Rabbi Danny Rich 6 September 2018 The Jewish News Rabbi Danny Rich, the senior rabbi of Liberal Judaism, has criticised the Jewish community for its inability to tolerate difference within – and called for the return of civilised debate as we enter 5779. You can read Danny’s thoughts, published as … Read More
Northwood members join historic memorial swim in Kolín
5 September 2018 Sixty-seven men, women and children – including many from Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue (NPLS) – took part in a wild river swim in the Czech Republic in memory of an incredible woman who survived the Holocaust. The large group swam down the River Elbe in Kolín, … Read More
Liberal rabbis call on Government to save child refugees
3 September 2018 EIGHT Liberal Judaism rabbis were among the religious leaders to sign a letter in yesterday’s Sunday Times asking the British Government to honour our country’s tradition of saving child refugees. Rabbis Danny Rich and Charley Baginsky – Liberal Judaism’s senior rabbi and director of strategy and partnerships … Read More
Get learning for the Jewish New Year
30 August 2018 The Lyons Learning Project has announced its range of exciting Melton learning courses for the rest of 2018. Melton is one of the most important pluralist adult Jewish offerings in the world and is now offered in the heart of London at Lyons, in partnership with Liberal … Read More
Join Liberal Judaism in supporting Organ Donation Week
29 August 2018 Liberal Judaism is proud to back Organ Donation Week, which takes place from September 3-9, and invites its communities and members to do the same. Our movement has always supported organ donation, as it fulfils the guiding Jewish principle of pikuach nefesh: the saving of a human … Read More
[Guest Blog] Helping those with learning disabilities
Anna Perceval 27 August 2018 JWeb Manager Recent research tells us that the lives of one in ten people in the UK are touched by learning disabilities. If you ask the people around you, you would hear about a whole community of people living or working with learning disabilities. Jewish … Read More
Ann celebrates her 90th birthday with special LJS service
20 August 2018 Holocaust survivor Ann Kirk celebrated her 90th birthday with a special Shabbat service at The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS). Ann read the Haftarah during the service. She was accompanied by husband Bob, who also survived the Shoah, and they cut her birthday cake together during a commemorative … Read More
South Bucks members stroll through the night for Cancer Research
9 August 2018 Members of South Bucks Jewish Community (SBJC) raised more than £4,000 for charity by walking through the day and night at this year’s Relay for Life. Taking place on the one rainy day in our boiling hot summer, the SBJC Strollers team still enjoyed a full 20 … Read More
Northwood & Pinner welcome Cantor Tamara Wolfson
8 August 2018 Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue are delighted to welcome a new member to their clergy team. Rabbi Emeritus Dr Andrew Goldstein and Rabbis Aaron Goldstein and Lea Mühlstein are being joined by Cantor Tamara Wolfson (all pictured above). Lea said: “We very much look forward to Tamara’s … Read More
Leo Baeck College takes learning on the road
7 August 2018 Liberal Judaism’s Rabbi Mark Solomon led the first step in a new and unique programme from Leo Baeck College. The College’s adult learning programme, the Lehrhaus, has proved hugely popular over the last few years and has now gone ‘on the road’… with Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue … Read More