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| The Times - The Pope is right about the threat to freedom |
| 3/2/2010 |
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There are times when human rights become human wrongs. This happens when rights become more than a defence of human dignity, which is their proper sphere, and become instead a political ideology, relentlessly trampling down everything in their path. This is happening increasingly in Britain, and it is why the Pope’s protest against the Equality Bill, whether we agree with it or not, should be taken seriously.
Let me make it clear that I believe homosexuals ... |
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| The Times Self Restraint is the essence of a free society |
| 20/6/2009 |
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He wants a YouTube prayer site and a Live Aid for the Jews, and his online peace anthem has had 600,000 hits. The Chief Rabbi is a very modern traditionalist. He doesn’t “do Twitter or texts” — “I’m still chipping away at the stone tablets” — but he wants to produce a “little moment of meditation for your iPhone” with calming music and inspirational images.
This spiritual elder statesman’s prophecies on the future of Britain are ... |
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| Morals: the one thing markets do not make |
| 21/3/2009 |
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The Times 21 March 2009
The continuing disclosures about excessive pensions and payoffs, salaries and bonuses for people at the top stir in us feelings for the oldest of human bloodsports: the search for a scapegoat. But they ought to lead us to think more deeply about the values of our culture as a whole.
Often, these past months, I have found myself going back to one of the most painful conversations I have had. It was with one of Britain's leading industriali... |
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| Giving and Belonging: The Lesson Jews Can Offer New Immigrants |
| 1/10/2005 |
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The Times, 01 October, 2005
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In the course of the new Jewish year, which begins on Monday evening, we will be celebrating the 350th anniversary of British Jewry. The story of our community has some relevance to the current debate about multiculturalism.
The Jews who came here were asylum-seekers from successive waves of persecution. The first were descendants of the victims of the Spanish and Portuguese expulsions. My late father came to find refuge from anti-Semitism in Po... |
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