RabbisI’m a rabbi and so is my wife. This is why our marriage worksJonathan Romain, one half of Britain’s first rabbinic couple, talks to ministers who have followed in his footstepsBy Jonathan Romain4 min read
By Rabbi Hillel GoldbergWhy I refused to sign the rabbinic letter on Israel’s actions in GazaAmid an existential war for Israel and the Jewish people, it is not enough to ‘make a statement’2 min read
IsraelOrthodox rabbis issue challenge to Israeli government over GazaBritish-linked religious figures join call for ‘moral clarity’ and criticism of Jewish extremism on West BankBy Simon Rocker2 min read
Rabbi Jonathan WittenbergMasorti 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 peaceBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
AntisemitismFrench rabbi’s home burned to the ground during Shabbat in ‘arson attack’The rabbi's daughter has claimed that police suggested they are treating the blaze as deliberate but that ‘no one wants to call it antisemitic’By Jamie Shapiro2 min read
By Rabbi Hayim LeiterThe deaths of soldiers are due to the evil of Hamas, not because they didn’t study Torah hard enoughRabbi Yitzhak Yosef seemed to connect lapses in religious learning to the deaths of five Charedi servicemen, but how could anyone know such a thing?3 min read
RabbisBosnian minister apologises after gathering of top rabbis turned away over claim it would ‘justify genocide’Borjana Krišto said she ‘regretted’ that the conference had been cancelled following comments from one of her ministerial colleaguesBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Pioneering New York yeshivah has ordained its 100th Orthodox woman rabbiIt might have once seemed mission impossible – but Orthodox women rabbis are making their mark on Jewish lifeBy Rabba Dina Brawer3 min read||June 17, 2025 14:20
NNLS rabbi to take up role at Westminster SynagogueRabbi Zahavit Shalev will become interim rabbi at the independent Progressive synagogue as Rabbi Benji Stanley leaves to study in IsraelBy Simon Rocker2 min read||June 12, 2025 12:15
Gathering of top rabbis turned away from Bosnia after minister claimed it would ‘legitimise’ the ‘genocidal’ state of IsraelThe politician appeared to conflate the purely religious event with political Zionism, claiming that the presence of the event would ‘justify genocide’By Jacob Jaffa3 min read||June 11, 2025 17:04
Senior rabbinic couple of St John’s Wood Synagogue to retire early next yearRabbi Ivan and Rebbetzin Rachie Binstock will be stepping down after three decades leading the congregationBy JC Reporter1 min read||June 1, 2025 13:05
Gun-toting Orthodox rabbi turns the tables on would-be car thievesEmanuel Goldfeiz was still dressed in his Shabbat best when he was attacked by two masked assailantsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||May 30, 2025 10:29
Rabbi Sacks was ‘wonderful’ to me, recalls Britain’s first woman rabbiRabbi Jackie Tabick recounted some of her experiences at an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of women’s rabbinic ordination in BritainBy Simon Rocker5 min read||May 15, 2025 17:36
Blood money or vital aid? How rabbis wrestled with German reparationsPost-Nazi Germany’s offer of compensation to Israel for the Shoah split the countryBy Rabbi Gideon Sylvester3 min read||May 6, 2025 13:08
Communal row continues as 25 rabbis publish new letter against war in GazaFresh intervention from Progressive ministers comes as 36 deputies face a petition banning them from Israel over their letter criticisng the Jewish stateBy Jane Prinsley3 min read||April 25, 2025 12:14
After six years Cardiff Reform finds a rabbiThe only Progressive congregation in Wales has not had a permanent rabbi since before the pandemicBy Simon Rocker1 min read||April 10, 2025 11:46
