18 July 2026 – 4 Av 5786 | Publications, Rabbis and Cantors, Thought
Israel didn’t mean much to me in my north-west London childhood. My parents donated to the (then) ‘Joint Palestine Appeal’ and we had a JNF Blue Collecting Box. They had bought some land in Jerusalem before the war because I remember them talking, in the late 1950s,...
8 April 2026 – 21 Nisan 5786 | Torah Commentary
In 1951, the Knesset established 27 Nisan – a week after Pesach – as Yom HaShoah. This year Erev Yom HaShoah is next Monday, 13 April. It is now almost one hundred years since the Nazis came to power. Already a quarter of the way into the 21st century, how should we...
17 December 2025 – 27 Kislev 5786 | Communities, News, Shabbat
The community at Finchley Progressive Synagogue held a special civic service combined with the dedication of their newly refurbished building. The service was led by Rabbi Rebecca Birk and Student Rabbi Richard Greene, with Progressive clergy in attendance including...
