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  • 28 Jan 2012
    Holocaust Memorial Day marked across Britain

    Hundreds of events to mark Holocaust Memorial Day took place as part of the worldwide commemoration on Friday 27 January, with more this weekend.

  • 15 Jan 2012
    Religious row over gender segregation in Israel

    Should Israel allow segregation by gender in the public sphere simply because one religious group - ultra-Orthodox Jews - demand it?

  • 15 Jan 2012
    A changing Middle East and North Africa: annual overview

    It has been a momentous twelve months in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and in relation to developments popularly dubbed the 'Arab Spring' or (perhaps more helpfully) the 'Arab Awakening'. Time, we think, to stop for a moment and take stock.

  • 11 Oct 2011
    New survey shows dissatisfaction among Israeli Jews

    Some 80 per cent of Jewish Israelis are dissatisfied with how the government handles issues of religion and state, a new survey suggests.

  • 22 Jul 2011
    First-ever public representative for Reform Judaism announced

    The Movement for Reform Judaism has announced that it is to appoint Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner as its first ever national spokesperson.

  • 29 Sep 2010
    Israeli treatment of Jewish aid ship to Gaza condemned

    Israeli naval warships have intercepted an aid ship carrying Jewish activists trying to get assistance through to the blockaded Gaza Strip.

  • 26 Aug 2010
    Choices over 'chosenness'

    “Being chosen,” as in the case of biblical or modern Israel, is still a grand theological theme inhabiting discourse in America, says Martin E. Marty. The concept is hotly disputed. And it is especially troubling when it becomes a matter of credal orthodoxy.

  • 22 Jul 2010
    Turbulent times: The British Jewish community today

    The willingness to stand out has brought about both a kind of ‘Jewish renaissance’ in Britain and also a very public discourse of insecurity, says Keith Kahn-Harris. But the resulting turbulence that has brought about some very positive outcomes.

  • 21 Jul 2010
    Judaism: ancient roots, modern realities

    Two hundred years ago, a revolution was ushered in by Reform Judaism, catering for Jews no longer isolated from the rest of society or fearful of surrounding culture, says Jonathan Romain. Through it, Jewish people are thoroughly engaged with society, looking to apply ancient roots to modern realities in a positive way.

  • 27 Jan 2010
    Subversive memory

    Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks offered a moving, reflective and hopeful 'Thought for the Day' on BBC Radio 4 this morning, highlighting the courage and resistance of those trapped in the Warsaw ghetto under the Nazis