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As I write, I am working on a project with a group of people – several of whom have radically different views from mine on the issue of human sexuality – but who, like me, were deeply concerned by the synod’s recent response to the Kairos 2 document which has caused distress to many in the British Jewish community.
I have supported inter-faith activities such as the joint Christian-Jewish- Muslim pilgrimage to the top of Ben Lomond, as I believe that religious differences do not have to lead to war.
In seeking to be good neighbours and partners with other communities, I am particularly conscious of the Jewish communities in my own part of northwest London, and the rise in antisemitic attacks.
I’ve worked in a pastoral role at a Jewish Summer Camp for three summers, helped launch a community café based in our church, supported local neighbourhood groups, enjoyed chaplaincy at the Cathedral, joined charity boards and mentored LLM students.
• to encourage the Church to follow the Biblical injunction to honour the Jewish people as the root of our
My academic publications and papers have been on Jewish Hellenistic Literature.
My full-time employment is as chief executive of an interdenominational UK registered educational charity focusing on Jewish / Christian relations, which includes speaking and exhibiting at Christian festivals such as Big Church, CRE and similar, leading tours to Israel and the Palestinian territories, co-study of the Bible, and holding briefing and parliamentary sessions.
approved, 13 July 2026, with amendment to "hear") lacked truthful balance in its description of the status quo in the Middle East and unfortunately fell into a historic pattern of blood libel against the Jewish state.
Britain's Jewish community has been crushed by it.
And should we further agree that Jesus promised to pour out His Spirit on the Jewish People regathered in the last days in the Land?
To hear Jewish voices and to honestly reexamine the Palestinian Christian voices alongside, as well as the consequences for Christian-Jewish relations.
Whilst never forgetting the Jewish roots of our faith (our Lord Jesus Christ was born into a Jewish family and “of David’s line”) I continue to attend a joint online Bible/Koran study group based at the Woolf Institute, to further dialogue and understanding.
ISRAEL–PALESTINE Tabled amendments seeking to hold together repentance for Christian antisemitism and a commitment to Jewish-Christian dialogue, with justice for Palestinians, respect for international law and the ongoing work of facilitating dialogue and working towards peace.