Reading Liberal Jewish Community

Reading Liberal Jewish Community is a small progressive community based in Reading and serving Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Oxfordshire. The Community is a constituent of Liberal Judaism.

Shabbat morning services take place on the first and second Shabbat of the month at the Friends’ Meeting House and Friday night services are held on the third Friday of the month in members’ homes. The cheder also meets twice a month.

Although we do not have our own synagogue, the Quaker Meeting House in Reading make us very welcome, and we use the building for Shabbat and Festival services.

Despite our size we have a thriving cheder and in 2004 we are celebrating three Bar/Bat Mitvah and three Kabalat Torah, as well as five proselyte conversions.

Our spiritual leader is Rabbi Hadassah Davis and she is also the head of the cheder.

Day to day management of the Community is by a committee elected from the membership. Faye Cohen is the chair of the committee.

Our plans for 2005 include a residential weekend retreat and the start of our community education programme where young and older members of the community will follow a GCSE Judaism course together.

For more information about RLJC please call us on 0118 375 3422 or email us:  rljc_mail@yahoo.co.uk

We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our unique community.