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Transactivists in Hastings, East Sussex. Photograph: Paul Lawrenson /Alamy Live News
April 23, 2025, 1:56 pm
OPINION: Rejecting the make-believe that people can change sex
Judaism must grapple with the details of how to achieve inclusion while rejecting simple solutions that fail to heed reality or halachic integrity, say Shira and Rabbi Zvi Solomons
By Shira Solomons and Rabbi Zvi Solomons
Miriam Lorie
May 22, 2024, 12:27 pm
OPINION: I’m grateful my kids can say ‘my mum the rabbi’
Change is happening and women are increasingly being empowered to teach and lead across the Orthodox world
By Miriam Lorie
Rabbi Eliezer Zobin with his family.
February 22, 2023, 10:38 am
London Beth Din appoints new dayan
Rabbi Eliezer Zobin joins rabbinical court of Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and says: "My prayer is that I should live up to the trust placed in me"
By Michelle Rosenberg
Women praying at the Western Wall
June 7, 2022, 12:41 pm
Israel to hire women as counsellors on sensitive subjects for Orthodox community
Matan Kahana, the deputy religious services minister, said in a release he will hire the women for “communities across Israel” this year.
By Jewish News Reporter
May 22, 2022, 10:21 am
Thousands hear from leaders of global Judaism at Weekend of Inspiration
Finchley United Synagogue, Stenecourt and South Hampstead Synagogue hosted educators from Israel, America and the UK
By Toby Porter
People undergoing the conversion process are under pressure, so try to be sympathetic
October 18, 2018, 2:44 pm
10 things not to ask a convert (from someone who is)
Here's a handy guide to being sensitive around ‘new Jews’ from someone who is converting to the faith
Genetics testing
August 25, 2017, 11:12 am
It’s one small snip for man, one giant snip for mankind
Gene editing, a process which could have major implications for the Jewish community, is almost upon us, say scientists
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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