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Date	Venue	Occasion	Title	Reference
27.iv.24	BHPS	Sermon Chol ha-Mo’ed Pesach	I’m Jewish and I can walk where I want	[5784] GKW Serm 23
13.iv.24	BHPS	Sermon Tazria	The Torah and the Garrick Club	[5784] GKW Serm 22
6.iv.24	BHPS	Sermon Sh’mini	The kindness of the stork	[5784] GKW Serm 21
30.iii.24	BHPS	Sermon Tzav	God’s table	[5784] GKW Serm 20
23.iii.24	BHPS	Purim study session	How are you Jewing?
23.iii.24	BHPS	Sermon Va-Yikra	Dirty money	[5784] GKW Serm 19
9.iii.24	BHPS	Sermon Va-Yakheil	DIY Judaism	[5784] GKW Serm 18
17.ii.24	BHPS	Sermon T’rumah	Cherubim, cherubom	[5784] GKW Serm 17
10.ii.24	BHPS	Sermon Mishpatim	Beyond the letter of the law	[5784] GKW Serm 16
3.ii.24	BHPS	Study session Yitro	Pushing boundaries
16.i.24	Brighton College	Faith week	Why bother with faith?
13.i.24	BHPS	Sermon Va’eira	Be reasonable	[5784] GKW Serm 15
6.i.24	BHPS	Sermon Sh’mot	Standing in Moses’s shoes	[5784] GKW Serm 14
23.xii.23	BHPS	Sermon Va-Yiggash	A Christmas special sermon	[5784] GKW Serm 13
21.xii.23	BHPS	Thursday evening adult education	An 8-part course on animals in Jewish thought
16.xii.23	BHPS	Sermon Mikkeitz	Stranger things	[5784] GKW Serm 12
3.xii.23	St Nicholas of Myra’s Church	Advent Sunday	A messianic age
2.xii.23	BHPS	Sermon Vayishlach	Ceasefire now	[5784] GKW Serm 11
18.xi.23	BHPS	Sermon Tol’dot (Flora’s baby-blessing)	All the nice girls love a shepherd	[5784] GKW Serm 10
11.xi.23	BHPS	Sermon Chayyei Sarah	Who by fire and who by water?	[5784] GKW Serm 9
4.xi.23	BHPS	Sermon Vayeira	Sodom and Gaza
14.x.23	BHPS	Sermon B’reishit	The human under the horn	[5784] GKW Serm 8
3.x.23	Ardingly College	Guest sermon in Chapel	The true meaning of Passover
30.ix.23	BHPS	Sermon Sukkot	Who’s been sleeping in My house?	[5784] GKW Serm 7
25.ix.23	BHPS	Sermon Yom Kippur afternoon	Sea what you’ve done now	[5784] GKW Serm 6
25.ix.23	BHPS	Sermon Yom Kippur morning	Having a ball	[5784] GKW Serm 5
24.ix.23	BHPS	Sermon Kol Nidre	Resist!	[5784] GKW Serm 4
23.ix.23	BHPS	Sermon Ha’azinu	Growing up	[5784] GKW Serm 3
16.ix.23	BHPS	Sermon Rosh Hashanah	It’s just a fact	[5784] GKW Serm 2
15.ix.23	BHPS	Sermon Erev Rosh Hashanah	Erev Rosh Hashanah, Berlin, 1935	[5784] GKW Serm 1
27.viii.23	N/A	N/A	Palestinians live under a regime of apartheid
19.viii.23	BHPS	Sermon Shoftim	Warning	[5783] GKW Serm 31
12.viii.23	BHPS	Sermon R’eh	If a thing’s worth doing	[5783] GKW Serm 30
10.viii.23	N/A	Reflections on Parashat R’eh	Ne’er-do-well v Wokery
22.vii.23	BHPS	Sermon D’varim	Guns n’ Moses	[5783] GKW Serm 29
15.vii.23	BHPS	Sermon Mattot-Mass’ei	Tribalism	[5783] GKW Serm 28
6.vii.23	BHPS	Thursday evening text study	A 12-part course on Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel
1.vii.23	BHPS	Sermon Balak	Evil twins	[5783] GKW Serm 27
17.vi.23	BHPS	Sermon Korach	Running where and why?	[5783] GKW Serm 26
