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Senior Reform Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner
Photo by Margot RICHARD on Unsplash
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
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner
June 18, 2020, 4:09 pm
Reform leader Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner to chair Wingate Prize judging panel
Progressive figure will judge 2021 literary competition, which counts past winners including Amos Oz, Zadie Smith, Oliver Sacks, Otto Dov Kulka, David Grossman and Linda Grant.
By Jewish News Reporter
Reform rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner
May 20, 2020, 12:08 pm
Shuls may not open for Rosh Hashanah, says Reform chief
Rabbi Janner-Klausner makes the stark warning in powerful piece for Jewish News
By Mathilde Frot
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner
November 8, 2019, 12:47 pm
Progressively Speaking: Include victims of terror this Remembrance Day
Senior reform rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner draws upon Israel's Yom Hazikaron memorial ahead of the UK's moment of reflection for those who paid the ultimate price
By Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner
John Humphrys with former Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks following a recording of 'Thought for the Day'
October 2, 2019, 1:11 pm
John Humphrys hits out at ‘pointless and discriminatory’ Thought For The Day
Former host of The Today Programme criticises segment of the show featuring 'reflections from a faith perspective', including from Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Lord Sacks
By Jewish News Reporter
June 24, 2019, 10:54 am
Brits spark panic at Ben Gurion over airport bomb hoax joke
Suspected stag party of 18 men kicked off British Airways flight to Heathrow, after one makes comment to security staff about his luggage
By Jewish News Reporter
Officials from the Board of Deputies visit a mosque to pay respects after Christchurch terror attack
March 15, 2019, 3:03 pm
Jewish representatives join Muslim community at mosque vigils for Christchurch
Political and communal figures pay respects at the East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre in Tower Hamlets following deadly massacre in New Zealand
By Jewish News Reporter
Angela Rayner MP at the Board of Deputies Chanukah Party
December 3, 2018, 8:56 pm
Angela Rayner: Those likening Hitler to Zionism not welcome in Labour Party
Marie van der Zyl tells Board Chanukah reception: 'Labour must kick out the racists from the party, no Ifs, no Buts, and it must do so without further delay'
By Joe Millis
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at the Chief Rabbi's house
October 11, 2018, 1:00 pm
Chief rabbi and top Reform leader on list of influential London faith figures
Rabbis Ephraim Mirvis and Laura Janner-Klausner make the cut for the Standard's Progress 1000, alongside Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and The Queen
Archbishop Welby at Lambeth with Chief Rabbi Mirvis
October 11, 2018, 11:13 am
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby: It has been a ‘tough year for Jews’
Anglican leader gives support to the Jewish community after hosting an interfaith event at Lambeth Palace this week
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner (left) with her eldest child, Tal, who is gender non-binary CREDIT: GRAHAM CHWEIDAN/ GRAHAM@GRAHAMSIMAGES.COM
October 10, 2018, 4:33 pm
Reform leader speaks movingly about her gender-fluid child revealing identity
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner says she had to give up on the “fantasy” of her nice Jewish girl marrying a nice Jewish boy
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner and Rabbi Danny Rich
September 14, 2018, 12:36 pm
Progressive rabbis ‘stand united in condemning’ demolition of West Bank village
Senior Jewish leaders in the Reform and Liberal movement criticise Israel's plans to raze the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar
By Jewish News Reporter and JTA
Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in the Israeli Knesset
July 20, 2018, 11:43 am
Israel’s Nation State bill criticised by Board of Deputies as ‘regressive’
British Jewry's representative body issues 'concern' that the law may 'lead to doing down others', in unusual intervention into Israeli politics
Young London Jews say Kaddish for Gaza in Parliament Square. Credit: Israel Advocacy Movement video on Youtube
May 30, 2018, 9:56 am
Reform distances itself from young Jews linked to Kaddish for Gaza
Three progressive leaders say they 'deliberately chose not to attend' the controversial event, adding that many were 'disturbed' by the stunt
20,000 demonstrators protest in Tel Aviv against the deportation of thousands of asylum seekers Credit: Screenshot from YouTube
April 3, 2018, 2:10 pm
UK Jewish groups criticise Netanyahu after u-turn on asylum-seekers deal
Human rights organisations condemn the Israeli PM for cancelling a UN-brokered deal to save African migrants from deportation
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