3 April 2020 Liberal Judaism and Reform Judaism have combined forces to bring you VirtualiTEA at Elevenses – an 11am online check-in and catch up starting from Monday 6 April. This great collaboration between Liberal and Reform Judaism will see us open our virtual houses to each other and ensure that … Read More
Join us for the Liberal Judaism Biennial Weekend at Home
24 March 2020 Liberal Judaism will be bringing its Biennial Weekend directly into people’s homes, using the latest cutting-edge technology to give members and their families three days of services, seminars and socialising. The Biennial Weekend at Home will be held from Friday 22 until Sunday 24 May 2020. Full … Read More
Join Liberal Judaism’s VirtualiTEA every day at 4pm
23 March 2020 Rabbi Charley Baginsky, Liberal Judaism’s director of strategy and partnerships, will be running a drop in VirtualiTEA at her house (virtually) every day at 4pm via Zoom. She said: “This is a chance for those with kids to spend the witching hour together and those without to … Read More
[Blog] My incredible experience at Netzer Veidah
12 March 2020 By Martha Slater Earlier this year, I got the privilege of being able to attend Netzer Veidah – the decision-making forum for our global youth movement – in Jerusalem, as a representative of LJY-Netzer I had high hopes and was extremely excited for Veidah, but even then … Read More
LJ Inter-Community Cyber Quiz set for Sunday 22 March
6 March 2020 On the evening of Sunday 22 March, 10 Liberal Judaism communities will participate in the LJ Inter-Community Cyber Quiz. Joining hosts South Bucks Jewish Community and last year’s winners Dublin Progressive Jewish Congregation will be participants from Bedford, Birmingham, Brighton, Kent, Leicester, Nottingham, Three Counties and York. … Read More
Learn about the time Shammai’s students killed Hillel’s
2 March 2020 Student Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber (pictured) will be leading a special one-off Education Hub class this Wednesday. Entitled ‘When Shammai’s Students Killed Hillel’s Students’ it will look at a fast day that used to be in the Jewish calendar on the Ninth of Adar. Gabriel said: “On the … Read More
Jewish West brings Bristol communities together for Purim
25 February 2020 Jewish West – the non-denominational social group for people in Bristol and surrounding areas – is planning its biggest event to date… a Purim Carnival! Set up by Samuel Waite of Bristol & West Progressive Jewish Congregation and David Stillitz from the (Orthodox) Bristol Hebrew Congregation, the … Read More
Become a Liberal Judaism exhibition curator
10 February 2020 Liberal Judaism is offering a free hands-on training evening for all those who want to help us conceptualise and create a groundbreaking multi-media exhibition for our Lily’s Legacy project. We are seeking to build a pioneering volunteer exhibition curator team for the project, which will detail the … Read More
Valentine’s special at Liberal Jewish Synagogue Film Club
6 February 2020 The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS) Film Club returns next week with a special screening to mark Valentine’s Day. The club will show An Israeli Love Story, directed by Dan Wolman, on Wednesday 12 February from 7pm. The film – which is in Hebrew with English subtitles – … Read More
More than 100 attend ‘fantastic’ teacher training conference
9 January 2020 More than one hundred Reform and Liberal Judaism cheder and religion school teachers gathered at The Liberal Jewish Synagogue for the organisations’ flagship annual teacher training event. Participants had the opportunity to deepen a range of skills, with sessions selected based on teacher requests and specific development … Read More