Kol Nidre Service
2014-10-03 20:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky.
Admittance by ticket only. Non-members wishing to attend High Holyday Services @ KLS must contact the office to buy tickets in advance. Tickets must be purchased before Kol Nidre.

Yom Kippur Service
2014-10-04 11:00 - 12:30

Yom Kippur Family Service
2014-10-04 11:30 - 12:30

Yom Kippur Additional Service
2014-10-04 13:15 - 15:00

Yom Kippur Afternoon Service, Concluding Service and Havdalah
2014-10-04 16:15 - 18:15

Erev Sukkot Family Service
2014-10-08 18:30 - 20:00
Family service at 6.30pm led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky. Bring greenery to decorate the Sukkah in the service, and something to share for kiddush.
Decorating the Sukkah
Beautiful!
To read more on the meaning of this festival, click here for a short article by Rabbi Pete Tobias.

Sukkot Service
2014-10-09 10:30 - 11:30
Led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky

Shabbat Service
2014-10-10 20:00 - 21:30
Led by Sandra Webber – bring something to share for kiddush under the Sukkah.

Erev Simchat Torah Family Service
2014-10-15 18:30 - 20:00
Family service led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky. Usually involves lots of sweets….

Simchat Torah Service
2014-10-16 10:30 - 11:30
Service led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky.

Shabbat Service
2014-10-17 20:00 - 21:00
Shabbat Service led by Vince Daly. Please bring something to share for Kiddush.

Shabbat Island Discs with.....
2014-10-24 20:00 - 21:00
Choral Service led by Sandra Webber, with the KLS Choir, and featuring Jill and Norman Hyman who will reveal their choice of music as part of our regular Shabbat Island Discs feature, which takes place on the fourth Friday night of each month.
Both members and guests can take a turn at choosing the music. If you’d like a chance, contact Sandra Webber.
Guests are welcome to KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.

Shabbat Service
2014-10-25 11:15 - 12:30
Service held from 11.15am to 12.30pm, led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky. Followed by kiddush. See Services for more information on the type of services that we hold at KLS.
Guests are welcome to KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.

Shabbat Service
2014-10-31 20:00 - 21:00
Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky. Please bring something to share for Kiddush.

Shabbat Service with visiting speaker, Mohammad Fahili
2014-11-14 20:00 - 21:00
Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky. Mohammad Fahili, Director of the Sir Charles Clore Jewish-Arab Community Centre in Akko, will be speaking during the service. KLS have supported their work in Akko, and it is always nice to be able to thank supporters in person.
Please bring something to share for Kiddush.

Shabbat @ Home
2014-11-21 20:00 - 21:30
On the second Friday (or third as it is this month!) of each month a member invites us to welcome Shabbat at home with them. The service is informal and friendly, from our siddur, but please feel free to bring a reading or a topic for discussion. Please bring something to share for the Kiddush.
Please contact the office for details of this week’s service.
Hosts needed: If you would like to host one of these services in future months, please contact the Synagogue Office.

Family Service
2014-11-22 11:30 - 12:30
Saturday morning at 11.30am led by LJY-Netzer
This is a chance for the whole family, and the wider KLS family too, to pray, discuss the Torah reading and show off what the children have been up to at religion school. We have multi-lingual renditions of Happy Birthday for all those who have celebrated that month – so far we have sung in English, Hebrew, French, German, Welsh, Spanish, Italian and Russian! There is also a group for the littlest ones, ShabbaTots.
This Shabbat we will be Taken Over by LJY-Netzer leaders and children for a “different” family service….come and find out what LJY-Netzer is all about.
For more information about the services at KLS see Services

Shabbat Island Discs with.....
2014-11-28 20:00 - 21:00
Choral Service led by Student Rabbi Naomi Goldman, with the KLS Choir, and Naomi will also be our castaway this month, sharing her choice of music as part of our regular Shabbat Island Discs feature, which takes place on the fourth Friday night of each month.
Please bring something to share for kiddush.
Both members and guests can take a turn at choosing the music. If you’d like a chance, contact Sandra Webber.
Guests are welcome to join us for services, but please contact the office beforehand.

Shabbat Service
2014-11-29 11:15 - 12:30, 2014-12-06 11:15 - 12:30, 2014-12-13 11:15 - 12:30
Service held from 11.15am to 12.30pm, led by Michael Brandon. Followed by kiddush. See Services for more information on the type of services that we hold at KLS.
Guests are welcome to KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.

Shabbat @ Home
2014-12-05 20:00 - 21:30
On the second Friday of each month (1st Friday this month!!) a member invites us to welcome Shabbat at home with them. The service is informal and friendly, from our siddur, but please feel free to bring a reading or a topic for discussion. Please bring something to share for the Kiddush.
The venue for this month is the Hyman Home, and they will lead the service. Please contact the office for the address and to let us know you intend to come (but you won’t be turned away if you don’t).
Hosts needed: If you would like to host one of these services in future months, please contact the Synagogue Office.

