Read thought-provoking comment pieces from Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield.
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.
Rabbi Bayfield on the Women of the Wall Arrest
Written by Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield Thursday, 26 November 2009
It should have been the climax of our holiday. In fact, it was the only big let down. I was in Israel this summer with my daughter, son-in-law and two older grandchildren. We had a brilliant walk through the Old City and came to the Wall.
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