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Sha'arei Tsedek achieves another double whammy
With the graduation of three of its teachers from the Foundation Course at the end of January, Sha'arei Tsedek can now make a double boast: not only are all its Religion School teachers graduates of the Leo Baeck College Department of Jewish Education Foundation Course but all of them are also members of the synagogue.Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris Induction Speech on Sunday 29th January 2012: A Lily Among the Thorns
Once, a young woman found herself quite alone in the big city. Without knowing how to find her way, she set off in search of a place to call home, in search of nurture and sustenance. And, though lost and late, she found nevertheless an open door and a warm fire and some comfort, so she resolved to stay a short while. And in time she felt cared for and sustained, so she remained. Slowly, as more time passed and without her hardly noticing, she discovered that her contentment had grown into something deeper, something more passionate. And she realised that she was in love. ‘Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling... like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved…’, she dared to think. For in the first flush of love, that is what all lovers believe of their beloved. Of course, time passed and the dawning realisation of her beloved’s imperfections began to emerge. But she always believed in her beloved’s intrinsic potential and so the story went on and how it will end is yet to be written; only time itself can tell how such a story will carry on.
And yet, and yet I think this young woman, now not so young, still carries that first flush of youthful enthusiasm in her heart. Her beloved is still a lily among the thorns, an apple tree among the trees of the forest. Her beloved is truly unique, precious, splendid; for all its flaws and foibles its value is far above those oft cited rubies. And of course you all know that to be true, because you know that the young, now not so young woman, in my story is me and that this particular beloved of mine is Leo Baeck College.
I came to Leo Baeck College first at the tender age of twenty-two, an hour late, having been lost on a bus somewhere between Muswell Hill and Finchley. But the College was gentle and generous and forgiving to me. Thus I delighted to sit in its shade, sweet fruit of knowledge in my mouth. For six long years the College gave me a place to nurture my soul and my intellect and when I was done, I left it to make my own way in the progressive Jewish world. But my heart remained at the College. So it was that I was rarely as happy as the day I was finally asked if I might teach a little at the College – it was more than a home-coming to me. I felt I had finally prevailed; at long last my love of the College was reciprocated.
And there matters might have remained but for the great confluence of timing, as is the case in all good love stories. Last year, the College’s Board of Governors announced a search for a new principal and I, by happy coincidence, was very nearly finished with my PhD and in a space where I was ready to move on from my synagogue work. Leo Baeck College tugged at my heart strings and to my very great good fortune that pull was returned. The place that had once nurtured me was offering me the opportunity to respond in kind: ‘Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples,’ it seemed to call.
And that is the story of how I stand here before you today. It is a peculiar sort of standing before you, recounting this story. In the history of the Leo Baeck College, I am not its first principal; I am certainly not its first love. But I am the first to have an induction, a public event to pledge myself to the College, to its welfare and well-being. I am the first to stand before you in this way and announce my passion for its success and failures, for its flaws and virtues, for its heritage and its future.
Leo Baeck College is a lily among the thorns of modern European Jewish history; an apple tree in blossom when all around is merely forest. But blossom is only the hope of fruit. For an apple tree to do more than merely blossom takes attention, it requires careful pruning, watering, praying for the sun. Sometimes a healthy dose of manure is required. Often protection from small, furry, mammalian and avian predators is called for. To gain a healthy, bountiful crop of fruit from a fruit tree requires the symbiotic relationship of gardener to garden. And a good gardener creates not merely a garden, but a פרדס, a paradise.
And that is what I vouchsafe to you all this afternoon; my promise to tend the College, to nurture it into more than just blossoming but into bearing fruit. I promise to prune where pruning is required and to water its roots and pray for a fair climate. I will do the hard and sometimes smelly work that requires getting my hands dirty for the College’s well-being. I will do my utmost to protect the College from whatever harm may lie in its way. And if I am dedicated and driven, Leo Baeck College may do more than blossom, more than produce fruit; for the College has all the potential it needs to become a פרדס, a paradise of progressive Jewish learning that can nurture our whole community.
