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Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
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Tracy-Ann Oberman in The Merchant of Venice 1936
March 18, 2024, 4:33 pm
Leap of faith: it’s important to share our stories
The Merchant of Venice and Cable Street are both on the stage perpetuating the story of our people
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
August 31, 2023, 3:24 pm
Leap of Faith: icons
Is our fascination with celebrities a kind of magic?
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
June 23, 2023, 3:27 pm
Leap of Faith: Divorce
More and more marriages are ending in divorce - whose fault is that?
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Forks and a heart. Holiday menu for Valentines Day.
February 8, 2023, 6:38 pm
Leap of Faith: Tu B’Av and Valentine’s Day
Expressions of love should be an everyday occurrence
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Relations have soured between Princes William and Harry
December 22, 2022, 6:11 pm
Leap of Faith: The family broigus
Did Jacob have it worse than Charles?
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
July 27, 2022, 3:33 pm
Leap of faith: what would Miriam have tweeted in 40-degree heat?
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Home schooling
January 20, 2022, 10:11 pm
Learning should not only be done in school
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a topical issue and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
November 5, 2021, 10:47 am
Calling it assisted dying is all wrong
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a controversial topic and looks at a Reform Jewish response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Shofar on top of a prayer book
September 3, 2021, 12:59 pm
The Bible Says What? The shofar reminds us to repent… and go to war!
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers reflects on a central message of the High Holy Days
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Torah scroll (Photo by Tanner Mardis on Unsplash)
July 2, 2021, 2:28 pm
The Bible Says What? God commands we build idols!
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a controversial topic from Jewish texts and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
May 21, 2021, 4:23 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘You must buy back your firstborn’
 Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers looks at a controversial passage of Jewish texts and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Protestors against discrimination of Uyghurs
April 22, 2021, 3:37 pm
The Bible Says What? ‘We’ll buy the poor for silver!’
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a topic from Jewish texts and gives a Reform response, with a focus on persecution of Uyghur Muslims and products made with forced labour
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Dr Doreen Brown, 85, receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, at Guy's Hospital in London, on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history. Care home workers, NHS staff and people aged 80 and over began receiving the jab this morning.
March 5, 2021, 10:01 am
Progressively Speaking: 20 million reasons to thank those in the vaccine rollout
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers reflects on the amazing job key workers are doing in keeping people safe from Covid-19
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
January 22, 2021, 3:01 pm
Progressively Speaking: Let’s support one another through the darkness
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a topical issue and looks into Jewish texts for a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
Painted pebbles showing support for the NHS and keyworkers, and containing positive messages
November 12, 2020, 5:20 pm
The Bible Says What? The Torah did ‘hands, face, space’ long before Covid
 Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers takes a controversial topic from Jewish texts and looks at a Reform response
By Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
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