Kingston Liberal Synagogue

Memorial Event for Henry Rollin
2014-10-28 14:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Henry at the RSC
There will be a memorial event for Henry at 2.30pm on 28th October, 2014, at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 21 Prescot Street, London E1 8BB. Everybody is invited and would be most welcome, but contact the synagogue office if you plan to come by 14 October (for catering numbers).

Read the Telegraph obituary here

Doroteinu Annual Lunch
2014-10-26 12:30 - 15:30
Come and enjoy a three-course lunch, meet your friends and fellow KLS members, and hear the inimitable Alan Baker giving an illustrated talk, with audience participation, on the history of the music hall.

Tickets £10 from Jenny Osorio.

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 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.

Wurzburger Centenary Concert
2014-10-18 19:30 - 21:30
A concert of music by Walter Wurzburger and Hans Gal, to celebrate the centenary of the birth of émigré composer Walter Wurzburger. For more information and tickets see wurzburger.org

Hans Gal
Five Intermezzi for String Quartet (1914)
Walter Wurzburger
String Quartet no 2 (1944)
Hans Gal
slow movement from String Quartet no 2(1930)
Walter Wuzburger
Danse Russe for String Quartet (1989)
Walter Wuzburger
3 pieces for clarinet (1981)
Walter Wuzburger
Wind Quintet (1946)
Performers include The far flung four, Patrick Clements, Richard Stockall and friends

Please note that this event is not arranged by Kingston Liberal Synagogue

Bookcrashers
2014-10-18 10:00 - 11:00
KLS’s book club has rebranded itself as ‘Bookcrashers’ to recognise that gatecrashers who have not read the book being discussed are not only welcome to attend but also encouraged!
But for those who do want to read the book, October’s is ‘My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel’ by Ari Shavit. The author is an influential columnist for the liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz. He tells the story of Israel and the Israeli condition through interviews, historical documents, and private diaries, as well as his own family’s experience. The book has received a lot of praise, named one of the best books of the year by the New York Times and the Economist and won the New York-based National Jewish Book Award in 2013.
A selection of reviews can be found at:
www.amazon.co.uk/My-Promised-Land-Triumph-Tragedy/dp/1922247545/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-promised-land-ari-shavit/1114032563?ean=9780385521703
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15798334-my-promised-land
www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/my-promised-land-the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-israel
More information from Sara Alston via the KLS office.

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

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

Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah
2014-10-16
שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶֽרֶת שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה
Thursday 16th October
Eighth Day of Assembly / Rejoicing of Torah

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

Stone Setting - Robert McMillen
2014-10-12 12:00 - 15:00
The Stone Setting will take place at the Long Ditton Cemetery. Please join the family, and share your memories of Robert, and have refreshments at the Synagogue afterwards.

Sanctuary Sukkah
2014-10-11 13:15 - 15:00
Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Danny Rich, together with other faith leaders and members of their communities, will be leaving from KLS at 1.15pm on the 11th October to walk to the Bentalls Centre in Kingston-upon-Thames. Bring your lunch to KLS if you are going from there. Otherwise, meet us outside the front entrance of the Bentalls Centre at 1.45pm. Please bring some greenery and decorations for the sukkah.
Outside Bentalls, we will be building a sukkah​ – representative of all the places where we as a people have been offered sanctuary. We will petition the Council of Kingston to make attempts to house Syrian families. We will be sharing our stories of our own journeys and decorating the sukkah together. Please join us, all welcome – including children.
We live in times when we often do not know how to respond to the many difficulties present in society. There is never a more poignant time in the year than during the Chuggim for us to really think about what it means to have as part of our identity a history of slavery in Egypt, refugee status in more recent times and now to live lives in freedom.
Citizens UK, a civil society alliance of 350 synagogues, mosques, schools, churches and unions, is launching a campaign for the 2015 elections to ensure that the next national government resettles 1500 UN refugees per annum in the UK. These refugees, who are the victims of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, would be resettled through an EU funded program. Partnering with Liberal Judaism synagogues, they’re looking to go throughout the country to build ‘Sanctuary Succot’ and ask local councils to commit to resettling 5 families. In the Jewish community, we know the importance of sanctuary. Whilst many were turned away, we remember that 70 000 Jews found sanctuary in the UK during the 1930s.

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

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

1st Day Sukkot
2014-10-09
סוכות‎
Thursday 9 October
First day of the the Feast of Tabernacles

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.

Yom Kippur Afternoon Service, Concluding Service and Havdalah
2014-10-04 16:15 - 18:15
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 Additional Service
2014-10-04 13:15 - 15:00

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

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

Yom Kippur
2014-10-04
יוֹם כִּפּוּר
Saturday 4 October 2014
The Day of Atonement

Click here for details of services.

Kol Nidre Service
2014-10-03 20:00 - 21:30

Kol Nidre
2014-10-03

Can Jews Produce Christian Art?
2014-10-01 20:00 - 21:30
Andrew Williams, the Kingston University Faith Advisor, will explore the different ways in which Jewish painters and sculptors have drawn on the image of the crucifixion and consider the meaning these references may have for Christianity, Judaism and their interaction.

Shabbat Service
2014-09-26 20:00 - 21:00
Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky. Please bring something to share for Kiddush.

Rosh Hashanah Lunch
2014-09-25 13:00 - 14:00
Join the Chair and the Rabbi for lunch after the services. Bring a vegetarian or fish plated meal.

Rosh Hashanah Family Service
2014-09-25 11:30 - 12:30
Led by Rabbi Bethany Stone.
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 Erev Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah Service
2014-09-25 10:30 - 12:30
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 Erev Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah
2014-09-25
Thursday 25th September 2014
ראש השנה
Jewish New Year
Click here for details of the Rosh Hashanah Services

Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
2014-09-24 20:00 - 21:30
