Chasidic JewsThe Chasidic rabbi who founded a village in Israel, disappeared and returnedA new book has rescued the story of the remarkable Yabloner RebbeBy Simon Rocker4 min read
SidrahThe blood of the covenant: this week’s parashah, Mishpatim“Moses took half the blood…” (Exodus 24:7)By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur2 min read
The United Synagogue‘I take that weight on my shoulders’: US’ new president on women, whisky and backing IsraelSaul Taylor wants to create a ‘singles hub’ in West Hampstead and create synagogues fit for the 21st centuryBy Simon Rocker6 min read
SidrahStanding together: this week’s parashah, Yitro“On the third day the Lord will come down, in the sight of the entire nation, on Mount Sinai” (Exodus 19:11)By Joanne Greenaway1 min read
SidrahThe faith of a nation: this week’s parashah, Beshallach“The Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, chasing after them. They were terrified” Exodus 14:10By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
SidrahFear of darkness: this week’s sidrah, Bo“Hold out your arm toward the sky that there may be darkness upon the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be touched” Exodus 10:2By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahA question of inheritance: this week’s parashah, Va’era“And I will bring you to the Land, which I have raised My hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for an inheritance: I am the Lord’’ Exodus 6:8By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahThe ambiguous identity of Moses: this week’s parashah, Shemot“When Moses grew up he went out to his people and witnessed their burdens. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people” Exodus 2:11By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur1 min read
SidrahBurial in Israel: this week’s parashah, Vayechi“The time approached for Israel to die, so he called for his son, Joseph, and said to him… please do not bury me in Egypt. And I will lie down with my fathers, and you shall transport me out of Egypt and bury me in their grave. Genesis 47:29-30)By Joanne Greenaway1 min read
SidrahSibling rivalries: this week’s parashah, Vayiggash“Judah stepped forward” Genesis 44:18By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
RabbisA good leader knows when to adaptMoses’s model was anything but mechanical obedienceBy Rabbi Elchonon Feldman4 min read
CalendarShabbat times from February 6 to February 13Shabbat times for the week aheadBy The JC1 min read
By Rabbi Dr Benjamin EltonAfter Bondi, I understood the dancing at Jewish weddings with new depthIt is a ‘Vihi she’amda’ – not in words but in movement. ‘In every generation they rise up to destroy us, but the Holy One saves us from their hands’4 min read
Tu BishvatTu Bishvat: celebrating the hidden growth of new lifeWhy does the New Year for Trees – which begins on Sunday night – fall at the very time when little seems to be happening outside?By Rabbi Zahavit Shalev3 min read
October 7To sustain Jewish unity we need a Torah-based visionReacting to external threats will not provide us with a sense of collective purposeBy Benjamin Amram4 min read
MusicWhy the blues may be God’s favourite musicEduard Shyfrin has found an unexpected harmony between the blues and the BibleBy Simon Rocker3 min read
ChedersAttendance soars at United Synagogue chedarimHampstead Garden Suburb’s Aleph Centre even has waiting listsBy Simon Rocker3 min read
Jewish womenWhy Orthodox communities can find room for a woman rabbiThe title ‘rabbi’ is different now to when it was used in the time of the sages, argues a graduate of a yeshivah that ordains womenBy Rabbanit Nomi Kaltmann4 min read
