Liberal Judaism’s Chief Executive Officer Rabbi Charley Baginsky has joined leaders from across different faiths to back a National Day of Reflection tomorrow (Tuesday 23 March) The religious leaders are asking the public to join them to remember those who have died from any cause during the pandemic and show … Read More
March/April 2021 LJ Today remembers those we have lost
The latest issue of Liberal Judaism’s bi-monthly magazine LJ Today is a special edition, celebrating the memories of those we have lost in 2021. Two pages are dedicated to Rosita Rosenberg, whose whole adult life was spent building Liberal Judaism and who served as our movement’s Executive Director from 1989-1997 … Read More
A tribute to Rosita Rosenberg z”l
See Liberal Judaism’s memorial page for Rosita here. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Rosita Rosenberg, one of the leading figures in Liberal Judaism for many decades. Rosita served as Executive Director of Liberal Judaism from 1989-1997, the first woman to ever hold the role. … Read More
Rabbi Charley Baginsky’s Pause for Thought on HMD
Liberal Judaism’s Chief Executive Officer, Rabbi Charley Baginsky, recorded a special Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). You can listen to it here (from 2:27:00) or read the text below: I have heard some rabbis say that they keep their families out of their … 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
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
Tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
By Rabbi Dr Andrew Goldstein President, Liberal Judaism As President of Liberal Judaism, I share the appreciation of so many within our community, and far beyond, for the life, work and personality of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. He brought so much recognition to, and respect for, the Anglo-Jewish community by … Read More
The (socially distanced) swim must go on…
10 September 2020 By Jane Drapkin One of the Covid casualties from my calendar this summer was a trip to the Czech Republic to take part in the third annual Hana Greenfield Memorial Swim. This swim was not only taking place in a beautiful stretch of the river Labe (Elbe), … Read More
Changes to Annual Memorial Services this year
25 August 2020 Due to the current COVID19 situation, the arrangements for memorial prayers at our cemeteries are very different this year. Please see below for full details. Edgwarebury Cemetery: No Annual Memorial Service. Members are welcome to come and pray privately by the graveside. The Western Cemetery, Cheshunt: No … Read More
Leicester flame chosen to be part of HMD Commemorative Ceremony
27 January 2020 A flame created by Leicester Progressive Jewish Congregation (LPJC) to honour Greek Jewish victims of the Shoah was one of those chosen to be part of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s 75 Memorial Flames project. The Trust – which organises Holocaust Memorial Day – invited faith organisations, … Read More