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Human Rights

Crossing Seas, Making the Change: Advocacy Academy and Citizens UK

(A sermon) Tell the Israelites to go forward (Exodus 14:15) Imagine that moment of crossing the Sea of Reeds. Could you? Pursued by the Egyptians, Moses begins praying and God says to him, מה תצעק Read more…

By rabbinj, 3 years ago January 22, 2016
Human Rights

Risk taking – Syrian Refugees, Calais and Private Sponsorship

This has been on my mind for a while as I thought about how we can frame the question of risk and sensibly debate the issue. Seeing talk-backs on various articles (I know the worst Read more…

By rabbinj, 3 years ago December 24, 2015
Human Rights

Human Rights and Religious Rights – background reading

A brief summary to the Human Rights Act and religion is here: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/what-are-human-rights/the-human-rights-act/freedom-of-thought-belief-and-religion/index.html I also recommend to readers to look at the UK Human Rights Blog and the Law and Religion UK Blog. There is also useful information on Read more…

By rabbinj, 5 years ago January 12, 2014
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