Rabbis, headteachers, school administrators and academic leaders gathered at Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue to help shape the future of Jewish education in the UK at the Joint Progressive Educators Conference.

The event was attended by more than 150 people from 28 Liberal and Reform communities from up and down the country – all learning from the expert presenters and sharing their own knowledge to help create a transformative revolution in Jewish education.

Progressive Judaism Co-Leads Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky gave the keynote address (pictured), speaking on the importance of Progressive Jewish education.

This was followed by three educational blocks with sessions on key topics including The Beauty and Magic of Hebrew, Classroom Management 101, Teaching Difficult Parts of Torah and Singing for the Young Soul.

Conference organisers Elena Izmailova (The Movement for Reform Judaism’s Community Youth and Education Coordinator) and Alexandra Gellnick (Liberal Judaism’s Director of Development and Membership) said: “We are delighted to report that it was a truly wonderful and productive day. The atmosphere was warm and welcoming, with fantastic speakers who kept everyone inspired and engaged. It was amazing to see so many educators and young leaders from communities across the country come together. And we’d like to thank everyone who attended and made the event so special!”

Feedback from those in attendance underlined the success of the event. One participant wrote: “The diversity within the community was great to see and provoked a lot of highly interesting conversations.”

Others called the conference, and the sessions they attended, “fabulous”, “engaging”, “lively” and “a 10/10 event”.