JC Reporter

Film dinner proves big box office with £150,000 takings

Why did we sing when the Egyptians drowned?

The angels were stopped from singing about the Crossing of the Red Sea but not the Israelites

Why one is the Seder's special number

There may be tensions in the family but Pesach helps us to stick together

Pesach frees us from the tyranny of time

Memory of historic events is central to the Seder. But it also helps to release us from the burden of the past

The Talmud and Islam

In an extract from his new book, The Talmud – A Biography, Harry Freedman looks at the influence of Jews and Muslims on each other

Carrot, spinach and coconut milk soup

Why people are like trees

Tu Bishvat had special significance for the mystics

A Rosh Hashanah reflection from new Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Why heaven smiles on those who know how to make friends

What Rabbi Mirvis should do for women

The incoming Chief Rabbi should give women a greater role in the synagogue servicex

Women of the Wall reject new Kotel prayer platform

Israeli clean tech car firm folds

Halva mousse and poppy seed crumbs