Kingston Liberal Synagogue

Basic Judaism
2015-11-10 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Class to understand the basic of Liberal Judaism, part of the journey to conversion or just to understand what it’s all about. A comprehensive overview Jewish beliefs, festivals, practices, texts and streams, with a focus on Progressive Judaism and finding one’s own Jewish journey.
Please contact the Synagogue office for more information. Enrolment to this course is via interview with the Rabbi, and open only to Friends and Affiliates of KLS.

Council Meeting
2015-11-10 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-05-03 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-05-17 20:00 - 22:00

Doroteinu
2015-11-18 14:00 - 16:00
Doroteinu means “all our generations” and is for young and old, and everyone in between – anyone who has not got their nose to the grindstone when we have our meetings. We usually meet on Wednesday afternoons. Our next meeting is on Wednesday 18th November at 2.00pm at KLS. Andree Frieze, recent Green Party candidate for the Richmond seat in the General Election, will be talking about Climate Change and the campaign the local Green Party have been running in the last lead up to the Climate Change talks in Paris starting on 30 November.
Andree Frieze is a member of KLS and is a freelance editor who has worked for nearly 20 years in publishing, and recently focused her skills on the not-for-profit sector. She has long been active in green and community campaigns in Richmond and North Kingston. Andree has been a committed Green for 30 years, believing that humans cannot live without nature, and that every decision must consider the environmental impact as well as the wider social benefit.

Please do come along – it costs just £2 for the talk and tea and cake afterwards. If you need help to get here, contact the office.

Choir Rehearsal
2015-11-24 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-02-23 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-03-01 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-04-12 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-05-03 20:00 - 22:00
Usually once or twice monthly on Tuesdays @ 8pm
The KLS Choir rehearses once or twice a month (and enjoy tea, cake and chat!), and sings at the monthly music service on the 4th Friday of the month and at other services. You don’t have to read music, you don’t have to read Hebrew. Come and try it! Singing is a great way to meet people, blow away life’s cobwebs, contribute to KLS, learn about our prayers and about Jewish music. Interested? Contact Sandra Webber via the KLS office.

Cancelled! Krav Maga (Self-Defence)
2015-11-26 19:00 - 20:30
Weekly 1 1/2 hour class on Thursdays 7-8.30pm
Stay sharp. Be fit. Burn 1000 calories. Look after yourself.
Rabbi and Chair discuss deep theological issues
Be aware, confident, safe! Burn calories and improve fitness!
Adult self-defence classes (Urban Krav Maga) run on most Thursdays at 7pm.
An additional warm up takes place at 7.30pm.
Sessions last for 90 mins.
First class free – but please book in advance via the office.
Krav Maga is great for confidence, awareness, exercise, stress-relief, fitness and self defence. You don’t have to be fit to start but your fitness will improve. Geared to mixed ages and abilities, beginners welcome. cost- £10 per session, paid directly to the external trainer. Please contact the KLS Office for more information or if you would like to try Krav Maga.

Adult Education with Rabbi Pete Tobias: Who wrote the Torah and why did they write it?
2015-11-26 20:00 - 21:00
Rabbi Pete Tobias
Rabbi Pete Tobias is taking a series of 3 sessions asking who wrote the Torah and why. Sessions will be on Thursdays 12 and 26 November and 10 December.
Non-members are welcome to attend, for a small fee payable in advance, and please contact the Synagogue Office beforehand to confirm attendance and to check that the session is running.

Basic Hebrew
2015-12-08 19:00 - 20:00
We are offering beginner’s Hebrew classes. The class is taught by Gabriel Webber, and runs every other week. This course takes learners through the basics of reading and writing Hebrew letters and words, primarily aimed at building towards the ability to follow a service – though it’s also a life skill!
Please contact the Synagogue office for more information or if you wish to join the class – the course is full, but let us know if you are interested in attending a future course. Free to KLS members, and a charge, payable in advance, to non-members.

Doroteinu Chanukah Social
2015-12-09 14:00 - 16:00
Nothing too taxing but we hope to eat a few doughnuts for Channukah, play some gentle (board) games and light four candles (or should that be Fork Handles)! Doroteinu means all ages, so do come and join us – you don’t have to be retired. And the cakes are really nice.
Guests are welcome to join us, but please do let us know in advance so that we can give you a warm welcome.