15.vi.23	Sussex Jewish News	June	On expenses
10.vi.23	BHPS	Sermon Sh’lach L’cha	The Sheraton Hotel Incident	[5783] GKW Serm 25
3.vi.23	BHPS	Sermon B’ha’alot’cha	Imagination	[5783] GKW Serm 24
25.v.23	Sussex Jewish News	Shavuot	Unity doesn’t mean unanimity
23.v.23	Ardingly College	Guest sermon in Chapel	The power of protest
13.v.23	BHPS	Sermon B’har (Volunteers’ Shabbat)	The power of the minority	[5783] GKW Serm 23
10.v.23	Liberal Judaism	Pirkei Avot course	Two types of parchment
6.v.23	BHPS	Exploring Judaism session	Coronation special
6.v.23	BHPS	Sermon Emor	Out with the old	[5783] GKW Serm 22
30.iv.23	The Observer	Letter to the editor	Re Diane Abbott
22.iv.23	BHPS	Shabbat Tazria-M’tzora	In conversation with Rabbi Rebecca Birk
17.iv.23	BHPS	Erev Yom ha-Shoah	Yom ha-Shoah service
8.iv.23	BHPS	Sermon Chol ha-Mo’ed Pesach	Smashed windows	[5783] GKW Serm 21
2.iv.23	BHPS	Pesach message	The wicked son
1.iv.23	BHPS	Sermon Tzav	Football is life	[5783] GKW Serm 20
30.iii.23	BHPS	Thursday evening text study	A 12-part course on biblical purity and impurity
11.iii.23	BHPS	Sermon Ki Tissa	Making a stink	[5783] GKW Serm 19
5.iii.23	BBC Radio Sussex	60-second sermon	Auntie Marie’s birthday (text available here)
4.iii.23	BHPS	Sermon T’tzavveh	All rabbis are gangsters	[5783] GKW Serm 18
4.iii.23	BHPS	Purim study session	Esther’s secret
2.iii.23	Liberal Judaism	Thought for the Week: T’tzavveh	ChatJewPT
18.ii.23	BHPS	Sermon Mishpatim	Your enemy’s ox	[5783] GKW Serm 17
16.ii.23	Brighton and Hove Interfaith Contact Group	Friendship Hour	How can ancient religious traditions serve us in our world today?
11.ii.23	BHPS	Sermon Yitro	Honour thy fatherhood and thy motherhood	[5783] GKW Serm 16
4.ii.23	BHPS	Sermon B’shallach	You’re all weird	[5783] GKW Serm 15
21.i.23	BHPS	Sermon Va-Eira	The great ladder of life	[5783] GKW Serm 14
31.xii.22	BHPS	Sermon Va-Yiggash	Brain gain	[5783] GKW Serm 13
26.xii.22	Limmud	Limmud^2 learning programme	Reflection on Ruth ch 3
24.xii.22	BHPS	Sermon Mikkeitz	Waking up from Twitter	[5783] GKW Serm 12
17.xii.22	BHPS	Induction service	Induction message and service booklet
15.xii.22	BHPS	Thursday evening text study	A 12-part course on The Secret Life (and Death) of Moses
14.xii.22	BHPS	Liberal Judaism education hub	Towards a crooked righteousness
3.xii.22	BHPS	Sermon Vayeitzei	Listen	[5783] GKW Serm 11
19.xi.22	BHPS	Sermon Chayyei Sarah	Ring in the new	[5783] GKW Serm 10
12.xi.22	BHPS	Exploring Judaism class	Eco-Shabbat special: Jewish texts and the environment
12.xi.22	BHPS	Sermon Vayeira	It’s good to talk	[5783] GKW Serm 9
5.xi.22	BHPS	Sermon Lech L’cha	Going against the grain	[5783] GKW Serm 8
29.x.22	BHPS	Sermon No’ach	Waiting for better times	[5783] GKW Serm 7
22.x.22	BHPS	Sermon B’reishit	Iranian men, hallelujah	[5783] GKW Serm 6
9.x.22	BHPS	Erev Sukkot study sesssion	You’ve goat male!
