Hostage Release Vigil: Join us in London this Saturday evening

Hostage Release Vigil

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum UK – in partnership with Progressive Judaism (Liberal Judaism and The Movement for Reform Judaism) and organisations from across the Jewish community – invites the public to a powerful Hostage Release Vigil this Saturday (25 January) at 8:00pm in North London. This gathering will … Read More

Mosaic Israel debate underscores need for dialogue

Mosaic event

A distinguished panel of speakers drew a large audience from the Mosaic Jewish Community in Stanmore as they debated Israel’s wars and the increasing antisemitism in the UK. In front of members from the Mosaic Reform, Liberal and Masorti Synagogue was a panel including Alex Brummer, City Editor of the … Read More

Israeli teenagers in emotional Elstree visit

TLSE Israeli teen visit

A group of teenagers from the V’Ahavta Shoham Reform community in Israel spent a week in the UK, strengthening ties with their twinned Progressive synagogue in Elstree and Borehamwood, Europe’s fastest growing Jewish area. It was part of an ongoing relationship between V’Ahavta and The Liberal Synagogue Elstree (TLSE), which … Read More

Ark and EHRS trip shows Israel needs us to be there

EHRS and Ark Israel trip 1

Rabbi Aaron Goldstein and Rabbi Mark Goldsmith write about a joint Progressive visit to Israel: This month, we led a combined group of Ark Synagogue and Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue (EHRS) members on a trip around Israel. We met people of diverse backgrounds – Jewish, Christian, Druze, and Muslim … Read More

‘Be their light’ – a Chanukah call to action to support the hostages

Be Their Light image

This Chanukah, the Board of Deputies of British Jews – in collaboration with the Yellow Ribbon Campaign, the Hostages and Missing Forum UK, and the British Hostage Families – is launching the ‘Be Their Light’ iniaitive. The campaign is urging individuals, families, synagogues, schools and youth movements to light an … Read More

Share your materials with the National Library of Israel

National Library of Israel

Over the last 12 months, the National Library of Israel (NLI) has led a national and international effort to create a massive archive documenting 7 October and its aftermath. The Bearing Witness project seeks to build a comprehensive, state-of-the-art archive that will be the authoritative historical record of this crucial … Read More

Memorial event shows resilience of the Jewish community

Reform and Liberal community members from all over the country came to London for a memorial event in Hyde Park to mark the one-year anniversary of the 7 October terrorist attacks, mourn the victims and call for the return of the hostages still being held by Hamas. Progressive Judaism Co-Leads … Read More

Coming together for 7 October Weekend of Commemoration

Memorial Event

Progressive Judaism will play a key role in Britain’s Weekend of Commemoration to mark the one-year anniversary of 7 October. Following memorial Shabbat prayers and services within our communities on Saturday 5 October, members from around the country are invited to attend a memorial event in Central London on Sunday … Read More

Mourning the murder of six hostages and standing with their families

Hostages we are mourning

Progressive Judaism – Liberal Judaism and The Movement for Reform Judaism – mourns the murder in captivity of Ori Danino, Almog Sarusi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat and Eden Yerushalmi. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and loved ones and the thousands of us across the world … Read More

Engaging with the UK Government on Israel/Palestine

Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky with Hamish Falconer

Statement from Progressive Judaism Co-Leads Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy: We were pleased to meet today with Hamish Falconer, Minister for the Middle East, and then with the Solicitor General, Sarah Sackman, to hear about the Government’s approach to Israel/Palestine and the relationship with the Jewish community. As … Read More