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An insider on the outside

Rabbi David Goldberg's latest book challenges cherished attitudes in the State of Israel and the Jewish diaspora. He talks to Robert Cohen

AT HIS Kentish Town home in London, where he has lived with his wife, Carole, for more than 35 years, Rabbi David Goldberg is reluctant to embrace the label of "troublesome, radical Jew": "I honestly don't know how I'm perceived. I seem to provoke extreme reactions, though. Either deep loathing for speaking out, or admiration for articulating what many Jewish people would wish to say, but don't have the opportunity to do so."

Rabbi Goldberg is the heir to a liberal Jewish tradition ...

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Fri 24 May 13 @ 12:14
Women bishops legislative proposals published by House of Bishops, to be debated at July #Synod: http://t.co/FGzwjGVXz5

Fri 24 May 13 @ 11:20
.@MadsDavies reports on the gay marriage Bill passing through the Commons this week: http://t.co/ducY79WkGS