Role Within Jewish Community
Rabbi Morris strongly supports the egalitarian nature of Progressive Judaism and has spoken a number of times on issues relating to gender equality within Judaism. In particular she was strongly critical of the arrest of Anat Hoffman, head of Women Of The Wall, and publicly wrote to the Israeli Ambassador to the UK on behalf of her Synagogue community about the arrest.
Rabbi Morris also called on the incoming Chief Rabbi to demonstrate his commitment to repairing divisions between different Jewish traditions by publicly criticising the detention of Emily Wolfson for wearing a Tallit at the Kotel. Rabbi Morris conducted the Bat Mitzvah of Ms Wolfson when she was Rabbi at Glasgow Reform Synagogue and encourages girls to embrace Jewish ritual such as wearing a tallit upon their Bat Mitzvah. Consequently, Rabbi Morris felt strongly that the grounds of detention were both unjustified and a dangerous escalation of attempts by Orthodox authorities to exclude women and Progressive Jews from one of the most sacred locations in Judaism.
Rabbi Morris helped conduct the Purim celebrations for a group of Bnei Menashe in 2010 when she was in Mumbai, India on a sabbatical.
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