A wicked rabbi will be the loudest cheerleader for this new law, known as Amendment 159. If it results in Palestinian combatants being hanged, it’s a good thing, human rights or no human rights. The fact that Jews who commit murder are not eligible for capital punishment is immaterial: who…
31 October 1968 is a date that I’m sure is one you all remember well. It was election day in Dominica. Edward Scobie won with 587 votes; Arnold Active came a close second with 585 votes. And Arnold Active – whose name, incidentally, makes him sound like a superhero – went to court to try…
Please note: this sermon is going to argue that Palestine Action should never have been proscribed, and that Jewish values mean we should tolerate activism whether or not we agree with it. If this is liable to offend or upset you to the point that you feel obliged to write to the rabbinic ethics committee…
Eagle-eyed stalkers may have noticed that I’ve been a bit quiet on the sermon front recently. So I should probably let you know – well, those of you who don’t have high-power telescopes trained on my house – what I’ve been doing. I’m on sabbatical! After three years’ work, rabbis (at least those whose employers…
Channukah is officially the most popular Jewish festival in the UK. According to research published last week by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, 89% of British Jews participated in at least one Channukah candle-lighting last year, compared to only 84% who went to a seder and 74% who marked Rosh Hashanah.