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I have just had my bat mitzvah… at the age of 33

Sascha Lavin had little Jewish upbringing but became determined to embrace her religious heritage as an adult

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

Reading the Torah: Sascha at her bat mitzvah with LJS's Rabbi Igor Zinkov

What is the right pronoun to use for God?

What is the right pronoun to use for God?

3 min read

Members of the British Jewish community and allies attend an October 7 memorial, one year after Hamas's terror attack across southern Israel

Progressive Judaism

British Jewish community leaders express ‘cautious hope’ for Trump’s Gaza plan

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

The co-leaders of Progressive Judaism, Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky

Palestinian recognition

Progressive Judaism: Two-state solution is ‘only sustainable path to peace’

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Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky at the rally for the hostages in August before they were removed from the stage

Board of Deputies

Board of Deputies will only work with Stop the Hate ‘if lessons are learnt’ after Progressive rabbis were removed from stage

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Chrissie Hassall (r) holding her bat mitzvah certificate, and Janet Berkman, chair of Peterborough Liberal Jewish Community (Photo: Progressive Judaism)

Peterborough Liberal Jewish Community

Called up to the Torah – at the age of 82!

3 min read

Passionate about Torah: Rabbi Benji Stanley

The Progressive rabbi who wants to launch a new yeshivah in London

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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Progressive rabbis hold havdalah service in solidarity with hostages and Gazan civilians

The leading clergy called for a ceasefire and more aid into the Strip

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August 12, 2025 12:54

Progressive rabbis hold a havdalah ceremony outside Downing Street

Rabbi Charley Baginsky

By Rabbi Charley Baginsky

We were silenced when we spoke up for Gazans, but Judaism isn’t about retreating into echo chambers

The leaders of Progressive Judaism were booed off stage for showing support for those suffering in Gaza – now they are ‘more determined than ever’ to stand up for ‘diversity of thought’

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August 12, 2025 10:15

Rabbis Charley Baginksy and Josh Levy were asked to leave the stage at a Stop the Hate rally on Sunday

Booing the heads of Progressive Judaism off stage at hostage march was ‘disgraceful’, BoD says

Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky were greeted with loud jeers when they showed support for the idea of a Palestinian state

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August 11, 2025 11:13

Rabbis Levy and Baginsky were faced with shouts of 'Get off the stage!' at August's hostage rally from some individuals in the crowd

Progressive and Masorti rabbis to hold Havdalah vigil, calling for ceasefire

Organisers say they are standing in solidarity with the hostages and demanding more aid into Gaza

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August 8, 2025 14:37

Palestinian girls walk at a makeshift displacement camp set up amid building rubble in Gaza City in May (Photo: Getty)

Rabbi Sybil Sheridan bids farewell to Newcastle after more than a decade

‘Rabbi Sybil has encouraged us and given us self-belief to step forward and actively lead’

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August 5, 2025 14:55

(left to right) Newcastle Reform Synagogue chair Linda Scott, Rabbi Sybil Sheridan, and honorary life president Brenda Dinsdale

Cardiff Reform sees record number of conversions

This is a reflection of the wider Progressive Jewish community, said leaders

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August 5, 2025 10:44

Graduates and leaders from Cardiff Reform's Introduction to Jewish Life course (Photo: Progressive Judaism)

Chief Rabbi: UK recognition of Palestine ‘a profound betrayal’

Sir Ephraim Mirvis fears it will make diaspora Jews more vulnerable

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August 1, 2025 12:37

The Chief Rabbi has called the UK government's grounds for recognising a Palestinian state "an unfathomable misstep" (Photo: Screenshot/Facebook)

‘Not in our name’: leaders of Progressive Judaism condemn Gaza war

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy release statement saying it’s ‘nearly impossible’ to hold onto Zionist dream

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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July 28, 2025 19:15

Palestinians in Gaza push through a fence to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025 (Photo AFP via Getty Images)

The Who is a Jew conundrum that Israel continues to dodge

The latest attempt to restrict the Law of Return won’t be the last

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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July 18, 2025 09:00

Trying to tighten the borders of Jewish identity: former Israeli deputy minister Avi Maoz of the nationalist religious party Noam (Flash90)

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