Mitzvah Day 2015
2015-11-22

Choir Rehearsal
2015-11-24 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
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.

Shabbat Island Discs with.....
2015-11-27 20:00 - 21:00
Music Service led by Rabbi Pete Tobias and the KLS Choir, and featuring KLS member Vince Daly who will reveal his choice of music as part of our regular Shabbat Island Discs feature, which takes place on the fourth Friday night of each month. As usual in these services the “guests” will be interviewed, and this is a great opportunity to find out more about your fellow congregants.
Bring something to share for kiddush afterwards!
Both members and guests can take a turn at choosing the music. If you’d like a chance, contact Sandra Webber.

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

Shabbat Service
2015-11-28 11:15 - 12:30
Service held from 11.15am to 12.30pm. 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.

Chavurah Supper
2015-12-04 19:00 - 21:00
Monthly 1st Friday of the month
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 Gabriel Webber. Please bring a plated vegetarian or fish supper and, if possible, a favourite dish to share. All ages welcome.
For our last Chavurah Supper of the year, and more importantly our last before Channukah, we’ll be having a bit of a miracles theme! At the earlier-than-usual time of 7pm to make it easier for families to join us, come along to spend the winter evening with friends welcoming in Shabbat! Bring a vegetarian or fish dish to share.
Guests are welcome to services @ KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.

Chanukkah
2015-12-06

Chanukah Family Service
2015-12-06 16:00 - 18:00
Family service for all ages led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky. Bring your Chanukiah and 2 candles to join in with the Big Light Up. We have a wonderful traditional Chanukah kiddush afterwards – please bring something to share.

Guests are welcome to join us, but please contact the Synagogue Office beforehand to ensure that we can give you a warm welcome.

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.

Kinus
2015-12-11 18:00 - 2015-12-13 15:00
A democratic decision-making event for children in years 7 to 10. Venue tbc.

Shabbat @ Home
2015-12-11 20:00 - 21:30
On the second Friday 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.
Seymour and Liz are hosting this month. 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.

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.

Chanukah Family Service
2015-12-12 11:30 - 12:45
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!
For more information about the services at KLS see Services

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!

Veidah
2015-12-18 18:00 - 2015-12-22 15:00
The decison-making forum for the 15+. Venue tbc.

Shabbat Service
2015-12-18 20:00 - 21:00
Service led by Sandra Webber .
Bring something to share for kiddush afterwards!

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.

Shabbat @ Home
2016-01-01 20:00 - 21:30
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.
Mark and Jenny are our hosts in January, and Craig Simmons will be leading 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
2016-01-08 19:00 - 21:00
Monthly 1st (or 2nd!) Friday of the month

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 Gabriel Webber. Please bring a plated vegetarian or fish supper and, if possible, a favourite dish to share. All ages welcome.
At the earlier-than-usual time of 7pm to make it easier for families to join us, come along to spend the winter evening with friends welcoming in Shabbat! Bring a vegetarian or fish dish to share.
Guests are welcome to services @ KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.

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.

Family Service
2016-01-09 11:30 - 12:30
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!
For more information about the services at KLS see Services

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

Shabbat Service
2016-01-15 20:00 - 21:00
The weather may be cold, but the service will be hot. Join Rabbi Janet for a Friday night service based on Craig Taubman’s Friday Night Live, the Los Angeles service which started a revolution in synagogue music. Special guest Dereck Rose will join Vince in providing some great music to welcome Shabbat. Please bring something to share for Kiddush.

Shabbat Music Service
2016-01-22 20:00 - 21:00
Tu B’shevat – the ‘New Year for Trees’ – celebrating with Wine, Fruit, Poetry and Song!
Tu B’shevat on 25 January is the day in the Jewish calendar that marks the beginning of a new year for trees! This is the time when the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep – when the sap starts to rise – beginning a new fruit-bearing cycle. It is also a day when we remember that “[man] is a tree in the field” (Deuteronomy 20:19), and so we reflect on our relationship with nature. It’s tradition to mark the day of Tu B’Shevat by eating fruit, mentioned by the Torah in its praise of the bounty of the Holy Land: grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates. Seventeenth-century Jews would gather in their homes for a fifteen course meal, each course being one of the foods associated with the Holy Land. Today in Israel, it is customary to take children on tree-planting outings.
We can’t promise a fifteen course meal at KLS but please join us for a special Friday night service to celebrate trees, the end of winter and all nature. Please feel free to bring a piece of music or poetry.

Shabbat Service
2016-01-29 20:00 - 21:00
Shabbat Service led by Gabriel Webber. Please bring something to share for Kiddush.
Guests are welcome to KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.
