More than 400 people have registered to take part in the Progressive Judaism Education Hub 2025 – the unique online series delving into the rich history and core values of our Judaism.

The next Zoom event is on Thursday (6 February) at 7pm when Rabbi Lea Mühlstein will explore the history and achievements of Rabbi John D Rayner (pictured), one of the most influential Liberal rabbis and leaders of his generation.

SIGN UP HERE – tinyurl.com/EducationHub2025

Rabbi John Desmond Rayner CBE (1924 – 2005) was born in Berlin and left Germany in 1939 on one of the last Kindertransports. He lost both parents and many other family members in the Holocaust.

Serving both the South London Liberal Synagogue and The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, he later became a Life President of Liberal Judaism.

He is best known for his prayer books, Service of the Heart, Gate of Repentance and Siddur Lev Chadash. He also wrote many acclaimed works on Jewish ethics, progressive halakhah, Israel and the contemporary events of the time in which he lived.

This session will focus on the life and legacy of Rabbi John Rayner and the place of his thinking in Liberal Judaism. In particular, it will explore if his approach to balancing the universal and the particular can be useful for our thinking about the future approaches of Progressive Judaism.

SIGN UP HERE – tinyurl.com/EducationHub2025

Over 10 weekly hour-long Zoom sessions, we’ll explore the lives and legacies of 10 significant individuals who have shaped the development of the Judaism we know and love today. Sessions take place on Thursday nights from 7-8pm via Zoom. They are free and open to all – and you can take part in as few or as many as you wish.

The full list of dates, topics and educators is below. For those that have passed, if you click the link you can watch it on our new YouTube channel: