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'Everything you always wanted to know about Judaism but were afraid to ask'?
Four rabbis, sixteen questions, answers to many of those questions you always wanted to ask a rabbi.
Rabbis talk afterlife, Messiah, antisemitism, democracy, Jesus, women, modernity, Christianity, homosexuality, Holocaust, diversity, interfaith and more...
Video clips from four rabbis - Orthodox, Reform, Liberal and Masorti. Listen and learn.
What is the concept of Messiah in Judaism today?
A response from Rabbi Mark Solomon
How do British Jews see Christianity?
A response from Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
What do you think are the biggest obstacles to developing greater understanding between Judaism and Christianity?
A response from Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
Is Judaism a religion of doing rather than believing?
A response from Rabbi David Lister
What is the role of women in contemporary Judaism?
A response from Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
How far does the Holocaust still affect Judaism today?
A response from Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
What do Jews think of Jesus?
A response from Rabbi David Lister
Do Jews believe in the afterlife?
A response from Rabbi Mark Solomon
How has Judaism responded to the challenges of the Enlightenment and modernity?
A response from Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
How do Jews see the Holy Spirit?
A response from Rabbi Mark Solomon
What are the different forms of Judaism today?
A response from Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
What is the role of a rabbi?
A response from Rabbi David Lister
Does Judaism support a particular political vision for the UK?
A response from Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
What are Jewish attitudes towards homosexuality?
A response from Rabbi Mark Solomon
How do Jews today see the Day of Atonement?
A response from Rabbi David Lister
How worried are British Jews about antisemitism today?
A response from Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
This video series was produced by and in partnership with STETS (the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme).
Rabbi Mark Solomon
Interfaith Consultant for Liberal Judaism, Rabbi of the Edinburgh and Manchester Liberal Jewish Communities, and Lecturer in Talmud at Leo Baeck College. He is Co-Chairman of the London Society of Jews and Christians and of the Interfaith Alliance UK.
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Community Educator at the Movement for Reform Judaism, having previously worked as a congregational Rabbi at West London Synagogue. She has also spent 15 years volunteering in and working in Interfaith initiatives, including for the Council of Christians and Jews.
Debbie Young-Somers’ blog: http://rabbidebbie.blogspot.co.uk/
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
Rabbi of the New North London Synagogue and Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism. He is the author of several books including in 2013, Walking with the Light: From Frankfurt to Finchley.
Jonathan Wittenberg’s blog: http://jonathanwittenberg.org/
Rabbi David Lister
An Orthodox rabbi currently serving as rabbi of Edgware United Synagogue, London. He studied for the rabbinate in Manchester and Jerusalem and served previously in Reading and Muswell Hill synagogues. In 2011 he attained an MA in Jewish Education from the University of London and his book Intergalactic Judaism was published by Urim Publications. In 2013 he was appointed chaplain to the mayor of Barnet.
More on David Lister:
http://www.edgwareu.com/about/rabbi/
Disclaimer:
Each of the rabbis contributing is speaking as an individual.
Their views are not necessarily representative of their movements or of CCJ.