Cancelled! Adult Education with Rabbi Pete Tobias: Who wrote the Torah and why did they write it?
2015-12-10 20:00 - 21:00
Rabbi Pete Tobias
Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled.

Rabbi Pete Tobias is taking a series of 3 sessions asking who wrote the Torah and why. Sessions will be on Thursdays 12 and 26 November and 10 December.
Non-members are welcome to attend, for a small fee payable in advance, and please contact the Synagogue Office beforehand to confirm attendance and to check that the session is running.

Bookcrashers
2015-12-12 10:00 - 11:00
No specified book this month, just come and share with the group books that you have enjoyed. All are welcome, whether you have read the book or not.
Why not get a copy of the book from the local independent book shop in Surbiton – Regency Bookshop? You can order a book to be in the shop usually within 48 hours. Order on Thursday and pick it up on the way to KLS on Saturday.

HeBrew Café - this month only, the Falafel Bar!
2015-12-12 12:30 - 13:00
After the Family Service – our fundraising café. For Chanukah we are doing something different – we’re having a Falafel Bar! In the spirit of Ben Yehudah Street in Jerusalem, falafel will be served in pitta bread with salad, accompanied by delicious sauces. We will also have that Chanuakah tradition – latkes. Falafels will cost £3 and latkes £1.50.
If you yearn for our normal filled bagels (smoked salmon with or without cream cheese, egg mayo or tuna mayo – at a cost of £2 to £2.50), these will be available by pre-order only by the end of Wednesday 9 December.
Cakes, sweets and hot and cold drinks also on sale.

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!

Ivrit (Basic Hebrew conversation) Class
2015-12-21 20:00 - 21:00
Basic Hebrew lessons with Marta Friedmann. Weekly class.
To join the class, you need to know the letters as you will spend only one or two lesson on the script ones. You need to order two books:
“To succeed in Hebrew part-1″ (green colour) and “Let’s learn Hebrew picture dictionary” by Marlene Goodmann £7.99
Please contact the Synagogue Office for more details – as the course has already started, we need to ascertain your ability, and if necessary start a new course.

Bookcrashers
2016-01-09 10:00 - 11:00
Book choice for January to be confirmed. All are welcome, whether you have read the book or not.
Why not get a copy of the book from the local independent book shop in Surbiton – Regency Bookshop? You can order a book to be in the shop usually within 48 hours. Order on Thursday and pick it up on the way to KLS on Saturday.

HeBrew Cafe
2016-01-09 12:30 - 13:00, 2016-04-16 12:45 - 13:15, 2016-05-14 12:45 - 13:15
After the Family Service – our fundraising café selling filled bagels, crisps, cake, sweets and hot and cold drinks

Bookcrashers - different time this month!!!!
2016-02-06 13:00 - 14:00
Our next bookcrashers’ book is “A woman on the edge of time” by Jeremy Gavron. One of our crashers knew Hannah Gavron and will be adding her personal insights to our discussions. Please note that we are meeting at 1pm this month. All are welcome, whether you have read the book or not.
March’s book will be “The House by the Lake” by Thomas Harding.
Why not get a copy of the book from the local independent book shop in Surbiton – Regency Bookshop? You can order a book to be in the shop usually within 48 hours. Order on Thursday and pick it up on the way to KLS on Saturday.

Doroteinu
2016-02-24 14:00 - 18:00
A talk by Dr Mark Woolfe about food fraud. Mark has spoken about this before but ever new ways turn up of fooling us poor consumers. This is a new presentation not a repeat of the previous one he gave to Doroteinu so do come and hear about the latest dubious practices.
If you are planning to come by car we often need drivers to pick up the less mobile. Please contact the committee if you can help. If you need transport please contact the committee or a local friend who you think might be going.
Doroteinu means all ages, so do come and join us – you don’t have to be retired. Don’t forget anyone is welcome, KLS member or not, whether 18 or 95. And the cakes are really nice.
Guests are welcome to join us, but please do let us know in advance so that we can give you a warm welcome.

