Category: News
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Shanah Tovah
Message from the Rabbi This Shabbat is a time of endings and new beginnings: It is the last Shabbat of 5776, Jessica’s Bat Mitzvah, and the Torah cycle is nearly finished. We are bidding farewell to the past, and moving forward into something new. Like the ancient Israelites we are poised to enter what is metaphorically a…
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What South African Progressive Jews have to say about Progressive Identity
In time for the High Holy Days the newest issue of the SAAPR Journal has been published. The journal collects contributions from Monica Solomon, Rabbi Schell, Prof Bilchitz, Merle Williams, Rabbi Alexander, James Lomberg and Rabbi Shaked. A copy of the journal can be downloaded here: south-african-progressive-jewish-veiws-issue-2-with-cover
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Settlement in the Equality Court case
Wow! What a week it has been!SACRED and our co-applicants reached an out of court settlement in the Equality Court case, against the Board of Deputies. The Board of Deputies gave assurance that it would end its ban on “women’s voices” and as such restructure future ceremonies so as not to exclude a woman signing…
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Changing lives, one light at a time
“Mitzvah”, a wonderfully expressive Hebrew word, has two distinct meanings. The first is a commandment of the Jewish law; the second is a meritorious or charitable act. For the “Mitzvah Day 2015” on 22 November 2015, various religious groups have committed themselves to working together on a theme of “Bringing light to the people of…
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Bet David condemns the acts of unjustified violence and hatred in Jerusalem.
Comfort. Comfort and There is No ComfortIn the course of the last few hours two hate crimes have taken place in Israel, our Jewish Homeland. In the first, a man previously convicted of stabbing participants in a Gay Pride event has done it again, with the result of six injuries, some of them grave. In…
