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September 1, 2026, 1:13 pm
Showing God no respect, but still turning up to shul
From aborted landings to Yom Kippur services, faith has a funny habit of resurfacing when life gets uncomfortable
By Darren Richman
A man holding a smartphone with an AI chatbot app against a glowing visualisation displaying artificial intelligence software.
August 28, 2026, 9:32 am
In the age of AI, arguing with God matters more than ever
New book Error 404 asks what happens when humanity no longer needs faith. The rise of the all-knowing chatbot suggests we may simply be replacing one source of answers with another
By Mark Ginsberg
Men and boys at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, the Old City. (Credit: Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.)
August 25, 2026, 12:24 pm
We don’t simply feel God exists. We know He does
Judaism is not built on wishful thinking or comforting emotions. Torah and Talmud offer a rational framework through which we can begin to know the Divine
By Rabbi Herschel Grossman
A statue of Moses returning from the summit of Mount Sinai with ten broadly decent ideas, ready to be passed down the generations
August 20, 2026, 7:58 pm
Why do we have faith? Because facts doth butter no existential parsnips
Writing his debut novel showed Richard Ferrer why blind faith is our greatest gift
By Richard Ferrer
Jewish man praying with emotion at the the Western Wall.
August 20, 2026, 3:50 pm
Judaism doesn’t ask us to choose between faith and facts
Richard Ferrer's new book Error 404 argues that religion evolved to provide humans with meaning. But he overlooks what faith actually asks of us
By Rabbi Alex Chapper
Muslim visitors engage with Jewish tradition during an HLRS interfaith programme in Haifa. Credit: Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies/Facebook
October 6, 2025, 3:18 pm
The historian turning religion into a force for peace in Israel’s most divided cities
Prof. Uriel Simonsohn believes faith leaders can help Israel’s fractured communities – even in wartime
By Annabel Sinclair
Keshet UK Pride picture from 2017, with a Jewish member of the march wearing a kippah, alongside another with an Israel flag. (Jewish News)
August 19, 2025, 1:46 pm
OPINION: What homophobia taught me about holding communities together
I’ve spent decades working with and for those who believe my love is wrong. That experience taught me we can overcome divisions if we stop using “unity” to silence dissent
By David Davidi-Brown
Jewish families in London’s East End, early 20th century. (Credit: Jack the Ripper Archive)
April 29, 2025, 12:09 pm
OPINION: St Saul’s Cathedral? It’s time to reclaim our real names
David Aaronovitch aka Moishe takes a wry look at how Jewish names have been diluted over the years
By David Aaronovitch
Jewish family in the US
March 28, 2025, 1:58 pm
A quarter of US Jews raised in the faith no longer identify as Jewish, study finds
Judaism still retains a higher rate of religious continuity than many other religions
By Annabel Sinclair
From left: the hustings’ chair, Laura Marks; Hina Bokhari; David Burrowes; and Sir Stephen Timms. CREDIT: FAITHS FORUM FOR LONDON
July 2, 2024, 12:34 pm
OPINION: It’s time for change in the Government’s relationship with faith communities
Why I have hope in these otherwise depressingly tormented times, writes Laura Marks
By Laura Marks
Stock photo of children outside a school.
December 15, 2023, 10:51 am
OPINION: The tense battleground of religion in schools is not a Jewish Issue
Having independent faith schools alongside state schools showcases the UK as a live-and-let-live model for students, writes Shimon Cohen.
By Shimon Cohen
Census 2021: multi-person households with at least two different religions. See story RELIGION Census embargoed to 0001 Thursday July 27. Infographic PA Graphics. An editable version of this graphic is available if required. Please contact graphics@pamediagroup.com.
July 27, 2023, 11:43 am
Thousands living in multi-faith households, first figures of their kind show
The figures have been hailed as reflecting the “rich complexity of religious life” in the two nations.
Sweden’s justice minister has said his government may be open to amending a protest law, after the public burning of a Quran in Stockholm last month sparked fury across the Muslim world.
July 14, 2023, 4:55 pm
Disbelief as Swedish police allow Hebrew Bible to be burned outside Israeli embassy
The application, which was approved on Thursday, grants permission to a person “to express an opinion” in a public place.
By Lee Harpin
Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam
April 12, 2023, 12:54 pm
REVIEW: David Baddiel’s affectionate two fingers up to faith
It would be a sea-splitting miracle if The God Desire has the cultural impact of the author's previous seminal work, writes Richard Ferrer. This time the iconoclast bites off more than he can Jew.
By Richard Ferrer
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis pictured in his book-lined study. Photograph: Adam Stoller Photography
March 17, 2023, 10:27 am
INTERVIEW: ‘Being Chief Rabbi does not come naturally. It demands total dedication’
Newly-knighted Sir Ephraim Mirvis sits down with Richard Ferrer to reflect on the moments in his life that influence his philosophy of inclusion, as he prepares to mark 10 years in the role.
By Richard Ferrer
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