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Home schooling
January 20, 2022, 10:11 pm
Progressively Speaking: Learning should not only be done in school
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a topical issue and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
November 5, 2021, 10:47 am
Progressively Speaking: Calling it assisted dying is all wrong
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a controversial topic and looks at a Reform Jewish response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Shofar on top of a prayer book
September 3, 2021, 12:59 pm
The Bible Says What? The shofar reminds us to repent… and go to war!
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers reflects on a central message of the High Holy Days
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Torah scroll (Photo by Tanner Mardis on Unsplash)
July 2, 2021, 2:28 pm
The Bible Says What? God commands we build idols!
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a controversial topic from Jewish texts and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
May 21, 2021, 4:23 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘You must buy back your firstborn’
 Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers looks at a controversial passage of Jewish texts and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Protestors against discrimination of Uyghurs
April 22, 2021, 3:37 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘We’ll buy the poor for silver!’
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a topic from Jewish texts and gives a Reform response, with a focus on persecution of Uyghur Muslims and products made with forced labour
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Dr Doreen Brown, 85, receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, at Guy's Hospital in London, on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history. Care home workers, NHS staff and people aged 80 and over began receiving the jab this morning.
March 5, 2021, 10:01 am
Progressively Speaking: 20 million reasons to thank those in the vaccine rollout
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers reflects on the amazing job key workers are doing in keeping people safe from Covid-19
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
January 22, 2021, 3:01 pm
Progressively Speaking: Let’s support one another through the darkness
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a topical issue and looks into Jewish texts for a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Painted pebbles showing support for the NHS and keyworkers, and containing positive messages
November 12, 2020, 5:20 pm
The Bible Says What? The Torah did ‘hands, face, space’ long before Covid
 Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a controversial topic from Jewish texts and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
September 17, 2020, 10:26 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘You can’t handle the truth!’
 Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a controversial topic from the Torah and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Example of a Mikveh - (White Stork Synagogue in Wroclaw, Poland. (Wikipedia/Stefan Walkowski))
August 7, 2020, 10:50 am
The Bible Says What? ‘On the third day, God created… a mikveh!’
 Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a controversial issue from the Torah and offers a Reform Jewish response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Mother and her child wear masks as students head back to school during the pandemic
June 4, 2020, 4:50 pm
Progressively Speaking: Education shapes lives whether at home or back at school
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a topical issue and looks at a Progressive Jewish response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Scroll of megillat Esther (Wikipedia/ Israel Museum)
March 22, 2020, 10:23 am
The Bible Says What? Did Vashti appear naked before her husband?
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a controversial topic from Jewish texts and looks at a progressive response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
February 20, 2020, 1:00 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘Moses needed to hold up his hands to win a battle’
Reform Judaism's Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a controversial topic from the Torah and looks at a progressive response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
December 20, 2019, 12:53 pm
The Bible Says… Absolutely nothing about Chanukah!
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers delves into Jewish texts to find out why the festival of lights is... absent!
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
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