Lucian J Hudson 31 October 2011 Liberal Judaism chairman Lucian J Hudson offers a vision for the future of Liberal Judaism and the alliances we should form One cannot go through the High Holy Days period without reflecting on leadership. For me, there are four different types of leaders. The … Read More
Chairman’s Actions: Lucian J Hudson shares the story of his conversion to Judaism
Lucian J Hudson 19 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 … Read More
[Speech] Citizens UK’s Day for Civil Society
Rabbi Danny Rich 2 May 2011 Note: This speech was originally given by Rabbi Danny Rich, the senior rabbi of Liberal Judaism, at Citizen UK’s Day for Civil Society which took place at the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster Friends, members of many faith communities, followers of no religious tradition: What … Read More
Give terminally-ill right to die, says rabbi
Simon Rocker 27 January 2011 The Jewish Chronicle People with terminal illnesses should be helped to die if they do not want to go on living, according to the chief executive of Liberal Judaism. Rabbi Danny Rich made the case when he gave evidence last week to the independent Commission … Read More
Debate over Jewish guidelines for organ donation crosses the Atlantic
Michael Goldfarb 26 January 2011 The Jewish Forward The controversy over what is dead according to Jewish law is no longer an intramural question among Orthodox rabbis on either side of the Atlantic. In Britain it is now being played out in public. As in the United States, the emotional … Read More
Rabbi appears via video-link
Jay Grenby 14 October 2010 The Jewish Chronicle A little matter like the 5,000 miles temporarily separating Rabbi Pete Tobias from his religion school pupils at The Liberal Synagogue Elstree wasn’t going to stop him taking the weekly service. Despite his absence from Hertfordshire on a visit to his son … Read More
Don’t let dogma divide us
Lucian J Hudson 13 October 2010 The Guardian 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. … Read More
[Response] For Pete’s sake…
Rabbi Pete Tobias 30 September 2010 Response to JC article of 29/9/2010 (see below) Judaism has always placed great significance on names – and, in many cases, changes to names. Many biblical characters have had their names changed, either by divine instruction, as in the case of Abraham and Sarah, … Read More
Writer pens Etrog mystery for Succot
Jay Grenby 21 September 2010 The Jewish Chronicle Prolific author and broadcaster Rabbi Pete Tobias has made a first foray into the realm of children’s books with the publication of The Secret of the £5 Etrog, in time for Succot. The paperback, illustrated by cartoonist Paul Solomons, is aimed at … Read More
Waiting nervously for waves from Gaza
Rabbi Pete Tobias 2 June 2010 The Guardian The Israeli assault on the Gaza flotilla will make waves that extend far beyond the Mediterranean coastline where the bloody events took place. And those waves will reach me, my community and then all of us. The first wave will touch me … Read More