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Rabbi David Mason
October 8, 2024, 5:17 pm
OPINION: We have seen the community in the UK at its best since 7 October
Jewish values dictate that we must continue to unite and learn from each other's shared pain
By Rabbi David Mason
Children are on their way to fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on March 18, 2024. Credit: Khaled Omar/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
April 4, 2024, 12:09 pm
OPINION: Can we still hear each other after 7/10 and all that’s happened since?
Six months on from the Hamas terror attack, the strong inter-communal relations we've built are at risk of becoming yet another victim of this awful conflict, writes Rabbi David Mason
By Rabbi David Mason
George Galloway holds a rally at his Rochdale Headquarters after being declared winner of the Rochdale by-election.
March 1, 2024, 10:48 am
OPINION: From Galloway to Anderson, we must keep extremists of all stripes out
Our struggle for peace and equality will only be strengthened by showing that we stand by Muslims today as we would want all communities to stand with us during our darkest hours.
By Rabbi David Mason
Protestors opposing antisemitism (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Sipa USA)
November 9, 2023, 12:06 pm
OPINION: Jewish experience is complicated
Can Britain become a nation that champions difference and manages argument, asks the executive director of HIAS+JCORE
By Rabbi David Mason
Home Secretary Priti Patel signs agreement with the East African nation of Rwanda (Twitter)
April 20, 2022, 11:57 am
OPINION: The Jewish community must speak up regarding UK’s Rwanda plan
Jewish values of social responsibility chime and coincide with a national sense of decency and compassion.
By David Mason
March 16, 2022, 6:14 pm
Making Sense of the Sedra: if God undertakes miracles, what is the point of human action?
In our thought-provoking new series, rabbis and rebbetzins relate the week’s parsha to the way we live today
By Rabbi David Mason
Front view of small child holding placard poster on landfill, environmental pollution concept.
October 8, 2021, 2:45 pm
Torah for Today: Climate change
Rabbi David Mason takes a topical issue and offers and Orthodox perspective
By Rabbi David Mason
Pollution (Photo by Kouji Tsuru on Unsplash)
August 11, 2021, 1:33 pm
OPINION: The community must lead the way to net zero emissions
Following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report this week, Rabbi David Mason urges congregations to sign up to the EcoSynagogue project
By David Mason
(Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash via Jewish News)
July 2, 2021, 11:33 am
OPINION: Let’s lead from the front with a roadmap for eco-Judaism
With climate change increasingly impacting on all areas life, Rabbi David Mason looks at how the community can build a roadmap to being greener
By David Mason
July 15, 2020, 3:49 pm
OPINION: Musings of a rabbi in the period of pandemic
Rabbi David Mason reflects on the way in which lockdown has opened up new ways of looking at the world - including his garden and learning Torah daily
By David Mason
(Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash via Jewish News)
July 2, 2020, 1:25 pm
OPINION: Lockdown a lesson in how we can improve the world
Rabbi David Mason of the Eco Synagogue steering group reflects on a new initiative with the Board of Deputies to help the environment
By David Mason
L-R: Zaki Cooper, Harriet Morris Sloane, Veronica Wetten - London Fo Guang Shan Temple, Rabbi David Mason - Muswell Hill Synagogue and executive member, Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue, M Yazdani Raza Misbahi – runs a charity called the London Fatwa Council, Rabbi Herschel Gluck - Director, Ohr Avrohom – Light of Abraham and Mustafa Field - Director, Faiths Forum for London
December 10, 2019, 2:43 pm
OPINION: Bringing hope to the homeless in Trafalgar Square
Rabbi David Mason and Zaki Cooper slept out in the cold and the rain as part of a global initiative in 52 cities, to raise awareness of the importance of tackling homelessness
By Rabbi David Mason and Zaki Cooper
June 17, 2019, 12:44 pm
OPINION: From Baghdad to Coventry – a rabbi reflects on refugees’ journeys
After travelling to the midlands with the United Synagogue to witness how World Jewish Relief helps refugees, Rabbi David Mason reflects on what he learned about their experiences
By David Mason
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