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Blog on All Saints/Souls
Posted Oct 29th, 2021
On Sunday 31st October, many people will be celebrating Halloween - carving pumpkins, filling up on sweets and perhaps watching a horror film from behind the sofa. Read more
'Race in Religion' Tour at the Jewish Museum
Posted Oct 29th, 2021The relationships between Black and Jewish people have long been a topic of academic research, political interest and disputed public discourse. This year the Jewish Museum’s ‘Race in Religion’ tour was an enlightening glimpse into these multiplicities and complex histories for CCJ staff. Read more
Remembering Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Posted Oct 29th, 2021This week we marked the yahrzeit (anniversary of death) of former CCJ President Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks - a pillar of the Jewish community, a cornerstone of interfaith and a paragon of cross-communal and interpersonal responsibility. Jonathan Sacks was respected among and beyond the society he served as a prolific writer, spokesperson, and faith leader. Read more
Sukkot
Posted Sep 28th, 2021Sukkot is the festival of rejoicing, in its days Jews commemorate G-d’s guardianship of the Jewish people when they sojourned in the desert (Leviticus 23:43). Read more
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement: Blog by Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain
Posted Sep 10th, 2021It is strange but true that Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, receives only a brief mention in the Bible (Leviticus 16.29) - yet today it is considered one of the most important Jewish festivals, certainly if measured by attendance, when many synagogues have to hold overflow services to cater for all who come.
Read moreRosh Hashanah: In the Presence of the King. Blog by Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Posted Sep 3rd, 2021Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, starts in the evening of 6 September this year, and lasts till the evening of 8 September. It ushers in the Ten ‘Days of Awe’, which continue until the end of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and constitute the high point of the Jewish year. Read more
Understanding Tisha B'Av
Posted Jul 16th, 2021Tisha B’Av translates literally to the ninth of the Hebrew calendar month of Av, the date upon which the calamities it marks are said to have fallen, sometimes centuries apart. Read more
Reflecting on the language of scripture through Robyn Donnelly's poetry
Posted Jul 8th, 2021In my role as poet in residence for CCJ, I have been privileged to meet Robyn Donnelly, a student of English and Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity University, whose final year dissertation is a selection of poems exploring the intersection of her Roman Catholic upbringing and her lesbian identity. Read more
Final blog entry as Poet-In-Residence for Council of Christians and Jews
Posted Jul 2nd, 2021Shanti
Read moreI am fearfully and wonderfully made
Posted Jun 25th, 2021To open CCJ's Transforming Intolerance Conference Poet-In-Residence Hannah Stone presented a new poem on the theme 'fearfully and wonderfully made' from Psalm 139
‘Tell us a story,’ you begged.
‘I’ll paint you a picture,’ I said.
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