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Jonathan Levy

you shall love your neighbour as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18)

Jun 28, 2024, 1:50 PM

After many months of following the podcast, I was finally driven to write in. David Baddiel is doing incredible work trying to fight the antisemitism corner and has been for many years (Kick it out and other initiatives). David...

May 17, 2024, 6:04 PM

Are you ‘taking the kapple’?

Alright, I'll admit it. The idea was not mine. I first saw this reported in early 2019. German newspaper 'Bild' published a cut-out kippah (skullcap) on its front page, urging readers to show their solidarity with the country’s Jewish...

Nov 13, 2020, 10:45 AM

Rabbi Sacks z”l – My Rebbe

It has been a great source of comfort reading the many recollections and stories written about Rabbi Sacks over the past week. Many of these in my news feed are from peers and good friends of mine. Rabbi Sacks...

Aug 1, 2019, 1:29 PM

Watch out for the British

In a flash of inspiration I decided to rewrite last night's BBC article about Israel and thought it could serve as a good example of a "what if, Britain, really did support Israel." It also highlights quite clearly how...

Oct 18, 2018, 9:46 AM

Lech Lecha – because it’s good for you

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My family is a statistic. We are one of the 544 British families that made Aliyah in 2017. The reason for moving? It was mainly inspired by long standing religious conviction, a sense of doing the right thing and also...

Sep 28, 2016, 10:43 PM

Three Lessons We Can Learn From Apple Watch for the High Holy Days

This post is not sponsored by Apple. Fitness First – This year will be different In his book, “Orot Ha’Teshuvah,” Rav Kook explains that: “When one forgets the essence of one’s soul; when one distracts his mind from seeing the true nature...

Aug 10, 2016, 10:11 AM

Poke what? Lessons we can learn from Pokémon GO

If you have been following the news, using social media or even walking in a park in the past month you would have found it difficult not to notice the latest craze taking the world by storm – Pokémon...

Jul 6, 2016, 1:44 PM

I think I met the messiah last Shabbat and it was good

"Fire is 1/60 of hell, honey is 1/60 of the manna, Shabbat is 1/60 of the World to Come, sleep is 1/60 of death, and dreams are 1/60 of prophecy. Dreams are the buds of prophecy." Last Shabbat hundreds of...

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Jonathan has been involved in informal youth and adult education for over a decade and in 2017 moved to Israel with his family from London. In his spare time he is an accountant.

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