Geoffrey Alderman
No way to settle the conflict
The Jews on the West Bank do not hold the key to peace; any attempt to remove them will have decidedly non-peaceful consequences
It is fine to sound off in shul
The story of one congregant loudly berating another at the bimah may sound shocking, but synagogues are not temples
Free speech: the burning issue
Pastor Terry Jones’s wish to burn the Koran may have been nutty but such wishes - and actions - are protected by the US constitution
Union Jacks and Jills and Jews
The TUC’s selective internationalism is in keeping with its history and with the art of empty gestures
Can these rabbis be forgiven?
Maya Lightman’s admission to JFS is a profoundly joyous event. The need for the US Beth Din to seek forgiveness is equally profound
Tribute to Tribune's lost world
Arguably, the troubled newspaper’s niche market no longer exists
A child rabbi? I don't think so
A prodigy, aged 14, has passed a rabbinical exam, but there’s much more to being a spiritual leader than that
No outcry at Abbas's racism?
It is bad enough that the PA President wants to exclude Jews, but much worse that he has not been condemned
Friends uninvited to the party
David Cameron’s description of Gaza was no gaffe; he meant it — for all the outcry among his ‘friendly’ Israel supporters
Avoid these shady shnorrers
Yet another out-of-tune rabbi
A wedding? Mazeltov! (But don’t let the rabbi sing — no, I promise I’m not kidding)
Abuse of freedom is not freedom
The Knesset decision to outlaw boycott from within is not a strike against freedom but a blow for it
A History of the Board of Deputies, 1760-2010
Sweeping the Board — after 250 years
Methodist breach not enough
This latest, hostile declaration by a Christian sub-denomination exposes the futility of ‘interfaith work’
Law snubbed by MP and a jury
Democracy was dealt a triple blow by the Brighton acquittal: by the ‘activists’, the court, and the Green Party’s MP
Watchdog has no bite or sight
When a leading newspaper omits to correct its misinformation about Israel’s capital city, the body to tell is the PCC, is it not? Yes, it is not
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