A prayer to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II

A prayer from Rabbi Alexandra Wright, President of Liberal Judaism and Senior Rabbi at The Liberal Jewish Synagogue. Additional readings could be added to services this Shabbat (Psalms 23, 90, 91 or Kohelet 3): Eternal God, Source of Compassion and Strength, we stand before You in grief and sorrow to … Read More

Rabbi Alexandra Wright is new President of Liberal Judaism

Rabbi Alexandra Wright

Rabbi Alexandra Wright has been elected as the new President of Liberal Judaism. The Senior Rabbi at The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS) since 2004, she was the first woman to lead a major Jewish congregation in the UK. For more than three decades, she has been an inspirational leader within … Read More

Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber ordained by Leo Baeck College

Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber ordained by Rabbi Danny Rich

Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber, who will join Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue as their new rabbi in August, was ordained by Leo Baeck College on Sunday (3 July). Gabriel was ordained by Liberal Judaism Vice President Rabbi Danny Rich in a service attended by many Progressive rabbis and leaders, including Liberal … Read More

A prayer to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Eternal God, whose dominion embraces the universe, we stand before You in gratitude and thanksgiving to ask Your blessing for our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth, whose seventy-year Jubilee we celebrate today.  In those years, she has served her people with enduring devotion and grace, uniting races, creeds and tongues with … Read More