On Saturday, 26 May – Shabbat Naso – Rabbi Jason Holtz led his last Shabbat morning service at the synagogue before his departure with his family to a new post in Atlanta, Georgia. The service was well attended and...
Members of the Jewish community and various others in support gathered in Parliament Square to protest anti-Semitism within the Labour Party. Here’s what it was like to be there, and here’s my take on it.
The Book of Leviticus focuses a lot on animal sacrifices. How can contemporary Jews make sense of this?
Rabbi Jason Holtz and Dr Omar Taha join together to talk about Abraham, a prophet that both Jews and Muslims look to for guidance and inspiration. Live stream begins at 3:30pm on the 11th of March 2018.
This week’s Torah portion includes the Ten Commandments, given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai. Rabbinic tradition, though, says that the entire world heard God.
The Book of Exodus, with Pharaoh, Moses, and the ten plagues, will soon be read in synagogues. So, that got me thinking, what if ancient Egypt had television news like we do today? How would Israelite slavery be covered?...
Jews and Christmas trees? It’s pretty common! Dual-heritage families have been part of the Jewish community from almost the very beginning. The Torah portion for this week and next week are in large part about one such dual-heritage family,...
Chanukah remembers a great cultural revolution, when the young Maccabees rebelled against (Greek) government institutions.
Abraham confronts God in an attempt to save innocent people in this week’s Torah portion.
