• A prophetic approach to talking about Israel-Palestine

    Submitted by Rabbi Howard Cooper I never used to feel apprehension when talking in public – until recently. For many decades I had the honour, the privilege, as a rabbi, of using my understanding of Jewish texts and history and life to explore themes and topics when invited to do so. And I had the…

  • Hineynu: re-defining of prophecy through a feminist lens

    Submitted by Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen Prophetic Judaism has long been articulated as a core pillar upon which progressive Judaism stands. Instead of a focus on halachah (Jewish law), our teachers who embedded Liberal and Reform Judaism in the UK, taught of the prophets and their unassailable search for moral behaviour and justice: ‘For [Leo] Baeck,…