The Liberal Jewish Synagogue
Newsletter
The newsletters are available for reading on-line or to download. They include local and family events plus relevant issue of the day.
December 2009-January 2010
Climate Change - A Liberal Jewish view
Chanukkah
Yoga Classes
Progress with Associate Rabbi appointment
TLC@LJS
Community Care
News from the Library
Not too late for a baby blessing
LJS Shabbaton
Board of Deputies
Download December 2009-January 2010 Newsletter
November 2009
November is Social Action Month
Rosemary Lazarus
LJS Centenary Celebrations
TLC@LJS
Community Care
Anish Kapoor Exhibition
Update from Rabbinic Appointment Panel
Download November 2009 Newsletter
October 2009
When Justice is not Just
Professor Peter Lantos
Rabbinic Appointment Update
Women's Voices at Prayer
LJS Centenary
TLC@LJS
Community Care
Can we live well with Climate Change
Mitzvah Day
Download October 2009 Newsletter
July/August 2009
Sing their praises
Kehillat Kernow
Services in July and August
Environment on the Edge
The Secrtet Diary
TLC at LJS
Community Care
LJS People
Where should we eat tonight?
Download July/August 2009 Newsletter
June 2009
Normal Like Greece
Leo Baeck College
Israel Group Meeting
Shabbat Services
Tiny Tots
Kiddushim at the LJS
Chavurah Suppers
Video plus Tea
O for the Wings of a Dove
Notice of AGM
TLC@LJS
British Friends' Annual Visit
LJS People
Community Care
Kabbalat Torah Class
The Big Bagel
May 2009
Cool to be Smart
O for the Wings of a Dove
Freedom from Slavery
Shabbat and Festival Services
Tiny Tots
A memorial service for our Children
Chavurah Suppers
Yom Kippur Appeal
Notice of AGM
Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
TLC@LJS
Community Care
LJS People
Supper Quiz
Ceelebratin LIberal Judaism
Letter to the Editor
April 2009
A contemporary commentary on the Haggadah
Communal Seder
Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
Shabbat and Festival Services
Lay Readers
Apprenticeship Student Rabbi
TLC@LJS
Out of the Ashes Lecture
The Whitechapel Painters
LJS People
Community Care
Celebrating Liberal Judaism
Video Plus Tea
Memorial Service
O for the Wings of a Dove
Board of Deputies Elections
Download April 2009 Newsletter
March 2009
There will be more wars...
O for the Wings of a Dove
Communal Seder
Connections 2009
Services in March
Student Rabbi at the LJS
Video plus Tea
AGM Date
TLC@LJS
Crunched but Still Standing
Daytimers
Review
LJS People
Community Care
Celebrating Liberal Judaism
Ready Steady Pesach
JCORE
Spring Offer
Download March 2009 Newsletter
February 2009
How can we pray today?
