Irene Lancaster

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  Deuteronomy and the art of listening

  Hebrew culture, followed to a large extent by Judaism today, is based largely on hearing. By contrast, Western cultures tend to be based on sight.

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  Deuteronomy: preparation for entering the Promised Land

  Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on Deuteronomy and the significance for the Israelites of entering the Promised Land.

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  The Pit, the spring and the well: lessons for the nation's wellbeing from Proverbs 5

  Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster, reflects on Proverbs 5 and what it has to say about some of our present challenges.

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  Micah 6:8 and the wisdom of 'walking humbly with your G-d'

  Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on the complexities of Micah 6:8 and why this verse is more relevant than ever.

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  Why I don't want a Holocaust memorial next to Parliament

  Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster explains why, even as a Jew, she is fiercely opposed to plans for a new Holocaust memorial in Westminster.

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  Numbers and the revelation at Sinai: counting everyone in

  Every individual counts and this is what the 'Numbers' narrative is telling the children of Israel in the second year of their Exodus from Egypt.

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  The coronation from a Jewish perspective

  Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on the coronation of King Charles III from a Jewish perspective.

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  80 years after the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, what have we learnt?

  What can we do? What is my father's legacy? What is my grandmother's legacy on this sorrowful day?

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  Leviticus and lessons in leadership

  Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster explores the Jewish approach to leadership and lessons from Leviticus.

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  Elijah and the prophets of Baal

  So often in life we prevaricate until it is too late. We don't make decisions when we should, thus enabling bad outcomes.

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  A new book brings Christians and Jews closer together

  As the Jewish community commences the festival of Chanukah on Sunday night, the 8-day festival of the miracle of the lights (and don't forget to listen to the Classic FM Chanukah musical celebration programme on Boxing Day, 9.00 pm), it might seem apt to celebrate a new book which aims to bring Christians and Jews closer together.

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  Lord Williams and freedom of worship

  In his BBC Reith Lecture, Lord Williams goes some way to opening up minds and hearts to living a more proactive definition of religion and worship.