The Three Weeks and Tisha B’Av – Ceremony & Celebration: Family Edition
This is the final instalment from our Ceremony & Celebration series, aimed at sharing key ideas and insights from … Read more
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We are the people that build – A d’var Torah on Tisha B’Av during the coronavirus pandemic
Here is a short message as we head towards Tisha B’Av – which begins this evening – and will be … Read more
Seven Principles for Maintaining Jewish Peoplehood
Starting with the Fast of Tammuz (on the 17th Tammuz), we begin a period in the Jewish calendar known as … Read more
Seven Principles for Maintaining Jewish Dialogue
This Sunday is the Fast of Tammuz, and with it begins the period of mourning in the Jewish calendar called … Read more
Seven Principles for Maintaining Jewish Peoplehood
Transcript Jews are an argumentative people. We are the only civilisation, known to me, all of whose canonical texts are … Read more
The Prophetic Voice (Matot-Masei 5777)
During the three weeks between 17 Tammuz and Tisha b’Av, as we recall the destruction of the Temples, we read … Read more
Creating freedom without anarchy, order without tyranny
Nine days from now Jewish communities around the world will sit in collective mourning on Tisha b’Av, the day of … Read more
Masei (5774) – Leadership at Time of Crisis
The parsha of Masei always occurs at the heart of the Three Weeks. This is the time when we engage … Read more
Devarim (5772) – Profits and Prophets
There are few more blazing passages in the whole of religious literature than the first chapter of the book … Read more
Ha’azinu (5770) – Vengeance
One of the most tragic moments in Western civilisation came when Christians began distinguishing between what they called “the Old … Read more
