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Our vision
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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.
Find out more about us here
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An exciting new initiative |
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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.
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The problem with dialogue |
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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 |
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Natural funerals in the British Jewish community
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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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In Hiding? The Jews of Europe
Nick Lambert |
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Nick Lambert, author of the forthcoming Europe and the Jews in the Twenty First Century (Vallentine Mitchell), takes a look at the ambivalence that many European Jewish leaders feel towards the European project....> View article
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The Hermeneutics of Antisemitism
Keith Kahn Harris |
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| You knew where you were with the old anti-Semitism: anti-Semites hated Jews and were not ashamed to say so. They believed Jews were a cancer on the world and sought to either eliminate them or confine them so they would no longer be a ‘threat’. ....> View article |
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What is the point of interfaith dialogue?
Daniel Jonas |
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| Some weeks ago, observant readers of the press would have noted reports of a conference in Seville entitled “The Second World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace”. The list of attendees was an impressive list of the great and good amongst Jewish and Islamic clergy ....> View article |
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EVENTS
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The Listener's Art - a talk and discussion led by Les Back
Thanks to everyone who came to Les Back's talk on 14 February. An article by Les can be found here.
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We're looking for writers, editors and volunteers to contribute to our project. If you would like to get involved, or if you know someone who may be interested, please contact Keith Kahn Harris at info@newjewishthought.org
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Conversation: By Theodore Zeldin
