Articles about Judaism
This article is for paying subscribers Let’s Talk About Antisemitism
Not entirely sure what to expect, it was with trepidation that I began this project, which we named ‘Let’s Talk about antisemitism’. I need not have worried: our collaborators have been nothing but supportive...
This article is for paying subscribers The Golden Haggadah:
priceless pages of art from the Jewish Bible
This article is for paying subscribers What’s worth celebrating?
We asked members of different faith and belief communities a set of questions about their own lives of celebration. Here Buddhist, Bahá’í, Christian, Sikh and Muslim respondents explain what celebration means for...
This article is for paying subscribers What might make God proud?
Aisling Joinson teaches in Wrexham, and wanted her class of 7–9s to think for themselves about the creation story of Jewish and Christian scripture in Genesis 1.
This article is for paying subscribers The Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue: a story of a community, a heritage and a future
RE Today interviewed Michael Mail, Chief Executive of the Foundation For Jewish Heritage about the story of a wonderful building.
This article is for paying subscribers Anne Frank, yesterday and tomorrow
The new movie Where Is Anne Frank is a gift to RE teachers who want to explore connections between history, ethics and our European futures. This is a superb resource with a dreamlike quality to its storytelling,...
Religion and RE: yesterday and tomorrow
RE is a subject with a past and a future, linked in all kinds of ways. Our communities press our governments across the UK to change the subject to be better suited to learning in the coming decade.
This article is for paying subscribers Inside a faith
We invited members of different communities to share their ideas about the theme of REToday for this term, and the following pages give their views. You could use these questions with senior students in your school as...
This article is for paying subscribers Greater depth in RE: Pesach through dialogue and school linking
The lens of an interview and the lens of dialogue: Nicki Bonell and Jen Black teach Year 4 in Penzance and Malvern, where Jewish populations are small. Gerry Cohen is a Jewish RE teacher in North London. They helped...
This article is for paying subscribers Inside a faith
Eleven worldview questions: a way of opening up the concept of worldviews for your pupils
This article is for paying subscribers Points of Arrival: Jewish people coming to Scotland
A new digital resource pack for schools on historical Jewish immigration to Scotland raises questions for all our learners about where we stand and how we see the world. Hannah Holtschneider, cultural historian at the...
This article is for paying subscribers Pray with your feet: Care for the exile and the stranger in your community
Sir Trevor Pears is a Jewish philanthropist whose charity, the Pears Foundation, makes an excellent study for GCSE Judaism for all sorts of reasons. REtoday interviewed him about the theology, values and practice...
This article is for paying subscribers THE BIG PICTURE: Research Jewish culture with your pupils from the online British Library exhibit
Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word, an exhibition at the British Library, provides a fantastic way to study Judaism for primary and secondary pupils, exploring the history, culture and traditions of...
This article is for paying subscribers Inside a faith
We invited people from different religions and worldviews to respond to some questions about this term’s theme of ‘religion and justice’. Why not give the questions we asked to your students and ask them to...
This article is for paying subscribers Justice in Judaism
Lisa Shames is the Senior Learning Manager at the Jewish Museum in London. She shares some ways you can teach about diversity and justice using examples from our Jewish communities.
This article is for paying subscribers ‘“Love your neighbour as yourself” All the rest of Judaism is detail’
Are place, space and pilgrimage important in Jewish life? Rabbi Jonathan Romain responds.
This article is for paying subscribers Inside a faith
We asked people from inside different faiths to write an article about their identity from these eight questions. Consider your own answers to the questions – jot down some notes. Then read the examples on the next...
This article is for paying subscribers Greener religion for infants?
Fiona Moss, NATRE CEO, suggests six ways to enable green thinking in RE for 4–7s.
This article is for paying subscribers When Greta Thunberg met Pope Francis
This activity is simple, flexible and potentially profound. A part of good RE around green issues is to consider whether religions have a part to play in climate justice and responding to the climate crisis, and to...
This article is for paying subscribers Green religions? Perspectives from world faiths and viewpoints for your students
This issue of REtoday focuses on themes around green issues, environmentalism and climate justice. Our religions and worldviews are rich in exploring these issues and the relation of humanity to the natural world. We...