At the core of Leo Baeck College is the ל and the ב of Leo Baeck. ל and ב are לב, heart. At centre of this potential paradise is the heart of progressive Judaism in the UK and Europe. In biblical and rabbinic times the heart was the seat of the intellect; in the contemporary Western world the heart is the seat of the emotions, most especially love. The לב of Leo Baeck can be both – the intellect and the passion, knowledge and emotion, the production of rabbis and educators who excel in academics and empathetic leadership. The beating heart of progressive Judaism in the UK and Europe; a flourishing paradise of progressive Jewish learning; a lily among so many other thorns, an apple tree not merely in blossom, but bowed down heavy with golden delicious fruit ripe for the picking; these could all be, and I will work hard to ensure are, Leo Baeck College – a place for us all to continue to love.
Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris Induction Speech delivered on Sunday 29th January 2012
Northern Seminar 8th January 2012
Leo Baeck College’s Department of Jewish Education gathered over 70 people from 10 Reform and Liberal Communities to explore personal and communal spirituality in a seminar for educators and lay leaders. The event was held at Menorah Synagogue. Participants enjoyed creative, experiential workshops in art, drama and games as well as challenging discussions on God and prayer. One participant, Sherry Ashworth, commented: “The day was inspirational. I hope this is a beginning”.
Leo Baeck College welcomed Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, the Movement for Reform Judaism’s newly appointed Movement Rabbi, to give what proved to be an inspirational and enthusiastically received keynote on the theme of ‘The Spirituality of Welcoming’. Leo Baeck College Student Rabbi Lea Mühlstein involved 25 people, ages ranging from 14 to 80 in ‘Talking about God’. The Department of Jewish Education’s Debi Penhey role-modelled an engaging session for families with young children, on Jewish celebration through storytelling, art and games. Rabbi Reuven Silverman of Manchester Reform Synagogue received praise for creating a spiritual space through his skilful leadership of an experiential workshop on Jewish Meditation.
Ann Angel, conference organiser, commented that several of the many educators present – from religion school head teachers to teachers and assistants - had expressed pleasure at being provided with a space to re-charge their own batteries, to talk about spirituality and to experience innovative ways to explore it. They hoped now to take creative ways of teaching back to their own communities in Newcastle, Liverpool, Hull, Manchester, Southport, Leeds, Sheffield and London.
Two Part-time Posts: Associate Rabbi and Director of Education
Sha’arei Tsedek is a flourishing, dynamic community based in Whetstone, North London.
We wish to appoint two senior staff, an Associate Rabbi and a Director of Education to work alongside our Principal Rabbi, Colin Eimer, in providing a full range of Rabbinic and Educational services to the community.
Our new Associate Rabbi will be a creative person with demonstrable leadership skills and highly competent in all core rabbinic areas.
The person appointed as Director of Education will be an engaging and inspiring educator, with a background in Jewish Education and proven teaching skills, and will be capable of meeting the formal and informal education needs and interests of the whole community.
Both will be familiar with the Jewish community’s changing demography and will be energetic team players, able to work constructively and creatively alongside rabbinic and other senior colleagues, lay leaders and other volunteers.
If the person appointed as Director of Education is ordained as a Rabbi or Cantor, they might also be further engaged to provide rabbinic services where appropriate.
Packs providing full information on both posts together with the application procedures are available on our website at www.shaarei-tsedek.org.uk. If you require any further information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Closing date for applications for both posts is noon on 15 February 2012.
Thought of the Week by Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris
Chayei sarah "And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her" Genesis 5.1
Within the first two verses of Chayei Sarah, Sarah is dead and, crucially, mourned. The Torah uses not one, but two words to describe Abraham's mourning - lispod v'livchtah. What clues to Abraham's mourning are being granted us through the use of both these terms?
Click HERE to view the full text that appeared in the Jewish Chronicle issue 18th November 2011 written by Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris
November 2011 Edition of e-News
"Welcome to our brand new edition of LBC e-News now for the first time via our website! And that’s not all that is new around LBC…"
Alongside the beginning of our new academic year, I started my new job as Principal in September. Rabbi Dr. Charles Middleburgh is now Director of Jewish Studies and Jo-Ann Myers is now Director of Jewish Education. With our team in place, we are well-situated for the challenges that lie ahead.
