24 July 2017 Members of the Liberal Jewish community in Preston presented a tree to the people of the city, as part of the replanting of Moor Park. The Mayor of Preston, Councillor Brian Rollo, accepted the tree, before it was planted by Moor Park Ranger, Andrew Kennion. Members of … Read More
Kabbalat Torah celebration in East London
20 July 2017 The community at East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue have enjoyed their first Kabbalat Torah celebration – as a group of 15-year-olds led a fun and spiritual service. Unique to Liberal Judaism, Kabbalat Torah is a two year programme leading on from bar/batmitzvah. At the age of … Read More
Ealing fun day raises £5,425 for SLLS refugee project
17 July 2017 The community at Ealing Liberal Synagogue (ELS) raised £5,425 at a special fun day event, with the money going to the Abraham’s Tent Project to turn part of South London Liberal Synagogue into a home for a refugee family. The fun day included everything from a bake … Read More
South Bucks Relay raises £4,500 to fight cancer
14 July 2017 A team from South Bucks Jewish Community (SBJC) raised more than £4,500 for Cancer Research UK, by walking for 24 hours in this year’s UK Relay for Life in Aylesbury. The SBJC Strollers team took it in turns to walk through sun and rain from midday on … Read More
‘Fundamentalism is bad for British Jewry. We need to be more inclusive’ – says Liberal Judaism Senior Rabbi
5 July 2017 Responding to the JPR’s Report ‘Synagogue Membership in the UK in 2016’ Senior Rabbi and Chief Executive of Liberal Judaism Danny Rich has said: “Liberal Judaism’s membership remains broadly stable, although there is no room for complacency. “The massive growth in the strictly Orthodox sector – at … Read More
Gloucestershire event is a Friday night winner
3 July 2017 More than 70 people attended Friday night dinners all over the South West of England in a unique project coordinated by Gloucestershire Liberal Jewish Community (GLJC). Rabbi Anna Gerrard and Karen Reynolds organised the venture, which saw members of GLJC attend one of eight dinners, all taking … Read More
First batmitzvah for a generation in Preston
30 June 2017 Rachael Dable made another piece of Liberal Judaism history in the north of England, as she celebrated the first batmitzvah in Preston since the early 1980s. Rachael celebrated her big day in the presence of family, friends, members of the Lancashire & Cumbria Liberal Jewish Community and … Read More
Finsbury Park attack: Roses for Ramadan worshippers
Lipika Pelham 20 June 2017 BBC Magazine Website Journalist Lipika Pelham lives close to the Finsbury Park mosque, is a member of the local synagogue, and is accustomed to seeing girls in hijabs acting in the Nativity Play at her children’s school. On Monday evening, nearly 24 hours after the … Read More
Liberal Judaism tackles faith and politics at the movement’s flagship event of 2017
12 June 2017 No topic was off the table at the Liberal Judaism Day of Celebration 2017, as 250 impassioned Jews of all ages debated everything from the impact of the recent UK general election to fighting antisemitism to how to use faith as a force for good. Delegates from … Read More
A triple celebration at Tikvah Chadasha
12 June 2017 Tikvah Chadasha (Shenfield, Brentwood & Districts Synagogue) celebrated a unique and special B’nei Mitzvah this weekend – as triplets Isabella, Nathan and Amelia all came of age. The triplets, along with parents Karen and Andy, joined the community not long after its formation in 2010. Grandparents Judith … Read More