Join our Biennial Weekend Community Briefing
This Thursday (23 March) evening we will have a special Liberal Judaism Community Briefing where you can meet two of our Biennial Weekend keynote speakers. You will get to hear from Rabbi Larry Hoffman and Dr Joel Hoffman, plus find out more about our plans and programme for Liberal Judaism’s … Read More
Israel@75 – a call for your letters
Liberal Judaism is marking Israel turning 75 by asking you, our members, to write a letter to Israel. Our goal is to receive 75 letters from Liberal Jews of all ages. It can take the form of a poem or a piece of prose. Its contents are entirely down to you … Read More
Two more speakers announced for LJ Biennial
TWO keynote speakers have been added to the Liberal Judaism Biennial Weekend, which takes place from Friday 19 – Sunday 21 May 2023 at the Staverton Park Hotel in Daventry. Rabbi Larry Hoffman (pictured) is Professor Emeritus at the New York campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, … Read More
LJ Friday night dinners for students off to a great start
More than 35 university students attended a Friday night dinner at their local Liberal Judaism community. Open to all students, of any or no denomination, the idea is to give people, who are away from their families and communities, the chance to celebrate Shabbat and meet other local Jews. The … Read More
Commonwealth Service: Rabbi Charley Baginsky gives blessing
Liberal Judaism CEO Rabbi Charley Baginsky gave a blessing on behalf of Britain’s Jewish community at the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey today (Monday 13 March). The Commonwealth Service celebrates the people and cultures of the Commonwealth’s 54 nations and 2.4 billion citizens. Those in attendance will include King Charles … Read More
Meet our new LJY-Netzer Movement Workers
LJY-Netzer, the youth movement of Liberal Judaism, has announced its three Movement Workers for 5784 – Mia Bogod, Mia Harris and Hannah Gellman. They will start at the end of the summer, after a period working alongside our current youth leadership team of Sophie Leapman, Jess Mindel and Joe Shotton. … Read More
The Ark Synagogue re-launches lunchtime recital programme
By David Pearl Around 100 people attended a lunchtime recital by the Kinneret Ensemble at The Ark Synagogue in Northwood. Led by violinist David Richmond – with David Silkoff (piano), Rabbi David Hulbert (violin), Lynette D’Souza (viola, piano) and Francesca Fenn (‘cello) – the Ensemble played Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and … Read More