We must never forget the danger that lies beneath the surface of the human heart
Our thoughts continue to be with the families of the victims of the shootings in Cumbria that left 12 dead, … Read more
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Never underestimate the power of a story to enlarge the moral imagination of a child
On Monday night we, the members of the Jewish community, will be sitting down with our families to begin perhaps … Read more
Our common humanity precedes our religious differences
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Jos in Nigeria where this week hundreds of people were … Read more
The common good
On Wednesday this week the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales issued a document called “Choosing the common good.” … Read more
Faith in God after the Holocaust may be hard; but faith in humanity is harder still
Today is National Holocaust Memorial Day, and this year the focus will be on one small group of people … Read more
Perhaps We Should All Read Our Own Obituaries
Yesterday President Barack Obama was in Oslo to receive the Nobel Prize for peace. And behind that story lies … Read more
Not everything we can do, should we do
Next week the international conference on climate change begins in Copenhagen, and I’ve asked all the synagogues under my aegis … Read more
We don’t own what we possess, we merely hold it in trust
Yesterday in both Britain and America banks and courts were in the news, but for different, even opposite reasons. In … Read more
Succot is about the Resilience of the Human Spirit
First came the tsunami in the South Pacific, then, less than 24 hours later, the earthquake in Sumatra, claiming … Read more
Forgiveness liberates us from being held captive by the past
Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which begins on Sunday night, is the holy of holies of Jewish time, … Read more
