Musicians of Tomorrow
2014-07-08 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Wimbledon & District Synagogue
Friends of Mosaic Jewish Primary School is proud to present a concert of classical and Israeli music by 5 gifted young musicians from Israel.
Tuesday 8th July 7.30pm at Wimbledon & District Synagogue.
Tickets £20 (£15 concessions) includes refreshments and a donation to the project.
Tel 07786 607534 email friendsofmosaic@yahoo.com

Shabbat @ Home
2014-07-11 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.
The venue for this month is to be confirmed. 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.

LJ Sunday Seminar: Not Just For Choirs
2014-07-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Liberal Judaism – Montagu Centre, 21 Maple Street, London, W1T 4BE
A series of inspiring sessions looking at performance, encouraging singing and introducing music to your community.
Presenters include Benjamin Wolf (Musical Director of the Zemel Choir) and Choirs from Northwood & Pinner and Woodford Synagogues.
For more information click here.

Shabbat Island Discs with The Farrer Family
2014-07-25 20:00 - 21:00
Choral Service with the KLS Choir, and featuring the Farrer Family (our chair, a Beitenu teacher, a recent bar mitzvah and a budding one!) 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.

Shabbat Service
2014-08-01 20:00 - 21:00
A chavurah supper is an opportunity to share an informal meal, chatting and getting to know each other, and welcome in the Shabbat. Please bring a plated vegetarian/fish supper, and maybe your favourite dish to share, and you can tell us why it’s so special to you. We use the LJ Youth Siddur, siddur lil’mod v’la’asot.
As a Liberal congregation, men and women sit together and all members enjoy equal participation in services.
Uniquely we use gender-neutral language, reflecting our egalitarian approach to prayer. We also use many transliterated prayer sheets which are especially useful for those whose Hebrew is not fluent.
Music plays an important role in our services. Singing is regularly enhanced by our volunteer choir, led by our director of music, though the whole congregation is encouraged to join in. Service styles vary – our family services, for example, can be very lively, whereas our Friday nights are often quieter and more reflective. Our members participate in all parts of the service, including Torah blessings, haftorah readings and more. We also welcome lay readers from the congregation to lead services from time to time, although most services are taken by our rabbi.

Remembrance Ceremony marking 100 years since the start of the First World War
2014-08-04 20:50 - 23:00 | Bevis Marks Synagogue, Bevis Marks, London, EC3A 7LH, United Kingdom
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue at Bevis Marks, Anglo-Jewry’s longest serving synagogue, together with the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the UK Jewish community’s national representative organisation, invite you to a Jewish community Remembrance Ceremony, marking 100 years since the start of the First World War.
The whole community is invited to attend the ceremony – taking place at Bevis Marks on the night of Monday August 4th – which is part of the national ‘Lights Out’ event, in which communities up and down the UK switch off the electric lights in their congregations in order to reflect on what the First World War means to them. This national event coincides with the most sombre night of the Jewish calendar – Tisha Ba’v – on which we remember and reflect on the exiles and tragedies of the Jewish people.
Bevis Marks and the Board therefore invite you to take part in a unique and atmospheric candlelit Tisha B’av service at 8:50pm, followed by the ‘Lights Out’ ceremony, which will take place between 10pm and 11pm at Bevis Marks Synagogue.
This ceremony will include a keynote address from Rabbi Joseph Dweck, Senior Rabbi, Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation, as well as extracts from diaries and war poems. There will also be a display of First World War exhibits arranged by the Jewish Military Museum.
Please email events@bod.org.uk to register for this event.

Lights Out! Commemorate the Centenary of the Start of the First World War
2014-08-04 22:00 - 23:00 | Your home
LIGHTS OUT
The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, uttered these words on the eve of Britain officially entered the First World War. Exactly 100 years later we are inviting millions of individuals, households and companies to join together in a national moment of reflection.
We’re encouraging everyone in the UK to turn off their lights between 10pm and 11pm on 4 August 2014 – leaving only a single light or candle for this symbolic act of reflection and hope.

A limited edition Centenary candle is available from M&S stores or online for £4, with all profit coming to The Royal British Legion.
We hope to light one million candles across the UK to remember each and every one of those Service men and women who gave their lives in the war to end all wars. Please join together with us to create a unique national moment for the United Kingdom and The Royal British Legion.

Tisha B'Av
2014-08-05
Tuesday 5th August
ט׳ באב
Day of Tragedies

Doroteinu - Annual Garden Party
2014-08-06 14:00 - 16:00
Our annual garden party is a highlight of the year. If you can, please bring a garden chair, and either a cake or some biscuits. Please let us know what you will bring. Contact the Synagogue Office for location details, and if you would like us to arrange a lift.

Shabbat @ Home
2014-08-08 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.
This month will be at the home of the one of our families in Kingston. 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
2014-08-09 11:15 - 12:30
Saturday morning at 11.15am led by Michael Brandon.
For more information about the services at KLS see Services

KIT Tea Party
2014-08-11 14:30 - 16:30 | Surbiton
The next Keep In Touch Tea Party will be held at the Spevack home in Surbiton. All members are welcome (editor’s note: the cakes are rather delicious!!). Please contact the office if you hope to attend and to get the full address, or if you need a lift.