5.x.22	BHPS	Sermon Yom Kippur afternoon	Self-belief	[5783] GKW Serm 5
5.x.22	BHPS	Sermon Yom Kippur morning	Literacy	[5783] GKW Serm 4
4.x.22	BHPS	Sermon Kol Nidre	Time	[5783] GKW Serm 3
26.ix.22	BHPS	Sermon Rosh Hashanah	Water	[5783] GKW Serm 2
25.ix.22	BHPS	Sermon Erev Rosh Hashanah	Money	[5783] GKW Serm 1
24.ix.22	BHPS	Parashat Nitzavim: study sermon	Is God homeless and whose fault is that?
17.ix.22	BHPS	Selichot study session	Like clay
10.ix.22	BHPS	Sermon Ki Teitzei	Sermon in memory of HM Queen Elizabeth II
3.ix.22	BHPS	Sermon Shoftim	What’s sauce for the chus	[5782] GKW Serm 24
27.viii.22	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Sermon R’eh	Yes, we are all individuals	[5782] GKW Serm 23
25.viii.22	Online	The Criminal Bar Association’s strike action	A prayer for the justice system
6.viii.22	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Sermon D’varim	The first National Trust property	[5782] GKW Serm 22
28.vii.22	The interwebs	D’rash Ma’sei	The Anne Frank Trust and the cities of refuge
16.vii.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Pinchas	Macho twits	[5782] GKW Serm 21
15.vii.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Erev Pinchas	A zealot cannot be the leader	[5782] GKW Serm 20
14.vii.22	Liberal Judaism	Thought for the week	Parashat Pinchas
14.vii.22	Vashti	Article	#JewishBritain on Facebook: misery loves company
09.vii.22	Birmingham Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Balak	Bless us with the threefold convention	[5782] GKW Serm 19
3.vii.22	Leo Baeck College/ The Liberal Jweish Synagogue	Ordination	Ordination address (video here)
23.vi.22	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah Korach	Learning from our stains
18.iv.22	Birmingham Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Sh’lach L’cha	Priti Patel and the twelve spies	[5782] GKW Serm 18
15.vi.22	Online	Halting of the Rwanda flight	Prayer for the European Court of Human Rights
5.vi.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Shavuot	Blankety Blank	[5782] GKW Serm 17
4.vi.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Erev Shavuot	Shavuot seder liturgy
3.vi.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Erev Naso	Clearing the clouds	[5782] GKW Serm 16
06.05.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Evening class	Ageing and onwards
06.05.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Erev Emor	Forward planning	[5782] GKW Serm 15
29.04.22	York	Sermon K’doshim	Just baffling	[5782] GKW Serm 14
16.04.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Pesach	Let their people in	[5782] GKW Serm 13
02.04.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon M’tzora	A mixture of it and us	[5782] GKW Serm 12
11.03.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Erev Vayikra	A byass frequently observable	[5782] GKW Serm 11
10.03.22	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah: Vayikra	Rising and falling
03.03.22	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Ukraine special	Jewish attitudes to conscientious objection
04.02.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Erev Terumah	Jews of many parts	[5782] GKW Serm 10
08.01.22	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Bo (Mental Health Shabbat)	Standing outside	[5782] GKW Serm 9
28.12.21	Limmud Festival	One-off session	Defrocking bad rabbis: a preview of my dissertation (video)
22.12.21	Online	One-off paper	Chazor b’cha: in praise of cancel culture (which doesn’t really exist)
20.12.21	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	One-off class	Mermaids in Jewish texts
17.12.21	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Vay’chi	Joseph and Aseneth	[5782] GKW Serm 8
11.12.21	Rene Cassin	Human Rights Shabbat	Forgotten grains, not forgotten people
02.12.21	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Class on the Book of Judges	Yotam and the trees
25.11.21	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah Vayeshev	It’s a secret
