Rabbi David Mason

The aftermath of a fire at Shirley Hills in Croydon, England, on 19 July 2022, the hottest day in the country's history

July 21, 2022, 2:09 pm

UK Rabbis: this week’s heatwave offers nightmarish glimpse of future

Cross-denominational rabbinic group are urging British Jews to push their synagogues and MPs to meet net zero carbon target

By Jewish News Reporter

Rabbi David Mason of Muswell Hill Synagogue

February 25, 2022, 9:27 am

Rabbi: Labour faction’s offensive and intimidating conduct stops Jews attending meetings

Muswell Hill Synagogue's David Mason said a group within Hornsey and Wood Green Labour Party had sent an email to members 'attempting to smear my name'

By Lee Harpin

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the RNLI, following a small boat incident in the Channel after 27 people died yesterday in the worst-recorded migrant tragedy in the Channel. Picture date: Thursday November 25, 2021.

December 7, 2021, 3:22 pm

28 rabbis express ‘deep concern and dismay’ to Priti Patel over asylum bill

Jewish leaders from the United Synagogue, Masorti, Liberal and Reform among those to sign a letter, saying proposals 'strongly negate our Jewish values of justice and fairness.'

By Lee Harpin

Front view of small child holding placard poster on landfill, environmental pollution concept.

October 8, 2021, 2:45 pm

Torah for Today: Climate change

Rabbi David Mason takes a topical issue and offers and Orthodox perspective

By Rabbi David Mason

(Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash via Jewish News)

July 2, 2021, 11:33 am

OPINION: Let’s lead from the front with a roadmap for eco-Judaism

With climate change increasingly impacting on all areas life, Rabbi David Mason looks at how the community can build a roadmap to being greener

By David Mason

July 15, 2020, 3:49 pm

OPINION: Musings of a rabbi in the period of pandemic

Rabbi David Mason reflects on the way in which lockdown has opened up new ways of looking at the world - including his garden and learning Torah daily

By David Mason

July 2, 2020, 1:32 pm

Green Shabbat: Faith leaders urge investment in eco-friendly Judaism

Chief Rabbi Mirvis among communal figures to back initiative in wake of lockdown which 'highlighted how irresponsible our society has been in regard to the environment'

By Jewish News Reporter

July 2, 2020, 1:25 pm

OPINION: Lockdown a lesson in how we can improve the world

Rabbi David Mason of the Eco Synagogue steering group reflects on a new initiative with the Board of Deputies to help the environment

By David Mason

The new CCJ Christian-Jewish resource on the Israel-Palestine conflict

June 24, 2020, 9:37 am

New Israel-Palestine resource created to enhance Jewish-Christian discussion

Council of Christians and Jews' document will be distributed across faith communities to facilitate a discussion about the conflict

By Jewish News Reporter

L-R: Zaki Cooper, Harriet Morris Sloane, Veronica Wetten - London Fo Guang Shan Temple, Rabbi David Mason - Muswell Hill Synagogue and executive member, Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue, M Yazdani Raza Misbahi – runs a charity called the London Fatwa Council, Rabbi Herschel Gluck - Director, Ohr Avrohom – Light of Abraham and Mustafa Field - Director, Faiths Forum for London

December 10, 2019, 2:43 pm

OPINION: Bringing hope to the homeless in Trafalgar Square

Rabbi David Mason and Zaki Cooper slept out in the cold and the rain as part of a global initiative in 52 cities, to raise awareness of the importance of tackling homelessness

By Rabbi David Mason and Zaki Cooper

Rabbi Miriam Berger shows young members of the Somali Bravanese community a Torah

September 26, 2019, 11:49 am

After tragedy, communities find ‘there is more in common than divides us’

After the Somali Bravanese Welfare Association in Muswell Hill was set on fire, local Jewish communities came to its aid. Six years later, SBWA looks to the future with a new site

By Stephen Oryszczuk

Lord Alf Dubs, Rabbi Gluck and representatives from the Jewish Council for Racial Equality at a demo in support of child refugee resettlement Credit: Dinendra Haria

July 29, 2019, 3:16 pm

Rabbis among 120 faith leaders urging Boris Johnson to allow more child refugees

Jewish figures from across denominations join other faith leaders in calling for Boris Johnson to 'offer a lifeline to unaccompanied children'

By Jewish News Reporter

June 17, 2019, 12:44 pm

OPINION: From Baghdad to Coventry – a rabbi reflects on refugees’ journeys

After travelling to the midlands with the United Synagogue to witness how World Jewish Relief helps refugees, Rabbi David Mason reflects on what he learned about their experiences

By David Mason

United Synagogue rabbis David Mason, Nicky Liss, Marc Levene, Yoni Birnbaum, Ephraim Guttentag, and Sam Taylor, with refugees Alyaa, Hafssa, Martin, Ahmad and Sara

June 14, 2019, 12:42 pm

Rabbis ‘humbled’ to meet Syrian refugees supported by World Jewish Relief

The delegation of Jewish leaders to Coventry this week broke bread with five people who'd been given a new life in the UK, supported by World Jewish Relief

By Mathilde Frot

Guests on this week's episode of the Jewish Views podcast!

October 11, 2018, 3:01 pm

Jewish Views podcast: Nikki Haley, Yiddisher Jazz and Mosaic Jewish Community

Guests on this week's podcast include Alan Dein, Mark Phillips and Rabbi Kathleen Middleton, Carol Gould, Justin Cohen and Rabbi David Mason

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