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Life after death

Eternal dreams: the elusive idea of life after death

Jewish doctrine is flexible about what happens when we take our leave of this world

3 min read

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Rabbi Alby Chait of Leeds, whose online broadcasts were a lockdown hit

Rabbi Alby Chait to leave Leeds pulpit

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Reading the Torah (photo: Getty Images)

The Church’s influence on the Chumash

By Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain

3 min read

The headquarters of the Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024 (Flash90)

Israeli chief rabbinate to accept female applicants for rabbinical exams for first time ever

1 min read

Welcoming new generations: a baby-naming event at Bushey Synagogue

A good leader knows when to adapt

By Rabbi Elchonon Feldman

4 min read

NNLS members approve choice of new rabbi

NNLS members approve choice of new rabbi

1 min read

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

Progressive Judaism

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

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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I never intended to be a rabbi: How Rabbis Shlomo Levin and Joseph Dweck found their pulpit

Two leading Orthodox rabbis revealed how they came to accept their vocation

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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November 17, 2025 11:28

Rabbi Joseph Dweck in conversation with Rabbi Shlomo Levin (Photo: Bobby Bray)

You can’t always keep politics out of the pulpit

Rabbis can’t be expected to shy away from contentious issues

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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November 16, 2025 11:54

Zohran Mamdani (centre), the radical Democrat who was elected Mayor of New York earlier this month (photo: Getty Images)

New York rabbi all set to fill the Gateshead void

Rav Yisroel Mantel is due to visit the Tyneside community at the weekend

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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November 5, 2025 12:50

Gateshead Yeshivah (Google Street View)

Meet the ‘Zoo Rabbi’ on a mission to explain Judaism through wildlife

Natan Slifkin’s passion for the natural world – and its biblical depictions – has led to a unique career

By Simon Rocker

6 min read

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October 9, 2025 14:20

Meet the ‘Zoo Rabbi’ on a mission to explain Judaism through wildlife

Over 100 rabbis question EU leaders over ‘future for Jews in Europe’

More than 130 rabbis called for greater protection for synagogues and community sites amid surging antisemitism across the continent

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

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September 18, 2025 13:45

A police officer on patrol outside a French synagogue after October 7 (Image: Getty)

I’m a rabbi and so is my wife. This is why our marriage works

Jonathan Romain, one half of Britain’s first rabbinic couple, talks to ministers who have followed in his footsteps

By Jonathan Romain

4 min read

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September 17, 2025 11:07

Wishing you a lifetime of happiness: (from left) rabbis Leah Jordan and Benji Stanley, Jackie and Larry Tabick, Sybil and Jonathan Romain

Rabbi Hillel Goldberg

By Rabbi Hillel Goldberg

Why I refused to sign the rabbinic letter on Israel’s actions in Gaza

Amid an existential war for Israel and the Jewish people, it is not enough to ‘make a statement’

2 min read

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August 28, 2025 10:16

'I cannot sign this statement because it is deficient in facts, in nuance and in context' (Image: Getty)

Orthodox rabbis issue challenge to Israeli government over Gaza

British-linked religious figures join call for ‘moral clarity’ and criticism of Jewish extremism on West Bank

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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August 21, 2025 16:04

Leading call for moral clarity: Rabbi Yosef Blau (photo: David Khabinsky/Yeshiva University)

Masorti rabbi leads open letter accusing Israel of ‘callous indifference to starvation’

More than 400 rabbis sign letter urging Israeli government to allow ‘international’ aid into Gaza, halt settler violence and pursue peace

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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July 25, 2025 10:52

People make their way along Al-Rashid Street in western Jabalia on July 22, 2025, after receiving humanitarian aid from an aid distribution point in the northern Gaza Strip. (Photo: Getty Images)

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