Kingston Liberal Synagogue

HeBrew Café
2015-10-17 12:30 - 13:00, 2015-11-07 12:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
After the Family Service – our fundraising café selling filled bagels, crisps, cake, sweets and hot and cold drinks

Youth Club
2015-10-17 13:00 - 15:00, 2015-11-07 13:00 - 15:00
For children aged 7 to 16 (school years 3 to 11), meets monthly after the Family Service and HeBrew Café at KLS for a range of activities from craft to sports.

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.

Choir Rehearsal
2015-10-20 20:00 - 22:00, 2015-11-24 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.

APOW!
2015-10-23 18:00 - 2015-10-25 15:00
LJY Netzer activity weekend for children in school years 3 to 6. Venue tbc.

NOW!
2015-10-23 18:00 - 2015-10-25 15:00
LJY Netzer activity weekend for children in school years 7 to 8. Venue tbc.

Shabbat Island Discs with.....
2015-10-23 20:00 - 21:00
Music Service led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky and the KLS Choir, and featuring KLS members or guests 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. As usual in these services the “guests” will be interviewed, and this is a great opportunity to find out more about your fellow congregants. This month we are delighted to welcome Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris, Principal of Leo Baeck College. In the words of our Rabbi, Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris is a lively, dynamic, fascinating lady. Expect an interesting and wide-ranging choice of music. Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris has an extensive CV, including a PhD in the Torah, and somehow manages to fit in being the mother to two school age children. Do join us for a rewarding evening.
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.

YESSS!
2015-10-26 10:00 - 17:00
LJY Netzer activity day for children in school years 9 to 10. Venue tbc.

Shabbat Service
2015-10-30 20:00 - 21:00
Shabbat Service. Please bring something to share for Kiddush.
Guests are welcome to KLS, but please contact the office beforehand.

Kayitz Netzer Taster
2015-11-07 08:00 - 17:00
Taster event about the tour of Jewish Europe in August 2016, for children in year 12. Venue and time tbc.

Bookcrashers
2015-11-07 10:00 - 11:00
Book choice for November is “A woman of Berlin” by Anon. 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
2015-11-07 11:30 - 12:45
Saturday morning at 11.30am led by Gabriel Webber.
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

Israel Tour Taster
2015-11-08 20:00 - 22:00
Taster event about the Israel tour July/August 2016, for children in year 11. Venue and time tbc.

Basic Hebrew
2015-11-10 19:00 - 20:00
We are offering beginner’s Hebrew classes. The class is taught by Gabriel Webber, and run every other week. Please contact the Synagogue office for more information or if you wish to join the class. Free to KLS members, and a charge, payable in advance, to non-members.

Basic Judaism
2015-11-10 20:00 - 21:00
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

Shabbat @ Home
2015-11-13 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. Norman and Jill are hosting this month and will lead this 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.

Shabbat Service
2015-11-14 11:15 - 12:30
Service held from 11.15am to 12.30pm. Followed by kiddush. The service will be led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky, with a Bar Mitzvah celebration. 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.

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

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

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.

Erev Shabbat Service
2015-11-20 20:00 - 21:00
Erev Shabbat Service. Please bring something to share for Kiddush.

Shabbat Service
2015-11-21 11:15 - 12:30
Service held from 11.15am to 12.30pm. Followed by kiddush. The service will be led by Gabriel Webber. 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.

Mitzvah Day 2015
2015-11-22

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.