18.11.21	The interwebs	Sermon Vayishlach	Racism at the Board of Deputies: who will bring them down to earth?
23.10.21	Nottingham Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Vayeira	The forgotten Mrs Lot	[5782] GKW Serm 7
16.10.21	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Lech L’cha	Changing the future	[5782] GKW Serm 6
30.09.21	Tablet Magazine	Article	The anti-Semitic rabbi who became a priest… well, maybe (see also commentary here)
16.09.21	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Yom Kippur afternoon	Being lifted up – or being uplifted	[5782] GKW Serm 5
16.09.21	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Yom Kippur morning	Sitting in position	[5782] GKW Serm 4
15.09.21	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Kol Nidre	Standing up	[5782] GKW Serm 3
07.09.21	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Rosh Hashanah	Lying down	[5782] GKW Serm 2
06.09.21	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Erev Rosh Hashanah	Leaning into the new year	[5782] GKW Serm 1
26.08.21	Limmud	D’var Torah Ki Tavo	Backwards and forwards
21.08.21	Southgate Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Ki Teitze	We know we belong to the land	[5781] GKW Serm 22
30.07.21	SCM Press	Chapter in Slavery-Free Communities: emerging theologies and faith responses to modern slavery (written jointly with Mia Hasenson-Gross)	‘Thank God for not making me a slave’ (you need to buy the book though)
29.07.21	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah Eikev	Jumping to conclusions
19.06.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Chukkat	Forever blowing bubbles	[5781] GKW Serm 21
05.06.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Sh’lach L’cha	Deadnaming	[5781] GKW Serm 20
01.06.21	Online only	A whimsical poem	The Arm Wrestle
21.05.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Erev Naso	Irrational doubts	[5781] GKW Serm 19
14.05.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Erev B’midbar	Flagging	[5781] GKW Serm 18
06.05.21	The interwebs	Personal	Social media values
06.05.21	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah B’chukkotai	Your enemies shall steal your recipes?
24.04.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon K’doshim	The mightier hand	[5781] GKW Serm 17
15.04.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Judaism and anti-racism
10.04.21	York Liberal Jewish Community and Oxford Jewish Community (Liberal section)	Sermon Sh’mini	I am seriously annoying	[5781] GKW Serm 16
27.03.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Tzav	Clay or copper?	[5781] GKW Serm 15
19.03.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Erev Vayikra	Finding a fast horse	[5781] GKW Serm 14
18.03.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	The calf with the broken neck
13.03.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Vayakhel-P’kudei	Facing the abusing court	[5781] GKW Serm 13
27.02.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Tetzavveh	Pants on fire	[5781] GKW Serm 12
27.01.21	City of York	Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony	Address (video here)
16.01.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Va’eira	Had enough of experts?	[5781] GKW Serm 11
08.01.21	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Erev Sh’mot	Seeing through the fog of protocol	[5781] GKW Serm 10
04.11.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Erev Vayishlach	Eleanor Rigby	[5781] GKW Serm 9
03.12.20	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah Vayishlach	The Jewish people is not in cold storage
27.11.20	The Internet Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Erev Vayeitzei	This land is shrunk
