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Rabbi Deborah Blausten
February 14, 2024, 3:03 pm
Leap of Faith: Valentine’s Day? To be Jewish is to know you are loved every day
We know we are not forgotten, and that our lives have value
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
November 8, 2023, 4:32 pm
Leap of faith: why we need our heart of many rooms
We need Jewish spaces to mourn our dead
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
March 8, 2023, 4:44 pm
Leap of Faith: planning is key to weathering a storm
Joseph would never have allowed empty shelves in our supermarkets
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
Patrick Moriarty, who stepped down as headteacher of JCoSS in December 2022
December 10, 2022, 3:51 pm
Leap of Faith: You don’t have to be Jewish to lead Jewishly
As JCoSS school gets a new head teacher we ask whether it matters what denomination they are
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
A succah
October 12, 2022, 3:49 pm
Leap of Faith: Life is for living
How can we find purpose and meaning this Succot?
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
March 16, 2022, 6:10 pm
Leap of Faith: Explaining the war in Ukraine to Children
A stimulating new series where our progressive rabbis consider how biblical figures might act when faced with 21st Century issues
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
December 24, 2021, 12:15 pm
‘With more knowledge comes more sorrow’
Rabbi Deborah Blausten takes a controversial topic from Jewish texts and looks at a progressive response
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
November 19, 2021, 1:05 pm
Progressively Speaking: Political lobbying – yes or no?
Rabbi Deborah Blausten looks at a topical issue and offers a Reform response
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
Torah scroll (Photo by Tanner Mardis on Unsplash)
October 15, 2021, 12:05 pm
‘Working hard doesn’t always bring rewards’
Rabbi Deborah Blausten takes a controversial topic from the Torah and offers a progressive perspective
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
Sunset (Photo by Jason Blackeye on Unsplash)
September 10, 2021, 2:16 pm
Progressively Speaking: We can see the light even as the days darken
 Rabbi Deborah Blausten takes a topical issue and offers a Reform response
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
England's Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Raheem Sterling, and Bukayo Saka
July 22, 2021, 4:01 pm
Progressively Speaking: ‘When you win you’re English, when you lose you’re black’
Rabbi Deborah Blausten takes a topical issue and looks at a progressive response
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
Stephen Bush (pictured) and the Board of Deputies published the Commission for Racial Inclusivity report in 2021
April 29, 2021, 2:45 pm
Progressively Speaking: After Board’s race report, now is the time for action
Rabbi Deborah Blausten looks at a topic from Jewish texts and offers a Reform response
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
The study’s authors say that online scheduling ‘takes into account women’s daily routines’
April 2, 2021, 11:22 am
Progressively Speaking: Counting down to Shavuot and possible lockdown freedom
Rabbi Deborah Blausten looks at a topic from Jewish texts and offers a Reform response
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
February 18, 2021, 4:36 pm
Progressively Speaking: Purim teaches us to embrace an upside-down world
Rabbi Deborah Blausten looks ahead to the festival filled with dressing up and fun, but which will be very different this year due to the pandemic
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
(Photo by Kyle Smith on Unsplash)
December 24, 2020, 11:30 am
The Bible Says What? Some dreams genuinely predict he future
Rabbi Deborah Blausten takes a topic from the Torah and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Deborah Blausten
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