Good News from Israel
Mattuck sermons analysed
Shabbat and Festival Services
TLC@LJS
Scriptural Reasonin in ST. John's Wood
Sacred Myth
Community Care
LJS People
LJS tour of Israel
Download February 2009 Newsletter
December 2008
Declaration of Human Rights
Kristallnacht
Guest Preacher
Services in December
On the Bimah
Holocaust Memorial Day
The Learning Circle
The Women who censored Churchill
LJS People
Community Care
Chanukkah at the LJS
Download December 2008 Newsletter
November 2008
The meanng of Life
Why remember Kristallnacht
Services in November
Anticipating Questions
Calling all Women
Los Desterados
The Learning Circle
LJS People
Community Care
Letters to the Editor
Other events
Download November 2008 Newsletter
October 2008
Two quarters of negative growth
Calling All Women
Tent Sevice
The woman who censored Churchill
New members of the LJS
Services in October
Rabbi Frank Hellner
The Learning Circle
Community Care
Israel Tour
Los Desterados
Kristallnacht
Tour of HP
Download October 2008 Newsletter
September 2008
A peaceful and healthy New Year
Music at the LJS
Rabbi Hellner
Services in September
AGM Report
The Learning Circle
Email from Eretz
Community Care
LJS People
Download September 2008 Newsletter
July 2008
Manana in Havana
Shabbat in Tokyo
Jewish Morocco
Services in July August
Rabbi Jonathan Brown
New Council Members
LJS to Edinburgh
Community Care
LJS People
June 2008
The Taste of Torah
Change of editors
Services in June
Rabbi Jonathan Brown
LJ Biennial Weekend
The Learning Circle
LJS Israel Tour
Community Care
LJS People
May 2008
Israel at 60
LJS Music Cup
Notice of AGM
Services in May
The Learning Circle
Community Care
LJS People
Jewish Musical Journey
April 2008
Reflection on Israel at Pesach
The Communal Seder at the LJS
Shabbat and Purim Services
Tiny Tots at the LJS
Music and Song
Israel's 60th Anniversary
LJS People
Date of AGM
Download April 2008 Newsletter
March 2008
Islam and Jewish Enlightenment
Rock and Roll Dance-a-thon
The LJS and Purim
Shabbat and Purim Services
Tiny Tots at the LJS
The Communal Seder
Israel's 60th Anniversary
LJS People
Travellers Tale
Download March 2008 Newsletter
February 2008
Ruach Chadashah
Introducing Michael Burman
Service in Feburary
Communal Ceder at the LJS
Crystal Clear Service
The Learning Circle
Community Care at the LJS
LJS People
Baby Blessing and farewell to Rabbi Middleton
Download February 2008 Newsletter
December 2007 January 2008
Hello I am the LJ Chaplain
How to light the Chanukkiah at home
Service in December and January
Chanukkah at the LJS
Reflections on Auschwitz
The Learning Circle
Community Care at the LJS
LJS People
What happened at Council
Download December 2007 January 2008 Newsletter
November 2007
Liberal Judaism in the Ukraine
Balfour Declaration
Edwin Mendoza Exhibition
Choosing Judaism
Jewish Parenting
Doroteinu Revisited
Services
Education
Events
People
Council
Download November 2007 Newsletter
October 2007
Religion made real - Geneva
Simchat Torah
New member kiddush
Adult bar/bat mitzvot
Balfour Declaration
Services
LJS People
Download October 2007 Newsletter
September 2007
Costs and Benefits
Farewell to Rabbi Middleton
Services
Education
People
Events
New Council
Download September 2007 Newsletter
July-August 2007
Download July-August 2007 Newsletter
June 2007
Education and Jewish-Muslim relations
Why I am a Jew
New school year
Kabalat Torah Service
The LJS AGM new council members
Services
LJS People
Apologises there is a typo in the on-line newsletter on the front page it says May instead of June.
May 2007
Your Teenager at the LJS
Music events at the LJS
Notice of AGM
Services
LJS People
April 2007
Passover, Pesach, Seder
Kabbalat Torah Service
Rabbis Harry and Rose Jakobi
Notice of AGM
LJS People
Download April 2007 Newsletter
March 2007
Introducing Kate Birk
Whose who in the office
Forthcoming eudcatonal and social events
Community News
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February 2007
Crystal Clear Service
KIT Service
Rabbis for Human Rights
Forthcoming eudcatonal and social events
Tu BiSh'vat
Community News
Download February 2007 Newsletter
December 2006 January 2007
Chanukkah and Christmas Thoughts
Crystal Clear Service
Greetings from Karmiel
Plane Speaking
The origin of the KIT Group
Volunteers evening
From the archive
Chanukkah and Tu bi-Sh'vat
Download December 2006 January 2007 Newsletter
October 2006
A Temporary Dwelling - Sukkot
Simchat Torah
Decorate the Sukkah
Linda Grant - Oneg Shabbat
Our Czech Scrolls
Download October 2006 Newsletter
September 2006
New Year Greetings
Youth and Adult Education
Events at the LJS
People and community
Download September 2006 Newsletter
July-August 2006
2006 Summer Reading Suggestions
2007 Vinitsa Visit
Omer Project; The Results
Green Fingers at the LJS
High Holyday Stewarding
High Holyday Dates and Times
Sales of arts and crafts of Mavis Hyman
Download July-August 2006 Newsletter
June 2006
Announcement of AGM
Goodbye to Marcia and Fred
The Season of the giving of our Torah by Rabbi Middleton
The resettlement of the Jews in England 1656 by Prof. Alpert
Education, events, people and community
May 2006
AGM Announcement
Rabbi Alexander Wrigtht: "Ways of beign in battles" Israel, Islam and the Human Spirit
Delving into the archives
Their finest hours: the Churchill Museum and Ruth Ive
Education, events, people and community
April 2006
The Kabalat Torah Class
Pesach frequently asked questions
Download April 2006 Newsletter
March 2006
Was Vashti a proto-feminist?
