Elul study session – The New Year for the Animals: Grounding Ourselves within Creation, 17th August – 8pm-9:30pm

Celebrate a different Jewish New Year: Rosh Hashanah La’Behemah – the New Year for the Animals with trainee Rabbi, Kohenet Yael Tischler at St. Mary’s Centre

We will begin preparations for our own New Year by grounding ourselves as one of many species in the created world. We will study Perek Shirah, a Jewish text that imagines that every living being has a song of its own. We will sing the songs of the Universe as imagined by Perek Shirah, and begin our annual period of reflection by meditating on our existence as part of the great tapestry of the natural world. The evening will be songful, soulful, thoughtful and playful.

High Holiday booking open for members. Non-member booking opens 1st September.

Kehillah members and Supporting Friends are now able to book for our ticketed High Holiday services and events (i.e. Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur services & our Rosh Hashanah community lunch), which are all taking place at St. Mary’s.

Due to more limited space at High Holidays this year, along with a growing number of people wanting to attend, we are opening advanced bookings to members as first priority.

We encourage our members (and Supporting Friends) to book before 1st September, when we will be opening bookings up to our non-members, where we have capacity.

Free CPD accredited Mental Health Training available

Project Lily is a Jewish charity that provides mental health training to organisations and individuals. They offer free courses that might be of interest to those working or volunteering within our community as staff or volunteers.

Beit Din Weekend Friday 3rd – Sunday 5th November 2023, Easingwold at The Hawkhills

Are you considering conversion through either Reform or Liberal Judaism? Are you in the process of converting?

Enjoy a Shabbat experience with those following a similar path and facing similar issues in a warm, open environment for questions and discussions. The weekend is being offered through the Reform Movement for Judaism but Liberal candidates and Liberal Rabbis are warmly invited to join us.

The weekend is open to anyone considering conversion or is currently in the process of converting. Partners, Jewish or non-Jewish are more than welcome.

If you can’t make it in person, you can attend most sessions online as well!

For further information contact Lynsey Goodmaker If you have any questions please email Lynsey or call 020 8349 5645.

The Honeycomb Project

Liberal Judaism and Movement for Reform Judaism are very excited to be partnering with Stories for Life, giving community members the opportunity to record their life stories and memories for their loved ones.

Stories for Life connects people with trained biographers to tell their life story which will be audio recorded and processed by a professional audio engineer. The recordings are for personal use only, and will not be saved by any of the organisations connected to this project. As a charity, this service is offered free of charge by Stories for Life.