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Jewish Year

We have no right to dwell comfortably – Judaism, Justice and Housing

Last night I visited the Republic of Frestonia – or at least I would have done if I had been there from 1977 to the 1980s. The Free and Independent Republic of Frestonia attempted to Read more…

By rabbinj, 1 year ago June 15, 2018
Judaism

משפט אחד יהיה לכם – One law there shall be for you (Sermon for Parashat Behar)

With the dust slowly settling on yesterday’s election results, it wouldn’t surprise you to know that I’m often asked if Judaism is implicitly socialist or capitalist (or latterly neo-liberal). Of course, it’s a nonsense question. Read more…

By rabbinj, 2 years ago May 4, 2018
Judaism

Food Banks – As I see it

If it was your own family that had fallen on hard times the last thing you would want is for an unknown member of the public to be sitting in judgement deciding whether they were Read more…

By rabbinj, 6 years ago February 25, 2014
Jewish Year

Haggadah Supplement and Enough Food For Everyone IF

I wrote in my weekly message to The LJS community about the campaign ‘Enough Food For Everyone IF’ – which is seeking to do everything possible whilst the UK holds the G8 presidency to bring Read more…

By rabbinj, 7 years ago March 15, 2013
Jewish Year

Eighty Hungry People For Dinner – #IF

This is an adapted version of my piece for the LJS’s monthly newsletter in March 2013. Our celebration of Pesach this year is particularly poignant. Every year we pick up and read our Haggadah, the Read more…

By rabbinj, 7 years ago March 3, 2013
Judaism

Kosher Immunity from the Horsemeat Scandal – I don’t think so

This is a cross post from my Thought for the Week for The LJS. Dear Friends, I know I’m not alone in being astonished by the news regarding the amount of horsemeat that has found Read more…

By rabbinj, 7 years ago February 18, 2013
Judaism

Giving the winter fuel payment to charity

I was struck by the advice of Nick Hurd MP that whilst we may be recipients of a universal benefit we should give it away to a charity if we do not need it. I am Read more…

By rabbinj, 7 years ago December 27, 2012
Jewish Year

Thinking about Homelessness in the lead up to Mitzvah Day

I can remember, as a child, we used to sit down for dinner on Friday night and the topic of conversation would frequently turn to a social justice issue. My parents, with their strong social Read more…

By rabbinj, 7 years ago November 7, 2012
Judaism

Relative and Absolute: Child Poverty

In a rather unfocussed way I’ve been tuning in and out of the discussion unfolding about poverty in the UK. I briefly read the paper produced by the Centre for Social Justice which deals with a Read more…

By rabbinj, 7 years ago June 14, 2012
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