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MRJ New Year Resolutions
Written by Ben Rich Monday, 09 January 2012
We Jews should generally save our New Year Resolutions for the Days of Awe, not append them as an after-thought to the inevitable hangover (literal or metaphoric) of the secular New Year. Nevertheless, this is a good opportunity to take stock and may be time – seven months into my new job – to nail some colours to the mast.
So here are ten things you have the right to expect from the Movement for Reform Judaism in 2012, and which I pledge I will sustain beyond my January detox.Letter from America
Written by Ben Rich Tuesday, 20 December 2011
As I packed to return home from the North American Union of Reform Judaism’s Biennial, I struggled to get the words of L’dor v’dor out of my head. Not the traditional rendition you probably know from many a Shabbat service in the UK, but a haunting, piano-led English/Hebrew version performed by the unfairly hip Josh Nelson, the Biennial’s music director.Limmud On One Leg
Written by Ben Rich Thursday, 01 December 2011
Ben Rich is this week's contributor for Limmud On One Leg, a weekly Torah e-mail from a selection of educators who have taught at Limmud events. Ben will be presenting again at this year's Limmud Conference.
New Year Message from Ben Rich
Written by Ben Rich Tuesday, 27 September 2011
For fifty years, my family’s Rosh Hashanah ritual included lunch at a quaint, old-fashioned Italian restaurant on St John’s Wood High Street, now sadly closed.Page 1 of 3
