Rachel Selby

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Apr 30, 2015, 12:32 AM

Shabbat on the Beach and other Religious Practices

Religious coercion keeps rearing its intolerant head in Israel. Whether it’s about who can marry or who can divorce, what we can or can’t do on Shabbat or whether a group of disabled children are permitted to celebrate their...

Jan 25, 2015, 7:34 PM

70 Days for 70 Years

On Tuesday we commemorate 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27th 1945. To mark 70 years the United Synagogue in the UK has launched a massive initiative called 70 Days For 70 Years. We have always talked...

Nov 11, 2013, 9:19 AM

How women perpetuate the issue of agunot

By fighting the recalcitrant husbands rather than the rigid rabbis, women help trap themselves

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About Me

Rachel Selby was born and grew up in London and is now a single mother living in Jerusalem. She has her own blog about being a single mum in midlife.