Reflections from Rabbi René – Man Plans and God Laughs

Keep calm and carry on Once again, a new twist of fate! When we felt…

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Any Dream Will Do

A Torah translation with a difference on the morning of Parashat Vayeshev Many people’s favourite…

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Reflections from Rabbi René – Light Will Come Back

Let’s go back to the origins Let’s go back for a moment to the origins,…

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Reflections from Rabbi René – Struggling with God

“Surely God is in this place” Dreams in the Bible were understood as open channels…

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Reflections from Rabbi René – Two Peoples Fighting in One Womb

Towards the end of last week’s Torah portion, we read that “Isaac and Ishmael buried…

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Reflections from Rabbi René – Commemoration and Freedom

The story is not over Our weekly Torah portion marks the transition from one generation…

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The Mensch on Zoom: Becoming Jewish in 2020

Guest post from KLS member Christine Lior Locher It’s official. I’m Jewish. Last Shabbat I…

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The Architects of Peace

Rabbi Rene’s weekly message to the KLS community Do you remember the evening of the…

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Noah’s fur coat

Rabbi René’s sermon for Parashat Noah “Noah ish tsaddik tamim haya bedorotav; et ha-Elohim hit-halekh…

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Rabbi René Features on Jewish News Podcast

He speaks about recent decision to allow mixed faith couples to receive blessing under the…

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