ethicsThe practical ethics movement that’s making a comebackDr Alan Morinis has become one of the leading exponents of the mussar revivalBy Simon Rocker4 min read
AIThe AI librarian that can help with our Jewish learningSefaria’s new online tool can guide us to the sources we needBy Simon Rocker4 min read
NorwayTorah fragment desecrated by Nazis donated to Holocaust charity after Israel condemned ‘obscene auction’The sale of the piece of scroll in Norway was described as a ‘Nazi celebration’ by Israel’s Foreign MinistryBy Hayley Cregor2 min read
SuccotYou can be both joyful and vulnerable: that is the meaning of SuccotThe festival of Tabernacles is designed to strip away the illusion of safety – and show that life still goes onBy Rabbi Miriam Lorie3 min read
TorahThe new Torah commentary that highlights links with the Qur’anRick Sopher, co-author of Illuminating Scriptural Connections, hopes it can nurture better Muslim-Jewish understandingBy Simon Rocker4 min read
By Joe MintzEthical debates should be wary of straying into politicsBritish history discourages clerics from pronouncing on political rights and wrongs4 min read
By Liel LeibovitzThe best answer to antisemitism? Read the TorahThe Simchat Torah Challenge attracts young Jews long assumed adrift, inspiring them not through a social cause but by reconnecting them with the book that has held us together for millennia3 min read
Torah scrolls stolen in ‘antisemitic’ burglary of Paris synagogueThe local rabbi discovered the theft while preparing for a barmitzvah serviceBy JC Reporter1 min read||July 28, 2026 10:48
The ex-Aish rabbi who opened up a universe of knowledgeRabbi David Steinberg co-founded TheTorah.com, which brings academic Bible scholarship to wider audiencesBy Simon Rocker4 min read||July 13, 2026 17:00
Shavuot’s call for Jewish prideThis week’s festival asks us to affirm who we are and our purpose as a peopleBy Rabbi Elchonon Feldman3 min read||May 20, 2026 11:00
What to do on Shavuot (apart from eat cheesecake)There are growing opportunities to celebrate an often under-rated Yom Tov, which begins on Thursday nightBy Simon Rocker4 min read||May 17, 2026 10:13
The Church’s influence on the ChumashThe chapter divisions in the Tanach we now take for granted came from outside the Jewish traditionBy Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain3 min read||April 22, 2026 12:26
The new Haggadah which takes us back to EgyptKnowing about ancient Egyptian culture can deepen our appreciation of the Seder storyBy Simon Rocker3 min read||March 22, 2026 11:46
Why three is better than two in Jewish thinkingRabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah challenges the ‘tyranny’ of binary divisions on gender, Israel and other topics in a new bookBy Simon Rocker4 min read||March 13, 2026 11:51
To sustain Jewish unity we need a Torah-based visionReacting to external threats will not provide us with a sense of collective purposeBy Benjamin Amram4 min read||January 29, 2026 11:57
Why Judaism has only two core beliefsThe non-dogmatic basis of Jewish theology encourages freedom of thought, a new book arguesBy Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet3 min read||December 25, 2025 10:00
