Morning Lehrhaus online course
This short, illustrated course will open by asking what we might mean by the phrase ‘Jewish art’. Is it a body of work defined and governed by the biblical Second Commandment’s proscription of idolatrous images?
Rabbi Mark Goldsmith: How far Should a Jew go to Sell a Used Car?
RABBI MARK GOLDSMITH
HOW FAR SHOULD A JEW GO TO SELL A USED CAR?
4-week live on-line course
Rabbi Mark Solomon: BROKEN VESSELS: EVIL, SUFFERING AND REDEMPTION IN KABBALAH AND HASIDIC THOUGHT
Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet: David becomes King
The Book of Samuel is one of the masterpieces of world literature. While the overall story can be read and appreciated in translation, the full richness and subtleties of the narrative deserve spending time with the Hebrew text.
IS YOUR SPOUSE REALLY A DEMON?
Marriages between humans and demons are not unheard of in Jewish tradition. From Queen Sheba in Midrash to the Ashkenazi medieval Mayse vom Worms, to the modern-day British Neil Gaiman’s Lucifer. Jews have always asked themselves if indeed they married the devil’s spawn, or is it all just in their heads?
British Library’s new exhibition
Ahead of the opening of the British Library’s new exhibition, Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word, Jewish Renaissance’s Arts Editor Judi Herman explored it via a virtual private view. There she met Cassy Sachar, librarian at Leo Baeck College
Leo Baeck College – ORDINATION 2020 – video
Leo Baeck College presents the Ceremony of Ordination (Semicha) 2020. We are so excited to share with you this brief video encapsulating the highlights of our socially distanced ordination service that took place on Wednesday, 29 July 2020 at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in London.