Read thought-provoking comment pieces from Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield.
Urgent Call to Stop New Conversion Law
Written by Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield Friday, 12 March 2010
Head of the Movement, Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield calls for action on legislation that would make important changes to conversion authorities in Israel and to the Law of Return:Reform Jews Get Everywhere
Written by Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield Friday, 05 February 2010
Just over three years ago I got a message to phone David Miliband’s office. I spoke to Matthew Gould, his Principal Private Secretary. We did a bit of business, chatted and, after a while, Matthew ‘confessed’ that he had grown up at Middlesex New, read Theology at Cambridge and then gave up religion for the world of diplomacy.Statement on the JFS ruling
Written by Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield Wednesday, 16 December 2009
JFS Case: Supreme Court Ruling Wednesday 16th December 2009
The Supreme Court today upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal which had declared that it was discriminatory and therefore unlawful to exclude Jewish children not regarded by the Chief Rabbi as Jewish from JFS. Five members of the Court said that the JFS admissions criteria represented discrimination, two said that they represented indirect discrimination and only two declared them non-discriminatory.
A Light From History
Written by Movement for Reform Judaism Thursday, 10 December 2009
Rabbi Bayfield comments on the meaning of Chanukkah as he represents the Movement at 10 Downing Street. Read the full article at the Times Online.
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