Share Shabbat with us
Join our services with thought-provoking sermons and wonderful music followed by community Kiddushim, in person or on YouTube. Service times are: 6:45pm on Friday evenings, 11:00am on Saturday mornings.
Multi-Faith Chanukkah Celebration, 2 December
On Thursday 2 December, please join us, in person or online, and our guest speaker, Zara Mohammed, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB). We welcome all our members, plus friends and colleagues from different faith communities.
Thought for the Week
This week, Rabbi Alex writes about our multi-faith Chanukkah celebration that took place on Thursday 2 December
I am writing this message following a moving gathering of members of the LJS and guests for our annual multi-faith Chanukkah celebration. Coming together in-person this evening, I was reminded that last year we were all online and it was so difficult to evoke the kind of atmosphere that we encountered this evening - the warmth of old friends and new, meeting each other once again or for the first time...
The LJS Newsletter November/December
Includes the Kristallnacht commemoration with Sir Anish Kapoor and the installation of the LJS Shoah Memorial. Features pieces by Felicity Davidson on Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt, Geraldine Van Bueren on meditation, and Rabbi Alex on COP26 and our multi-faith Chanukkah.
Kristallnacht Commemoration on YouTube
The LJS Kristallnacht Commemoration was a moving and momentous occasion, both remembering the horrors of 9 November 1938 Pogrom and marking the 25th anniversary of the dedication service of the Shoah Memorial, sculpted by Sir Anish Kapoor.
Winter 2021 Learning Circle brochure
The LJS offers an exciting programme of learning and engagement for adults, known as The Learning Circle. Classes and groups occur throughout the week and on Shabbat mornings before the service, all taught by expert teachers.
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LATEST NEWS
- Tuesday 7th December at 8.10-9.30pm
Judaism and Islam: A Shared History
Join this fascinating and engaging discussion with Rabbi Dr Michael Hilton, LJS Scholar in Residence and Dr Harith Ramli, from Edge Hill University, Lancashire.
'Pathways to God: Judaism and Islam as Religions of Law' is the second of six discussions taking place online. - Click here to apply.
Through Chavruta, Rabbi Igor Zinkov has created an innovative study platform for establishing meaningful relationships through learning and discussion for LJS Members and Friends from ages 18 to 120! Click here for more information - Education Autumn Term
The LJS offers an exciting programme of learning and engagement for adults, known as The Learning Circle. Classes and groups occur throughout the week and on Shabbat mornings before the service, all taught by expert teachers. Click here for The Winter 2021 Learning Circle brochure.
- The LJS Yom Kippur Appeal 2021/5782 will benefit The Cardinal Hume Centre, Jewish Women's Aid (JWA), The School for Peace at Neve Shalom - Wahat-al-Salaam (NSWAS) and JWIA. Click here for further information and to make a donation. To view the YouTube video, click here.
- AFGHAN REFUGEE CRISIS - If you wish to help directly, please make donations via JCORE, the Jewish Council for Racial Equality, and World Jewish Relief. Care4Calais operates several collection points for specific items needed.
- Please do NOT bring any items to the LJS.
- We are now happy to welcome back Members and Friends to the LJS for Shabbat services. Covid safety and mask arrangements remain in place. Click HERE to view our attendance requirements.
- 'We should be deeply pained by the way we are with the stranger who lives in our midst', read Rabbi Alexandra Wright's recent piece in The Guardian here.
- Read our 2020 Annual Review:
- For a useful page of links to organisations that may be able to assist or provide advice in times of need, click here
- The LJS Cemetery opening times are:
Mon-Thurs 9am-4pm
Friday 9am-2pm
Sunday 11am-5pm
For more information, please click here
For more events, please see our calendar page
Watch Ann & Bob Kirk's virtual tour of the LJS:
You can also visit our dedicated LJS YouTube page
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