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 My grandparents moved to the UK from mainland Europe in the 1930s. Upon setting up home they made a conscious decision that their children should be British first - being Jewish came second.
Thus, my mother and her siblings were brought up celebrating Xmas albeit without any religious significance. I assume that because, in their mind, their celebration of Xmas had to do with their British identity and not with Christianity, they continued to celebrate Xmas even after they all became religious. Recommend this article... |
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007 |
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 A couple of years ago I was invited on to the Esther Rantzen show to talk about whether children need fathers. Obviously I was arguing for the motion, but one of the women arguing against it had a son conceived by artificial insemination who till this day does not know the identity of his biological father. When asked why she wanted a child, she said that she felt a natural urge to be a mother, that her biological clock was ticking away and that she saw no reason why she should she lose out just because she did not have a partner with whom to have the baby.
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Written by Rabbi Levi Brackman
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Friday, 07 September 2007 |
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 As I was writing this article something happened to me that has never occurred to me before. I got what is known as writers block. I just could not continue writing. I found myself painfully extracting one word at a time. So I decided to take a walk, maybe, I hoped, I would be able to come up with something as I walked. I was yearning for some inspiration. And then I got it: I will write a article about the yearning for inspiration.
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Written by Rabbi Levi Brackman
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Friday, 06 April 2007 |
 In order to effect permanent personal transformation for the better, a change of circumstances does not suffice What will be the end in Iraq? March 2003 saw the downfall of Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical regime. Indeed, over the past few years the world has seen some of the most remarkable political revolutions. In November 2003 former Soviet republic of Georgia saw the Rose Revolution leading to the installment of a proper democratic government. Recommend this article... |
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Friday, 30 March 2007 |
 Passover is the time of year to throw off our individual enslavements and emancipate ourselves to achieve the desires of our authentic self—our soul
In the West and especially in the USA people pride themselves on being free. Indeed it is freedom that America would like to export to the rest of the world. However the question needs to be asked: are people living in western style democracies really free?
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