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The High Holy Day tutorial - on how to be a happy Jew

Lord Sacks on rejoicing during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Ringing the praises on the world's birthday

'It will be a day of shofar blowing for you' (Numbers 29:1)

Harat Olam

The word harat is connected to pregnancy and birth.

Ha'azinu

"That very day the Lord spoke to Moses: 'Ascend these heights of Abarim to Mount Nebo'" Deuteronomy 32:48-49

Idling and ignorant in Italy

Finding oneself on holiday without any points of social reference nicely dulls the critical faculties.

Can these rabbis be forgiven?

Maya Lightman’s admission to JFS is a profoundly joyous event. The need for the US Beth Din to seek forgiveness is equally profound

Fatherhood is a vital part of new family life

Radical social changes should not be allowed to deprive children of positive paternal influence

Jewish education needs no chains

The way our children are imbibing Orthodox Judaism is constricted, misguided and boring

Bricked up in borehamwood

Multifaith Chief Rabbi

An after-dinner winner

Parshapp of the week

Blair bonus for board

One-legged shul stand

Repent. Oh, and enjoy the party

Don’t you love our new year celebrations — lots of atonement and not a single hangover?

EU corridors of prejudice

Bundesbank affair highlights a sinister side to Europe