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Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
The United Synagogue provides weekly food packages
February 18, 2022, 2:08 pm
Leap of faith: Food banks and benefit cuts. What would King Jehoash say?
A stimulating new series where our progressive rabbis consider how biblical figures might act when faced with 21st century issues
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
January 7, 2022, 1:25 pm
Progressively Speaking: Why Covid vaccination is a mitzvah
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a topical issue and looks at a Reform Jewish response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
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
Zabolon Simantov
October 8, 2021, 2:31 pm
Progressively Speaking: Why are we married to a Jewish law that fails to protect women?
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a topical issue and offers a Reform perspective
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
Torah scroll (Photo by Tanner Mardis on Unsplash)
August 13, 2021, 2:09 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘‘King Eglon was so fat his assassin’s sword disappeared in his body’’
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a controversial topic from Jewish texts and looks at a progressive response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
Torah scroll (Photo by Tanner Mardis on Unsplash)
June 17, 2021, 8:13 pm
The Bible Says What: ‘Giants and fallen angels are real’
 Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild looks at a controversial issue in Jewish texts and applies a progressive response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
Kanye West Photo credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
July 31, 2020, 1:18 pm
Progressively Speaking: Abortion laws and policing women’s bodies
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a controversial topical issue and looks at a Reform Jewish angle
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
June 12, 2020, 2:16 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘A woman’s place is to be a breadwinner’
 Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a controversial topic from Jewish texts and looks at a progressive response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
May 14, 2020, 3:47 pm
The Bible Says What? Not only man repents… God does too
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a controversial topic from the Torah and looks at a progressive Jewish response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
April 3, 2020, 2:00 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘Celebrate the deaths of your enemies’
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a controversial passage of Jewish texts and looks at a progressive Jewish response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
March 6, 2020, 8:21 am
The Bible Says What? ‘You are all gods’
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a controversial topic from the Torah and looks at a progressive Jewish response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
January 17, 2020, 11:31 am
Progressively Speaking: Blue Monday, the year’s most depressing day
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a topical issue and applies a Reform Jewish response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschil
Boris Johnson addresses a tense House of Commons (UK Parliament/PA Wire)
October 11, 2019, 11:51 am
Progressively Speaking: We should be courteous to each other, even if MPs aren’t
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild looks at Jewish texts to find out how we should treat one another, especially against the backdrop of a tense political atmosphere
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
Destruction of the temple
August 9, 2019, 1:12 pm
Progressively Speaking: Why the month of Av reminds us to challenge hatred
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a topical issue and offers a progressive Jewish response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
Ner Tamid - everlasting light in a synagogue. (Wikipedia /Bachrach44 )
February 15, 2019, 11:44 am
The Bible Says What? ‘Always keep a light burning’
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a controversial topic from the torah and applies a Reform Jewish response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
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