Warmed by the embers of controversy – Rabbi Louis Jacobs’ now notorious departure from the United Synagogue in 1964 – and spurred onward by the buoyant idealism of the creation of what would become Masorti Judaism’s first outp...
Parashah Vaera opens dramatically with God’s stirring proclamation to Moses: “I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as El Shaddai , but I did not make myself known to them by my name Adonai . I also estab...
I was most honoured to represent New London Synagogue and Masorti Judaism at the European Cantors’ Association’s annual convention in Prague, Czech Republic in November. About 30 of my colleagues and I visited Prague’s remarkable an...
