15 September 2026 – 4 Tishri 5787 | Festivals, Sermons, Thought
Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber is Rabbi of Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue (BHPS). This sermon was delivered at BHPS on Rosh Hashanah morning. You can watch it here. — We are presumptuous, we are told, in judging of our Creator. But He Himself has made this...
28 July 2026 – 14 Av 5786 | Torah Commentary
Circumcise your heart When I was in Year 11, I reduced one of my teachers to tears. Mrs Kelly was telling me to get down from a balcony. As it happens, another teacher had asked me to stand there and help with something, so I explained to Mrs Kelly that I was going to...
23 December 2025 – 3 Tevet 5786 | Thought
Chanukah (or as it’s spelt in this article, Channukah) is officially the most popular Jewish festival in the UK. According to research published last week by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research,2 89% of British Jews participated in at least one Channukah...
9 December 2025 – 19 Kislev 5786 | Thought
A new booklet of readings has been published for the eight nights of Chanukah, by Voices for Prophetic Judaism. Titled Judiths for Justice, each evening a Progressive rabbi or cantor offers a reflection celebrating an inspirational Jewish woman of that name from past...
