Celebrating the people who are lights in our community

Liberal Judaism says thank you to those who are making life easier in this difficult time across our community.

Jamie Acton-Bond and James Sales

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for all your help setting up our livestreaming equipment so appreciated by KLS members.

Sara Alston

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for being an inspirational leader of our book group and interviewer of authors.

Denise Arendse

Thanked by Ros Esterson

Thanks for being a wonderful friend.

Jaqueline Bernard

Thanked by Val Dickson

You've been a star helping our community and supporting the housebound.

David Corfan

Thanked by Hilary Fox

Special thanks to David Corfan for taking the Friday night services since the pandemic began. Also for enabling our chairman to aquire the technology to be in touch with the community.

Vince Daly and Janet Darley

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for leading services from drag queens to tikkun olam, and Vince’s soothing guitar.

Sam and Emily Eastmond

Thanked by Jane Carpenter

Thank you for all you did for our joint HHD Services this year and for making us all so welcome.

Carolynne Farrer

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for steering our religion school through the world of Zoom, inspiring children and teachers.

Rabbi Aaron Goldstein

Thanked by Charley Baginsky

Thank you Aaron for your hard work and dedication to leading ColRaC.

Frankie Gruzd

Thanked by Robert Cohen

Thank you Frankie. Your leadership and creation and addition of shared materials at SBJC Cheder has raised quality and pupil engagement immeasurably.

Dr Mike Harris

Thanked by Jeffrey Cohen

Mike, zoom mensch, keeps our community connected and somehow always manages to find time to help any individual who needs him.

Claire Helman

Thanked by Robert Freudenthal

Claire expertly co-ordinated our high holiday programme. She put so much thought into it and created a whole High Holiday journey for all of us. Very appreciative of her leadership and friendship.

Tina Higgins

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for all your work in our keep-in-touch team, bringing a ray of light to our members stuck at home.

David Hyman

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for organising two entertaining quiz nights and providing a salutary reminder of how little we know.

Jill and Norman Hyman

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for making us smile and putting together the big Chanukah hit – the KLS Lockdown Recipe Book.

Rabbi Dr Margaret Jacobi

Thanked by Joseph Seager

Rabbi Margaret keeps members of Birmingham Progressive Synagogue actively engaged through her innovative, stimulating programmes of weekly events beamed into their homes.

Rabbi Leah Jordan

Thanked by Robert Freudenthal

Rabbi Leah joined our community during really challenging circumstances, but already her strong leadership and excellent community building spirit [not to mention advanced scholarship] is shining through. A wonderful Rabbi!

Kehillah bnei mitzvah group 2020

Thanked by Robert Freudenthal

I can't even imagine what it must be like to study so hard for a bar or bat mitzvah and then have to either delay the event or do it in a very different way to what was planned. Thank you to all of our young people for being so patient!

Liz Kelly

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for running the KLS Matzah delivery service.

Russell Landy

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for overcoming the challenges of teaching the Bnei Mitzvah class on Zoom.

Miriam Levene and Rabbi Mark Solomon

Thanked by Debora de Souza Correa

Both of them helped me with my application for Aliyah, giving me support throughout all time. Thank you ever so much.

Philip Lyons

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for making us smile and your wonderful woodwork.

Alexander Massey

Thanked by Kathy Shock

A huge thanks for all the time and effort to produce life-enhancing music for our Zoom services, especially for High Holy Days.

Louisa Michelson

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for all your work to enable KLS to reopen the sanctuary at the end of lockdown.

Leo Mindel

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for all your help. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Rabbi Monique Mayer

Thanked by Charley Baginsky & Jay-Jay Martin

Thank you Monique for always ensuring others feel valued and special.

Dear Rabbi, thank you so much for your support during such a difficult year for me and my family.

Jenny Osorio

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for running the Keep-in-touch team, so appreciated by KLS members stuck at home.

Rabbi Rene Pfertzel and the whole tech team at KLS

Thanked by Sybil Gilbert

Thanks for reaching out in these difficult times. Wherever we live we can join with KLS as a community.

Brian Plaskow

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for all your work to enable KLS to reopen the sanctuary at the end of lockdown.

Omar Portillo

Thanked by Robert Freudenthal

I might be biased, as Omar is my husband, but he has put so much energy, leadership, hard work, and down right professionalism into his community work at Kehillah. The community is so much stronger for all of his hard work!

Gillian Raab

Thanked by Nick Silk

Thanks for keeping us all up to date with the weekly reminders.

Ben Rich

Thanked by Shannon Kirshner

For all your hard work behind the scenes.

Robin Samson

Thanked by Robert Freudenthal

I would like to thank Robin for his warm friendship, his *beautiful* singing voice, and his all round sound advice. A very valued friend!

Dominique Scholtes

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for discovering how to teach Hebrew to the Bnei Mitzvah class and adults on Zoom.

Iris Segall

Thanked by Jay-Jay Martin

Thank you for giving your time for others.

Aviva Shafritz

Thanked by Hilary Totterman

Thank you, Aviva. You've carried so much this year. You give brilliant care to your KIT team. You're amazing.

Rebecca Singerman-Knight

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for shining the joy of KLS to the world on social media, and so much more.

Rabbi Mark Solomon

Thanked by Nick Silk & Sabrina Branwood

Thanks for bringing together the Edinburgh, Leicester and Manchester communities.

Thank you for thinking to invite me to your online services with Edinburgh & Leicester, it made living alone during lockdown more bearable.

The Liberal Judaism staff team

Thanked by Shelley Shocolinsky-Dwyer

Liberal Judaism's staff team has been truly exceptional in this most challenging of years - dedicated, hard working, collaborative and creative. An unstoppable force!

Linda Stone

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for looking after the Kehillah Garden.

Thomas Sutton

Thanked by Alexis Brown

Thank you for being a kind and thoughtful penpal. Looking forward to meeting you at Shul!

Adrian Tellwright

Thanked by Shannon Kirshner

For your wonderful lay leadership this year.

Rabbi Pete Tobias

Thanked by Val Dickson

What a brilliant, innovative support you have been both inside and outside the congregation.

Rosie Ward

Thanked by Hilary Fox

Rosie publishes our quarterly magazine and hosts services in spite of working full time, we really appreciate her efforts.

Sandra Webber

Thanked by Craig Simmons

Thank you for all your help with the choir, leading services, brushing up members’ Hebrew, teaching and everything else.

Benita Wishart

Thanked by Margaret Jacobi

Thank you for working so hard on how we can safely get back in our building, and in staying involved when you have been so busy with your work coordinating volunteers in Birmingham.

Terry Wolfe

Thanked by Charlotte Harper

Thank you for working hard to keep our community going always with a smile on your face. You are an inspiration for everyone.