14 October 2026 – 3 Heshvan 5787 | Thought
I imagine some of you have, like my wife Lyn and me, watched the BBC series Ann Droid, created and co-written by Diane Morgan, with her and Sue Johnston in the two lead roles. Although nominally a comedy, it is also “occasionally tearjerking”, as The Guardian’s...
30 September 2026 – 19 Tishri 5787 | In the Media, Thought
Rabbi Charley Baginsky, Co-Lead of The Movement for Progressive Judaism, delivered BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day on Friday 25 September 2026. You can listen here or read it below: A few days ago I opened a newspaper and saw a photograph of myself that had been...
16 September 2026 – 5 Tishri 5787 | Festivals, Progressive Co-Leads, Sermons, Thought
Rabbi Josh Levy is Co-Lead of The Movement for Progressive Judaism. This sermon was delivered at Hertfordshire Progressive Synagogue on Rosh Hashanah morning. You can watch it here. — What, for you, is the essence of Rosh Hashanah? Perhaps it is the idea of...
16 September 2026 – 5 Tishri 5787 | Festivals, Progressive Co-Leads, Sermons, Thought
Rabbi Charley Baginsky is Co-Lead of The Movement for Progressive Judaism. This sermon was delivered at Alyth on Rosh Hashanah morning. You can watch it here. — Every rabbi standing in a particularly full synagogue on Rosh Hashanah must resist the temptation to...
15 September 2026 – 4 Tishri 5787 | Festivals, Sermons, Thought
Rabbi Alexandra Wright is Senior Rabbi of The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS). This sermon was delivered at the LJS on Rosh Hashanah morning. You can watch it here. — I think if I were to begin this sermon by referring to the ‘S’ word, you would be clambering on...
15 September 2026 – 4 Tishri 5787 | Festivals, Sermons, Thought
Rabbi Miriam Berger is Rabbi Emerita of Finchley Reform Synagogue (FRS). This sermon was delivered at FRS on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. You can watch it here. — I know some of you are worried about what’s happened to me. For 18 years I was your rabbi never...
