Is the earth orbiting more quickly, time passing us by at an ever more rapid pace? Or is it just a perception we are left with by the seemingly increasing rate of change in the world around us? Certainly it…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner reflects on the Israeli election results in this piece for the Progressive Judaism page of the Jewish News.
Some of us, when we consider our lives, may need to take ourselves apart, into nature, to find our own way of turning, teshuvah, repentance. Perhaps we have been taught not to trust our own natures, or could it be…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner reflects on the Israeli election result in this piece for The Jewish Chronicle.
Rabbi Simcha Bunam distinguishes between sincere and insincere teshuvah. What might this mean for us? Rabbi Bunam was asked: “Why was the scene of worshipping the golden calf forgiven though we do not find it said in the Scriptures that…
Reform Judaism mourns Rabbi Charles Wallach z"l who died on 23 August. He was 69. Rabbi Charles Wallach was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Graduating with the class of 1975 at Leo Baeck College he served communities around the world…
This year's World Transplant Games took place in Gateshead and Newcastle. Newcastle Reform Synagogue (NRS) were delighted that Nadia Stock, who received a bone marrow transplant 16 years ago, is one of the competitors. Nadia’s parents, Lisa and Paul, suggested…
The first of Elul is the Jewish new year for animals, according to Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1:1. In Temple times it was the time that tithes should be calculated on flocks and herds. Just as Tu B’Shevat, the time for…
On Sunday 18 August, 26 babies and toddlers from 15 families came to Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue for our first “Tea and Tots” event. This event is part of the synagogue’s commitment to young families, for the past two…
Today’s reflection tells us that individual righteousness cannot exist without awareness and care for one’s generation. Care of trees was interpreted as meriting divine protection. [One] essential attribute of a righteous person’s proper attitude (intention/kavanah) in their actions is care…