And what are those challenges? Several key matters require urgent attention. The state of the College’s physical premises has become critical in some places – ceilings that need replacing, temporary walls that must come down. Not exciting sounding perhaps, but vital to creating a space in which students can study and learn to the best of their abilities. Next, we need to update our IT facilities in keeping with other academic institutions. We need a computing suite in every classroom that will enable our faculty to teach with all the best modern technology has to offer.
Beyond these immediate needs, we are looking at ways to improve our recruitment. I am working with Rabbi Judith Levitt, LBC’s Rabbinic Admission Advisor, to formulate new strategies for reaching out to potential candidates. Most crucially, however, we need talented, dynamic lecturers to teach the students we recruit. Right now LBC’s full time faculty is tiny. We need to increase the number permanent part-time faculty members not just to teach, but to inspire both our students and the wider world of Progressive Jewry in the UK and Europe.
We also have a substantial plan to secure the long term accreditation and validation of all of our degree awarding programmes. We even hope to expand the courses we offer – a BA in Jewish Education, high level Jewish studies courses for lay people and, potentially, cantorial training. Watch this space for more details to come.
Altogether now is an exciting time to be part of Leo Baeck College. I hope you will join us in our journey – we need support not just from our fantastic staff, faculty and students, but also from everyone outside these walls who continues to care about the College. I’d be delighted to meet personally with anyone who wants to find out more!
"I am delighted to find myself Director of Jewish Studies"
Having taught at LBC since 1984 and fulfilled a number of other functions over the years I am delighted to find myself Director of Jewish Studies, charged by the Principal with overall responsibility for the coherence and smooth running of the rabbinic training programme and other related matters. After all the years I have taught at the College it is incredibly exciting to be here now when there is so much energy and drive at the top of the institution and so many dynamic plans for the future.
"I am immensely proud that I am now the Director of Jewish Education, leading a wonderfully creative and professional team of educational consultants."
I have been at the College coming up to 17 years now. I started with 7 hours a week in what was then the Centre for Jewish Education looking after the Foundation Course for Religion School Teachers. I am immensely proud that I am now the Director of Jewish Education, leading a wonderfully creative and professional team of educational consultants. I am also delighted to be working closely with our new Principal and the other members of the senior management team. We have a great deal of exciting work on the agenda and I am looking forward to the challenges of the year ahead.
On behalf of the College and the DJE, I extend a very warm welcome to you all.
Keith Harris has a strong background in fundraising
I joined the Fundraising team on 8 September, just in time to send our Rosh Hashanah cards. I have a strong background in fundraising, having worked as a Senior Account Manager for the Employers' Forum on Disability. Married to Jacqueline, we are members of Sha'arei Tsedek, Southgate Reform Synagogue where our son James also attends Alonim kindergarten. I look forward to working with you all!
"Leo Baeck College is a wonderful place to work!"
I joined Leo Baeck College this August, as assistant to Irit Burkeman, Head of Student Services. I am passionate about education and the Jewish community - Leo Baeck College is a wonderful place to work. I have a BA hons degree in Education and Community Development and prior to joining Leo Baeck College I worked for Jewish Care for ten years. I am from North East London and have three children under three!
Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein, Professor of Jewish History and Homiletics
"The Rabbi as Preacher, 1800–1965"
Last summer was a busy time for me. Following the Ordination ceremony at which I gave the address, the last day of my five-year contract as Principal of LBC, I began preparations for a move to Cambridge. For the previous 5 years, I had been living at Windermere Avenue and travelling to Cambridge Friday afternoons, in order to be with my wife Tamar, returning late at night on Sunday. Now the commuting is in the other direction: I come to London early Tuesday morning, in order to teach in the joint MA programme at KCL and at LBC in fulfilment of responsibilities in my current academic appointment as Professor of Jewish History and Homiletics, and return to Cambridge Thursday evening.
Anyone who has seen my previous office at LBC and the small cell-block office into which I moved will appreciate that—in addition to contributing a significant number of books to our Library—many books had to be accommodated (in addition to my baby grand Steinway piano) in Tamar’s house. But the move went surprisingly smoothly.
Meeting an August 31 deadline I sent off final versions of three articles for publication: “Education and Preaching”, for the Cambridge History of Early Modern Judaism, “The Quality of Leadership in the Generation of the Expulsion from Spain”, for a Spanish historical journal, and “Midrash in Sermons” for a volume on Midrash edited by Dr Joanna Weinberg.
