Rabbi Benay Lappe will be the Friday night keynote speaker at this year’s Liberal Judaism Biennial at Home. The first time the Biennial has ever featured a Friday night keynote, Rabbi Benay – an award-winning educator specialising in the application of queer theory to Talmud study – is the perfect … Read More
Join Dublin Progressive’s Erev St Patrick’s Day party
Liberal Judaism’s Dublin Jewish Progressive Congregation will be hosting a special online event to mark Erev St Partrick’s Day on Tuesday 16 March at 5pm. Held jointly with Beit Luria Progressive Synagogue of South Africa, it promises to be a real celebration of Jewish life in Ireland. The community’s Beverly … Read More
Two ways you can get involved with Biennial 2021
The Liberal Judaism Biennial Weekend 2021 will take place online from Friday 30 April to Sunday 2 May – and there are two fantastic ways you can get involved. Over the next month we will be teaching a song to as many people as possible, throughout our communities, so we … Read More
Join our vaccination Q&A with Dr Jonathan Leach (28 Jan)
Liberal Judaism will be hosting a special Q&A session for all members to ask your questions about the process of vaccination against Covid-19 on Thursday (28 January). We will be joined by Dr Jonathan Leach OBE, NHS England’s Medical Director for Covid-19 Vaccination, and Dr Harpreet Sood, Board Member for … Read More
Liberal Judaism’s Holocaust Memorial Day Events
Holocaust Memorial Day 2021 is on Wednesday 27 January. The theme for this year’s event is ‘be the light in the darkness’. It encourages everyone to reflect on the depths humanity can sink to, but also the ways individuals and communities resisted that darkness to ‘be the light’ before, during … Read More
Progressive Jewish Students to run Careers Month in Feb
During February, Progressive Jewish Students will be running a Careers Month to inspire and reassure students about their job prospects post-university. UK Ambassador to the Ukraine Melinda Simmons, BBC journalist Tim Franks and CEO of JW3 Raymond Simonson are among the speakers who will be talking to students about their … Read More
Biennial: A showcase of what Liberal Judaism is all about
Rabbi Leah Jordan on what’s in store at the Liberal Judaism Biennial Weekend: In response to the challenges of this year, Liberal Judaism’s Biennial Weekend 2021 – which will take place online from Friday 30 April to Sunday 2 May – promises to be something special and unique. At this … Read More
Comedian Philip Simon to star at LJ Chanukah Party
Comedian Philip Simon has joined the line up of talent at Liberal Judaism’s Last Night Chanukah Party this Thursday (17 December) at 7.15pm. Philip is an award-winning stand up and one of the most sought after comperes and opening/closing acts working on the comedy circuit today. He is also an … Read More
The Rabbi Harry Martin Jacobi Memorial Lecture (Jan 24)
All members and friends of Liberal Judaism are invited to attend the inaugural Rabbi Harry Martin Jacobi Memorial Lecture on Sunday 24 January 2021, from 2.30pm. The online lecture will be delivered by Rabbi Dr Margaret Jacobi on the topic Religion & Justice: From Leviticus to Lily. Margaret, the daughter … Read More
Ritual Reconstructed Revisited – the Chanukah edition
Liberal Judaism is delighted to invite you to take part in an online interdisciplinary symposium which builds and expands upon the successful project Ritual Reconstructed: challenges to disconnection, division and exclusion in the Jewish LGBTQI+ community. Ritual Reconstructed ran between 2014-16 (pictured) with intermittent ‘pop-up’ events in the years since. … Read More