'The Orthodox are burying their heads in the sand. We pretend that intermarriage is someone else’s problem — which it is not — and offer no solutions'
'This seems a good time to stop and take stock of the past few months — and work out what changes are in order for 5781'
'While the glitzy, over-the-top events were fun and gratifying for the minority who could genuinely afford them, they were destructive for everyone else — and for the community as a whole.'
'While many in the community seem to be waiting eagerly for synagogues to re-open, I’ve rather enjoyed Zoom shul. I may even be a Zoom Jew.'
'Our kids can genuinely (and voluntarily!) be engaged by Jewish education, outside the formal classroom'.
'The rabbinate should have been preaching, day and night, that for once we should have been holding ourselves to simpler standards this Pesach'
Rabbis can be vulnerable given the pressures, sensitivities and isolation of their job, says Miriam Shaviv
The Duke of Sussex's story will feel familiar to many Jews, writes Miriam Shaviv
'The majority of those who want to see Corbyn in power genuinely do not understand how Corbyn could seriously damage our community, and feel safe voting Labour, not out of malice but out of naïvety.'
'Over 70 years, it is only natural that Israel’s Jews have developed a distinctive identity'
The boys danced at Ben Gurion and sang Am Yisrael Chai - a group of returning military heroes? No, they had just returned from Cyprus, where they had been accused of raping a British tourist
'It can be difficult to explain why so much of the discrimination and harassment which plagues the Jewish community is racist — not political — in nature.'
The re-booting of the Holocaust for the Instagram generation could be seen as crass, says Miriam Shaviv, but Eva.Stories is a success that should be learnt from
The lack of scandal surrounding the, well, scandal, of Dayan Abraham's shock resignation reflects poorly on the Beth Din, says Miriam Shaviv
Despite the historic Labour Split, antisemitism is part of the political landscape now says Miriam Shaviv
I’m not sure it’s possible to fully understand the challenges faced by Anglo-Jewry any more, without reading what is being said on Twitter
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