Read thought-provoking comment pieces from Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield.
Liberal religion has done far too little to stand up to the fundamentalists within its own ranks
Written by Movement for Reform Judaism Friday, 02 January 2009
My bête noire is fundamentalism, that fearful and sometimes disgraceful distortion of faith which has done so much damage to the standing of religion over the last 50 years.
Read Rabbi Bayfield's full article on the Guardian Website here.
Tony Bayfield on BBC Radio 3
Written by Movement for Reform Judaism Thursday, 18 December 2008
On 26th December at 20:45 on BBC Radio 3, Reform Movement Head, Rabbi Bayfield, will be interviewed by Joan Bakewell on the 'Belief' programme.
In the programme, Rabbi Bayfield talks openly about the Holocaust survivors who taught him at theological college, the place of converts within Judaism and how his training and work as a rabbi left him utterly unprepared for the untimely death of his wife.
To find out more, click here.
Genuine Respect and Collaboration
Written by Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield Monday, 15 December 2008
At the very beginning of December, on one of those days when freezing rain meets wet snow, I made my way to Leeds to talk to the Jewish Society.
I was met by the four students I know best at Leeds and we had an early supper together. They took me on to Hillel House where I led a workshop on Jewish identity. At the end of the workshop I went round the group of twenty or so students and asked them to complete the line: “I am a Jew because …”
The Inescapable Challenge
Written by Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Sermon for the Dedication Of Menorah Synagogue's New Building, Saturday 29th November 2008. Sidra Toldot.
I found the idea of a day trip to Auschwitz distasteful. I was wrong. A fortnight ago, as part of a programme organised by the Holocaust Education Trust, faith leaders from Britain’s nine faith communities went with one of the Trust’s regular charter flights of 6th formers and their teachers to the place which still casts a giant shadow over Jewish history.
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