Dear Wonderful Future Colleagues, Rabbinic Students In the last semester of teaching at the Leo Baeck College, we spent several weeks learning together about the description of the ‘ger’ (the stranger – though probably more accurately, the convert) in Jewish texts of late antiquity. We read, that the Mekhilta de Read more…
My discussion of David has been recurrent in the sabbatical posts (principally connected to my research). For some reason the allure of monarchical power is something I’ve not managed to escape from when I sit down to do research – and it’s not just that there’s never enough time to Read more…
There was a lot of coverage of the Bible Society’s report that children and parents don’t know Bible stories. I had a letter published in the Telegraph with my own comment. The full letter as I submitted (not as printed) was as follows: Sir, The Bible Society flags up an Read more…
In a couple of weeks (in fact on 25th November) it is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Now it might be our second nature to realise that violence against women is wrong. Well evidently not to everyone, here are some facts from the UN: Up Read more…