In addition to giving the Kol Nidre sermon at our Beth Shalom Reform Congregation in Cambridge and speaking for Shabbat Lekh Lekha at LJS and at Cambridge Limmud the following day, I represented the College in September at an interfaith academic conference in Regensburg, Germany, with a paper on “The Rabbi as Preacher, 1800–1965,” which is scheduled to be published in a book to appear in May. I was also the sole Jewish representative speaking at an interfaith dialogue at the end of October in Canterbury.
During the spring 2012 semester, I have been invited to teach as Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard, where I will be offering two courses: “Jews in Muslim and Christian Spain” and “The Sermon as Source for Jewish History and Culture.” While across the Atlantic, I am of course planning to remain in close contact with our students, as supervisor for one MA dissertation and in other ways in which I might be helpful.
"The best kept secret in the UK ...."
Leo Baeck College Library is one of the best but least-known academic research libraries in Europe.
In the course of its fifty-five years existence, it has gathered some of the most important collections, most of them by chance. The inauguration of the College was marked by books that had survived the Shoah and had come to London from the US Military Archival Depot Offenbach, the Hochschule in Berlin and a former Nazi collection of Jewish books to provide sources for the new rabbinical training college.
Today, Leo Baeck College hosts one of the most important collections of pre-Nazi German Jewish literature. Over the course of the years, the collection has become increasingly more British. In the eighties and nineties, books from the London Beth Din and the former Jews College entered the collection. We received exciting important donations from the library of the British journalist Joshua Podro which contained important rare books, together with long term loans from the Hyams collection of Jewish children's literature and school books. As Progressive Judaism started with the synagogue in a school in Seesen, Germany among the Hyams collection is interesting material on the beginnings of Progressive Judaism. One of our core collection areas is liturgy and we were given early American prayer books together with early Indian prayer books which form a part of the Catherine Lewis Liturgy collection.However, our aim is not only academic. We also seek to provide rabbis, cantors and congregations with congregational material and literature. We have an excellent collection of educational material and popular Jewish introductions into all kinds of Jewish themes. We have a collection of music providing sources for liturgical tunes and congregational newsletters from all Progressive synagogues in the U.K. and some major ones in Europe. Some items among our biographies and some novels in our literature section may also be interesting beyond academic research. While the Resource Centre of Leo Baeck College hosts resources for teachers and children's books, the Leo Baeck College Library contains material for Jewish adult education.
Our collection developed from congregations and rabbinical libraries and is aimed at congregations and rabbis. Please, therefore, tell others about us and recommend us to your congregation.
Our closest underground station is Finchley Central and it is also possible to reach the College by bus from Golders Green. We are worth the journey! Annual membership with borrowing rights is just £40 - compare this with other libraries of the same quality.
Please come and visit Leo Baeck College Library.
"A burning Issue: The Future of the Cheder"
A very successful and informative day took place on 7th September 2011 at the DJE on the burning issue of the Future of the Cheder. The day attracted approximately 60 informal and formal educators, Rabbis and lay leaders representing 31 progressive communities. We were pleased to welcome Rabbi Ofek Meir from Haifa who was a past Shaliach for Liberal Judaism as the keynote speaker. A follow up seminar is planned for 14th March 2012.
For more information about DJE Courses and Events please contact Sandy Potashnik, Foundation Course and Events Manager
“Forgetting is something that time alone takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition…”
During chol hamoed Sukkot, while the gate of Mercy was still open, a group of 18 Jews and Muslims met at Leo Baeck College to discuss “forgiveness” through reading texts from their respective traditions. The day consisted of an introduction to the subject from both religions perspectives; looking at texts: old and modern in a seminar style as well as breaking into chavruta (small groups of 2 – 3). The chavruta learning allowed participants to bring their own personal views to their texts and the texts of the other, and get deeper into the texts. Muslim and Jewish prayers were held in the College Room of Prayer, as well as a visit to the Sukkah.
“Forgetting is something that time alone takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition…” (Simon Wiesenthal: The Sunflower). May we all develop the capacity to forgive each other and forge the way forward.