20.11.20	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Toledot	Dig wells to help out	[5781] GKW Serm 8
13.11.20	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Erev Chayyei Sarah	No more smashed crockery	[5781] GKW Serm 7
30.10.20	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Erev Lech L’cha	Trick or treat?	[5781] GKW Serm 6
24.10.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon No’ach	Am I the asshole?	[5781] GKW Serm 5
16.10.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Erev Bereishit	Cain’s right to be forgotten (video) (semi-legible transcript here)
08.10.20	York Liberal Jewish Community	Simchat Torah study session	Stand-out passages of Torah
02.10.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Erev Sukkot	A little bit of water in my life	[5781] GKW Serm 4
01.10.20	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sukkot study session	The four species
28.09.20	Liberal Judaism	Yom Kippur study session	The High Priest, impurity and His Dark Materials (video here)
28.09.20	York and Manchester Liberal Jewish Communities	Sermon Yom Kippur	God’s algorithm (video here)	[5781] GKW Serm 3
27.09.20	York and Manchester Liberal Jewish Communities	Sermon Kol Nidre	The longest day (video here)	[5781] GKW Serm 2
24.09.20	York Liberal Jewish Community	Yom Kippur study session	Dos and Don’ts
19.09.20	York and Manchester Liberal Jewish Communities	Sermon Rosh Hashanah	The earth: God’s doughball (video here)	[5781] GKW Serm 1
18.09.20	York and Manchester Liberal Jewish Communities	Erev Rosh Hashanah	Rosh Hashanah seder liturgy
17.09.20	York Liberal Jewish Community	Rosh Hashanah study session	The seventh month
12.09.20	Glasgow Reform Synagogue	Sermon Nitzavim-Vayelech	It is not far away	[5780] GKW Serm 25
01.09.20	European Judaism journal	Article (behind paywall)	Why does God get it wrong? Divine fallibility in Athens and Jerusalem
29.08.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Ki Teitzei	Barred	[5780] GKW Serm 24
20.08.20	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah Shoftim	Untitled
14.08.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Erev R’eh	Local spirit	[5780] GKW Serm 23
08.08.20	Birmingham Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Eikev	The golden waters of Sinai	[5780] GKW Serm 22
02.08.20	Limmud Together UK	Session	Korach: fascist demagogue or community organiser?
01.08.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Va’etchannan	The ten guidelines	[5780] GKW Serm 21
18.07.20	Glasgow Reform Synagogue	Sermon Matot-Mas’ei	The tent in the room upstairs	[5780] GKW Serm 20
09.07.20	The interwebs	Sermon Pinchas	The Daughters of Zelophechad take on the police
03.07.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Balak	What if Balak had had Twitter?	[5780] GKW Serm 19
27.06.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Chukkat	Strip Baden-Powell of his vestments	[5780] GKW Serm 18
25.06.20	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah Chukkat	Tested on animals
20.06.20	Glasgow Reform Synagogue	Sermon Korach	The chosen stick	[5780] GKW Serm 17
05.06.20	Manchester Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Erev Beha’alot’cha	Insulated from death	[5780] GKW Serm 16
28.05.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Erev Shavuot	The great outdoors	[5780] GKW Serm 15
09.05.20	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Emor	Allow substitutions	[5780] GKW Serm 14
07.05.20	Leo Baeck College	‘Liturgy’ presentation	A Shema fit for Korach (explanation of what this is all about here)
02.05.20	Manchester Liberal Jewish Community	Virtual discussion class	Police in the Jewish tradition
01.05.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Kehillah magazine’From the student rabbi’	It didn’t have a title but here it is
