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ORTHODOX JUDAISM
Making sense of the sedra: Sukkot
By Rabbi Elchonon Feldman
There is room for us all in one sukkah
A Hasidic man performs the mitzvah of the Four Species inside a sukkah in Jerusalem, 1959. Photo credit - Avraham Malevsky, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
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Rare photos reveal how Israelis celebrated Sukkot more than 60 years ago
By Michelle Rosenberg
Black and white images evoke vibrant historic moments from autumn harvest festival
The Houses of Parliament
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Bid to lift ban on Jews advising on Church of England roles launched
By JN Reporter
Legislation would remove Victorian-era restrictions affecting Jewish and Catholic prime ministers
When we stand together we can still make room
PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM
Leap of faith: making room
By Rabbi Charley Baginsky
An expansive Jewish community is one in which we can crowd together and still make space
Sulam village, north Israel
Judaism
Making sense of the sedra:
By Rabbi Yisroel Meir Zobin
Strength comes from being among our people
Opinion
Showing God no respect, but still turning up to shul
By Darren Richman
From aborted landings to Yom Kippur services, faith has a funny habit of resurfacing when life gets uncomfortable
Men and boys at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, the Old City. (Credit: Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.)
August 25, 2026, 12:24 pm
We don’t simply feel God exists. We know He does
Judaism is not built on wishful thinking or comforting emotions. Torah and Talmud offer a rational framework through which we can begin to know the Divine
By Rabbi Herschel Grossman
A statue of Moses returning from the summit of Mount Sinai with ten broadly decent ideas, ready to be passed down the generations
August 20, 2026, 7:58 pm
Why do we have faith? Because facts doth butter no existential parsnips
Writing his debut novel showed Richard Ferrer why blind faith is our greatest gift
By Richard Ferrer
August 19, 2026, 11:06 am
Making sense of the sedra: Ki Teitzei
A time for introspection
By Rebbetzen Shuli Liss
Joshua Bonehill Paine
August 19, 2026, 11:03 am
Leap of Faith: should a public role be allowed after prison?
Repenting is a key factor in criminal rehabilitation
By Rabbi Dr Margaret Jacobi
Settlers burned cars, field and property belonging to Palestinians in the West Bank in response to a deadly terror attack that left four Israelis killed. June 20, 2023. Courtesy: Twitter.
August 7, 2026, 1:44 pm
We cannot be bystanders to settler violence in the West Bank
The conduct of such extremists makes the present more dangerous and hope for the future more tenuous
By Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
Birds of prey are not kosher
August 5, 2026, 3:41 pm
Making sense of the sedra: Re’eh
Positive vision
By Rabbi Brendan Stern
Nick Cassenbaum's Bubble Schmeisis is heading to Edinburgh Festival Fringe
August 5, 2026, 3:30 pm
Leap of faith: We must celebrate the renaissance in Jewish theatre
Jewish plays have wider appeal than just the community
By Rabbi Lev Saul
Ashley Jackson with Holocaust survivors at Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivors’ Centre during her visit to north-west London.
July 30, 2026, 2:44 pm
Jesse Jackson’s daughter tells Holocaust survivors: ‘I have to live my truth’
Newly-converted Jew Ashley Jackson recalls her late father’s support for her Jewish journey as Holocaust survivors praise her decision to embrace Judaism despite rising antisemitism
By Annabel Sinclair
Ashley Jackson. Photo Credit: ABC 7 Chicago / TikTok
July 24, 2026, 5:09 pm
Jesse Jackson’s daughter reveals she has converted to Judaism
Ashley Jackson says her late civil rights leader father embraced her Jewish journey, revealing the deeply personal story in a Washington Post essay
By Annabel Sinclair
July 15, 2026, 11:08 pm
Making sense of the sedra: Devarim
Sitting in the box of uncertainty
By Rabbi Elchonon Feldman
Andy Burnham
July 15, 2026, 11:02 pm
Leap of faith: Is there a north-south divide in Judaism?
We need communal spaces like JW3 elsewhere in the country
By Rabbi Kath Vardi
Rabbi Lea Muhlstein speaking at Darkeiu
July 8, 2026, 3:38 pm
Leap of faith: Imagining the next Progressive century
100 years of the World Union for Progressive Judaism
By Rabbi Lea Mühlstein
A home is built through family values
July 8, 2026, 3:33 pm
Making sense of the sedra: Matot-Masei
The importance of building a home
By Rabbi Brendan Stern
Screenshot: Youtube
July 8, 2026, 12:23 pm
Rabbi Shlomo Levin launches new ‘Thought for the Week’ podcast
South Hampstead synagogue's leader hopes 52 episodes will help communicate Judaism as the universal language for all
By Michelle Rosenberg
Judge Rachel Freier
July 2, 2026, 2:54 pm
Making sense of the sedra: Pinchas
Claiming our share in the Jewish future
By Rabbi Yoni Golker
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