Jonathan Boyd is Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR).
It is one of the most important and consequential things you can do, writes Dr Jonathan Boyd
Strictly-Orthodox communities have large households which makes them more vulnerable, writes Jonathan Boyd
Definitions of hatred still matter despite shortcomings, writes Jonathan Boyd
'Why was the UK Jewish community affected so severely, so much more so than most other Jewish communities? There is, I believe, a clear emerging answer. We didn’t lock down early enough. And by ‘we,’ I don’t mean we, the United Kingdom. I mean we, the Jewish community.'
'We may all be Jews, but if our preferences in the American presidential election are indicative, we differ significantly in terms of our core values.'
'People who are members of synagogues score rather better on mental health scales than people who are not'
'There is an important underlying relationship between our mental health and how we feel about going back'
'Historical injustices aren’t corrected by simply deleting them; on the contrary, they need to be recalled, over and again, to learn from them.'
'JPR is launching a major nationwide survey of Jews next week'.
'With a current intermarriage rate of about 58 per cent, the boundaries around who is and who is not Jewish in the US are becoming increasingly blurred'
'Our geographical choices also appear to have inadvertently affected the likelihood of us contracting Covid-19'
It's too early to tell but it wouldn't surprise me to see elevated numbers, writes Jonathan Boyd
You can't really do Judaism alone, says Jonathan Boyd
'There seems to be a growing sense of angst in the Jewish community about life in the post-survivor era.'
'While we need to keep a close eye on antisemitism, I think we can also now afford to look beyond it. The country faces enormous challenges.'
Is there a Jewish vote? And if so, where might it make a difference?
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