25.04.20	Gabriel Online Jewish Community Plc	Sermon Tatzria-M’tzora	Different sorts of boundary
18.04.20	Gabriel Online Jewish Community Plc	Sermon on God’s role in the pandemic	Is God self-isolating?
07.04.20	Rene Cassin	Thought for Pesach	Lockdown focusses our human rights glasses
03.04.20	Online only	Sermon on lockdown	Persons, things and premises
14.03.20	Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Ki Tissa (Leo Baeck Shabbat)	The trial of the pyx	[5780] GKW Serm 13
04.03.20	Liberal Judaism education hub	Tzom Hillel v’Shammai	Source sheet and creative liturgy
22.02.20	South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community	Sermon Mishpatim	The great chicken trial of Jerusalem	[5780] GKW Serm 12
07.02.20	Manchester Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon B’shallach (Mental Health Shabbat)	The battle of the troubled mind	[5780] GKW Serm 11
06.02.20	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah B’shallach	The old-new song
31.01.20	The UK	Brexit	A liturgy to mark Britain’s exit from the EU
18.01.20	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Sh’mot	Towards safer sacred spaces	[5780] GKW Serm 10
11.01.20	Cardiff Reform Synagogue	Sermon Vay’chi	London Bridge is down	[5780] GKW Serm 9
10.01.20	Cardiff Reform Synagogue	Sermon Erev Vay’chi	One-on-one	[5780] GKW Serm 8
26.12.19	Limmud Festival	Session	Binyamin is a werewolf
22.12.19	Limmud Festival	Session	Rabbinic freedom of pulpit
21.12.19	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Vayeshev	The shalshelet and the parallel universe	[5780] GKW Serm 7
14.12.19	Birmingham Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Vayishlach	Our own limp, our own shame, our own triumph, our own name	[5780] GKW Serm 6
07.12.19	Manchester Liberal Jewish Community	Human Rights Shabbat	The Universal Declaration of Human Rights set to haftarah trop
23.11.19	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Chayyei Sarah	A question of firewood	[5780] GKW Serm 5
26.10.19	Kingston Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Bereishit (my aufruf!)	Abel: the first tycoon?	[5780] GW Serm 4
18.10.19	Dublin Jewish Progressive Congregation	Sermon Erev Chol ha-Moed Sukkot	Festival fatigue	[5780] GW Serm 3
12.10.19	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Ha’azinu	One long valedictory speech	[5780] GW Serm 2
29.09.19	Southport and District Reform Synagogue	Sermon Erev Rosh Hashanah	Moses and the second tablets	[5780] GW Serm 1
28.09.19	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Nitzavim	Lady Hale’s spider	[5779] GW Serm 25
29.08.19	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah Re’eh	The sliding scale of justice
27.07.19	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Mattot	Trapped in a flat on Pall Mall	[5779] GW Serm 24
20.07.19	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Pinchas	Handing over	[5779] GW Serm 23
14.07.19	Bar Convent, York	Living Theology conference	Jews and non-Jews
15.06.19	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon B’ha’alot’cha	Joshua and the rebellious scribe	[5779] GW Serm 22
01.06.19	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon B’midbar	Frequently asked questions	[5779] GW Serm 21
25.05.19	Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue	Sermon B’chukkotai	Eyes down for a full harvest	[5779] GW Serm 20
16.05.19	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Character is tested through business: Jewish ethics in the marketplace
11.05.19	Southport and District Reform Synagogue	Sermon Emor	The dignity of the priesthood	[5779] GW Serm 19
27.04.19	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Acharei Mot	Acharei Monty Hall	[5779] GW Serm 18
13.04.19	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon M’tzora	Building a pathway	[5779] GW Serm 17
16.03.19	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Vayikra	What’s it all about, aleph?	[5779] GW Serm 16
28.02.19	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah Vayakhel	The Great Fundraising Thermometer
23.02.19	Southgate Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Ki Tisa	To be filled with knowledge	[5779] GW Serm 15
