The Naked Rabbi
His Colourful Life, Campaigns and Controversies
Published on 27. May 2022
192 pages
978-1-78904-730-1 (ISBN)
Description
What is it really like being a minister of religion? How much Vicar of Dibley, dealing with dotty parishioners and how much Rev, wading through social dilemmas and individual crises? The Naked Rabbi takes a serious, but also affectionate, look at the life of a rabbi, which will resonate with any person of faith. Jonathan Romain opens a remarkable window onto cycle of life areas - from birth to betrothal to burial - along with the joys, hiccups and tragedies in between. He also charts how he has put sermons into action, speaking out on issues such as pioneering a more welcoming approach to mixed-faith couples, trying to make faith schools more inclusive, arguing for assisted dying to be legalised, and intervening in the 2020 General Election against Jeremy Corbyn.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Collective Ink
File size
0,95 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78904-730-1 (9781789047301)
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05/2022
Top Hat Books
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Person
Rabbi, writer and broadcaster, Jonathan Romain is minister of Maidenhead Synagogue and one of Britain's leading rabbis. He writes for 'The Times', 'Jewish Chronicle' and other religious papers, and is often heard or seen on the BBC. He lives in Maidenhead, UK.
Content
- Intro
- Chapter 1 Once Upon a Rabbi
- Dad was wrong
- Putting me off
- Female rabbis
- Expulsion?
- Chapter 2 River Jews
- Fishing for members
- Pay-as-you-pray
- Banned from Russia
- The boss (aka God)
- Chapter 3 Hatch (and Beyond)
- Bumps and Birth
- Circumcision and baby blessings
- Bar/batmitzvah
- Chapter 4 Match
- Mating
- The wedding day
- Living Together
- Chapter 5 Scratch
- Sex
- Temptation
- Divorce
- Chapter 6 Dispatch
- Mourning
- Personal Choices
- New Trends
- Hiccups
- Chapter 7 Congregants!
- The sermonator
- The difficult ones
- Disparate tales (but all true)
- A Rabbi's Charter?
- Chapter 8 Wider Society
- Other faiths
- Schools
- Religion and society
- Chapter 9 Ouch! The Difficult Bits
- Conversion... and antisemitism
- Media matters
- My cancer
- Chapter 10 Fifteen Minutes of Fame (x 4)
- Mixed-faith couples
- Faith Schools
- Assisted Dying
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Chapter 11 Going Forward
- Are you still here?
- Dare and dare and dare again
