Share Shabbat with us
Join our online services on Youtube with thought-provoking sermons and wonderful music, followed by a community Kiddush on Zoom. Service times are: 6:45pm on Friday evenings, 11:00am on Saturday mornings.
The LJS Heritage Trail
The LJS is a wonderfully diverse and international community, with roots in countries across the world. New stories from Bryan Diamond and Hugh Marsden have been added. This project forms part of our celebration of the diversity and inclusivity of the LJS.
Thought for the Week
This week, Rabbi Alex considers easing disappointment with hard work and the need to create just and fair societies.
At the very beginning of parashat Va-etchanan, Moses recalls his plea to God to enter the Promised Land: ‘I pleaded with the Eternal One at that time, saying, ‘Adonai Elohim…let me, I pray, cross over and see the good land on the other side of the Jordan…’ (Deuteronomy 3:23-25). No less than fourteen times in the previous chapter, Moses reminds the Israelites of how ...
The LJS Newsletter July/August
Includes Bob Kirk’s third Bar Mitzvah, and articles on our Vision and Values, the LJS Time Capsule, and Michael Josefs’ LJS video game, as well as thought pieces by Hazel Summerfield and David Davidson, and profiles of Council Members.
LJS Appeal - Matched Funding Offer!
This wonderful offer to upgrade our IT provision is made by ‘a joint UK and Israeli citizen to mark the inclusion for the first time of Arab representatives in the new Government in Israel’. Help us double every pound raised, to reach the £50,000 target.
Return to services in the Sanctuary
Welcome back! With formal limits removed, advance registration is no longer required to attend Shabbat services – though Covid safety arrangements remain. Non-members will still need to register for security purposes at membership@ljs.org
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LATEST NEWS
- '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.
- Ever thought of being behind the camera?
Join our team of Camera Operator volunteers for service livestreaming? If you use a computer confidently and can attend services in person, this could be your opportunity! Training is provided. For Members and Friends of the LJS, please click here to sign up for an initial training session with Rabbi Igor
- 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
- From 12 April 2021, the Pound Lane Cemetery will be open 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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