Rabbi Charley

Co-Rabbi in Chief of Progressive Judaism, mother, morning grump but otherwise fairly cheery! All views expressed are my own

[Rabbi Charley @RabCharley]

Leads of Progressive Judaism encourage PM to meet with the breadth of Jewish leadership so he can continue to understand the diversity of views in the community @ReformMovement @LiberalJudaism #progressivejudaism

[Esther Solomon @EstherSolomon]

Unprecedented UK Sanctions on Israel Are Coming. How Will British Jews Respond?
Imminent settlements sanctions: What they may cover, the backlash & will UK Jews absorb – or confront – the shrill messaging from the Netanyahu govt? | My @haaretzcom analysis
https://t.co/vbtUHaRpN1

[Lt. Col. (R) Peter Lerner @LTCPeterLerner]

Great joining @MaxFosterCNN on @cnni about E1.

My message was simple: this isn’t really about another housing project. It’s about Israel’s strategic future.

Israel must be able to defend itself and meet the security lessons of October 7. But security control and permanent civilian settlement are not the same thing.

Good strategy preserves options. E1 potentially closes them.

If a two-state outcome isn’t possible today, Israel should at least preserve the possibility for tomorrow.

We can defend Israel today without surrendering our choices for its future.

[Rabbi Charley @RabCharley]

This….

[Fania Oz-Salzberger 🇮🇱🕊️🟣 פניה עוז-זלצברגר @faniaoz]

Anyone doubting the courage and resolve of Israel’s Democrats to fight for human rights, civic equality and peace - has not met @KarivGilad.
Anyone ridiculing our rekindled future hopes for the coming election - for both Israelis and Palestinians - need not follow this account.

[🤟🏻Nadav Oz Salzberger נדב עוז זלצברגר @NadavSalz]

@KarivGilad ❤️🫡

[The Jewish Chronicle @JewishChron]

Rabbi Rebecca Birk to be new senior rabbi of LJS

https://t.co/ojJitFSQYf

[Rabbi Charley @RabCharley]

I’m no Marilyn but I will jump…

“At forty-seven I no longer believe there is one authentic version of myself hidden beneath all the others, waiting patiently to be uncovered. “
Read my latest Substack here:

https://t.co/4uGl4mJ3Mo

[Rabbi Charley @RabCharley]

"The most painful moments are rarely acts of open hostility. They arrive dressed as pragmatism. They are accompanied by shrugs and apologies and explanations about circumstances. Nobody says that one voice matters more than another. Nobody needs to. The outcome communicates the message perfectly well.”

My third piece in a trilogy about the public square: https://t.co/MCIuP9NGzp

[Jewish Representative Council of GM & Region @JewishMCR]

The JRC was delighted to work alongside the Israeli Embassy to facilitate a successful visit to Greater Manchester by @DanielaGrudsky, Chargé d’Affaires, and @efratperri, Director of Public Diplomacy.

During the visit, they met with a number of key stakeholders from across Greater Manchester’s Jewish community, engaging in constructive and meaningful discussions.

Conversations focused on the current situation in the Middle East, its impact on communities here in the UK, and the importance of continuing to stand with and support Israel during these challenging times.

[CRAIG THE BOSS @parr_craig61423]

Always good to hear from our @LiberalJudaism brilliant @RabCharley on @BBCr4today on a social media ban being the “easy solution” but doesn’t hold the tech mafia to account #bbcthoughtfortheday

[Rabbi Charley @RabCharley]

I was really pleased to be invited to attend an Equi event last night, invited by Prof Javed Khan OBE and enroute to be interviewed by ITV on the Mann Review of NHS and antisemitism. The timing was accidental but there are some very common themes. Thoughts more detailed here:
https://t.co/kjiWoXYf3Z

[Rabbi Charley @RabCharley]

Watch the incredible Jonathan share his campaign on national television. So proud of his work #TheMovemementforProgressiveJudaism

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

A Jewish schoolboy who says his classmates hissed at him to replicate the sound of a gas chamber, as well as threatened to vandalise his house with swastikas, has fought to introduce a new class on 'contemporary antisemitism' in his school to challenge these views.

[Akeela Ahmed MBE @AkeelaAhmed]

I can’t sleep. All weekend I listened to people worried about the Tommy Robison match & the vile anti-Muslim hostility on display. Today, I tried to reassure communities that we will overcome hatred - together - and then we hear about the devastating shooting at the Islamic Centre in San Diego. Once again we witness the horrific consequences of anti-Muslim hate.
I’m angry that some politicians & far right leaders continue to peddle hate against Muslims in the name of our country & protection, when all they are doing is pouring fuel onto a fire pit of anti-Muslim hate.

[Rabbi Charley @RabCharley]

Horrified by attack at a Mosque in San Diago..

https://t.co/3TRTriK1XH

[Rabbi Charley @RabCharley]

Just seeing this. An attack on any place of worship is an attack on all of us, but felt more deeply by those of us who know what it is to wonder if we are putting our children in danger by taking them to pray. Not for my child, not for any child.

[Qari Asim MBE @QariAsim]

Devastated by the horrific shooting at a mosque in #SanDiego that has taken three lives.
An attack on a place of worship is an attack on an entire community.Mosques must be places of peace and safety.
Prayers for victims, families & Muslims across the US
https://t.co/WkfrSEJfU8

[Rabbi Charley @RabCharley]

Exactly….. we should all be saying this not leaving it to the Muslim community alone to call it out.

[Qari Asim MBE @QariAsim]

Grossly vile and utterly disgusting. We’ve the freedom to criticise religion, but there is a clear difference between criticism and overt racism directed at Muslim women because of the way they choose to dress. Publicly dehumanising Muslim women in this way should be condemned.

[Qari Asim MBE @QariAsim]

Progressive Judaism leaders condemn #Blackburn mosque firebomb attack - Jewish News https://t.co/HZVw7LF4Yf

[Rabbi Charley @RabCharley]

https://t.co/2OFq26Gf3z

[Archbishop of Canterbury @ArchbishopSarah]

Today I visited the Sternberg Centre for Judaism. It was good to see the extraordinary educational, theological and community work taking place there.

But it was impossible to ignore the the distressing truth about Jewish life in Britain today. No parent should have to fear for their child’s safety at school or at worship.

Antisemitism must be opposed without hesitation or qualification. We all share responsibility for challenging hatred wherever we encounter it.

https://t.co/VNb6feFwMZ

[noah katz | נועה כץ🌹🪬 @noaskatz]

what a phenomenally moving speech. Naz reminds me of exactly what makes Britain great.