10 October 2016 Multicultural musical event Bollywood Klezmer will be held in the UK for the first time, when it comes to The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John’s Wood, on Saturday November 19. The musical features a selection of Bollywood film songs fused with the Jewish Klezmer music of Central … Read More
[Sermon] Shabbat Balak 2016/5776 – Terrorism
Rabbi Alexandra Wright 2 July 2016 This sermon is offered as a reflection on terrorist events that have happened, not only in recent days but in over the past two years. It was a sermon given on Shabbat Balak, July 4th, 2015 and has been slightly amended to include recent events. … Read More
Leo Baeck College Report to the Liberal Judaism AGM July 2016
Rabbi Dr Charles Middleburgh 5 July 2016 LJ Communities Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris visited the LJS to lead a Nosh ‘n Drosh and, together with Dr Keith Kahn-Harris, spent a working weekend with the Shir HaTzaphon congregation in Copenhagen. Rabbi Dr Charles Middleburgh visited Dublin for Pesach and for the … Read More
Liberal Jews join The Queen’s birthday celebration
13 June 2016 Liberal Judaism members and communities around the UK joined in the 90th birthday celebrations for Her Majesty The Queen. Rabbi Alexandra Wright – the co-chair of Liberal Judaism’s Rabbinic Conference and rabbi at The Liberal Jewish Synagogue – wrote a special prayer for the occasion. Other communities … Read More
Exciting Progressive Judaism job opportunities
18 May 2016 Liberal Judaism is pleased to announce three exciting job opportunities within the Progressive movement. Citizens UK, in partnership with Liberal Judaism and Middlesex University Students Union, is recruiting to expand its team of community organisers – pioneering a new form of civic action and political change. The … Read More
Behind the headlines as LJS makes history
15 February 2016 Jeanne Myers You may have seen some of the recent media coverage about The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS) holding Friday evening services in French. ‘Sacrebleu’, you might have thought… what’s all this about?! Around a year ago, it occurred to me that, with the large number of … Read More
Behind the headlines as LJS makes history
Jeanne Myers 15 February 2016 You may have seen some of the recent media coverage about The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS) holding Friday evening services in French. ‘Sacrebleu’, you might have thought… what’s all this about?! Around a year ago, it occurred to me that, with the large number of … Read More
Unique programme of words and music to commemorate HMD
8th January 2016 The Liberal Jewish Synagogue is hosting an extraordinary programme of words and music to commemorate National Holocaust Memorial Day. The event, titled Leaves from the Tree of Life – Blätter vom Baum des Lebens, will take place from 5.30-7.30pm on Sunday January 24. The special evening of … Read More
Liberal Jewish Synagogue win annual LJ Quiz
5th December 2015 A team from The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS) won this year’s annual LJ Quiz, in one of the closest ever results. The host side (pictured) finished just one point ahead of three runners-up, with Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue, Finchley Progressive Synagogue and Kingston Liberal Synagogue all … Read More
Liberal Jewish Synagogue win annual LJ Quiz
A team from The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS) won this year’s annual LJ Quiz, in one of the closest ever results. The host side (pictured) finished just one point ahead of three runners-up, with Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue, Finchley Progressive Synagogue and Kingston Liberal Synagogue all tying in second … Read More