיֽנוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנֽוּ V'hi she'am'dah la'avoteinu v'lanu Shello echad bil'vad amad aleinu l'challoteinu It is God's faithfulness which has stood by our ancestors and by us. Not just one has stood against us to…
"We know that hate speech can lead to hate actions. The person who fires the gun is responsible for the murder, but the person who unleashes the hate that triggered that response is also guilty" writes Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner on the attack on the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh: "My heart hurts as all our hearts join with families and friends of those murdered at the Pittsburgh synagogue. May their memories be a blessing and…
At 17 years old, we ask our young people to make enormous decisions that affect the rest of their lives. The age old question ‘what do you want to do when you’re older’ suddenly has immediate consequences, and for children…
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers shares her BBC Radio 2 ‘Pause for Thought’ on relating to others' humanity. Click here to listen to the broadcast.
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers shares her views on a topical issue for the Progressive Judaism page of The Jewish News. Click here to read the article on the Jewish News website.
Reform Judaism's Community educator, Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers took part in an interfaith gathering at St Giles Church Whittington in Staffordshire with the Rt Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield and New Zealand theologian Professor Douglas Pratt. Issues of life…