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Rabbi Miriam Berger
The new state-of-the-art Finchley Reform synagogue. (Jewish News)
May 3, 2022, 1:32 pm
‘Soft opening’ for Finchley Reform’s new £4.7million state-of-the-art home
Official opening with Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, set for Shavuot.
By Jenni Frazer
Sue Gray (Wikipedia/ Source https://www.gov.uk/government/people/sue-gray Author GOV.UK)
February 3, 2022, 2:24 pm
Leap of Faith: What would Moses do?
A stimulating new series in which progressive rabbis consider how biblical figures might act when faced with 21st century issues
By Rabbi Miriam Berger
December 3, 2021, 2:29 pm
Progressively Speaking: Why we must think before we judge
Rabbi Miriam Berger take s topical issue and offers a Reform perspective
By Rabbi Miriam Berger
Torah scroll (Photo by Tanner Mardis on Unsplash)
September 17, 2021, 2:43 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘Don’t expect God to provide’
 Rabbi Miriam Berger takes a controversial topic from the Torah and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Miriam Berger
2FNAN1R London, England, UK. 15th May, 2021. Protesters outside the Embassy of Israel in London. Tens of thousands of protesters marched to the embassy form Hyde Park in solidarity with Palestinians as Israeli attacks on Gaza continues. Credit: Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
May 28, 2021, 12:03 pm
Progressively Speaking: Returning to status quo is the worst ending to this mess
Rabbi Miriam Berger reflects on the recent violence and ceasefire between Israel and Gaza
By Rabbi Miriam Berger
Matzah
March 11, 2021, 8:51 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘Pesach can be postponed’
 Rabbi Miriam Berger takes a topical issue and offers a Reform perspective
By Rabbi Miriam Berger
Supreme Court president Esther Hayut (left), pictured at her appointment in October 2017 (Credit: Israeli Government Press Office)
March 3, 2021, 5:25 pm
OPINION: Chipping away at the Orthodox monopoly over Judaism in Israel
Finchley Reform's Rabbi Miriam Berger reflects on the historic conversion ruling in Israel - and what it means for progressive Jewish movements
By Miriam Berger
Jonny Benjamin
January 21, 2021, 10:28 am
Mental health campaigner helps launch new community mikveh
Jonny Benjamin backs the new Wellspring Project UK which aims to offer a new centre for wellbeing in Barnet.
Covid-19 vaccine administered through an injection
January 8, 2021, 12:02 pm
Progressively Speaking: Why 2021 should be the year of unmuting
Rabbi Miriam Berger takes a topical issue and delves into Jewish texts for a Reform response
By Rabbi Miriam Berger
The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Wikipedia/Collection Kunsthistorisches Museum/ Source/Photographer bAGKOdJfvfAhYQ at Google Cultural Institute)
October 30, 2020, 11:26 am
The Bible Says What? ‘God made us divided so we could come together’
 Rabbi Miriam Berger takes a controversial topic from the Torah and applies a Reform response, this week focusing on the story of the Tower of Babel
By Rabbi Miriam Berger
Rosh Hashanah drive in session!
September 21, 2020, 12:18 pm
Finchley Reform runs Covid-friendly ‘drive-in’ Rosh Hashanah service
The community took to the car park of Saracens’ rugby stadium for Yom tov sessions, complete with shofar-blowing and a sterilised speaker for each vehicle
By Jenni Frazer
Rabbi Miriam Berger
September 4, 2020, 11:21 am
The Bible Says What? ‘Nobody mourned for Miriam’
Rabbi Miriam Berger takes a controversial topic from the Torah and offers a progressive response
By Rabbi Miriam Berger
July 17, 2020, 11:00 am
Progressively Speaking! What does lockdown easing really mean for our community?
Rabbi Miriam Berger takes a topical issue and offers a Reform Jewish response
By Rabbi Miriam Berger
Dominic Cummings top aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the back of Downing Street (Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire via Jewish News)
June 2, 2020, 12:00 pm
OPINION: The letter Britain should have received from Dominic Cummings
Rabbi Miriam Berger shares her Shavuot sermon, which offers a letter she would liked to have got from the PM's top adviser
By Miriam Berger
May 7, 2020, 12:49 pm
Forty Under 40: Our community’s rising stars
From educators and faith leaders to political campaigners and charity volunteers, we identify those who just missed out on the top 40 of those set to shape the future Anglo-Jewry
By Jewish News
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