New Jewish Thought is a group of British Jews from across the communal spectrum, who have come together to pursue the following vision:

• New Jewish Thought seeks to foster dialogue and respectful connection between Jews with different opinions, from different streams of Jewishness, from different backgrounds.
• New Jewish Thought seeks to highlight issues that are not extensively discussed within the Jewish community.

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A report on an attempt to develop constructive dialogue on Israel within the British Jewish community. Click here to read the policy paper.

A challening call to improve the status of rabbis in the British Jewish community. Click here to read the policy paper. It is also available as a downloadable PDF by clicking here.

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In 2008 we will be running a Jewish-Jewish dialogue group focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We are looking for people to join this group. Click here to learn more.

What are the problems involved in developing dialogue between Jews? How can we build a Jewish community in which individual Jews can still retain their beliefs while at the same time enjoying mutually respectful relations with Jews who do not share them? In a ground-breaking exchange, Ruth Rosenfelder and Keith Kahn-Harrris reflect on the difficulties in establshing a dialogue with each other ....> View articles

In an essay review of Les Back's new book The Art of Listening, Keith Kahn-Harris reflects on Jews' difficulties in hearing each other. ....> View article

Nathan Abrams, author of Journal of Significant Thought and Opinion: Commentary Magazine 1945-1959, discusses the roots of American neo-conservatism in the pages of the American Jewish journal Commentary. View article...

In recent years, greater concern for the environmental consequences of human practices has lead a small but increasing number of people in the UK to opt for ‘natural burials’. Natural burials generally take place in woodland, either directly into the ground or in a biodegradable coffin. No gravestone is used, but a tree, plant or small plaque may be used to mark the burial site. As part of its efforts to explore neglected issues in the British Jewish community, New Jewish Thought has commissioned a number of pieces, from across the Jewish communal spectrum and beyond, discussing whether it would be possible or desirable to institute natural burials in the UK Jewish community.

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