26 May 2020 A member of the South London Liberal Synagogue (SLLS) is cycling to every Liberal Judaism synagogue in Greater London over this week – in order to raise money to improve the SLLS building. Diego Giraldo Casas is taking on the challenge in order both to keep fit … Read More
Ba’alei Tefillah lay leading course goes online
12 May 2020 By Alexandra Simonon The sixth cohort of Liberal Judaism’s Ba’alei Tefillah lay leading course started with a bang on March 8. On that day, 16 candidates 15 fifteen communities and five countries, along with their three tutors, gathered at the Montagu Centre for a day of learning. … Read More
May/June 2020 LJ Today is first to only be available online
22 April 2020 Liberal Judaism has released a digital version of its bi-monthly magazine LJ Today, the first time in our movement’s near 120 history that our key newsletter/magazine of the day has been online only. The issue contains all the news, views and pictures that readers have come to … Read More
Join our online Book Dippers club for literary lovers
20 April 2019 Liberal Judaism and Kingston Liberal Synagogue (KLS) are delighted to bring the popular KLS Book Dippers club to our whole membership. Book Dippers is an online get-together for book lovers. You don’t have to read a particular book in advance – instead bringing one you wish to … 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
[Sermon] Shabbat in the Coronavirus Crisis
Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah 21 March 2020 Shabbat Shalom. The physical congregation that usually inhabits the synagogue is absent and the hum of people gathering to celebrate Shabbat has been replaced by silence. And yet, hinneinu, here we are, sharing this sacred moment across the ether. Before we begin our … Read More
Hold a Second Seder once this is all over
20 March 2020 Liberal Judaism is encouraging its members and communities to hold a Second Seder once this period of uncertainty and isolation/social distancing ends. Liberal Jews will be holding a Seder on the first night of Pesach this year as usual, but these will now be either virtual or … Read More
Watch live streaming of Liberal Jewish services
16 March 2020 During this difficult time, Liberal Judaism want to do our part to help limit or slow down the transmission of COVID-19, while also continuing to fulfil the needs and Jewish journeys of our communities and members. A key component of helping everyone through the next few months … Read More
Liberal communities celebrate International Women’s Day
9 March 2020 Liberal Judaism communities put on special events and services this weekend to mark International Women’s Day. At East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue (ELELS), members of the Rosh Chodesh Group – a female group that meets at the beginning of each new month – led a Shabbat … 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