The following letter (sent via email) has been received from Yad LaKashish, one of the beneficiaries from our High Holy Days appeal. I would like to thank you again for the generous support and vote of confidence extended to Yad LaKashish by the East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue. Your new friendship enabled us to […]
We are recruiting … East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue seeks an Administrator and Finance Officer to start on or around 1 September 2019. 22 hours per week @£14 per hour, Tuesdays to Fridays – contractual hours to be agreed. Ideal for an applicant with office and/or accounting experience. Applications close 26 July 2019. To […]
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An Official Brady Photographic Archive, with hundreds of photos taken between the 1940s and the late 1970s, has been launched – you can access the archive at: https://www.bradyarchive.co.uk/ The first Brady Club for Working Lads, was established in 1896, in Durward Street, driven by Lady Rothschild and other wealthy ‘West End Jews’ who wanted to […]
The ELELS Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place at the Synagogue on Sunday 30th June. The AGM will start at 10:30 am – the doors will be open from 10:00 am. The draft agenda for the meeting is at follows: 1. Opening prayer 2. Attendees and apologies 3. Approval of last AGM Minutes (held on 7th […]
Introduction We Believe in Israel is launching an Activists’ Academy for young professionals. Their first event is on Wednesday 29th May. Professor Colin Shindler (who is the Pears Senior Research Fellow in Israel Studies at SOAS) will be speaking on “What Zionism is and isn’t”. About the Activists’ Academy The Activists’ Academy is a series […]
Rabbi’s Hulbert and Jacobi joined with other communal leaders in leading prayers for the victims of the Christchurch terror attack and sending a joint statement of solidarity with the Muslim community in Christchurch, New Zealand. About 300 people attended a vigil in honour of the victims of the New Zealand terror attacks in Stratford where Rabbi […]
EAST LONDON AND ESSEX SYNAGOGUE – TWO YEARS OLD On January 1st 2017, our new Synagogue came into existence and became the fourth largest congregation within Liberal Judaism. It was a very proud moment and the culmination of an idea that had first been proposed some twenty years earlier. There are certain areas of activity […]
Last night ELELS hosted a special service of prayers and reflections following the horrific events at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Members of our congregation were joined by members of other local Jewish congregations and also from the local Muslim community. The service was led by Rabbi Richard Jacobi with contributions from Rabbi […]
The events that unfolded on Shabbat in Pittsburgh have left all of us shocked and saddened. This was the first murder of Jews in their place of worship in the history of the USA and the shock there is almost palpable. We are writing to you as news of the names and ages of the […]