Tu Bishvat – the festival where we celebrate the environment and the start of spring – was marked across our communities with services, sedarim, tree plantings and other events
Education Hub Week 7: Rabbi Dr Jackie Tabick with Rabbi Sybil Sheridan
The Progressive Judaism Education Hub 2025 – a unique online series delving into the rich history and core values of our Judaism – has seen hundreds of people already taking part The next Zoom event is on Thursday (20 February) at 7pm when Rabbi Sybil Sheridan will host a conversation … Read More
Nottingham Liberal Synagogue celebrates its Diamond Jubilee
Nottingham Liberal Synagogue marked its 60th anniversary with a celebratory event that drew more than 50 civic and community leaders from Nottinghamshire, including James Naish MP, Lilian Greenwood MP, Nadia Whittome MP, Michael Payne MP and the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire Nick Rubins. Among the distinguished guests were also Liberal … Read More
Education Hub Week 6: Rabbi John D Rayner by Rabbi Lea Mühlstein
More than 400 people have registered to take part in the Progressive Judaism Education Hub 2025 – the unique online series delving into the rich history and core values of our Judaism. The next Zoom event is on Thursday (6 February) at 7pm when Rabbi Lea Mühlstein will explore the … Read More
Progressive Jews help Spurs mark Holocaust Memorial Day
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium hosted the annual civic interfaith Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration for the London Borough of Haringey. Those involved in this important event included Rabbi Sandra Kviat of Crouch End Chavurah and Louise Heilbron of Finchley Reform Synagogue. Rabbi Sandra said: “This was a poignant and thoughtful commemoration … Read More
The remarkable journey of a lost Czech prayer book
The grandparents of Nottingham Liberal Synagogue member Angela Strach from Brno, in the Czech Republic, were deported to Theresienstadt in 1942 and tragically murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz in 1944. Like so many others, their story seemed destined to be lost to history. However, an extraordinary discovery brought a … Read More
Education Hub Week 5: Rabbi Dr Albert H Friedlander by Rabbi Dr Thomas Salamon
More than 400 people have registered to take part in the Progressive Judaism Education Hub 2025 – the unique online series delving into the rich history and core values of our Judaism. The next Zoom event is on Thursday (30 January) at 7pm when Rabbi Dr Thomas Salamon will explore … Read More
Education Hub Week 4: Rabbi Ignaz Maybaum by Rabbi Mark Goldsmith
More than 400 people have registered to take part in the Progressive Judaism Education Hub 2025 – the unique online series delving into the rich history and core values of our Judaism. The next Zoom event is on Thursday (23 January) at 7pm when Rabbi Mark Goldsmith will explore the … Read More
Education Hub Week 3: Rabbi Dr Israel Mattuck by Rabbi Danny Rich
Join us for the Progressive Judaism Education Hub 2025 – a unique online series that will delve into the rich history and core values of Liberal, Reform and Progressive Judaism in the UK. The next Zoom session is this Thursday (16 January) at 7pm, as Rabbi Danny Rich looks at … Read More
‘Fabulous’ Joint Progressive Educators Conference rated 10/10
Rabbis, headteachers, school administrators and academic leaders gathered at Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue to help shape the future of Jewish education in the UK at the Joint Progressive Educators Conference. The event was attended by more than 150 people from 28 Liberal and Reform communities from up and down … Read More