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Julia Neuberger

Julia Neuberger is a crossbench peer, social commentator and writer. She is senior rabbi at the West London Synagogue and one of the first two female rabbis in the UK. She was chair, commission on the future of volunteering 2006-8 and prime minster's champion for volunteering 2007-9

October 2017

  • Central roundel from the Hinton St Mary mosaic in Dorset, which dates to the early 4th century

    Gods and glory: Rowan Williams, Mary Beard and more on the power of religious art

    To mark the opening of two major shows – Imagining the Divine at the Ashmolean and Living with Gods at the British Museum – six experts pick a work of religious art that resonates with them

November 2016

  • Julia Neuberger, a rabbi and member of the House of Lords, at the West London Synagogue.

    I’m a rabbi, and I’m applying for a German passport. Here’s why

    Julia Neuberger
    My parents’ homeland has dealt with its Nazi past. After the Brexit vote, I want to embrace my continental European origins

February 2013

  • gay marriage

    I pray for the day when gay couples can marry

    Julia Neuberger
    Julia Neuberger: It offends my conscience that, as someone who officiates at weddings, I am prevented from marrying same-sex couples

August 2011

  • Raphael Loewe

    Raphael Loewe obituary

    Skilled translator with a passion for medieval Jewish poetry

January 2010

  • Cif belief
    Face to faith

    Julia Neuberger
    We need social networking, but more of it should be in the real world rather than online, says Julia Neuberger

October 2009

  • Cif belief
    Religion can help, but not replace, the state

    Julia Neuberger

    Julia Neuberger: Can religion fill gaps left by the state?: The question is what the voluntary sector, whatever its denomination, can do on its behalf

January 2009

  • Cif belief
    Hard times ahead

    Julia Neuberger

    Julia Neuberger: What will be the big religious stories in 2009?: Volunteering could be a way to restore peoples' sense of self-worth over the next year – but it needs to be done right

December 2008

  • Cif belief
    Return of the Good Samaritan

    Julia Neuberger

    Julia Neuberger: Can religion help us through the slump?: Whether you're religious or not, what matters is the desire to make a difference to other people's lives

November 2008

  • Cif belief
    Altruism works

    Julia Neuberger

    Julia Neuberger: Mitzvah Day is marked in the US by Jews doing favours for each other. Now the idea has arrived in Britain, and it's open to anyone

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