Read thought-provoking comment pieces from Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield.
Belief with Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield
Written by Movement for Reform Judaism Monday, 12 January 2009
On Friday 26th December, Head of the Movement Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield appeared on the BBC Radio 3's 'Belief'. Joan Bakewell explores in conversation with her guests the influences that have shaped them, the ideas they have about life's big questions and how what they believe affects both their personal and working lives.
Click here to read a transcript of their conversation.
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.
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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