Letter to the Home Secretary regarding Bezalel Smotrich
Dear Home Secretary, We write to you on behalf of 15 Jewish community organisations representing tens of thousands of members of our community that span the religious and political spectrum. Yesterday evening, Member of Knesset Bezalel Smotrich landed in the UK for what he claimed were a series of meetings … Read More
LJ Education Hub: Rabbi Andrew Goldstein on Amy K Blank
Liberal Judaism’s Education Hub series, commemorating our movement’s 120th anniversary, will tonight look at a famous poet who was among the founding generation of our movement… Amy K Blank. It will be led by Liberal Judaism President Rabbi Dr Andrew Goldstein, who has been researching Amy K Blank ever since … Read More
[Blog] LJ Chair: Join us and give HIV the finger
Liberal Judaism Chair Ruth Seager and her family have joined people around the UK to give HIV the finger and support National HIV Testing Week. Below Ruth writes passionately about why testing is so important: HIV and AIDS burst into my life in the late 1980s. We began to hear … Read More
An Evening with Anna Turns, author of Go Toxic Free
The Ark Synagogue are hosting a special event at 6.30pm tonight (Monday) with Anna Turns, the author of Go Toxic Free: Easy and Sustainable Ways to Reduce Chemical Pollution. Go Toxic Free is a vital guide to help us all make important changes to our lifestyles and consumption to help … Read More
Finchley Progressive’s Dr Robert Bud receives MBE
Dr Robert Bud, a member of Finchley Progressive Synagogue, received an MBE for Services to the Science Museum and Northern Industrial Heritage in the recent New Year’s Honours list. Robert is Emeritus Keeper at the Science Museum, London, where he was a senior curator for 40 years. He said: “I … Read More
LJ Education Hub – Lily Montagu and her Club
Liberal Judaism’s Education Hub series, commemorating our movement’s 120th anniversary, has discussed one of the most vital and celebrated Liberal Jews – Lily Montagu. Lily Montagu was a social worker, religious organiser and the first woman to play a major role in British Progressive Judaism. In 1902, together with Claude … Read More
[Sermon] Rabbi Lea Mühlstein: Equity not Equality
In a new series of articles, Liberal Judaism is reproducing sermons given by our rabbis on important current issues. Here Rabbi Lea Mühlstein of The Ark Synagogue discusses food poverty and why we must open our eyes and demand more fairness: The selection of verses from the book of Amos, … Read More