June 06, 2024 13:44

Book review: Peering into the black hole and dirty soul of the Weimar Republic

This is a fascinating study of inter-war Germany, but there are big Jewish gaps

April 04, 2024 10:53

Questioning Belief, by Raphael Zarum – review: An essential resource that helps integrate Judaism with modernity

A consummate communicator, Zarum tackles medieval thinkers with a light touch

November 10, 2022 00:00

It might not feel like it but the future is bright for Anglo-Jewry

In researching my book I was struck by the huge change there has been in our community — we are now proud and open

September 22, 2022 14:17

We were arguing in 1841 — and happily, the broiges is still going

But it is fair to say that overall Judaism in Britain today is more self-assured and vibrant than at any previous stage in our history

February 11, 2022 00:00

Obituary: Lady Lira Winston

Jewish Continuity leader whose charisma and soft power helped transform Jewish education

November 04, 2021 12:00

Leonard Cohen’s mystical tunes fused Judaism and Christianity

He fell out with the Montreal Jewish community in which he grew up and went on to embrace both spiritual traditions

November 26, 2020 12:41

Rabbi Louis Jacobs: the battle of ideas explodes

The second of a two-part series based on a new biography of the minister. This week, the events that led to the community’s greatest-ever schism

November 19, 2020 10:41

Louis Jacobs: the rabbi who rethought British Jewish life

The first of a two-part series based on a new biography of the minister, whose search for a synthesis between liberalism and Orthodoxy contributed towards the community’s greatest-ever schism

August 16, 2018 09:31

Obituary: Joan Freedman

Supporting families at Lockerbie - the Jewish Care pioneer who promoted mental health awareness