Progressive Judaism Annual Memorial Services 2024
Progressive Judaism’s 2024 Annual Memorial Services will take place on the following dates: Edgwarebury Cemetery 11am on Sunday 22 September Western Cemetery, Cheshunt 2.30pm on Sunday 22 September Golders Green Crematorium 2.30pm on Sunday 22 September JJBS Woodland Cemetery, Cheshunt Midday on Sunday 8 September Pound Lane Cemetery, Willesden 11am … Read More
Liberal Judaism Lectionary 5785/5786
The annual Liberal Judaism Lectionary is a guide to the recommended Torah and Haftarah readings for Shabbat, festivals and special Shabbatot. The Lectionary accounts for Progressive Judaism’s observance of holidays, therefore some readings vary from those read in Orthodox synagogues. It also includes key festival dates – including Pesach, Rosh … Read More
Rabbi Charley represents Jewish community at Abbey service
Progressive Judaism Co-Lead Rabbi Charley Baginsky gave a blessing on behalf of the Jewish community at Westminster Abbey – as part of a Service of Thanksgiving in the 30th Year of South Africa’s democracy. The event marked three decades since the ending of Apartheid in South Africa and honoured Nelson … Read More
Kehillah North London hosts first ever Yiddish Bas Mitsve
The thriving congregation of Kehillah North London has celebrated what is believed to be the first Yiddish Bas Mitsve service in a British Progressive Jewish community. In recent years a number of members from Mizrahi, Sephardi, Ashkenazi and mixed-heritage backgrounds at Kehillah have had an adult B’nai Mitzvah, but 39-year-old … Read More
Jewish Living Experience Exhibition comes to Essex
Two Progressive Jews helped to bring the Jewish Living Experience Exhibition to Chelmsford, Essex, for the first time. Hanan Charles and Progressive Judaism’s Head of Communications Simon Rothstein – both of East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue – are part of the team who ran the week-long Board of Deputies exhibition … Read More