October 2022

  • What Do Our Decisions Say About Us?

    This weekend I was telling my 22 year old nephew that I remembered the way that his dad agonised and deliberated about choosing the best pushchair for him before he was born. It was so funny to me then to...

  • Salvation is God’s Call

    I am preparing to take the funeral of a person who died age 71. She had been disabled from birth, could not communicate, and had severe learning difficulties. She required 24-hour care and has been very much loved by her...

  • New beginnings

    The beginning of the academic year coincides with one of the most intense times of celebration in the Jewish calendar.  I often worry that Jewish students around the country, especially Freshers, must find it challenging to combine all the intensity...

  • Finding a sense of belonging

    A scullery maid died in 1939 aged just 44. She lived and worked in Liverpool. Her name was Eleanor Rigby. Owing to the work of Paul McCartney her name became known all over the world as ‘Eleanor Rigby’ became one...