Rabbi Richard Jacobi writes the Thought for the Week on Parashat Shoftim in this weeks LJ Today linking the theme of Justice to some recent events including those in Charlottesville earlier this week. This time last year, a 19-year-old Syrian woman swam at the Rio Olympic Games, competing under the Olympic flag as part of the […]
“A canvas is an arena in which to act” Inspired by the doors from the ark at North London Progressive Synagogue, which are currently in the foyer area of Perrymans Farm Road, our Cheder children celebrated Shavuot by creating two large canvasses featuring the Ten Commandments. It was Jackson Pollock (Wikipedia) who once said that A canvas […]
Rabbi Richard Jacobi writes in response to the terror attack at London Bridge I am writing this on the morning of 4th June 2017. Last night, the news feed to my smartphone was filled with messages and updates relating to the attack on London Bridge that overflowed into Borough Market. A brief flurry of concern […]
A Day of Celebration – A Weekend of Activities Liberal Judaism’s Day of Celebration is fast becoming a weekend of celebration with events now planned for the whole weekend of 9-11 June. The full programme for the Day of Celebration, including how to book your tickets, can be found at: https://ljdayofcelebration2017.sched.com/ EL2 is looking into providing […]
Since we are still looking for a new permanent home, we pitched our tent at All Saints Church Hall in Woodford for its first ever Communal Seder on Tuesday 11th April – the second night of Pesach. A small but hard working group of volunteers, arrived early to prepare the hall ready for the nearly 160 […]
Purim celebrations: Synagogue celebrates Jewish festival for first time 13th March 2017 | East London & West Essex Guardian CHILDREN and adults wore fancy dress for Purim celebrations at a synagogue. East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue celebrated the festival for the first time ever since merging from the Woodford Liberal Synagogue and the Bet […]
East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue Open Meeting for members – February 26th 2017 10.30 am Perryman’s Farm Road Dear members, By the date of this meeting we will be two months in to our new community. The Interim Council and the working parties have been busy pulling together the religious, social and business practices […]
First published on the WLS Website on 2nd November 2016 Joint Statement from the members of the Interim Council for the new community 2 November 2016 Since our last communication to you we are delighted that there has been such a positive response to all the activities that are now taking place to help us […]
Originally published on the WLS Website on 9th October 2016 Joint Statement from the members of the Woodford Liberal Synagogue and Bet Tikvah Merger Project Management Committee (MPMC) 9 October 2016 Following the momentous news on 25 September 2016, when the members of both synagogues voted overwhelmingly in favour of unifying the two communities from 1 January 2017, […]
Originally published on the WLS Website on 25th September 2016 Earlier today, Sunday 25th September, members of Woodford Liberal Synagogue voted either by post, proxy or in person at an extraordinary general meeting on a motion to dissolve the existing community in favour of forming a new community with Bet Tikvah. At the same time, members […]