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Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
April 15, 2024, 12:44 pm
Leap of Faith: the Haggadah is a book of hope
The story of Pesach has broken through into our reality
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
A scene from One Life
January 17, 2024, 4:36 pm
Leap of faith: the value of life is infinite
Destroying one human life destroys a potential world
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
The lulav is a rainmaker
October 5, 2023, 6:00 pm
Leap of faith: rainmakers
When water wasn't on tap we shook the lulav
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
July 21, 2023, 10:14 pm
Leap of Faith: governance and policing
Who kept law and order in biblical times?
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
120th anniversary of Kyiv synagogue
February 23, 2023, 5:48 pm
Leap of Faith: Judaism and Ukraine
One year on, the war reminds us that we are more Ukrainian than we know
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
Archie Battersbee
August 17, 2022, 6:43 pm
Leap of Faith
Why Moses would have sided with Archie Battersbee’s mother
By 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
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
March 26, 2021, 1:06 pm
The Bible Says What? Approaching God is dangerous
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a controversial passage from the Torah and looks at a progressive Jewish response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
January 15, 2021, 10:52 am
The Bible Says What? The trees argued over who should be king!
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a controversial topic from the Torah and offers a progressive response
By Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild
Synagogue
October 8, 2020, 3:32 pm
Progressively Speaking: Coronavirus changed our communities, but we can rebuild
Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild takes a topical issue and looks at a Progressive Jewish 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
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