Irene Lancaster

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  Plagues and pandemics: what can the Bible tell us about them?

  It's not all doom and gloom.

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  With coronavirus and a lax government, what we need is an Esther

  What we need at present is an Esther – let us hope that one arises asap.

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  I may be a Jew but there was no way I could support a Holocaust memorial next to the Houses of Parliament

  Turning the worst turmoil in our history into a tourist attraction and a money-spinner for vested interests is crass and insulting.

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  Micah 6:8 asks three things of us that are simple on their own but challenging together

  Micah's famous condensation of the 613 utterances into three core principles is more of a challenge for us than we might think.

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  Millions of Jewish families like mine were nearly wiped out by the Holocaust and the pain is as real today as it was then

  This is a tale of death, complicity and, worst of all, the breaking up of families.

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  A New Year in honour of trees

  So how new is climate change, and does it mean that things are getting worse, or has the weather always been changeable and unpredictable?

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  Wrestling with G-d, wrestling with man

  We must always question our motives whenever we think we are doing something in G-d's name.

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  The luminaries in our lives who light up the darkness

  Take a moment to remember and give thanks for the people who have lit up your life, and you will feel the darkness lift.

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  The status of women in Judaism: a clarification

  There is a common line of thought in many Church circles that Jewish women were "nothing" in the time of Jesus. But this is inaccurate to say the least.

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  Moby-Dick is still essential reading in today's godless age

  Herman Melville's classic is a fascinating and challenging exploration of the G-d who is so elusive, the G-d who works in mysterious, unfathomable ways.

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  How many more Lord Singhs will the BBC lose in the name of political correctness?

  There are entire groups of people that institutions in this country are attempting to placate at every step of the way but Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, and believing Christians are not among them.

• Religious values in schools should be protected, not forced into hiding

  Rather than preventing Jewish and other schools, parents, teachers and pupils from pursuing our own traditions of education, this country should examine more closely the good that has come from true diversity of belief.