This Sunday, Rabbi Rebecca Qassim Birk will speak at New Unity and take our current focus on cultures into the realm of liberal British Judaism.

Rabbi Bunam once said Each person should have two pockets with two scraps of paper. In one it should read; I'm but dust and ashes and in the other the world was created for me...

Does hubris get in the way of real religion?

Liberal Judaism: seeking balance in the midst of extremes. 

Rebecca Qassim Birk is rabbi to the Finchley Progressive Synagogue, a liberal synagogue in the Fertile Crescent of Jewish north London, where choice is rife. Liberal Judaism has been unapologetically flexible as it develops and responds to changing moods and zeitgeist of the secular world. We believe in continuing revelation so Judaism evolves and progresses and enhances modern life. But it's not always so easy to be balanced ...