Rabbis’ and Cantor’s Thoughts and Writings

Rabbi Mark Goldsmith's sermon considers the heritage of Amalek, whose name we re remember to forget on this Shabbat, and asks how we can apply this tradition of resisting tyranny to the Putin invasion of Ukraine.

As Putin's Russia invades Ukraine Rabbi Mark's sermon asks for empathy for all those affected, leading to action.

Rabbi Mark Goldsmith's sermon asks us to find ways to value everyone individually when they come to our community, sharing some examples of great Synagogue practice in the USA.

On the secular New Year's Day 2022 Rabbi Mark Goldsmith's sermon asks where the grandeur is in a religion without grand buildings, starting the journey 22 years ago in the Millennium Dome.

Rabbi Mark Goldsmith asks why our traditional Shabbat blessing for boys asks that they are like Ephraim and Manasseh, the children of Joseph and his Egyptian wife Asenath.

Rabbi Mark Goldsmith's sermon comments on the extraordinary growth of Jewish Day Schools in the past 25 years. He cautions that Jewish community cannot be built on the whim or willingness of the UK Government Department of Education to fund our schools.

Rabbi Mark Goldsmith's sermon for Vayishlach begins in the Tate Britain gallery via Tussauds Waxworks in Blackpool. Is it right for a synagogue such as our to be 'Ashkenormative' as we tell the story of Israel over the milleniana? A story of 1940-1941.