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Rabbi Rebecca Birk
'Yid' banner held by Spurs supporters
February 25, 2022, 12:47 pm
Leap of faith: What would Esther say about the use of the Y-word?
A stimulating new series where our progressive rabbis consider how biblical figures might act when faced with 21st century issues
By Rabbi Rebecca Birk
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 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
Refugees welcome sign
September 17, 2021, 2:45 pm
Progressively Speaking: Why we must welcome refugees this Succot
 Rabbi Rebecca Birk takes a topical issue, refugees, and offers a progressive take
By Rabbi Rebecca Birk
The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Falls Surgery on the Falls Road, Belfast, after injections of the coronavirus vaccine started in Northern Ireland GP practices on Monday.
January 22, 2021, 2:46 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘Pharaoh was the first anti-vaxxer’
Rabbi Rebecca Birk takes a controversial topic from Jewish texts and looks at a progressive Jewish response
By Rabbi Rebecca Birk
Rabbi Rebecca Birk
May 22, 2020, 2:50 pm
Rabbi joins imam and reverend in Gospel Oak to hand out free Iftar meals
The faith leaders gathered at the Queen’s Crescent Community Association to celebrate Ramadan which ends on Saturday
By Mathilde Frot
Seder plate!
April 16, 2020, 5:20 pm
Progressively Speaking: How can we relate the Exodus story to these times? 
Rabbi Rebecca Birk takes a topical issue and applies a progressive response
By Rabbi Rebecca Birk
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
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