Masorti Judaism

Over 100 synagogue members call for controversial rabbi to resign

Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tov has apologised for Haggadah essay, which called Israeli politicians ‘war criminals’

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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May 14, 2024 17:55

There have been calls from members of NNLS for Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tov to resign from the shul after controversial comments she made in a Haggadah supplement (Photo: YouTube)

New North London investigating Masorti rabbi who called Israeli leaders ‘war criminals’

Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tom apologised for controversial Haggadah supplement

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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May 14, 2024 11:14

Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tov (Photo: YouTube)

Rabbi’s essay, calling Israeli politicians ‘war criminals’, sparks row

Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tov wrote that they had ‘manufactured a famine’

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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April 26, 2024 15:14

Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tom (Photo: Instagram)

By Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet

Joy and sadness are twinned and often felt around the new year

Masorti Judaism reflects on a difficult year for Israel and the Jewish diaspora

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January 4, 2024 16:08

Chief Executive Rachel Sklan, together with Rabbi Joel Levy (Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue) at a seminar for Masorti Judaism's future religious leadership at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, March 2023 (Credit: Masorti)

The making of a super-shul

A new book charts the rise of one of the UK’s biggest synagogues, New North London

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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December 28, 2023 10:25

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg of the New North London Synagogue

Progressive and Masorti leaders call for recommitment to two-state solution

The letter published wednesday grieves the 'biggest loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust'

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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November 1, 2023 17:31

Israeli soldiers on an armoured vehicle speak an ultra Orthodox man, as they deploy near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on October 24, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Rabbis work side by side at a three-in-one community

Members from three different branches of Judaism attend service to induct Rabbi Rachel Benjamin and Rabbi Anna Wolfson at the Mosaic Jewish Community

By Daniel Ben-David

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August 31, 2023 10:17

Rabbis work side by side at a three-in-one community

Rabbis pass motions both endorsing and condemning use of electric cars on Shabbat

In the UK, driving any car on Shabbat is not considered halachically sound

By Hannah Gillott

1 min read

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July 28, 2023 16:34

An electric car drives on a main road in Jakarta on June 7, 2023. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) (Photo by BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images)

New rabbis bring ‘energy and talent’ to one of UK's largest shuls

New North London has appointed two American-born rabbis to strengthen its clerical team

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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July 6, 2023 11:57

New rabbis bring ‘energy and talent’ to one of UK's largest shuls

Masorti announce new leadership trio to run movement

Jonathan Wittenberg to retire as New North London Senior Rabbi next year

High Holy Days attendance up a year after October 7

Masorti Judaism CEO to step down

‘Unique’ synagogue celebrates official opening

More than 30 members leave New North London over rabbi who called Israeli leaders ‘war criminals’

Masorti rabbi who apologised for calling Israeli politicians ‘war criminals’ keeps job

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