What makes us human?
As an answer to the question what makes us human, even in the age of neuroscience, it’s hard to improve … Read more
Tag: Articles
The responsibility of remembrance grows heavier still on this generation and those not yet born
On Sunday we will commemorate Yom HaShoah, the day set aside in the Jewish calendar for Holocaust remembrance. Always a … Read more
Communities Together: Build a Bridge – Holocaust Memorial Day 2013
Below is a transcript of the Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks’ address at the service to commemorate and mark National … Read more
The Moral Animal
It is the religious time of the year. Step into any city in America or Britain and you will see … Read more
The Jewish Bookshelf – 10 Essential Books
To be a Jew is to read. To learn, to study, to exercise the mind in pursuit of God and … Read more
The Jewish community could not exist for a day without its volunteers
Among the memories I cherish of an unforgettable Olympic summer was the way 70,000 volunteers transformed the mood of London, … Read more
Kehunah and Kedushah: The Priestly Role
The following article was written to commemorate the second yartzeit of Marc Weinberg z”l. Marc Weinberg, of blessed memory, had … Read more
It is the end of a dangerous moral experiment
The banking scandals, rate fixing and resignations may have a silver lining if they awaken us to a fact about … Read more
The Europeans’ skewed view of circumcision
In May 2007 a small group of religious leaders met, in the EU headquarters in Brussels, with the three most … Read more
Jewish Diversity & Unity
The beauty of creation, as we believe and as science ever more wondrously shows, is that Unity above creates diversity … Read more
