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Howard Jacobson

Is it time for Jews to do less yearning and more living?

Howard Jacobson - one of our greatest living authors - argues for a new positivity towards Jewishness and Israel

By Howard Jacobson

24 min read

Is it time for Jews to do less yearning and more living?

JYHEX3 People carrying Trans rights banners take part in the Pride Glasgow parade through the city centre.

Is the Scottish government right in wanting to allow people to self-identify their gender?

By Rabbi Alex Chapper and Rabbi Jonathan Romain

3 min read

Why I take a pick 'n' mix approach to my new Jewish identity

Nicholas Lezard

By Nicholas Lezard

Why I take a pick 'n' mix approach to my new Jewish identity

3 min read

As Israel spirals into perilous tribalism, I finally hear the Prophets

Ben Judah

As Israel spirals into perilous tribalism, I finally hear the Prophets

4 min read

The professional storyteller telling tales of peace

The professional storyteller telling tales of peace

By Anthea Gerrie

3 min read

Vienna - Fresco of Zephanjah prophet from 19. cent. by Carl Mayer in Altlerchenfelder church on July 27, 2013 Vienna.

Zephaniah, the mixed-race prophet

By Rabbi Natasha Mann

3 min read

A photo shows a snow-covered tree at the Kahler Asten in Winterberg, western Germany on January 27, 2023. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

A winter’s tale: why Tu Bishvat falls at this time

By Rabbi David Lister

3 min read

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Even if robots can write sermons, we'll still need rabbis

How do we respond religiously to advances in artificial intelligence?

By Rabbi Dr Harris Bor

3 min read

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January 29, 2023 13:22

Even if robots can write sermons, we'll still need rabbis

Ben Judah

Sephardi lessons of moderation and balance are precious today

For the Rabbis of Sefarad, the Torah was always a guide to the world. Not, as it became for the embattled Rabbis of Ashkenaz, a wall against it

3 min read

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January 26, 2023 11:59

(C) Blake Ezra Photography 2017 Balfour Declaration Ceremony at Bevis Marks Synagogue. 4th November 2017.

How the Fabelmans screenwriter brought Spielberg's childhood to life

Tony Kushner has worked side-by-side with the director for decades

By Linda Marric

6 min read

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January 19, 2023 12:10

Gabriel LaBelle in aThe Fabelmans

New York rabbi delivers sermon written by artificial intelligence

Rabbi Josh Franklin used ChatGPT at Shabbat service in the Hamptons

1 min read

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January 16, 2023 17:30

New York rabbi delivers sermon written by artificial intelligence

Matt Baylis

How Jewish rituals transformed this gentile

Seeing men in tallit spilling out of my nearby shul jolted me out of my teenage indifference

3 min read

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January 5, 2023 12:55

How Jewish rituals transformed this gentile

Obituary: Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu

Leading Talmudic scholar of the post-war era who campaigned against domestic abuse

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

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January 5, 2023 12:18

BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 09: Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu, Dean of the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary, arrives for the ordination of three rabbis and three cantors at the Beth Zion Synagogue on October 9, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. The three Ukrainian-born rabbis are the first Orthodox rabbis to be ordained in Berlin since World War II. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The revenge of Joseph on his brothers

In an extract from his new book, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Magonet takes a fresh look at the biblical story

By Rabbi Dr Jonathan Magonet

3 min read

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December 29, 2022 14:23

The revenge of Joseph on his brothers

Karen E H Skinazi

By Karen E H Skinazi

The Unorthodox lady doth reveal too much

Julia Haart’s eyecatching decolletage suggests she is still trying to prove she’s not religious

3 min read

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December 22, 2022 15:47

My Unorthodox Life: Season 1. Episode 5, Secular in the City. Pictured: Julia Haart c. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021

Menorah from iconic photo with Nazi flag returns to Germany for Chanukah

The German president joined the grandchildren of the photographer to light the candles on Monday, 91 years after the photograph was taken

2 min read

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December 21, 2022 16:21

Menorah from iconic photo with Nazi flag returns to Germany for Chanukah

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