Clergy statement: Trans rights are human rights

Statement from Progressive Jewish clergy

By Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen (Co-Chair of the Assembly of Reform Rabbis and Cantors) and Rabbi Anna Wolfson (Co-Chair of the Conference of Liberal Rabbis and Cantors) This week’s ruling by Britain’s Supreme Court on biological sex impacts real people. Trans people are not theoretical case studies. They are our friends, congregants, colleagues and family … Read More

A united movement will appeal to the widest audience

David Kirk

By David Kirk I grew up at The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS) where my parents – Ann and Bob Kirk z”l – were very involved in so many aspects of the wonderful LJS communal life and probably well-known to many of the people reading this. Later I became a member … Read More

An inspiring Rabbi Harry Jacobi Memorial Lecture

Harry Jacobi lecture

The Sixth Annual Rabbi Harry Martin Jacobi Memorial Lecture was marked by insightful reflection and deep appreciation for Jewish resilience, as Rabbi Dr Andrew Goldstein delivered an engaging talk exploring the themes of hope, perseverance and faith. Rabbi Andrew compared the pessimism of the prophet Jeremiah with the optimism of … Read More

The Komediant and an evening with Oshra Schwartz

The Komediant

By Karen Pollak Mosaic Jewish Community Mosaic Jewish Community’s Israel Society put on a captivating evening featuring Oshra Schwartz, a leading light of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, who showed her acclaimed film, The Komediant, about the heritage of Yiddish theatre in America. The film was in … Read More

One Progressive Judaism will make us more influential than ever

Rabbi Cantor Gershon Silins

By Rabbi Cantor Gershon Silins I recently returned from Chicago, where I attended, for the first time, the annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (the CCAR), of which I am an overseas member. I found it to be inspiring. The services were engaging and very well led, … Read More