Rabbinic conference rules on lectionary.
LJ Biennial Weekend
Mikvah in Syracuse
Visit to the Regent's Park Mosque.
Click to see the picture of Jenny Nathan in full colour.
Download March 2006 Newsletter
February 2006
"Walk Humbly with Your God" Rabbi Alexander Wright discusses Rabbi John Rayner's latest book.
New Moons Ancient and Modern
News from the Cemetery
Security at the LJS
Click to see the photo of Lilly Lissack in full colour.
Download February 2006 Newsletter
December 2005 / January 2006
Reflections on World AIDS Day
Download December 2005 / January 2006 Newsletter
November 2005
"Towards a Caring Community" by Rabbi Kathleen Middleton and Tributes to Rabbi John D Rayner CBE
Download November 2005 Newsletter
October 2005
Happy New Year through the ages.
Make your schmatter matter.
Download October 2005 Newsletter
September 2005
Welcome to the Learning Circle
Ask the Rabbi
Download September 2005 Newsletter
July/August 2005
Judaism Without Borders?
In May 2006 Liberal Judaism will hold it's next Biennial Conference in Cheltenham. Rabbi Middleton, co-chair of the organising committee, reflects on the conference title and it's subject.
Download July/August 2005 Newsletter
June 2005
"Sing unto God a new song; play skillfully amid shouts of joy" Psalm33
June Music Month at the LJS - Celebrating Tim Farrell's 30 years as LJS Organist
May 2005
A new deal for German Jewry.
Liberal Judaism's continues to fight for Equality in the Country of it's Origin
April 2005
Pesach falls late this year, its seventh and last day for progressive Jews coinciding with the final day of April. Perhaps spring will be well under way by then.
Download April 2005 Newsletter
March 2005
Kabbalat Torah 5765 The 12 participants introduce themselves, Holocaust Memorial Day 2005 A personal account by Joan Salter, LJS People.
Download March 2005 Newsletter
February 2005
21st Century Challenge, Prayer for victims of the Tsunami, Belmont Lodge, News from the Israel Abrahams Library, LJS Education.
Download February 2005 Newsletter
Dec 2004 / Jan 2005
Chanukkah reflections on Identity, Family Goldberg visit the Palace, Services for December and January, LJS Council Members, Adult Learning Programme, 40yrs of the Czech Scrolls and LJS Auction of Promises.
Download Dec 2004 / Jan 2005 Newsletter
October 2004
Simchat Torah - A Joyful Journey, Shabbat & Festival Services for October, Appeal to Doctors, LJS Nursery School Opens, LJS Education and Bone Marrow Donation.
Download October 2004 Newsletter
November 2004
Liberal Judiasm in on the Map, Services for November, Growing Rabbis in Israel, Chanukkah in Amsterdam, Kaufmann Lecture and Dinner, LJS People and LJS Education.
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