50th Anniversary Service
2017-04-22 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
Special Service to celebrate our 50th Anniversary.
Guests are welcome to KLS but please contact the office beforehand.

Visit to Jewish Museum - Amy Winehouse Exhibition
2017-03-19 13:30 - 17:00
Meet at 1:30pm under the clock at Waterloo Station or 2:15pm at the Jewish Museum

Pizza Party followed at 5pm by Purim
2017-03-11 08:00 - 17:00

Israeli Film Night
2017-03-08 07:45 - 22:00, 2017-02-08 07:45 - 22:00, 2017-01-11 07:45 - 22:00, 2016-12-14 19:45 - 22:00, 2016-11-09 19:45 - 22:00

Sushi Making Session
2017-02-26 15:00 - 17:00

Mitzvah Day
2016-11-27 08:00 - 17:00

Supper Quiz
2016-11-12 19:00 - 22:30
Save the date! Details to be confirmed nearer the time.

Sukkah Quiz
2016-10-16 14:00 - 16:00

Wine and Cheese Tasting and KLS Art Exhibition
2016-09-17 19:00 - 22:30
Come and taste some international wine and cheese and be inspired by the beautiful pieces our members and local artists, both young and old are showing. You can buy your tickets here (£12/head). We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!!

Treasure Trail from KLS, Table Tennis Tournament and Lunch
2016-09-10 13:00 - 16:00
Straight after Kiddush, the new Beiteinu year will continue with a treasure trail via hidden local spots and terrain you never knew existed. The walk is approx. 1 mile long, some of which is hilly woodland. Follow the clues, take photos along the way to prove you were there (prize for the most imaginative group photo) and meet for lunch and table tennis tournament at the nearby home of members afterwards. All ages welcome.

Annual Rounders match and team games
2016-09-04 12:30 - 16:00
We may have to rent-a-rabbi for the Rabbi’s team, but the show will go on…
The return of our much-loved family and friends picnic in the park opposite KLS, with fun games for all ages and a giant rounders match. Bring a blanket, food, drink, any outdoor games and trainers or a chair if you prefer!! Other friends and extended family welcome!

Hike/short walk/BBQ
2016-07-24 11:00 - 16:00
We are offering two different-paced walks followed by a BBQ at the home of KLS members in Reigate. There will be a choice of routes: seasoned walkers can join Hilary and Clive for a medium length hike of 6 to 7 miles (meet at 10.50 am for 11 am start). Or for a gentler pace join the short walk meet at 12.45 pm. We will rendezvous at 2pm back in Reigate so any non-walkers can join us there for a repeat of last year’s delicious BBQ – please bring a salad or dessert to share. There will be a charge of £2/head to cover the cost of the BBQ food.
We need to know numbers for BBQ catering and any vegetarian or other dietary requirements so please RSVP by Wednesday, 20th July.

Picnic in the Park
2016-07-17 12:00 - 15:00
Come and join us for a picnic and games in Marble Hill Park in Twickenham and enjoy an afternoon with old friends and getting to know new members. If you are new or relatively new to KLS this is a great opportunity to meet other members! We will meet on the side of the park that backs onto Orleans Road (TW1 3BL). There is an entrance gate on Orleans Road with the Coach House Cafe ahead and towards the left; we usually meet on the green area towards the right before the cafe. Bring along a picnic, games, rugs and anything else you can think of! Parking is available on Orleans Road but on a fine day it can get busy so it may be necessary to use the car-park or to park on other residential roads nearby. There is also a café selling drinks and refreshments just a few minutes away from where we’ll meet. If you feel adventurous you can park at Ham House, on the other side of the river and there is a little ferry-boat that goes across from Ham House to Marble Hill Park. Just come off the boat, turn left and right and the gate to the park is there. That car park can get busy too on a sunny day.

Celebrate summer and join us for a Strawberry Tea
2016-07-03 15:00 - 17:30
KLS Members’ event. Contact the office if you have not received your invitation by email or post.

