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: Writings & Speeches
Helping others to manage without help
Matthew Parris wrote a moving article in The Times a few weeks ago about the experience of life on welfare … Read more
Antisemitism matters because it’s an assault on humanity
This coming Sunday is Yom Hashoah, the day we in the Jewish community observe our Holocaust Remembrance Day. And this … Read more
A Prayer for Yom HaShoah – composed by the Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks
Today, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the victims of the greatest crime of man against man – the young, the … Read more
How to withstand even the worst hurricane of hate
On National Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the victims: the Roma, the Sinti, gays, the mentally and physically disabled. And … 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
Our very existence depends on a delicate balance between too much and too little
For Jews the festival season is well and truly on us. We’ve just celebrated the New Year and the Day … 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
