These days faith and religion are regularly in the news. Governments and society are struggling to reconcile the needs of faith groups with the interests of the wider community. Jack Shamash has tackled these issues for the last 20 years.

 He has worked on the staff of the Jewish Chronicle - a paper to which he contribute as a freelancer. He is the former deputy editor of the Jewish events and listings paper New Moon and was editor of the London Jewish News. He has spoken on radio - GLR, Radio 4, Spectrum - and has made television programmes on religious issues. He writes on religious issues for the Times, the Guardian, the Independent and the Times Educational Supplement.

Here are some of his articles:

How Kosher food is becoming trendy -  the Times 2008

The High cost of Synagogue Fees - the Times 2008

Green burial - the increasing interest in woodland burial - published in the Times

Circumcision - an account of his son's circumcision. This article, published in the Independent in 1998, has been very influential and is widely used in schools, particularly for teaching  religious studies and PHSE

 The influence of Media Rabbis - published in the Independent

 Sheitels - the fashionable wigs worn by orthodox women

 Stocking up with Passover food - published in the Times

The costs of Barmitzvah celebrations - published in the Jewish Chronicle in May 2008

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