Shavuot Seder
2016-06-12 18:00 - 20:00
A new venture for KLS! Shavuot Seder led by Rabbi Janet Darley. In the context of a seder, we will use Tanach and Rabbinic Literature to deepen our understanding of the history and teachings of Shavuot. We will eat some symbolic food items and perhaps discover some things hidden, as well as consider other symbols of the festival. For example, what is the relationship between cheese and the “mountain of peaks” where we are told Torah was given?
Please bring some appropriate food to share for Kiddush following the seder.

Visitors are welcome to Kingston Liberal Synagogue, but please contact the office in advance.

Holocaust Memorial Day Workshop
2016-05-01 10:00 - 13:00
Yom Hashoah is when Israel and Jewish communities remember the victims of the Holocaust. On May 1st, the closest Sunday to Yom Hashoah this year, we will be running a special workshop for the young people in 3 local Jewish communities, in school years 8 to 10. This will provide the opportunity for the young people and their parents to hear a survivor’s story, participate in a question and answer session, watch a short film and take part in a related group activity which focuses on creating a better world for the future.
The format of the morning will be very similar to that of the workshops we have run for the past ten years for local Kingston and Elmbridge schools (the very successful joint project of the two Kingston synagogues) and will be held at Kingston Liberal Synagogue. We have long thought that our own synagogue students were missing out on these workshops, and we hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. To assist in the organisation of the morning we would appreciate your attendance confirmation by Thursday, April 14th.

Communal Seder
2016-04-23 18:30 - 22:00
Communal Seder meal held at the synagogue. Bookings now CLOSED – we do not have any more spaces. Sorry!

AGM
2016-04-16 10:00 - 11:15

Purim HeBrew Cafe
2016-03-19 12:30 - 13:00
This week we are celebrating the festival of Purim. Come dressed up as your favourite historical, fantasy, biblical, movie, theatre, book character. Bring traditional food for the competition – savoury or sweet Hamantaschen, or anything special you normally cook for Purim. Bring a food donation for the mishloach manot (literally ‘sending of portions’ of food to family, friends, community) to be donated to the Kingston Food Bank. Everyone will join together for the Family Service, and then after Kiddush, we will be having a Purim-themed HeBrew Cafe and party.

Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration
2016-01-31 14:00 - 16:00
What is Holocaust Memorial Day?

Each year, communities across Britain come together to remember the millions of people killed in the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur and other parts of the world. The Nazi persecution alone led to the death of some six million Jews.
The initiative is supported by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust who have set the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day in 2016: Don’t stand by.
The Royal Borough of Kingston’s Holocaust Memorial Day will be held on Sunday 31 January 2016 in Kingston Guildhall. It is being organised by the Kingston Inter Faith Forum in conjunction with Kingston University.

The event is open to all. No booking is required. It will be followed by refreshments.

Chanukah Party
2015-12-12 13:15 - 15:00
Celebrate Chanukah with us. Games (active and less active), crafts, doughnuts, drinks, candles. Everyone, whatever your age is welcome. Small donation of £1 to cover costs. Please let the office know if you are hoping to join us – we don’t want to have too few doughnuts!

Members' Meeting
2015-11-28 09:30 - 11:00
Please see weekly bulletin for details.

Mitzvah Day 2015
2015-11-22

Interfaith Week 2015
2015-11-15 - 2015-11-22

AJEX Parade 2015
2015-11-15
Join AJEX in commemorating 70 years from the end of the Second World War and support Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women at the Cenotaph

Doroteinu visit to Brooklands Museum
2015-10-20 10:00 - 16:00
We will meet at KLS at 10am and go by car returning at about 4pm. The museum covers quite a large area but there is a café if anyone does not want to visit the whole site. Peter Watling, who gave us the talk in May, will be our guide.
There is also “The Concorde experience”. You go on board a decommissioned plane and have a “virtual flight”. This needs to be booked in advance so we need to know numbers.
Museum entry is £9.00 for seniors plus £5.00 for Concorde.
Please let Nick Osorio or the KLS Office know if you are interested in this outing and whether you could offer to drive. We already have several drivers available so getting there should be no problem. Some of you may live nearer the museum than KLS so we could meet some people there. When we know who is coming we can sort out drivers and passengers.
