16 October 2018

A special Kabbalat Shabbat service and Friday night dinner are being held this Friday (October 19) to celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of former Israeli President Chaim Herzog.

The event is being organised by Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue, West London Synagogue and the World Zionist Organisation.

It will start with a service at 6pm at West London Synagogue, which is located in Seymour Place, London, W1H 5AU.

Dinner will then follow in the synagogue at 7pm and feature Chaim Herzog’s two sons in conversation with Liberal Judaism’s Rabbi Lea Mühlstein, who is chair of Progressive Zionist organisation Arzenu Olami.

Isaac ‘Bougie’ Herzog is chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and former leader of the Labour opposition in the Knesset. Brigadier General Michael Herzog is senior negotiator with the Palestinians, Jordan and Syria.

They will talk about the legacy of their father, who was the sixth president of the State of Israel between 1983 and 1993 and renowned as an extraordinary world leader, Zionist visionary and powerful statesman.

Tickets for the dinner cost £29.50 (concession £25) with a special subsidised rate of £15 for young adults. To book, please contact Kathryn Forro on 020 7535 0259 or email kathryn.forro@wls.org.uk.

For more information about Arzenu in the UK (Pro Zion – Arzenu UK) please email israeldesk@apjuk.org.