Leo Baeck College pay tribute to Ludwik Finkelstein
The faculty, students, staff and many alumni of Leo Baeck College mourn the passing of our friend, supporter and alumnus Ludwik Finkelstein who died in late August. Ludwik studied at LBC during the 1990s and noughties after an eminent academic career in his own field of engineering, taking Hebrew and Jewish studies degrees from an MA to a PhD and was a research fellow in Jewish History and Thought from 1996 until his death. He endeared himself to faculty and fellow students alike for his warmth, passionate interest in all his subjects, profound commitment to his Jewish heritage, and great generosity of spirit
I was privileged to speak with Ludwik a few days before he died in the North London Hospice. I have rarely encountered someone so serene at the end of life, not just accepting of his imminent demise but giving thanks for the life he had lived, the people he had known and loved, and the opportunities that had come his way. He was warm, and gracious, and spoke tenderly of the College and everything it meant to him.
In order to honour his memory and long association with Leo Baeck College, a Professor Ludwik Finkelstein Student Prize will be set up for the summer of 2012 and funded annually by Rabbi Dr Michael Shire. The Finkelstein family have been informed of Rabbi Shire’s generous gesture and guidelines will now be formulated.
All of us at LBC have lost a true friend, and a great heart, but his legacy will live on at the College to which he gave so much, and we will do our best to honour his memory and the standards of excellence for which he stood.
Rabbi Dr Charles H Middleburgh
Lunch and Learn in the City
Lunch and Learn Shiurim take place every few months and are primarily targeted at those who work in the City or West End.
You are warmly invited to join members of Leo Baeck College faculty for lunch and a discussion on Jewish views of contemporary issues.If you would like to be included on our mailing list, or would be willing to sponsor a session in your boardroom, please e-mail: Arlene Rose Telephone: 020 8349 5608
Tell us what you want to know about Leo Baeck College
Leo Baeck College is currently seeking a Communal Representative ideally with some experience in public relations or marketing to contribute to our PR and Marketing Committee. We really value what the communities we exist to serve think about our work and we seek to send out the right information for them. As a member of a local community you could help us get that right.
Committee meetings are held at the College up to five times a year and last approximately 90 minutes in length. Membership of this Committee comprises College staff and this role is a great way to meet some interesting people and use your skills in support of our work.
Please feel free to contact Stephen Ross if you require any further information.
The Liberal Jewish Synagogue appoints new rabbi
The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St. John's Wood, is delighted to announce the appointment of Rabbi Neil Janes in November. He will join LJS Senior Rabbi Alexandra Wright who ordained him at Leo Baeck College in 2006.
He has served as congregational rabbi at Finchley Progressive Synagogue for over four years. He then moved to Israel to study for a PhD in Jewish Thought at the University of Haifa which he will continue on his return to the UK.Rabbi Janes said, ‘I am extremely excited to be returning to the congregational rabbinate at the LJS, a community with such great history and importance, and to be working alongside Rabbi Wright.’
Rabbi Janes is married to Michelle. They have an eighteen month old daughter, Ayelet and are expecting a second child at the end of January. He will replace Rabbi David Wilfond who is returning to work in Jerusalem.
This press release and further information about the LJS can be accessed at this url:
http://ljsmediacentre.org/Pressrelease19September2011newRabbiNeilJanesappointment.aspx
Mazletov to Rabbi Kathleen de Magtige-Middleton
on the birth of her son Alexander Nathan de Magtige who was born on Thursday 15 September 2011
Dates for your Diary
If you would like a future event to be listed in this area please email Nicole Taub
Leo Baeck College events
Celebration of Achievements Ceremony and Induction for Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris
Sunday 29 Janaury 2012
Leo Baeck College induction for our new Principal followed by our Graduation and Awards Ceremony between 3pm to 5pm. For information contact Rhona Lesner
The Marcus Sefton-Green Shiurim programme
Tuesday 22 November 2011The Binding of Isaac Genesis Ch. 22:1-24
Rabbi Dr Charles H Middleburgh Director of Jewish Studies, LBC
Tuesday 29 November 2011
The Marcus Sefton-Green Shiur: The Hittite Plot Genesis Ch. 23.1-20
Rabbi Yuval Keren, Hendon Reform Synagogue
Tuesday 6 December 2011
The Marcus Sefton-Green Shiur: Eliezer’s Criteria Genesis Ch. 24:1-28
Rabbi Colin Eimer, Sha'arei Tsedek, North London Reform
The Marcus Sefton-Green Shiur:The Influence of Laban Genesis Ch. 24:29-66
Rabbi Jackie Tabick, North West Surrey Synagogue
Rabbinic In-Service Training (RIST) Autumn/Winter Programme
Tuesday 6 December 2011
Life Challenges Seminar Child Protection: Protecting Children...Protecting Rabbis
Tuesday 17 January 2012 – Study Day
Rabbinic In-Service Training (RIST)Autumn/Winter Programme: What did the Kabbalists ever do for us?
