The Bible Says What? ‘We forgot to keep Passover for 400 years’
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 Harry Jacobi z”l
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner has paid tribute to Rabbi Harry Jacobi z"l who died on Wednesday. He was 93. "Rabbi Harry Jacobi will be remembered as a wise, resilient and gentle figure and an outstanding Jewish leader. "His passing is particularly…
What is the significance of the Omer in today’s world?
What is the significance of the Omer in today’s world? And what does counting the Omer mean? Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers responds on the Progressive Judaism page of The Jewish News. Click here to read her piece on the Jewish News…
Aid should help the poorest
Reform rabbis have joined other faith leaders and organisations in calling on the government to maintain the aid budget and protect the quality of UK aid. Click here to read the letter on the Guardian website As people of faith,…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner on the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka
I am horrified by the news of terror attacks on churches in Sri Lanka on such a holy day for Christians. Jewish communities stand in solidarity with our Christian friends around the world, rejecting hatred and violence wherever it occurs.
Even poor slaves in Egypt had doorposts
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen reflects on Pesach's message of social justice in this piece for The Jewish News written with Rabbi Richard Jacobi as members of the steering team for Tzelem: The Rabbinic Call for Social and Economic Justice in the…
Sex education is not a ‘crisis’ for Jewish schools – it will save lives
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers, Reform Judaism's Community Educator responds to critics of the introduction of sex and relationship education in schools, with its emphasis on positive relationships and consent. Click here to read her piece on the Jewish News website.
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen on Beyond Belief
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen of Manchester Reform Synagogue reflects on the meaning and significance of Passover, or Pesach, BBC Radio 4's Beyond Belief. Click here to listen to, or download, the programme.
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen: Metzora
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen looks at the week's Torah reading. Click here to read her piece on the Jewish Chronicle website.
Radlett’s innovative trans-Atlantic service
When Radlett Reform Synagogue's senior rabbi, Paul Freedman, wanted to co-lead a service with their cantor-to-be, Sarah Grabiner the fact that she was in New York, finishing her studies at Hebrew Union College was no deterrent. Known for his creative…