March Study Sessions with Rabbi Mati
10 March – Words of Wisdom: Pirkei Avot Where do we come from? Where are we heading? Find out by studying the third chapter of Pirkei Avot, the foundation of Jewish ethics. 17 March – A Jab of Job The Book of...
Study Sessions with Rabbi Mati
Please note the dates and times for study sessions in February. Wednesday, 3rd February – Parashah study Tuesday, 9th February – Pirkei Avot continued Tuesday, 16th February, Broyges in Bromley All these begin at 7.30p.m. on the usual zoom...
Farewell Kiddush for Rabbi Jason Holtz and family
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...
Anti-Semitism Rally
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.
God and Cows: The Book of Leviticus
The Book of Leviticus focuses a lot on animal sacrifices. How can contemporary Jews make sense of this?
Abraham, Prophet and Patriarch in Judaism and Islam
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.
The Ten Commandments
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.
Egyptian News with Pharaoh
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?...
Video: Jews and Christmas Trees
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,...