Kadimah Camp Family Service
2014-08-14 11:30 - 12:30
The Happy Campers will be taking part in a lively service to start their Kadimah adventure as they mean to carry on.

Machaneh Kadimah (Summer Camp)
2014-08-14 15:00 - 2014-08-27 15:00 | Sandroyd School, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Salisbury, SP5 5QD
Kadimah 2013
LJY-Netzer’s biggest event of the year! We bring together hundreds of young Liberal Jews between 8 and 15 years old from around the UK, introduce them to a tsevet of over forty passionate enthusiastic and highly-trained volunteer madrichim and conjure up two weeks of magical, creative, fun and engaging activities.
Planking and Owling. What else could it be?
Generations have been to many years of Kadimah and come out the other side as positive, socially-conscious, happy young people with memories that last a lifetime. Ask anyone who’s been on Kadimah what they thought and you’ll get the same response: “It was the best two weeks of their year!”

Kadimah Goes To The Beach

Shabbat Service
2014-08-15 20:00 - 21:00
Shabbat Service led by Sandra Webber. Please bring something to share for Kiddush.

Shabbat@Home Service
2014-08-22 20:00 - 21:00
Shabbat@Home of the Hyman family. Please contact the office for address details. Please bring something to share for kiddush.

Krav Maga (Self Defence)
2014-08-28 19:30 - 21:00
Weekly 1 1/2 hour class on Thursdays 7.30-9pm
Stay sharp. Be fit. Burn 1000 calories. Look after yourself.
Rabbi and Chair discuss deep theological issues
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. First trial session free. Please contact the KLS Office for more information or if you would like to try Krav Maga.

Shabbat Service
2014-08-29 20:00 - 21:00
Shabbat Service led by Seymour Kelly. Please bring something to share for Kiddush.

Choir Rehearsal
2014-09-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2014-09-09 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 choral 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
2014-09-06 09:45 - 12:30
Religion School from 9.45am-12.30pm each Saturday morning during term time.
Beiteinu celebrated Purim with games, food and some strange characters joined us for the morning…..
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.
Beiteinu pupils working on the Shalom Mosaic that welcomes all to KLS
Beiteinu students at the unveiling of their handiwork – the new Shalom Mosaic welcoming all to KLS

KLS Book Group
2014-09-06 10:00 - 11:00
Saturday mornings before the Family Service. We meet in the Library between 10 and 11am to discuss a book which we have read in the preceding month. This month’s book is “Jews and Words” by Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger (available from all good bookshops!!):
‘Why are words so important to Jews? Novelist Amos Oz and historian Fania Oz-Salzberger roam the gamut of Jewish history to explain the integral relationship of Jews and words. Through a blend of storytelling and scholarship, conversation and argument, father and daughter tell the tales behind Judaism’s most enduring names, adages, disputes, texts and quips. These words, they argue, comprise the chain connecting Abraham with the Jews of every subsequent generation. Framing the discussion within such topics as continuity, women, timelessness and individualism, Oz and Oz-Salzberger deftly engage Jewish personalities across the ages, from the unnamed, possibly-female author of the Song of Songs through obscure Talmudists to contemporary writers. They suggest that Jewish continuity, even Jewish uniqueness, depends not on central places, monuments, heroic personalities, or rituals, but rather on written words and an ongoing conversation between the generations. Full of learning, lyricism and humour, Jews and Words offers an extraordinary tour of the words at the heart of Jewish culture, and extends an invitation to the reader to join the dialogue.’

Family Service
2014-09-06 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

HeBrew Café
2014-09-06 12:30 - 13:00
After the Family Service – our fundraising café selling filled bagels, crisps, cake, sweets and hot and cold drinks

KLS Youth Club
2014-09-06 13:00 - 15:00 | NFJ Hall
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.

LJ Inter-Synagogue Quiz
2014-09-07 15:00 - 19:00 | Finchley Progressive Synagogue, 54 Hutton Grove, London, N12 8DR, United Kingdom
Annual quiz, which KLS has won in the recent past, to be held at Finchley Progressive Synagogue this year. Each synagogue can send a team of 8 – if you wish to join the KLS team, contact the office at office@klsonline.org

Doroteinu - "It's been good fun!"
2014-09-10 14:00 - 16:00
Wednesdays every two months from 2-4pm.
Geoff Bradman will give a talk tantalisingly entitled “It’s been good fun!”.
Doroteinu is our social group that meets bi-monthly on a Wednesday, usually with a speaker or activity, followed, of course, by a cuppa and cakes! We have an annual tea or lunch in October, with a special speaker, and wonderful food. We also hold an annual garden party at one of our member’s homes.

Shabbat @ Home
2014-09-12 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.
Please join Rabbi Janet and Vince along with members of our sister community SLLS for a Shabbat service at Rabbi Janet’s in Kingston. This will be a short, informal musical service with a look at and discussion of some texts about Teshuvah from our tradition.
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.

Israel Discussion
2014-09-13 10:00 - 11:00
Shimon Morad and Andree Frieze will lead a discussion about recent events in Israel and Gaza. A chance to ask questions, share opinions and concerns, or maybe you have some solutions. All members welcome.

Shabbat Service
2014-09-13 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.
