As I reflect on an extraordinary year, my first thoughts are with those whose lives were tragically cut short by the Coronavirus. May their memories be for a blessing and may their families find comfort in their sad loss. My…
On 23rd June 2019, something extraordinary happened in Turkey; something which provides an insight into how each of us might successfully navigate a society which feels more divided and despondent than it has for many years. Increasingly, when faced with…
The two central themes of Pesach – peoplehood and freedom – have the potential to either provide great blessing or pose great danger to our society. The Exodus from Egypt paved the way for the Israelites to become a people.…
As we conclude a year which seems to have been dominated, in no small part, by disunity across the Jewish world, it is increasingly troubling to see some of the vitriol that is now routinely espoused by Jews against one another. It takes no time at…
“בראש השנה יכתבון וביום צום כיפור יחתמון” – ‘On Rosh Hashanah it is inscribed and on Yom Kippur it is sealed’ As we recited these moving words in the Unetaneh Tokef prayer last year, we could hardly have anticipated the devastation that…
