Blogs
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972)
Posted Feb 21st, 2023by Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
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Holocaust Remembrance and the Question of Justice
Posted Jan 29th, 2023We at CCJ believe that it is important to hear and give voice to a broad spectrum of narratives, and this is especially the case around the particularly sensitive case of Holocaust commemoration. Read more
Advent Reflection by Jenny Ramsden
Posted Dec 9th, 2022For Christians, it is the season of Advent - a period of expectation and reflective preparation in which churches make themselves ready to celebrate the birth of Jesus, which many Christians would call the ‘incarnation’.
Read morePromised Land: Identity, Conflict and Hope
Posted Nov 25th, 2022A reflection on CCJ’s Israel Palestine Study Tour by Revd Dr Israel Olofinjana.
Jews. In Their Own Words
Posted Oct 14th, 2022A Review by CCJ Operations Manager Lazzaro Pietragnoli of the show currently playing at the Royal Court Theatre
Reverence, Recognition, and a Radiant Smile - Reflections on Yom Kippur at Jackson's Row
Posted Oct 14th, 2022Beth Henwood and Beth Williams, CCJ Campus Leadership Programme Managers, on their recent visit to Jackson’s Row Synagogue in Manchester
Read moreOn Sukkot
Posted Oct 7th, 2022by Rabbi Oliver Spike Joseph
Water underpins all life and lies at the beating heart of our Jewish religious tradition and crucially, is most often forgotten about.
Read moreYom Kippur & The Message of Isaiah
Posted Oct 4th, 2022by Avigail Simmonds Rosten - CCJ Programme Manager
Read moreOn Rosh Hashana
Posted Sep 23rd, 2022by Rabbi Joseph Dweck - Senior Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi Community of the United Kingdom Read more
Tisha B’av on the Sabbath: Rejoicing in Mourning
Posted Aug 4th, 2022by Rabbi Chaim Burman
I have always found it intriguing that there are more minor scales than major. Whereas major scales beam cadences of positivity, the various shades of minor modes (Dorian, Aeolian, Locrian etc) are more numerous and these scales are more sombre. Read more