16.02.19	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon T’tzaveh	Not all heroes wear capes	[5779] GW Serm 14
09.02.19	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Terumah	William and the Tabernacle	[5779] GW Serm 13
28.01.19			Article 50 set to trop (recording here)
05.01.19	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Va’eira	An app called ‘camera’	[5779] GW Serm 12
15.12.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Vayigash	Measure for measure	[5779] GW Serm 11
13.12.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	The true story/ies of Channukah
08.12.18	Tikvah Chadashah (Shenfield)	Sermon Mikkeitz	Growth after death	[5779] GW Serm 10
01.12.18	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Vayeshev	The first Kindertransport	[5779] GW Serm 9
17.11.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Vayeitzei	Rachel and the household gods	[5779] GW Serm 8
15.11.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	The trolley problem in Jewish ethics
15.11.18	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah Vayeitzei	Speckled sheep and Jewish children
03.11.18	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Chayei Sarah	Romance is not dead	[5779] GW Serm 7
27.10.18	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Vayeira	Mock the weak	[5779] GW Serm 6
20.10.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Lech L’cha	Tzom Rabin	[5779] GW Serm 5
18.10.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Making a prophet
19.09.18	Beit Klal Yisrael	Sermon Yom Kippur afternoon	Choose life (and/ or death)	[5779] GW Serm 4
19.09.18	Beit Klal Yisrael	Sermon Yom Kippur morning	Matir Asurim	[5779] GW Serm 3
18.09.18	Beit Klal Yisrael	Sermon Kol Nidre	Judge Judaism	[5779] GW Serm 2
09, 10.09.18	South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community; and Isle of Wight Jewish Society	Sermon Rosh Hashanah	The year of the slightly-closed ears	[5779] GW Serm 1
08.09.18	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Nitzavim	Torah without borders	[5778] GW Serm 20
18.08.18	Wimbledon Synagogue	Sermon Shoftim	I thought Oz was a terrible beast!	[5778] GW Serm 19
11.08.18	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Re’eh	The bats have a ball	[5778] GW Serm 18
19.07.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Shabbat
12.07.18	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah: Matot-Masei	The passengers speak up
16.06.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Korach	Moses and Korach play The Dozens	[5778] GW Serm 17
09.06.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Sh’lach L’cha	The wilderness of mirrors	[5778] GW Serm 16
19.05.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Shavuot	A Tale of Ten Commandments	[5778] GW Serm 15
28.04.18	The Wimbledon Synagogue (Reform)	Sermon Emor	(Untitled)
21.04.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Acharei Mot	The Kutonet Museum	[5778] GW Serm 14
19.04.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Independence day or disaster? Different narratives to 1948
31.03.18	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Pesach	Which story do you prefer?	[5778] GW Serm 13
24.03.18	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Tzav	Everything feels small	[5778] GW Serm 12
17.03.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Vayikra	Breaking the spiral	[5778] GW Serm 11
15.03.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	What does a Jewish state really look like?
15.03.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Clifford’s Tower commemoration	Imagining the events of 1190	[5778] GW Serm 10
08.03.18	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah: Vayekhel-Pekudei	The first annual report
03.03.18	The Wimbledon Synagogue (Reform)	Sermon Ki Tisa	Death threats and melting mobs	[5778] GW Serm 9
17.02.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Terumah	The other Heaven	[5778] GW Serm 8
15.02.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Why aren’t rabbis called priests?