Bookcrashers
2016-03-12 10:00 - 11:00
Our next bookcrashers’ book is “The House by the Lake” by Thomas Harding. All are welcome, whether you have read the book or not.
Why not get a copy of the book from the local independent book shop in Surbiton – Regency Bookshop? You can order a book to be in the shop usually within 48 hours. Order on Wednesday and pick it up on the way to KLS on Saturday.

Beiteinu - Religion School - Purim fun this week!
2016-03-19 09:45 - 12:30
The school uses the principles of Informal Education to teach a religious knowledge and Hebrew curriculum to over 50 pupils aged between 5-17. It also has a developing early years’ programme.

The children have a short breaktime – bring fruit for the snack. There is a short assembly for all children each week, and teaching in year groups. Music, art and Hebrew teaching feature for children in primary school.

The 12-13 year olds prepare for B’nei Mitzvah, then go on to studying for a GCSE in Jewish Studies, and then complete their Beiteinu experience in the Kabbalat Torah class.

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.

Bookcrashers
2016-04-16 13:00 - 14:00
Our next bookcrashers’ book is “The Boston Girl” by Anita Daimant. All are welcome, whether you have read the book or not.
Why not get a copy of the book from the local independent book shop in Surbiton – Regency Bookshop? You can order a book to be in the shop usually within 48 hours. Order on Wednesday and pick it up on the way to KLS on Saturday.
More about “The Boston Girl”….
New York Times bestseller!
An unforgettable novel about a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century, told “with humor and optimism…through the eyes of an irresistible heroine” (People)—from the acclaimed author of The Red Tent.
Anita Diamant’s “vivid, affectionate portrait of American womanhood” (Los Angeles Times), follows the life of one woman, Addie Baum, through a period of dramatic change. Addie is The Boston Girl, the spirited daughter of an immigrant Jewish family, born in 1900 to parents who were unprepared for America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End of Boston, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie’s intelligence and curiosity take her to a world her parents can’t imagine—a world of short skirts, movies, celebrity culture, and new opportunities for women. Addie wants to finish high school and dreams of going to college. She wants a career and to find true love. From the one-room tenement apartment she shared with her parents and two sisters, to the library group for girls she joins at a neighborhood settlement house, to her first, disastrous love affair, to finding the love of her life, eighty-five-year-old Addie recounts her adventures with humor and compassion for the naïve girl she once was.
Written with the same attention to historical detail and emotional resonance that made Diamant’s previous novels bestsellers, The Boston Girl is a moving portrait of one woman’s complicated life in twentieth century America, and a fascinating look at a generation of women finding their places in a changing world. “Diamant brings to life a piece of feminism’s forgotten history” (Good Housekeeping) in this “inspirational…page-turning portrait of immigrant life in the early twentieth century” (Booklist). – See more at: http://books.simonandschuster.com/The-Boston-Girl/Anita-Diamant/9781439199367#sthash.g1cbg8jp.dpuf

Table Tennis Club
2016-05-10 20:00 - 22:00 | NFJ Hall
2nd Tuesday of the month from 8-10pm
All welcome to join us for a friendly game of table tennis. We meet monthly, usually on the second Tuesday of the month, at the synagogue in the NFJ Hall. All ages and all abilities. The club recently received a new table in celebration of Robert Markless’s tutorship of 100 Bnei Mitzvah.
We have two tables and play singles as well as doubles. We usually end the evening with all around the table, when people have to keep moving around and hitting alternatively, losing a “life” every time they lose a point. After three lives, a person falls out. This continues until two left and they then play a best of five points singles. It can be very hectic at times, but good fun.
We took part in a national tournament in 2012 and won a trophy!
Please contact the Synagogue Office if you would like to join us
The new table tennis table is “christened”!!!
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Doroteinu
2016-05-18 14:00 - 16:00
A talk on cyber crime, and how to stop yourself from becoming a victim.
If you are planning to come by car we often need drivers to pick up the less mobile. Please contact the committee if you can help. If you need transport please contact the committee or a local friend who you think might be going.

Doroteinu means all ages, so do come and join us – you don’t have to be retired. Don’t forget anyone is welcome, KLS member or not, whether 18 or 95. And the cakes are really nice.
Guests are welcome to join us, but please do let us know in advance so that we can give you a warm welcome.