Chavurah Supper
2014-12-12 18:30 - 20:30
Monthly 1st Friday of the month (apart from December!!)
You are warmly invited to this year’s Chavurah Suppers, a great way to relax, let go of the week and welcome in Shabbat with other KLS members. Using the LJ Youth Siddur, we will be singing together, sharing our stories from the week that has gone, de-stressing, and most importantly sharing food, in an informal Friday night service and shared supper, with student rabbi Naomi Goldman. Please bring a plated vegetarian or fish supper and, if possible, a favourite dish to share. All ages welcome.
Guests are welcome to services @ KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.
Our first gathering of the new year will be Friday 7 November at 6.30pm. The nights will be drawing in so bring some warm food and keep the cold out with a great Friday night atmosphere.
Dec 12 – almost Chanukah, we’ll be looking ahead to the festival, telling stories and sharing some winter treats.
Jan 2 – the first Friday night of 2015 – bring your wishes for the secular new year and a dish that you’d like to make more often.
Feb 6 – the New Year for Trees – join us for a mystical Tu B’Shevat seder with different fruits representing the seasons of the year. Bring fruity foods.
Mar 6 – Purim Shabbat – bring desserts and a joke or funny story to share!
Apr 10 – this Shabbat is also the last day of Pesach, the day the Israelites crossed the Red Sea. We will talk about what freedom means to us. Bring nice Pesach food (guidelines nearer the time)
May 1 – Counting the Omer – get together to mark spring shading into summer and find out why we are counting at this time of year. Spring food!
Jun 5 – Summer shabbat and summer food
Jul 3 – Reflect on the year that’s gone and say goodbye before the Chavura suppers take a break for the summer. Bring your favourite dish of this year so far.

First Candle Chanukah Family Service
2014-12-16 18:30 - 20:00
Lighting Chanukiah

Join us to light the first candle – bring your chanukiah and candles, and we will light them all together during this family service led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky, and probably followed by doughnuts!
Guests are welcome to KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.

Shabbat Island Discs with.....
2014-12-19 20:00 - 21:00
Music Service led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky, with the KLS Choir. This month you are invited to bring your favourite Chanukah songs on your phone/iPod/MP3 player, to share as part of our regular Shabbat Island Discs feature, which takes place on the fourth Friday night of each month.
Both members and guests can take a turn at choosing the music. If you’d like a chance, contact Sandra Webber.
This week we are delighted to welcome Rabbi Ofek Meir from the Leo Baeck Education Center in Haifa, one of the charities that we are supporting through our High Holy Days Appeal this year. Rabbi Meir is taking the opportunity to come to KLS to thank the members for their valuable support. Please come along and meet Rabbi Meir.
Rabbi Ofek Meir
Rabbi Ofek Meir joined the Leo Baeck Education Center in 1989, and worked as a community youth leader at the Leo Baeck Community Center and as Assistant Rabbi at Leo Baeck’s Ohel Avraham Progressive Synagogue. In 1991 he served as the first Shaliach to Liberal Judaism in the United Kingdom where he also attended the Royal College of Music. Rabbi Meir was the founder and the first Director of the Lokey International Academy of Jewish Studies until 2006. He holds a B.A. in Jewish History and Thought from Oranim Teachers’ Seminary of the University of Haifa, an MA in Jewish Education from HUC-JIR New York and a degree in classical guitar from the Royal College of Music in London.
Please bring something to share for kiddush.
Guests are welcome to join us for services at KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.

Chanukah Family Service
2014-12-20 11:30 - 12:30
Saturday morning at 11.30am led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky followed by a Chanukah Party
This is a chance for the whole family, and the wider KLS family too, to pray, discuss the Torah reading and show off what the children have been up to at religion school. We have multi-lingual renditions of Happy Birthday for all those who have celebrated that month – so far we have sung in English, Hebrew, French, German, Welsh, Spanish, Italian and Russian! There is also a group for the littlest ones, ShabbaTots.
For more information about the services at KLS see Services

Shabbat@Home
2015-01-09 20:00 - 21:00
This Friday, the Simmons Family, are leading and hosting the informal, relaxed Shabbat@Home service. Bring something to share in the service, and for the kiddush afterwards.
Please contact the Synagogue Office for address details.

Family Service
2015-01-10 11:30 - 12:30
Saturday morning at 11.30am led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky.
This is a chance for the whole family, and the wider KLS family too, to pray, discuss the Torah reading and show off what the children have been up to at religion school. We have multi-lingual renditions of Happy Birthday for all those who have celebrated that month – so far we have sung in English, Hebrew, French, German, Welsh, Spanish, Italian and Russian! There is also a group for the littlest ones, ShabbaTots.
For more information about the services at KLS see Services

Service
2015-01-16 20:00 - 21:00

Shabbat Service
2015-01-17 11:15 - 12:30
Service held from 11.15am to 12.30pm. This Saturday, please join student rabbi Emily Jurman for a musical, guitar-led Shabbat morning service and a discussion about the portion of the week. This marks Emily’s first service at KLS, so come on out to say hello and join in the fun. Followed by kiddush. See Services for more information on the type of services that we hold at KLS.
Guests are welcome to KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.
