Share Shabbat with us
Please do come along to our Shabbat services. Our Sanctuary doors are wide open! Erev Shabbat services start at 6.45pm Friday evenings and 11am Saturday mornings. If you prefer, you can also watch our services on our YouTube channel. View LJS Covid advice here
Pride Shabbat
Friday 1st July from 7.45pm at the LJS
Please join us in person or virtually together with Liberal Judaism to celebrate Pride. A Chavurah supper and performance by the Pink Singers will follow the regular Erev Shabbat service beginning at the earlier time of 6.30pm.
Please join us in person or virtually together with Liberal Judaism to celebrate Pride. A Chavurah supper and performance by the Pink Singers will follow the regular Erev Shabbat service beginning at the earlier time of 6.30pm.
Thought for the Week
This week, Rabbi Igor discusses Liberal Judaism's response to the US Supreme Court's overturning of Row vs. Wade
In Biblical Hebrew, two words can be translated as ‘law’ – chok (חוק) and mishpat (משפט). What is the difference between a chok and a mishpat? The traditional answer is articulated in early Rabbinic Midrash. A chok has no reason behind it, and a mishpat has a logic which is entirely understandable to people. (Midrash Bereishit Rabbah 44) In other words, mishpat is the ...
The LJS Newsletter July/August
Rabbi Dr Andrew Goldstein and LJS members on Liberal Judaism and the Day of Celebration; engaging stories of LJS staff; Carolyn Simon’s Dutch family background; Danny Lang’s account of KT’s visit to Swedenborg House; Rabbi Alex’s book review; community news.
Summer 2022 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
- We are delighted to present you with our LJS Annual Review 2021.
Here we reflect upon and share our journey of the past year as we re-opened our doors for Members, Friends and visitors to meet together again in person. We are proud of the way our Community has adapted and embraced changes over the past year. We are now excited to update you on our key areas of focus, including, Chairman’s Report, Spirituality, Learning, Community and Sustainability. 
- Read the latest blog by Rabbi Igor Zinkov 'Paying it Forward: A YES Fund Story' describing his recent visit to Poland in support of Ukrainian refugees. Rabbi Igor is co-chair of the WUPJ/EUPJ Ukraine Crisis Fund. Click here to read
- Progressively Jewish Podcast - Rosh Chodesh Iyar: Ukraine Special with Rabbis Tanya Sakhnovich, Anna Wolfson and Igor Zinkov. Listen here to this informed and intense discussion about the current situation in the Ukraine
- Our Purim festivities in the news! Click here to read
- Click here to read LJS member Judith King's article about this moving Solidarity Shabbat we held on 18 February
The World Union for Progressive Judaism has launched a crisis fund to support the Ukrainian Jewish Community. Please click here to donate and to find out more - Discover Chavruta (companionship), an innovative study programme by Rabbi Igor Zinkov, to create friendship through learning and lively debate. For LJS Members and Friends from ages 18 to 120! Click here for more information
- 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 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.
- The LJS Cemetery opening times are:
Mon-Thurs 9am-4pm
Friday 9am-2pm
Sunday 9am-5pm - For more information, please click here
For more events, please see our calendar page
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