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Articles and media appearances by Lucian J. Hudson can be found on this page. To see further coverage of Liberal Judaism and Liberal Jews in the news, please visit the News section. Lucian J. Hudson also writes a blog as Chairman of Liberal Judaism. It can be read here. Lucian's LJ Today articles can be found here
Review of THIS IS NOT THE WAY: JEWS, JUDAISM AND ISRAEL by Rabbi Dr David J Goldberg 26th April 2012 You can read Lucian J. Hudson's review of Rabbi David Goldberg's latest book by clicking here.
Q&A with Lucian Hudson 2 April 2012 A recent Q&A with Lucian Hudson on the Jewish Leadership Council website. Read more
A Lesson in generosity of spirit 6 March 2012 Liberal Judaism chair Lucian Hudson reviews Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah's new book 'Trouble-Making Judaism'. Read more
Chairman's Actions: A model for building a better world 5 March 2012 Lucian J Hudson on why Liberal Judaism has adopted a policy of Considered Engagement. Read more
Liberal leader advocates 'Federation' with Reform 10th November 2011 Liberal Judaism chair Lucian Hudson has called for a closer alliance with the Reform movement, suggesting they combine forces in a joint federation. Writing in the latest issue of the Liberal newsletter, LJ Today, Mr Hudson said he wanted to go beyond the old question of "merger" - the subject of failed talks between the movements. Read more
Leadership and strategic alliances 31st October 2011 One cannot go through the High Holy Days period without reflecting on leadership. For me, there are four different types of leaders. The first are those who lead from the front, such as Eve, often Moses, Lenin, Churchill and Mrs Thatcher. Read more Chairman’s Actions: Lucian J Hudson shares the story of his conversion to Judaism 19th September 2011 Recently I was interviewed by the South Bucks Jewish Community Newsletter on the reasons why I decided to convert to Judaism. It was suggested that I share this with a wider audience. I hope that after reading it, others will write to me about their own experience or acquaintance of conversion. Read more
Zionism: a Jewish Communal Response from the UK Published December 2010 Lucian J.Hudson was the editor of a recent cross-communal booklet which examined Judaism and Zionism. It can be read at: http://www.bod.org.uk/file/ZionismAJewishCommunalResponse.pdf
Don't Let Dogma Divide Us The faultline is deepening between those who see themselves as having a faith and those who do not. And it is deepening in part because of a mistaken perception one side has of the other: that only one world view can prevail. We must challenge the assumption that one side has to be wrong for the other side to be right. Read more
Answers to Israel's problems lie far beyond the headlines I have form with the new British foreign secretary. I have not been involved in active party politics since I was a local council candidate for the SDP back in 1982. And four years earlier I took part in a television debate as Labour's answer to William Hague, who had acheived overnight stardom as a teenager at his party's conference. Read more
Death need not disorient us Around 70% of people say they want to die at home, yet around 60% currently die in hospital. Why is there such a discrepancy between hope and reality? The speed of life in the 21st century creates a momentum that makes us oblivious to death and dying. Now more than ever, death has the power to disorient us. The time has come to "out" death and dying, and this is why the organisation of which I am chair, Liberal Judaism, has joined the Dying Matters coalition.
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