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| We will find the legislative remedy to this verdict - Jewish Chronicle 18 December 2009 |
| 17/12/2009 |
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While disappointed that the Supreme Court, by the slimmest of majorities, was unable to find in favour of JFS, as a community we should be heartened by the fact that the court recognised the religious integrity of the school, the United Synagogue, the London Beth Din and our office. The judges, without exception, were emphatic in denying that racism played any part whatsoever in this case.
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| Jewish Chronicle Rosh Hashana 5770 |
| 18/9/2009 |
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There is one aspect of our prayers on Rosh Hashanah that is as unexpected as it is profound. The first of Tishrei is, as we say in our prayers, the anniversary of creation. Hayom harat olam, ‘Today, the universe was born’. Logically, therefore, the reading of the Torah should be the first chapter of Bereishith: ‘In the beginning, God created.’ The haftarah might be Isaiah 45 with its declaration, ‘It is I who made the earth and created mankind upon it.’
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| London Jewish News Rosh Hashana 5770 |
| 18/9/2009 |
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One Rosh Hashanah, over twenty-four centuries ago, an event took place that was to be a turning point in Jewish history. The Jewish people had suffered a series of devastating defeats. The northern kingdom had been conquered by the Assyrians and disappeared, to become known to history as the lost ten tribes. The southern kingdom had been defeated by the Babylonians, and the temple destroyed. A significant section of the population had been taken, captive, into exile.
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| Jewish News - Future Tense |
| 24/7/2009 |
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The sequence of events that led me to write Future Tense began in 1999 with a strange request. A professor of medieval history at Boston University asked to see me. He had, he said, something urgent and important to communicate. I was intrigued. What, I wondered, could be urgent and important about medieval history? We agreed to meet.
The story he had to tell was enthralling. He was a specialist in millenarian movements. There were many such movements in medieval Chri... |
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