Rabbis’ and Cantor’s Thoughts and Writings

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.

This Shabbat we mark Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) Shabbat

Rabbi Mark Goldsmith was at COP-26, the United Nations Climate Conference, on behalf of EcoSynagogue. What will be the narrative of the middle of this century? Devastating climate change or human change that keeps us all safer?

This is Rabbi Debbie's response at her induction as Rabbi of EHRS.

This is Rabbi Mark's address given at the induction of Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers as Rabbi of EHRS.

Rabbi Mark asks, if humankind is described by God as 'very good', then very good compared to what?

In this sermon Rabbi Mark speaks about how life can be a struggle but one of the purposes of Judaism is to give us resilience to cope.

Rabbi Mark's sermon for Sukkot - the festival of our joy and for keeping all the balls in the air.

Rabbi Mark's sermon or Yom Kippur - how Yom Kippur is a day for feeling fulling alive