Family Service
2014-09-06 11:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
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

Choir Rehearsal
2014-09-09 20:00 - 22:00, 2014-09-16 20:00 - 22:00, 2014-09-23 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.

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.

Annual Picnic and Rabbi vs Chair Rounders
2014-09-14 12:30 - 17:00 | Marble Hill Park, Orleans Road , Twickenham, TW1 3BL
Come and join us for the annual picnic (from 12.30pm) and games (from 2 pm) in the park including rounders—or just sit and relax. This will be held at the usual venue of Marble Hill Park (at the side backing onto Orleans Road TW1 3BL).
Do join us even if you don’t play rounders and remember to bring a picnic lunch and plenty of soft drinks. Will the new KLS Chair be a dab hand at rounders, or will he revert to his rugby training and tackle the Rabbi?
Please contact the office for more details.

KLS Business Network
2014-09-15 13:00 - 15:00
KLS Business Network – 1-3pm on Monday every month or so
The KLS Business Network is a group of KLS members who run their own small businesses, are self-employed or who are currently between jobs.
We get together every month or so for a cup of tea/coffee and a chat. We share knowledge and experiences and usually have chat about specific business issues we’re facing.
Please let Ray Stone (via the Synagogue office) know if you would like to come to the September session.

Selichot
2014-09-20
סליחות
Night of Saturday 20th September
Join us at the service at 7.30pm

Citizens UK Campaign Meeting - ‘Sanctuary Succot’
2014-09-20 10:00 - 11:00
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. .
Organisers and leaders from Citizens UK will be coming to Kingston Liberal Synagogue this Shabbat morning, 20 September, from 10 – 11 am to discuss the campaign and look at how KLS members can get involved. We are planing to build a Sanctuary Succot in Kingston in October.
BISHOP, SENIOR RABBI, IMAM AND COMMUNITY LEADERS LAUNCH PLAN TO BRING 1500 SYRIAN REFUGEES TO BE RESETTLED IN UK
Posted on August 21, 2014 by Gillian Owen

On Saturday 25th July the Liberal Jewish Synagogue played host to the New Citizens Organising Team as they launched their plan to resettle 1500 Syrian refugees in the UK.
A group of 55 faith and youth leaders, including Bishop Peter Selby, Senior Rabbi Alexandra Wright of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, Chief Executive of Liberal Judaism Rabbi Danny Rich, Canon Steven Saxby of Saint Barnabas in Walthamstow and Imam Suliman Gani from the Croydon Mosque and Islamic Centre, came together to plan an 18 month strategy leading up to the 2015 national election. The strategy involves large-scale migrant voter registration, interfaith teams to support the resettlement of refugees in local areas, and increasing the number of refugees settled in the UK from 750 to 1500 per year. Britain, the sixth richest country in the world, has resettled only 48 Syrians in 2014 – not enough people to fill a double decker bus. Jordan, the world’s 89th richest country, has taken 1.2 million!
This is not the first time Citizens UK and faith leaders have joined forces to change the experiences of migrants in this country. The 2010 Citizens UK ‘Sanctuary Pledge’ to end child detention was supported by the Church of England, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, the Methodist, Baptist and United Reformed Churches, The Muslim Council of Britain, the Jewish Council for Racial Equality, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Chief Rabbi.
The campaign culminated at a Citizens UK assembly of 2,500 people just prior to the 2010 General Election, where David Cameron, Nick Clegg and then Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged to end child detention. Since then 4,000 children have escaped the trauma of detention. In January 2014 the Government announced an amendment to the Immigration Bill to prohibit in law the detention of children for immigration purposes. This enshrines in law the progress that the government has made since 2010 in ending the practice of locking up over a thousand innocent children with their families in prison-like conditions.
The recent planning and strategy meeting was interspersed with a Muslim Iftar meal – hosted in the synagogue – and the Jewish celebration of Havdalah, marking the end of Shabbat and the beginning of the working week.
Afterwards, Imam Suliman Gani stated:
“I visited the Liberal Jewish Synagogue because our faiths must act together for the common good. Our communities must welcome refugees, particularly those who have been driven from their homes.”
Rabbi Alexandra Wright said:
“The Liberal Jewish Synagogue is honoured to have hosted the Citizens UK ‘Sanctuary Pledge’ planning day. It was uplifting to see so many different communities engaged in vital action for change and to be part of the breaking of the fast for the Muslim community.”
Rabbi Danny Rich said:
“I pledge that Liberal Judaism’s synagogues will build temporary dwellings during the Jewish festival of ‘Succot’ and invite our Christian and Muslim brothers and sisters in to join us, as part of our work to ask our local councils to resettle a refugee family in our neighbourhoods.”

Selichot Service with the Selichot Island Discs of Rabbi Dr Charles Middleburgh
2014-09-20 19:30 - 20:30
We are delighted to be welcoming Rabbi Dr Charles Middleburgh back to KLS to share his Selichot Island Discs for the High Holy Days as part of the Selichot Service at 7.30pm. The service will be led by Rabbi Charley Baginsky and the KLS Choir.
Rabbi Dr Charles Middleburgh was the Rabbi at KLS from 1977 to 1983, he has lectured at Leo Baeck College since 1984, and is the Director of Jewish Studies and a Senior Lecturer at the College.
Please join us at this service, and do bring something to share for kiddush afterwards.

Erev Rosh Hashanah
2014-09-24
Click here for details of the Erev Rosh Hashanah Service

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

Kol Nidre
2014-10-03

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

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

Click here for details of services.

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
