The Sinai Jewish Reform Synagogue, Roman Avenue

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 1 Mar 2013

"Reform Judaism – living Judaism – is rooted in nearly four millennia of Jewish learning whilst actively engaged with modern life and thought. This means both an uncompromising assertion of eternal truths and values and an open, positive attitude to new insights and changing circumstances. We adopt an open and positive attitude to Jews, welcoming all as they are rather than as others think they should be. We include many whose families have been Reform Jews for generations. We constantly welcome others whose upbringing was in orthodox communities. We are also a beacon of welcome for those who have drifted away from formal association with the community through apathy, antipathy or outmarriage. We welcome. We count people in. We solve problems rather than create them. We seek to open doors, not to erect barriers. We prize our Jewish tradition of questioning. We understand doubt and unbelief. We know that answers are often provisional, fragmentary, glimpses on a journey towards a living truth and reality that is always before us." (http://www.sinaisynagogue.org.uk/reform-judaism)

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