Partnership Minyanim – Challenging Authoritarian Religion
This article, dealing with some of the attacks made on a new development in Orthodox Judaism, originally appeared in Haaretz on 14/04/2015 -...
View ArticleRabbi Aharon Lichtenstein: A Champion of Spiritual Sensitivity
On Monday 20th April, the 1st of Iyyar, my teacher Rav Aharon Lichtenstein left this world. I wrote some personal reflections on this huge loss, which originally appeared in Haaretz on thursday -...
View ArticleFighting Inequality is a core Jewish Value – Election 2015
This article appeared originally in Haaretz on 01/05/2015 - http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/the-jewish-thinker/.premium-1.654494 The Jewish story begins when a privileged Egyptian prince becomes...
View ArticleDeath, Defeat and the Dangers of Despair
This week’s Torah reading discusses the limited circumstances under which a priest may come into contact with a dead body. The laws proscribing this particular form of ritual contamination may seem to...
View ArticleRosh Hashana 5776 – What does it mean to be judged?
(This originally appeared in Ha’aretz Jewish Thinker Column, on Monday 7th September: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/the-jewish-thinker/.premium-1.674949) Not everyone believes that God sits in...
View ArticleTear Open Your Hearts – Shabbat Shuva 2015
(Originally delivered at Finchley Partnership Minyan on 19th Sepetmber 2015) It’s hard to feel like we’re in the right place at this time of year. The Yamim Noraim – the days of awe – always seem to...
View ArticleWhat is God – The Second Honest Theology Project Lecture
On November 22nd I gave the second lecture in the Honest Theology Project series. The title was ‘Getting to the Core – What is God?’. The video is now available. The main lecture is here:...
View ArticleRecent Lectures – Why Might We Keep Halakha? and Can Judaism Survive the...
The Honest Theology Project has been progressing in a manner that provides great encouragement for those of us interested in a thoughtful, honest and constructive form of religion. The third lecture...
View ArticleForthcoming Events and Lecture on Sexuality – November 2016
I will be giving the next Honest Theology lecture on Sunday 20th November at 7.45 for 8pm. The topic will be ‘What is the Meaning and Purpose of Jewish Education?’ and it will be an exploration of the...
View ArticleThe Nature of Halakha – An Appendix on ‘Meta-Halakha’
Rabbi Dr. Harvey Belovski has written an article against Partnership Minyanim which I have responded to in Haaretz....
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