"I've been through the desert on a horse with no name... in the desert, you can't remember your name" Singer, Dewey Bunell, wrote these...

Simon Rocker, from The Jewish Chronicle, this week focused on Miriam Lorie's Semicha (rabbinic ordination). He describes the graduation...

Sharing some Torah from my final exam day! Why does our halakhic tradition preserve the individual, dissenting, and rejected opinions? So...

"Proclaim liberty in the land" says this week's parasha, Behar. We need liberty and release more than ever in this hurting world. I'm...

Zoe, it’s finally here! On Monday we’re flying to New York, and a week later, in a beautiful ceremony there surrounded by family and...

Our very own, Miriam Lorie, set to become Rabbi Lorie when she receives semicha in New York in just a few days time. This has been...

One of my favourite mantras when a Torah parasha is challenging is: "the Torah is the first word, not the last word." This week's...

I love the Gemara's idea that "placing a stumbling block before the blind" could look like inciting anger in another - riling them up so...

I feel very fortunate to live in a country where people can speak freely and love having the opportunity to contribute to the diversity...

The legendary comedy troupe Monty Python (who I am proud to call fellow Brits), in their take on Second Temple life in The Life of Brian,...

There's no sin in childbirth, so why does the Torah say a woman brings a sin offering after birth? I think there's something else going...

I’d like to tell you about Benny and Jack, two men in their 80s who I’ve got to know through my hospital chaplaincy. Benny is an orthodox...

The window for collecting Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP) points for admission into Jewish schools opened on 5th April 2024. If...

There are many theories why Nadav and Avihu bring a "foreign fire that was not commanded" which led to their deaths - they were drunk,...

Yesterday I sat my final rabbinical exam in the laws of Jewish mourning, Aveilut. So it felt apt to find something in this week's...

Purim this year is different. Our last festival together was Simchat Torah, which, like Purim, is supposed to be celebrated with...

Why does the megilla start with Vashti? First of all, Vashti gets a bad rap, mainly thanks to a set of Babylonian midrash that many of us...