The latest issue of Liberal Judaism’s bi-monthly magazine LJ Today is out now and available to read, download or print from home. This special edition takes an in-depth look at Liberal Judaism’s groundbreaking move to introduce a chuppah for mixed faith wedding blessings. We speak to three couples (pictured) who are … Read More
Liberal rabbis urge Home Office to halt asylum evictions
Faith leaders from across the UK – including The Liberal Jewish Synagogue’s Rabbi Alexandra Wright and Liberal Judaism interim director Rabbi Charley Baginsky – have written an open letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel urging her not to evict or defund asylum seekers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More
Liberal Judaism weddings discussed on BBC Radio 4
Liberal Judaism featured on this week’s Sunday programme on BBC Radio 4. The station covered our movements groundbreaking change on mixed faith marriage blessings, which can now, at rabbinic discretion, be held under a traditional Jewish chuppah. Liberal Judaism chair Ruth Seager, who is Jewish, and husband Andrew, who does … Read More
Join our ‘In Conversation’ event on marriage this Sunday
5 October 2020 Liberal Judaism will be hosting a very special ‘In Conversation’ event with four rabbis to discuss our movement’s groundbreaking changes on mixed faith weddings. From next weekend couples where one partner is Jewish and one is not can now, at rabbinic discretion, have a wedding blessing conducted … Read More
Chuppah wedding blessings for mixed faith couples
October 4 2020 Mixed faith couples can receive a wedding blessing from a rabbi under the traditional Jewish chuppah (canopy) in a groundbreaking first from Liberal Judaism. The Conference of Liberal Rabbis and Cantors (CoLRaC) came to the decision, after much discussion, in order to recognise and celebrate the diversity … Read More
Statement on new practices for mixed faith marriages
4 October 2020 At its recent meeting, the Liberal Judaism Conference of Rabbis and Cantors (CoLRaC) reviewed and made alterations to its practices in cases where a Jew is partnered with a person who does not identify as Jewish. The most significant change is that, at the rabbi’s discretion and … Read More