Irene Lancaster
'Comfort ye, my people': How Isaiah's words speak to Jews today
After the destruction of the two Temples commemorated last week on Tisha B'Av through fasting and prayer, Jewish people now embark on the Seven Haftorahs of Consolation.
The Sunday Times got it wrong over Kevin Myers, but it is not an antisemitic paper
Yesterday, the Irish Sunday Times published an article by freelance contributor Kevin Myers, who is a well-known misogynist and Holocaust denier.
10 calamities that took place on the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av
Monday night sees the start of the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, known in Hebrew as Tisha B'Av (the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av).
What are the three pillars of Judaism, and why is 'hutzpah' so important today?
Jewish academic Irene Lancaster asks what are the three pillars of Judaism â what are the three things that hold Judaism up so that it carries on under adversity and refuses (despite the best efforts of others) to be swallowed up, fade away, or die?
Robert Browning and Abraham ibn Ezra: A meeting of Christian and Jewish minds
Speaking up for the Jewish people against the lethal terrors of antisemitism through the ages: English poet Robert Browning and the great Jewish poet and Bible scholar, Abraham ibn Ezra.
The spiritual genius of Rowan Williams: Thoughts on the 3rd anniversary of his visit to a Jewish-Christian dialogue group
On the extraordinary contribution to Jewish Christian relations in the contemporary era by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams
Ruth, the ultimate pilgrim: How the Jewish festival of Shavuot can help heal Manchester's wounds
Shavuot is the festival which marks the giving of the Torah (613 commandments) to the Jewish people. The festival is a celebration of women.