Half of all Jews now live in Israel and that is a source of strength
To predict our future, we must first understand our past, especially the huge changes since the founding of the Jewish state
Rabbi Romain’s shechitah views risk calamity
Like those Jews who gave succour to Corbyn, his attack on the practice is a gift to its enemies
I never thought I’d marry ‘in’, but now my chupah awaits
It’s a relief to have found a partner I love and to be able to marry in the religion that is rooted so deep in my marrow
Like many Jews, I always feel like an outsider
When I think back, there are many little signs that suggested that I never truly belonged
Turning the page with a new siddur designed for people with disabilities
Judaism has, from its very beginnings, accepted that humans come with abilities and disabilities
Is it right for a human actor to play a racoon?
Non-Jews taking Jewish roles isn’t a problem, so long as there’s equality of opportunity
Why I’m not sending my kids to Jewish schools
All too often there is a culture of bullying and cliqueness that is worse than the mainstream
A watershed moment in how British Jews came to view Israel
The community was riven by disputes over Diaspora criticism of Israel after the Lebanon war, 40 years ago next month
This year's Convention of European Rabbis was a deeply personal experience for me
Both my grandfather and my great grandfather were from Munich, where it was held
Jews for Jesus leaflets always put me in an extremely bad mood
The evangelical movement, which singles out Jews rather than Muslims or Hindus for conversion, is just plain rude – I can’t help but think about the Spanish Inquisition
Can you blame the Minneapolis Zoom sex couple?
I’ve sat through plenty of Bnei Mitzvahs and very rarely does anything interesting happen.
Do we celebrate Shabbat, Shavuot or Jubilee?
If street parties are ruled out, we will just have to come up with a more informal celebration
Time to fully embrace the Strictly Orthodox
It’s wrong to think of Charedim as a separate category from the mainstream community
Why we are launching a ‘rate my Beit Din’ site
A survey reveals dissatisfaction with the performance and attitude of rabbinical courts
My Jewdar is so good I even found one on the Falkland Islands
We diaspora Jews tend to go out of our way to try find reminders of communities that have long since faded away, as well as seeking out those that still survive against the odds
Why do we not have our own version of Freitag Nacht Jews?
The answer lies in the longstanding misguided and racist assumption by TV commissioners that the only people who would be interested in a show about Jews would be other Jews
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