Kingston Liberal Synagogue

HeBrew Cafe
2016-01-09 12:30 - 13:00, 2016-04-16 12:45 - 13:15, 2016-05-14 12:45 - 13:15, 2016-06-18 12:45 - 13:15 (Europe/London)
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.

Choir Rehearsal
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, 2016-05-24 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-06-21 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-10-18 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.

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

Council Meeting
2016-05-03 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-05-17 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-06-07 20:00 - 22:00

Table Tennis Club
2016-05-10 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-07-19 20:00 - 22:00, 2017-02-07 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.

Bookcrashers
2016-05-21 10:00 - 11:00
Our next bookcrashers’ book is to be confirmed – watch this space. 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.

Doroteinu
2016-06-29 14:00 - 16:00
A talk by Helen Setright on Kingston’s Roundheads and Cavaliers.
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. £2 to cover cost of refreshments.
Guests are welcome to join us, but please do let us know in advance so that we can give you a warm welcome.

Choir Rehearsal
2016-09-05 20:00 - 22:00
Mondays in September
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.

Beiteinu
2017-01-28 09:45 - 11:15

Beiteinu and Shabbatots
2017-02-04 09:45 - 11:15

Bookcrashers
2017-02-04 10:00 - 11:15

HeBrew Cafe
2017-02-04 12:30 - 13:30