10.02.18	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Mishpatim	On Hasselling the judiciary	[5778] GW Serm 7
18.01.18	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Smashing the tablets: Moses on trial
13.01.18	The Wimbledon Synagogue (Reform)	Sermon Va’eira	The Prosecutor v Moses ben-Amram	[5778] GW Serm 6
28.12.17	Limmud Festival	Session	How Moses invented freedom of information
24.12.17	Limmud Festival	Session	Konrad Morgen and Izzy Einstein: two fanatics for justice
16.12.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Miketz (b’nei mitzvah)	The fat cows of rededication	[5778] GW Serm 5
14.12.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Are we what we eat? Kashrut in the modern world
12.12.17	Rene Cassin	Contribution to Torah commentary	Human rights advocates walk in Joseph’s footsteps
01.12.17	Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue	Magazine article	Aharon Barak – the prophet who kept society faithful to itself
18.11.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Tol’dot (at the annual interfaith civic service)	The tolerance of the womb	[5778] GW Serm 4
16.11.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	The end of days (and a very naughty boy)
16.11.17	Leo Baeck College	Discussion activity for Parashat Tol’dot	Will the Jewry please stand?[featuring the Fraud Act 2006]
02.11.17	Leo Baeck College	D’var Torah: Vayeira	Between the wolves and the angels
23.10.17	My own twisted sense of humour	Banter	Leyning The Ning Nang Nong
21.10.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon No’ach	The missing instruction	[5778] GW Serm 3
19.10.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Moses’s staff problems: a look at Jews and miracles
29.09.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Kol Nidre	Forgiveness not forgetfulness	[5778] GW Serm 2
21.09.17	Stevenage Liberal Synagogue	Sermon Rosh Hashanah	Whose ram is it anyway?	[5778] GW Serm 1
19.08.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Re’eh	Of mages and sages	[5777] GW Serm 6
29.07.17	York Liberal Jewish Community (Scarborough)	Sermon Devarim	The Israelites and the Rising Pyramid- or, Captains Who Sing	[5777] GW Serm 5
13.07.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Tisha b’Av versus the summer
13.07.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Lunch and Learn: Parashat Pinchas	Zelophechad’s daughters and the You-turn
29.06.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Lunch and Learn: Parashat Chukat	Moses rocks on
08.06.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Lunch and Learn: Parashat Behalotecha	Whinging about garlic
01.06.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Lunch and Learn: Parashat Naso	Pinky promises and Unbreakable Vows
31.05.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Shavuot	The King’s Day Off (featuring a Belgian fairy-tale what I wrote)	[5777] GW Serm 4
18.05.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Shavuot
07.05.17	Westminster Synagogue	Westminster Chai day of Israel learning	‘No contradiction’: Judaism and democracy in the Israeli Supreme Court
04.05.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Jus in disputatio: Jewish ethics of debate
27.04.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Lunch and Learn: Parashat Tazria	Lunch’n’Leprosy
20.04.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Lunch and Learn: Parashat Sh’mini	When is a commandment not a commandment?
25.03.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Kabbalat Torah class	Anti-Semitism or No Anti-Semitism? (ask participants to stand on one side of room if they think the example is anti-Semitic, and the opposite side if it’s not)
23.03.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Lunch and Learn: Parashat Vayakheil-P’kudei	Have synagogue building projects always been this complicated?!
15.03.17	Leo Baeck College	Presentation for rabbinic admissions interview	The tension of security and welcoming (speaking notes only)
02.03.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Lunch and Learn: Parashat Terumah	Mishkan Meccano: building a curiosity in the desert
09.02.17	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Lunch and Learn: Parashat Beshalach	Give us a wave: miracles and fear at the Red Sea
02.02.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	Tree wise men: Tu Bishvat and Jewish environmentalism
19.01.17	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	After-effects of the Holocaust on the Jewish people
25.12.16 [ditto]	Limmud Conference	Session	Just William and the Jews: William and the Nasties, a 1935 tale withdrawn from publication…
25.12.16 [yes really]	Limmud Conference	Session	Politics from the pulpit: religious leaders, electioneering and the law
14.12.16	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Lunch and learn: Parashat Vayishlach	A reunion: Esau’s kiss
08.11.16	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Opening thought for a Council meeting	An Election Day Prayer
12.10.16	Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Yom Kippur	Moses over our shoulder	[5777] GW Serm 3
11.10.16	Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Kol Nidre	The sins we have committed	[5777] GW Serm 2
06.10.16	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	The tenth day is the Day of Atonement
02.10.16	Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community	Sermon Erev Rosh Hashanah	Returning and not returning	[5777] GW Serm 1
01.09.16	York Liberal Jewish Community	Judaism 101 class	The Creation: from midrash to Milton Jones
27.08.16	Finchley Progressive Synagogue	Sermon Eikev	The Heartless Hotline and the everlasting clothes	[5776] GW Serm 1

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