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Alex Brummer
Holland Road synagogue (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
June 4, 2025, 11:19 am
OPINION: How a Torah from Hove found new life in Richmond and preserved my family’s legacy
Alex Brummer on the rededication of a Sefer Torah from his childhood shul and the heritage it carries forward
By Alex Brummer
Fiddler on the Roof - the full company. Photo: Marc Brenner
September 4, 2024, 2:13 pm
OPINION: Amid the gloom, there is still a lot to be hopeful about
Despite Israel’s political, military and regional angst and antisemitism across the UK, it is possible to look over the horizon and see shards of light
By Alex Brummer
Crowd performing Slichot and Annulment of Vows (Hatarat Nedarim) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. (wikipedia)
September 12, 2023, 12:19 pm
OPINION: If music be the food of Rosh Hashanah reflection, then play on
Alex Brummer on the heavenly beauty of the high holy days and how Chazanat is in his family’s DNA
By Alex Brummer
Pic: Holland Road synagogue website.
September 1, 2023, 11:58 am
OPINION: Focus on sense, not sensibility – 80% of Holland Road shul members voted to close its doors
Stanley Cohen, chairman and joint life president of Hove Hebrew Congregation responds to Alex Brummer's lamentation at the closure of the 93-year-old community.
By Stanley Cohen
Israeli military vehicle caught in Jenin, West Bank.
July 13, 2023, 12:06 pm
OPINION: Calm amid the frenzy, but will anyone listen?
Amid the spectacle and instant gratification of 24-hour news, only a few journalists offer sensible analysis. But are viewers willing to stop and hear it, asks Alex Brummer.
By Alex Brummer
Frontage of the old Jewish Museum in Camden, north London.
June 9, 2023, 1:24 pm
Opinion: Museum’s closure is one big and embarrassing shock
Alex Brummer says it is "extraordinary" that emergency funds could not be raised to keep Camden's Jewish Museum going and asks why our community can't get things done
By Alex Brummer
Israeli innovation is at the heart of some of the most advanced technology in the world
April 24, 2023, 10:57 am
OPINION: Israel’s economy after 75 years is one of the most inspiring narratives of our time
Israel’s journey from undeveloped, desert economy to Silicon Valley of the Middle East is truly something to celebrate, writes Alex Brummer.
By Alex Brummer
Parting of the Red Sea. pic: Chabad
April 4, 2023, 1:11 pm
OPINION: Freedom of expression is a right, not a privilege
Freedom of expression was a great gift and one never forgotten, after the children of Israel left Egypt, writes Alex Brummer.
By Alex Brummer
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover. (PA)
March 22, 2023, 12:30 pm
OPINION: Overpaid pundit Lineker has debased vital debate
His sympathy for asylum seekers is to be admired. But Gary Lineker's ignorance in comparing events in the UK to 1930s Germany was unconscionable, writes Alex Brummer
By Alex Brummer
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial reforms to reduce powers of the Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv, Israel January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg
March 9, 2023, 2:15 pm
OPINION: Israel is sacrificing years of hard-earned progress
As protests against proposed changes to its judiciary continue, Israel’s reputation as a modern, liberal democracy and global pioneer in technology is at stake, writes Alex Brummer for Jewish News
By Alex Brummer
Terezin memorial
February 22, 2023, 4:06 pm
OPINION: What my grandson taught me about remembering the Holocaust
Alex Brummer writes that remembrance, no matter how difficult, can be an inspiration to a younger generation keen to learn more about the Shoah
By Alex Brummer
Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London ahead of a hearing regarding the UK Holocaust Memorial, an issue that has also divided the Jewish community.
January 4, 2023, 4:37 pm
OPINION: Our challenges lay beyond the Jewish community rather than within
The chairman of the National Jewish Assembly argues that communal divisions show Jewish Britain at its best, not worst.
By Gary Mond
The United Synagogue provides weekly food packages
February 27, 2022, 10:25 am
OPINION: Food poverty doesn’t just affect other people
As the cost of living crisis continues to bite, Alex Brummer looks at the communal response
By Alex Brummer
Tony Blair (Filipe Amorim / Global Images/Sipa USA)
January 15, 2022, 11:18 am
OPINION: Blair should have turned down knighthood offer
Having been offered a knighthood, Blair’s better political judgment should have told him to turn it down on the grounds that it was bound to expose deep wounds, says Alex Brummer
By Alex Brummer
December 10, 2021, 3:33 pm
OPINION: Short-termism surrounds us but our legacy matters
As ancestors we need to think about what values and legacies we leave or future generations, writes Alex Brummer
By Alex Brummer
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