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...

We're often told that the Mishkan (portable desert temple) was built exactly to God's instructions, with the repeating words "kaasher...

Last Sunday, over 60 people gathered to celebrate 10 years of Partnership Minyanim in the UK and to plan their future!   Hosted jointly...

Mirror mirror on the wall... in our parasha, Vayakhel, Moshe attempts to refuse the gift of mirrors to the Mishkan on the basis that...

Last Sunday evening, we were honoured to host our presenters, R.Rahel Berkovits, Dr. Lea Taragin-Zeller, Dr. Miri Freud-Kandel, Rabba Dr....

Can a relationship ever heal from betrayal and infidelity? Well, you should absolutely read "The State of Affairs" by the phenomenal...

Manele Spielman was a man who rescued a Sefer Torah on the first night of Kristallnacht. In November 1938, the air was increasingly...

It's a little hard to relate to these parshiot which describe the Mishkan creation in great detail. But the Yom Kippur song Mareh Cohen...

Our next installment of our series of interviews with members is with Amy and Jason Braier, read their words as they reflect on a decade...

Happy rainbow unicorns, it turns out, are not an invention of the last five years, or even a medieval invention as Wikipedia would have...

Slavery is wrong. Full stop. And yet its existence in the Torah - moderated but understood as a fact of life - is problematic. There are...

So many memories... the very first service, Kabbalat Shabbat, I led the service and it was incredibly daunting and exhilarating at the...

Instagram's caption bot had fun with all my Hebrew this week - very grateful for the edit function! What does a beautiful quail egg have...

My name is Margaret, and it is an honour to be invited to be with you this evening. I’m here to share the story of my grandmother, one of...

Ever experienced things hitting rock bottom, and then when you think they can't get any worse, a breakthrough happens and the situation...

I remember the very first Shabbat morning service at Nashira so, so clearly. The weeks leading up to it had been fairly intense and...

Written by Miriam Lorie Tu b’Shvat is coming! In the depths of the British winter it always feels counter-intuitive to celebrate trees...

Much can be said about Pharaoh's heart hardening and being heartened and the implications for free will... but today, I'm interested in...

We are honoured to have been part of the minyan since the very beginning. We come along to that first meeting, where we all sat in a...

Nearer to 90 seconds this week - but here's Miriam's thoughts on this week's parasha Vaera. Until the final plague, most of the 10...