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Oct 24, 2019, 11:46 AM

Why I got arrested at the Extinction Rebellion protest in London

Rabbi Jeffrey Newman before his arrest, at ths Protest in the City, London. Extinction Rebellion’s October Rebellion, London, 2019.
(XR via Jewish News)

I am now wearing a kippah. Yes, I know this is a rather bizarre statement from a rabbi, but I was a progressive rabbinical student in the ’60s and have until recently only ever worn a kippah when undertaking clearly religious tasks. Question 1: What...

Nov 20, 2018, 5:56 PM

Why I’m flying to tell the UN we’re waking up to climate change

Chimney spewing out smoke. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Author: Martin Abegglen
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I will soon be flying to Katowice in Poland for the next major intergovernmental conference (COP24) on climate change. It’s a nonsense. ‘Flying’ to a climate change conference – knowing that aviation is a major contributor to carbon emissions – is a startling contradiction. If...

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Rabbi Jeffrey Newman is Emeritus Rabbi of Finchley Reform Synagogue