External events
Liberal Jewish Synagogue ‘Question Time’ event
Sunday 20 November 2011 at 7pm
The Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St. John's Wood is to hold a special 'Question Time' event, based on the popular TV programme. This is part of the synagogue’s Centenary celebrations running throughout this year and will feature prominent public figures answering questions from the audience. On the panel are:
Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty
Max Hastings, author, journalist and broadcaster
Nicholas Hytner, Director of the National Theatre
Martin Lewis, journalist and creator of MoneySavingExpert.com
Libby Purves, The Times columnist and theatre critic, radio presenter and author
With radio and television broadcaster Nick Ross in the chair
A press release about this event along with further information about The LJS can be accessed at this url:
http://ljsmediacentre.org/LJSPressrelease1810November2011QuestionTimeatTheLJSpreview.aspx
Art and Interfaith Press Release
In February 2011 Leo Baeck College hosted a unique art and interfaith seminar focusing on “The Other and I in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”. Images from Muslim architecture and artefacts, presented alongside medieval Christian representations of Jews and Muslims, were analysed by Professor Faissal Hameed of London’s Muslim College and Edward Gates of the Imperial War Museum. Professor Melissa Raphael of Gloucester University’s Department of Religious Studies explored Judaism’s artistic response to the Holocaust, drawing primarily upon paintings by Marc Chagall and R B Kitaj.
The presentations and ensuing discussions revealed the richness of these artistic works as expressions of religious messages and ideas about the Other.
Participants continued exploratory discussions in workshops culminating in a visit to the National Gallery, where a tour on the seminar subject was organised. Paintings by Hieronymus Bosch, Rembrandt and Gossaert amongst others were viewed and discussed.
This seminar attracted a variety of religious leaders, artists and interfaith experts, including rabbinic students from Leo Baeck College. Organised by Irit Burkeman, co ordinator of Interfaith studies at Leo Baeck College, the seminar was supported by the Government’s Community Development Foundation “Faiths in Action” programme.
As a continuing programme of Leo Baeck College, this seminar provided another angle on the College’s mission to develop understanding and dialogue among the religions, people and cultures of the world.
For more information please visit the Interfaith Programme on this website or contact Irit Burkeman at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Leo Baeck College – Strategic Review Finding a Common Vision
Download here the document Leo Baeck College – Strategic Review Key issues
The Leo Baeck College is undertaking a strategic review of all of its activities. It has had representation on its working groups from all its key stakeholders, including the Movements (MRJ/LJ), rabbis and alumni (Conference/Assembly), synagogues, students and patrons.
The Steering Committee has prepared a short document that summarises the key issues. This includes a series of questions that we would welcome your feedback by the end of April. Please send these comments to Suzy Gaughran ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) who is collating all the feedback.
If you have any issues that you would like to share with me, please feel free to contact me directly. My contacts details can be found on the downloadable pdf document.
Thank you for your support.
Alasdair Nisbet
Chairman of the Development Board
We are pleased to announce that the Leo Baeck College 2010 Annual Review is available to download from Intermarriage in the Bible
The Rabbi John Rayner Student Prize for excellence in an MA level paper was awarded by Rabbi Alexandra Wright of LJS to student Rabbi Lisa Barrett for her paper on ‘Intermarriage in the Bible’.
No Sex Please, We’re Israelite! versus Your God is my God: Which is Safer – Isolation or Assimilation?
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