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Rift at Progressive synagogue after use of Israeli flag branded ‘deeply offensive’

Several Leicester Liberals have quit the small congregation as a result of the post-October 7 row

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

A former member of Leicester's Liberal community claimed "it got to a point where I could not even support Israel at my shul”

A new commitment to Muslim-Jewish understanding is a positive step

The JC

A new commitment to Muslim-Jewish understanding is a positive step

1 min read

Rabbi Paul Freedman of Radlett Reform Synagogue

Progressive Judaism

New siddur blends Reform and Liberal traditions

1 min read

A Colombian shamans serves ayahuasca during a ceremony - a consciousness-altering brew made from a plant (Photo: Getty Images)

Rabbi I have a problem

Could drugs ever be used to reach a spiritual high?

By Rabbi Alex Chapper and Rabbi Jonathan Romain

3 min read

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addresses an event (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi urges MPs to ‘choose life’ as Jewish leaders intervene on euthanasia bill

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Britain's Prime Minister, Keir Starmer chats to Rabbi Charley Baginsky, co-lead of Progressive Judaism, during a breakfast roundtable meeting for faith leaders as part of InterFaith Week in 10 Downing Street (Photo: Getty Images)

Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer hosts interfaith breakfast in Downing Street

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

Wimbledon Synagogue marks Sukkot

High Holy Days attendance up a year after October 7

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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Leo Baeck head is made a professor

Title recognises the academic achievements of Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris

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October 10, 2024 11:04

Rabbi Professor Deborah Kahn-Harris

UK shul offers support to Ukrainian communities hit by Russian airstrikes

Members of The Ark Synagogue are hoping to visit Progressive Jewish communities in Ukraine in November

By Daniel Ben-David

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September 6, 2024 12:46

The street in Lviv, Ukraine, where Sasha Somish, a member of the Jewish community, lives, after a Russian rocket attack earlier this week (Photo: Sasha Somish)

From London to Lithuania: a Torah scroll brings communities together

The loan marks a major step in the renaissance of Jewish life in Vilnius

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September 2, 2024 15:47

Precious handover: (Left to right) Rabbi David Maxa, Andrew Keene, Viljamas Zitkauskas and Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich (pic: Susannah Fields)

Progressive leaders ‘reassured’ by government’s commitment to Israel

Progressive Judaism stressed diversity of views within Jewish community in meeting with ministers

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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July 31, 2024 11:35

Progressive Judaism leaders Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy meet Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer

Progressive Judaism scheps nachas from first Yiddish Bas Mitsve

Tamara Micner celebrated at Kehillah North London

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July 22, 2024 15:01

Tamara Felisa Micner Guincher, who recently celebrated the first Yiddish Bas Mitsve in the UK Progressive Jewish community (Photo: Lexi Clare Photography)

Don’t label anyone a ‘bad Jew’

Harvard academic Noah Feldman’s new book asks what do Jews today have in common

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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May 26, 2024 12:22

Members of Jewish Voice for Peace protest in New York against American President Joe Biden's support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza (photo: Getty Images)

Leading Reform synagogue chooses cantor rather than a rabbi to be its new head

Cantor Zoe Jacobs selected leader of Finchley Reform, while Rabbi Golan Ben-Chorin is to become principal rabbi of Alyth

By Simon Rocker

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April 1, 2024 13:45

Cantor Zoe Jacobs

Rabbi Jonathan Romain

By Rabbi Jonathan Romain

Why Reform and Liberal Judaism are stronger together

The two movements have more which unites than divides them

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March 27, 2024 15:39

Rabbi Charley Baginsky, head of Liberal Judaism and Rabbi Josh Levy, head of the Movement for Reform Judaism

Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy

By Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy

The Progressive Jewish voice must be heard in conversations about Israel, faith and society

The leaders of Progressive Judaism reflects on a significant year for Israel and the Jewish diaspora

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January 4, 2024 16:48

Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy, co-leads of Progressive Judaism (photo: Progressive Judaism)

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